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	[-]	304.
D104	[-]	306.	306.	304.	304.	305.		1.61	2.10	0.376		0.294	0.642	0.956	0.996	0.820	0.725
LMBIRCH4	[-]	305.	306.	304.	304.	305.		1.70	2.21	0.396		0.290	0.631	0.951	0.997	0.801	0.717
PHSParam	[-]	305.	306.	304.	304.	305.		1.70	2.21	0.436		0.291	0.629	0.943	0.997	0.802	0.715

	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	[-]	307.
D104	[-]	309.	309.	305.	307.	306.		2.04	2.42	0.232		0.471	0.763	0.981	0.999	0.909	0.814
LMBIRCH4	[-]	309.	309.	304.	307.	306.		1.97	2.38	0.235		0.483	0.742	0.981	0.998	0.878	0.804
PHSParam	[-]	309.	309.	304.	307.	306.		1.98	2.38	0.238		0.482	0.743	0.981	0.998	0.877	0.804

	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	[-]	301.
D104	[-]	304.	304.	301.	302.	299.		1.58	2.14	0.435		0.441	0.709	0.949	0.997	0.857	0.777
LMBIRCH4	[-]	303.	303.	301.	301.	299.		1.72	2.25	0.426		0.430	0.714	0.946	0.996	0.824	0.771
PHSParam	[-]	303.	303.	301.	301.	299.		1.75	2.27	0.438		0.427	0.713	0.944	0.995	0.824	0.769

	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	[-]	266.
D104	[-]	267.	267.	270.	267.	270.		0.702	2.00	0.0413		0.927	0.911	0.997	1.00	0.927	0.945
LMBIRCH4	[-]	266.	266.	269.	266.	270.		0.736	2.18	0.0578		0.926	0.899	0.996	1.00	0.896	0.936
PHSParam	[-]	266.	266.	269.	266.	270.		0.736	2.18	0.0589		0.927	0.899	0.996	1.00	0.897	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	[-]	304.
D104	[-]	305.	305.	305.	304.	304.		0.967	1.73	0.973		0.172	0.495	0.854	0.864	0.828	0.618
LMBIRCH4	[-]	305.	305.	304.	304.	303.		1.01	1.84	1.09		0.187	0.497	0.835	0.823	0.795	0.606
PHSParam	[-]	305.	305.	304.	304.	303.		0.976	1.81	1.07		0.191	0.495	0.839	0.824	0.797	0.607

	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	[-]	276.
D104	[-]	277.	277.	279.	277.	278.		0.264	1.21	0.00937		0.950	0.942	0.999	1.00	0.963	0.966
LMBIRCH4	[-]	276.	276.	278.	276.	277.		0.282	1.24	0.00998		0.952	0.940	0.999	1.00	0.970	0.967
PHSParam	[-]	276.	276.	278.	276.	277.		0.282	1.24	0.00998		0.952	0.941	0.999	1.00	0.970	0.967

	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.
D104	[-]	287.	287.	291.	286.	292.		1.03	2.02	0.0798		0.846	0.916	0.993	1.00	0.930	0.934
LMBIRCH4	[-]	287.	287.	290.	286.	291.		0.994	2.01	0.0830		0.851	0.916	0.993	1.00	0.938	0.936
PHSParam	[-]	287.	287.	290.	286.	291.		0.999	2.01	0.0821		0.851	0.916	0.994	1.00	0.937	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	[-]	302.
D104	[-]	304.	304.	305.	303.	303.		1.12	2.25	0.301		0.575	0.773	0.968	0.998	0.899	0.831
LMBIRCH4	[-]	303.	303.	304.	302.	303.		1.09	2.25	0.247		0.579	0.782	0.974	0.997	0.913	0.838
PHSParam	[-]	303.	304.	304.	302.	303.		1.11	2.26	0.247		0.578	0.782	0.974	0.998	0.912	0.838

	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	[-]	268.
D104	[-]	268.	268.	269.	268.	269.		-0.0839	1.38	0.0226		0.956	0.926	0.998	1.00	0.952	0.960
LMBIRCH4	[-]	267.	267.	268.	268.	268.		-0.149	1.63	0.0296		0.954	0.912	0.998	1.00	0.906	0.947
PHSParam	[-]	267.	267.	268.	268.	268.		-0.146	1.63	0.0296		0.955	0.912	0.998	1.00	0.906	0.947

	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	[-]	301.
D104	[-]	304.	304.	298.	301.	300.		1.66	2.07	0.150		0.663	0.860	0.987	0.999	0.868	0.873
LMBIRCH4	[-]	303.	304.	298.	301.	299.		1.72	2.13	0.141		0.660	0.861	0.989	0.998	0.898	0.878
PHSParam	[-]	303.	304.	298.	301.	299.		1.73	2.14	0.142		0.660	0.861	0.989	0.998	0.899	0.878

	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.
D104	[-]	287.	287.	288.	287.	286.		0.348	1.57	0.338		0.862	0.889	0.977	0.998	0.927	0.924
LMBIRCH4	[-]	286.	286.	287.	286.	285.		0.358	1.59	0.214		0.863	0.886	0.986	0.998	0.925	0.924
PHSParam	[-]	286.	286.	287.	286.	285.		0.360	1.59	0.215		0.863	0.886	0.986	0.998	0.925	0.924

