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 Globe 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]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	299.
PPE_NEW	[-]	299.	298.	300.	298.	301.		0.0977	0.987	0.517		0.591	0.679	0.951	1.00	0.913	0.802
PPE_OLD	[-]	299.	299.	300.	298.	301.		0.190	0.921	0.504		0.612	0.727	0.952	1.00	0.938	0.826
R15	[-]	299.	299.	300.	298.	301.		0.332	0.922	0.483		0.608	0.745	0.953	1.00	0.943	0.832

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	300.
PPE_NEW	[-]	300.	301.	300.	300.	300.		0.295	1.08	0.236		0.733	0.781	0.982	0.983	0.944	0.867
PPE_OLD	[-]	301.	301.	300.	300.	300.		0.402	1.05	0.218		0.724	0.803	0.983	0.986	0.949	0.875
R15	[-]	301.	301.	300.	300.	300.		0.484	1.07	0.220		0.711	0.810	0.983	0.984	0.950	0.875

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	295.
PPE_NEW	[-]	295.	295.	296.	295.	295.		0.408	1.11	0.346		0.687	0.802	0.960	1.00	0.935	0.864
PPE_OLD	[-]	296.	296.	297.	295.	295.		0.495	1.11	0.370		0.675	0.823	0.956	1.00	0.939	0.869
R15	[-]	296.	296.	297.	295.	295.		0.548	1.12	0.358		0.669	0.833	0.958	1.00	0.938	0.872

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	262.
PPE_NEW	[-]	261.	261.	266.	262.	267.		0.0388	1.90	0.0395		0.918	0.923	0.997	0.998	0.917	0.946
PPE_OLD	[-]	262.	261.	266.	262.	267.		0.528	1.76	0.0284		0.917	0.936	0.998	0.998	0.924	0.952
R15	[-]	262.	261.	266.	262.	267.		0.534	1.77	0.0284		0.917	0.936	0.998	0.998	0.925	0.952

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	299.
PPE_NEW	[-]	299.	299.	299.	299.	299.		0.0371	1.08	0.974		0.339	0.584	0.849	0.898	0.875	0.688
PPE_OLD	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	299.		0.148	1.01	0.575		0.372	0.653	0.917	0.894	0.889	0.730
R15	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	299.		0.319	1.02	0.513		0.366	0.667	0.926	0.899	0.892	0.736

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	271.
PPE_NEW	[-]	270.	270.	274.	271.	273.		-1.00	1.70	0.0113		0.917	0.924	0.999	0.999	0.958	0.954
PPE_OLD	[-]	271.	271.	274.	271.	273.		-0.0378	0.894	0.00953		0.954	0.964	0.999	1.00	0.975	0.976
R15	[-]	271.	271.	274.	271.	273.		-0.00611	0.895	0.00953		0.954	0.964	0.999	1.00	0.975	0.976

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	280.
PPE_NEW	[-]	280.	280.	287.	280.	287.		-0.0237	1.77	0.0301		0.868	0.921	0.998	1.00	0.946	0.942
PPE_OLD	[-]	281.	280.	287.	280.	287.		0.285	1.60	0.0302		0.874	0.940	0.998	1.00	0.954	0.951
R15	[-]	281.	280.	287.	280.	287.		0.341	1.59	0.0299		0.874	0.942	0.998	1.00	0.956	0.952

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	297.
PPE_NEW	[-]	296.	296.	300.	297.	299.		-0.609	1.83	0.278		0.691	0.783	0.974	0.997	0.917	0.858
PPE_OLD	[-]	297.	296.	300.	297.	299.		-0.267	1.62	0.259		0.715	0.820	0.974	0.998	0.926	0.876
R15	[-]	297.	297.	300.	297.	299.		0.0616	1.55	0.272		0.716	0.835	0.973	0.997	0.927	0.881

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	264.
PPE_NEW	[-]	263.	263.	265.	264.	265.		-0.438	1.43	0.0259		0.940	0.934	0.998	1.00	0.939	0.958
PPE_OLD	[-]	264.	264.	266.	264.	265.		0.134	1.03	0.0225		0.953	0.955	0.998	0.999	0.954	0.969
R15	[-]	264.	264.	266.	264.	265.		0.139	1.03	0.0225		0.953	0.955	0.998	0.999	0.955	0.969

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	295.
PPE_NEW	[-]	295.	295.	293.	295.	294.		0.370	0.890	0.102		0.864	0.892	0.993	1.00	0.950	0.932
PPE_OLD	[-]	295.	295.	293.	295.	294.		0.487	0.888	0.107		0.858	0.902	0.992	1.00	0.950	0.934
R15	[-]	295.	295.	293.	295.	294.		0.529	0.901	0.113		0.854	0.904	0.992	0.999	0.949	0.934

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	282.
PPE_NEW	[-]	281.	281.	284.	282.	283.		-0.450	1.63	0.171		0.845	0.871	0.988	0.999	0.933	0.918
PPE_OLD	[-]	282.	282.	284.	282.	283.		0.0934	1.29	0.152		0.862	0.913	0.990	1.00	0.947	0.937
R15	[-]	282.	282.	284.	282.	283.		0.146	1.29	0.167		0.863	0.914	0.989	1.00	0.948	0.938

