Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-1.53	1.82	0.830		0.354	0.681	0.915	0.983	0.722
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-1.52	1.81	0.830		0.355	0.681	0.915	0.982	0.723

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	307.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	306.	306.	307.	304.	306.		-1.12	1.66	0.379		0.635	0.725	0.972	0.996	0.811
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	306.	306.	307.	304.	306.		-1.12	1.67	0.381		0.634	0.724	0.972	0.996	0.810

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	300.	300.	301.	300.	302.		-1.11	1.70	0.559		0.525	0.706	0.930	0.989	0.771
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	300.	300.	301.	300.	302.		-1.11	1.70	0.552		0.525	0.706	0.930	0.989	0.771

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	266.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	263.	263.	266.	266.	269.		-2.66	3.47	0.0351		0.846	0.884	0.998	0.995	0.921
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	263.	263.	266.	266.	269.		-2.65	3.45	0.0351		0.847	0.885	0.998	0.995	0.922

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	302.	302.	304.	302.	303.		-1.72	1.95	1.14		0.216	0.630	0.837	0.663	0.595
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	302.	302.	304.	302.	303.		-1.72	1.95	1.14		0.216	0.630	0.837	0.663	0.595

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	276.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	274.	274.	276.	276.	278.		-2.73	2.97	0.0131		0.832	0.934	0.999	0.985	0.937
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	274.	274.	276.	276.	278.		-2.73	2.98	0.0131		0.831	0.934	0.999	0.985	0.937

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	284.	284.	286.	289.	292.		-1.62	2.20	0.0862		0.826	0.927	0.994	0.997	0.934
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	284.	284.	286.	289.	292.		-1.62	2.20	0.0861		0.826	0.927	0.994	0.997	0.934

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	301.	301.	303.	303.	304.		-1.31	1.98	0.242		0.629	0.795	0.976	0.997	0.838
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	301.	301.	303.	303.	304.		-1.31	1.98	0.241		0.629	0.795	0.976	0.997	0.838

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	268.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	265.	265.	268.	266.	268.		-2.90	3.35	0.0114		0.828	0.904	0.999	1.00	0.927
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	265.	265.	268.	266.	268.		-2.88	3.33	0.0102		0.829	0.905	0.999	1.00	0.927

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	300.	300.	301.	296.	299.		-1.70	1.87	0.116		0.695	0.890	0.991	1.00	0.893
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	300.	300.	301.	296.	299.		-1.70	1.87	0.115		0.695	0.890	0.991	1.00	0.893

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	285.	284.	286.	286.	289.		-1.36	1.82	0.202		0.807	0.919	0.986	0.997	0.926
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	285.	284.	286.	286.	289.		-1.36	1.82	0.201		0.807	0.919	0.986	0.997	0.926

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	292.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	289.	290.	292.	278.	295.		-1.85	2.36	0.277		0.667	0.833	0.970	0.993	0.860
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	289.	290.	292.	278.	295.		-1.85	2.36	0.276		0.667	0.833	0.970	0.993	0.860

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	302.	302.	303.	299.	303.		-1.09	1.94	0.262		0.775	0.877	0.980	0.999	0.901
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	302.	302.	303.	299.	303.		-1.09	1.94	0.263		0.775	0.877	0.980	0.999	0.901

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	269.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	266.	266.	269.	264.	270.		-2.40	3.10	0.00825		0.831	0.869	0.999	0.996	0.913
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	266.	266.	269.	264.	270.		-2.40	3.10	0.00825		0.831	0.870	0.999	0.996	0.913

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	300.	300.	302.	302.	303.		-1.88	2.47	0.268		0.490	0.779	0.979	0.981	0.801
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	300.	300.	302.	302.	303.		-1.88	2.47	0.268		0.490	0.779	0.979	0.980	0.801

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	292.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	290.	290.	292.	297.	297.		-1.68	1.77	0.0609		0.828	0.944	0.996	0.999	0.942
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	290.	290.	292.	297.	297.		-1.68	1.77	0.0621		0.828	0.944	0.996	0.999	0.942

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	280.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	277.	277.	280.	280.	282.		-2.04	2.31	0.0693		0.834	0.921	0.995	0.995	0.933
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	277.	277.	280.	280.	282.		-2.04	2.31	0.0705		0.834	0.921	0.995	0.995	0.933

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	291.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	288.	288.	291.	290.	292.		-2.55	2.92	0.0623		0.747	0.893	0.996	1.00	0.906
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	288.	288.	291.	290.	292.		-2.55	2.92	0.0632		0.747	0.893	0.995	1.00	0.906

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-2.03	2.30	0.924		0.198	0.700	0.880	0.999	0.696
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-2.03	2.30	0.923		0.198	0.700	0.880	0.999	0.696

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	300.	300.	302.	299.	297.		-1.65	1.84	0.421		0.504	0.767	0.953	0.994	0.797
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	300.	300.	302.	299.	297.		-1.65	1.84	0.408		0.505	0.767	0.955	0.994	0.798

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [K]		Bias [K]	RMSE [K]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	290.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	290.	290.	290.	292.	289.		-0.560	2.11	0.374		0.601	0.755	0.952	0.999	0.812
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	290.	290.	290.	292.	289.		-0.560	2.11	0.372		0.601	0.755	0.952	0.999	0.812

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

CRU time series (TS) high-resolution gridded datasets

  Version:

4.02

  Institutions:

Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK

  Source:

monthly observations at meteorological stations across the world land areas

  History:

2019-05-06: downloaded source from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.02/

2019-05-06: converted to netCDF with https://gist.github.com/nocollier/d73585731756fa472731065389af45dc

  References:

Harris, I., P.D. Jones, T.J. Osborn and D.H. Lister (2014), Updated high-resolution grids of monthly climatic observations - the CRU TS3.10 Dataset, International Journal of Climatology, 34(3), 623-642, doi:10.1002/joc.3711

  Comments:

time_period: 1960-01 through 2017-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: C

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: K

  Convention:

CF-1.7