	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	[-]	292.
D104	[-]	289.	294.	260.	293.	297.		1.09	2.03	0.231		0.674	0.826	0.975	0.997	0.906	0.867
LMBIRCH4	[-]	289.	293.	259.	292.	296.		1.10	2.06	0.215		0.677	0.822	0.976	0.997	0.904	0.866
PHSParam	[-]	289.	293.	259.	292.	296.		1.10	2.06	0.215		0.676	0.822	0.976	0.997	0.904	0.866

	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	[-]	303.
D104	[-]	305.	305.	300.	303.	300.		1.65	2.35	0.189		0.723	0.879	0.984	0.998	0.915	0.896
LMBIRCH4	[-]	304.	304.	299.	303.	299.		1.61	2.31	0.162		0.724	0.877	0.987	0.998	0.907	0.895
PHSParam	[-]	304.	304.	299.	303.	299.		1.61	2.31	0.161		0.724	0.877	0.987	0.998	0.907	0.895

	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	[-]	268.
D104	[-]	270.	270.	268.	269.	272.		0.419	1.87	0.0462		0.920	0.895	0.997	1.00	0.931	0.940
LMBIRCH4	[-]	269.	269.	268.	268.	271.		0.459	1.95	0.0392		0.921	0.890	0.997	1.00	0.904	0.934
PHSParam	[-]	269.	269.	268.	268.	271.		0.456	1.95	0.0392		0.922	0.890	0.997	1.00	0.904	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	[-]	302.
D104	[-]	304.	304.	304.	303.	303.		0.998	2.29	0.451		0.528	0.712	0.948	0.974	0.875	0.792
LMBIRCH4	[-]	303.	303.	303.	302.	303.		1.04	2.28	0.473		0.534	0.713	0.942	0.972	0.880	0.792
PHSParam	[-]	303.	303.	304.	302.	303.		1.05	2.28	0.459		0.534	0.712	0.944	0.973	0.881	0.793

	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	[-]	292.
D104	[-]	293.	293.	299.	292.	295.		0.909	1.39	0.119		0.872	0.926	0.992	0.996	0.952	0.944
LMBIRCH4	[-]	293.	293.	299.	292.	294.		0.921	1.42	0.0872		0.875	0.922	0.994	0.996	0.956	0.944
PHSParam	[-]	293.	293.	299.	292.	294.		0.918	1.41	0.0872		0.876	0.922	0.994	0.996	0.956	0.944

	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	[-]	279.
D104	[-]	280.	280.	282.	280.	283.		0.567	1.39	0.0762		0.914	0.921	0.995	0.998	0.953	0.950
LMBIRCH4	[-]	280.	280.	281.	279.	282.		0.528	1.41	0.0520		0.916	0.918	0.997	0.998	0.953	0.950
PHSParam	[-]	280.	280.	281.	279.	282.		0.525	1.41	0.0520		0.916	0.918	0.997	0.998	0.953	0.950

	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	[-]	291.
D104	[-]	292.	293.	292.	291.	295.		1.28	2.08	0.0760		0.823	0.899	0.995	0.996	0.929	0.923
LMBIRCH4	[-]	292.	292.	292.	291.	294.		1.23	2.09	0.0613		0.827	0.893	0.996	0.997	0.932	0.923
PHSParam	[-]	292.	292.	292.	291.	294.		1.25	2.09	0.0613		0.826	0.894	0.996	0.997	0.932	0.923

	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	[-]	304.
D104	[-]	306.	306.	304.	304.	304.		1.66	2.10	0.554		0.233	0.654	0.928	1.00	0.887	0.726
LMBIRCH4	[-]	306.	306.	304.	304.	304.		1.67	2.12	0.474		0.244	0.634	0.937	1.00	0.899	0.725
PHSParam	[-]	306.	306.	304.	304.	304.		1.67	2.11	0.453		0.244	0.632	0.939	1.00	0.900	0.725

	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	[-]	301.
D104	[-]	303.	304.	300.	302.	301.		1.63	1.91	0.314		0.491	0.773	0.963	0.996	0.896	0.815
LMBIRCH4	[-]	303.	303.	300.	301.	300.		1.67	1.97	0.340		0.487	0.762	0.957	0.996	0.921	0.814
PHSParam	[-]	303.	303.	300.	301.	300.		1.69	1.98	0.327		0.484	0.761	0.958	0.996	0.922	0.814

	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	[-]	290.
D104	[-]	293.	292.	293.	290.	288.		1.69	2.99	0.475		0.524	0.734	0.940	0.990	0.863	0.798
LMBIRCH4	[-]	292.	292.	293.	290.	288.		1.66	3.00	0.387		0.527	0.734	0.947	0.988	0.912	0.807
PHSParam	[-]	292.	292.	293.	290.	288.		1.66	3.01	0.387		0.526	0.733	0.947	0.988	0.911	0.806

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:

CRU TS4.01 Maximum Temperature

  Institution:

Original Data held at British Atmospheric Data Centre, RAL, UK.

  Source:

Run ID = 1709081022. Data generated from:TMX derived from gridded TMP & DTR absolutes, DTR in turn derived from tmn.1708171135.dtb, tmx.1708171215.dtb

  History:

2018-01-15: download from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.01/cruts.1709081022.v4.01/ 2019-02-06: converted and created to netCDF4 for ILAMB package

  References:

Harris et al., 2014, Int. J. Climatol., doi:10.1002/joc.3711

  Conventions:

CF-1.7

  Creation_date:

Fri Feb 8 14:12:14 PST 2019

  Contact:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Forrest Hoffman (forrest@climatemodeling.org) for any question

  Original_resolution:

0.5x0.5

  Resolution:

0.5x0.5

  Original_frequency:

mon

  Frequency:

mon