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	287.
PPE_NEW	[-]	282.	286.	256.	287.	293.		-0.0681	1.43	0.199		0.791	0.850	0.978	1.00	0.936	0.901
PPE_OLD	[-]	283.	287.	256.	287.	293.		0.207	1.27	0.182		0.800	0.875	0.981	1.00	0.944	0.912
R15	[-]	283.	287.	256.	287.	293.		0.282	1.27	0.183		0.796	0.879	0.981	1.00	0.945	0.913

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	296.
PPE_NEW	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	295.		0.0985	1.19	0.166		0.869	0.916	0.988	1.00	0.951	0.940
PPE_OLD	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	295.		0.156	1.18	0.163		0.869	0.919	0.988	1.00	0.952	0.941
R15	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	295.		0.187	1.18	0.168		0.868	0.919	0.987	1.00	0.952	0.941

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	265.
PPE_NEW	[-]	265.	265.	265.	265.	268.		0.0503	1.71	0.0375		0.917	0.915	0.997	0.999	0.941	0.947
PPE_OLD	[-]	265.	265.	265.	265.	268.		0.472	1.51	0.0339		0.920	0.931	0.998	1.00	0.947	0.954
R15	[-]	265.	265.	265.	265.	268.		0.485	1.51	0.0339		0.920	0.931	0.998	1.00	0.947	0.954

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	296.
PPE_NEW	[-]	295.	295.	298.	296.	299.		0.228	1.69	0.328		0.622	0.787	0.970	0.999	0.914	0.847
PPE_OLD	[-]	296.	295.	298.	296.	299.		0.354	1.68	0.334		0.621	0.800	0.969	0.999	0.915	0.851
R15	[-]	296.	295.	298.	296.	299.		0.473	1.69	0.406		0.615	0.807	0.958	0.999	0.913	0.850

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
PPE_NEW	[-]	286.	286.	293.	286.	289.		0.0287	0.952	0.0412		0.923	0.930	0.997	0.998	0.961	0.956
PPE_OLD	[-]	286.	286.	294.	286.	289.		0.207	0.882	0.0358		0.922	0.941	0.998	0.999	0.961	0.960
R15	[-]	286.	286.	294.	286.	289.		0.320	0.911	0.0390		0.918	0.941	0.997	0.999	0.962	0.960

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	275.
PPE_NEW	[-]	274.	274.	277.	275.	279.		-0.651	1.45	0.0622		0.902	0.912	0.996	0.994	0.947	0.944
PPE_OLD	[-]	274.	274.	278.	275.	279.		0.0578	1.03	0.0502		0.924	0.941	0.997	0.998	0.961	0.960
R15	[-]	274.	274.	278.	275.	279.		0.106	1.03	0.0502		0.923	0.942	0.997	0.998	0.962	0.960

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	284.
PPE_NEW	[-]	283.	284.	287.	284.	289.		0.0539	1.72	0.0527		0.846	0.896	0.996	0.999	0.946	0.930
PPE_OLD	[-]	284.	284.	287.	284.	289.		0.407	1.62	0.0383		0.843	0.914	0.997	1.00	0.952	0.937
R15	[-]	284.	284.	288.	284.	289.		0.471	1.64	0.0383		0.841	0.914	0.997	1.00	0.951	0.936

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	299.
PPE_NEW	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	300.		0.00352	1.06	0.552		0.581	0.667	0.921	1.00	0.892	0.788
PPE_OLD	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	300.		0.0489	0.947	0.498		0.634	0.729	0.933	0.999	0.917	0.823
R15	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	300.		0.178	0.957	0.488		0.615	0.742	0.932	0.999	0.914	0.824

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	296.
PPE_NEW	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	297.		0.143	0.928	0.333		0.743	0.808	0.958	0.997	0.942	0.876
PPE_OLD	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	297.		0.259	0.873	0.326		0.740	0.834	0.959	0.999	0.950	0.886
R15	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	297.		0.376	0.893	0.323		0.726	0.843	0.958	0.999	0.951	0.887

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	284.
PPE_NEW	[-]	284.	284.	288.	284.	284.		0.396	2.47	0.252		0.594	0.785	0.966	0.999	0.918	0.841
PPE_OLD	[-]	285.	284.	288.	284.	284.		0.596	2.43	0.264		0.595	0.816	0.963	0.999	0.926	0.852
R15	[-]	285.	284.	288.	284.	284.		0.648	2.44	0.264		0.593	0.816	0.963	0.999	0.926	0.852

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 Globe 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 Interannual variability Interannual variability 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:

derived CRU high resolution (0.5x0.5) Mean Temperature

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly CRU TS3.21 Mean Temperature observations

  Conventions:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Creation_date:

Fri Nov 1 11:52:30 PDT 2013

  Approach:

I simply read the monthly surface air temperature from original file, and separated the time series by a month and saved them by each month and each year.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from CRU v3.21 product.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-tas-cru.ncl