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	[-]	293.
D104	[-]	294.	294.	297.	293.	296.		0.944	1.50	0.971		0.389	0.504	0.868	0.999	0.788	0.675
LMBIRCH4	[-]	294.	293.	296.	293.	296.		0.869	1.51	0.690		0.437	0.472	0.921	1.00	0.771	0.679
PHSParam	[-]	294.	293.	296.	293.	296.		0.875	1.50	0.669		0.437	0.476	0.923	1.00	0.774	0.681

	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	[-]	293.
D104	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		1.21	1.65	0.269		0.597	0.759	0.976	0.984	0.900	0.829
LMBIRCH4	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.18	1.68	0.256		0.606	0.731	0.977	0.982	0.861	0.815
PHSParam	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.20	1.69	0.251		0.603	0.732	0.977	0.982	0.860	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	[-]	288.
D104	[-]	290.	290.	293.	289.	290.		1.04	1.63	0.734		0.622	0.773	0.905	0.998	0.845	0.819
LMBIRCH4	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	290.		1.06	1.65	0.677		0.631	0.767	0.917	0.999	0.835	0.819
PHSParam	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	290.		1.10	1.67	0.655		0.623	0.768	0.921	0.999	0.833	0.819

	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	[-]	256.
D104	[-]	257.	257.	263.	258.	264.		0.642	2.12	0.0598		0.905	0.918	0.996	0.995	0.933	0.944
LMBIRCH4	[-]	257.	256.	262.	256.	263.		0.819	2.32	0.0582		0.905	0.905	0.996	0.996	0.904	0.935
PHSParam	[-]	257.	256.	262.	256.	263.		0.793	2.31	0.0557		0.905	0.905	0.996	0.995	0.905	0.935

	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	[-]	294.
D104	[-]	296.	296.	297.	295.	295.		1.45	2.09	1.44		0.184	0.437	0.778	0.926	0.822	0.597
LMBIRCH4	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		1.52	2.14	1.46		0.223	0.494	0.778	0.921	0.804	0.619
PHSParam	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		1.50	2.13	1.44		0.224	0.493	0.782	0.922	0.808	0.620

	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.
D104	[-]	266.	266.	271.	266.	270.		-0.241	1.29	0.0266		0.934	0.942	0.998	0.999	0.948	0.960
LMBIRCH4	[-]	265.	265.	270.	265.	269.		-0.163	1.31	0.0256		0.938	0.941	0.998	0.999	0.964	0.963
PHSParam	[-]	265.	265.	270.	265.	269.		-0.175	1.31	0.0256		0.937	0.942	0.998	0.998	0.964	0.963

	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	[-]	274.
D104	[-]	275.	275.	285.	275.	284.		0.722	1.97	0.0377		0.851	0.917	0.997	1.00	0.927	0.935
LMBIRCH4	[-]	275.	274.	284.	274.	283.		0.773	2.00	0.0226		0.854	0.915	0.998	1.00	0.925	0.935
PHSParam	[-]	275.	274.	284.	274.	283.		0.752	2.00	0.0226		0.854	0.915	0.998	1.00	0.925	0.935

	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.	292.	297.	292.	295.		0.791	2.01	0.327		0.655	0.817	0.971	0.993	0.914	0.861
LMBIRCH4	[-]	292.	291.	297.	291.	295.		0.770	2.01	0.280		0.669	0.824	0.976	0.994	0.924	0.868
PHSParam	[-]	292.	291.	297.	291.	295.		0.794	2.02	0.294		0.667	0.824	0.975	0.993	0.925	0.868

	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	[-]	259.
D104	[-]	260.	260.	263.	260.	261.		-0.210	1.44	0.0318		0.939	0.932	0.998	0.998	0.953	0.959
LMBIRCH4	[-]	259.	259.	262.	259.	260.		-0.0685	1.68	0.0322		0.943	0.916	0.998	0.999	0.915	0.948
PHSParam	[-]	259.	259.	262.	259.	260.		-0.0761	1.68	0.0322		0.943	0.916	0.998	0.998	0.915	0.948

	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.
D104	[-]	289.	289.	289.	288.	289.		1.16	1.44	0.171		0.766	0.885	0.987	1.00	0.924	0.908
LMBIRCH4	[-]	289.	289.	289.	287.	289.		1.24	1.52	0.152		0.754	0.877	0.990	1.00	0.936	0.906
PHSParam	[-]	289.	289.	289.	287.	289.		1.25	1.52	0.159		0.753	0.877	0.989	1.00	0.936	0.906

	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	[-]	277.
D104	[-]	277.	277.	281.	278.	280.		0.133	1.61	0.312		0.805	0.893	0.979	0.991	0.933	0.916
LMBIRCH4	[-]	277.	277.	281.	277.	279.		0.197	1.63	0.219		0.806	0.891	0.985	0.990	0.931	0.916
PHSParam	[-]	277.	277.	281.	277.	279.		0.173	1.63	0.214		0.805	0.891	0.986	0.990	0.931	0.916

	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	[-]	281.
D104	[-]	278.	281.	253.	281.	289.		0.746	1.77	0.355		0.726	0.826	0.957	0.999	0.912	0.874
LMBIRCH4	[-]	277.	281.	251.	280.	289.		0.790	1.81	0.306		0.732	0.821	0.964	0.999	0.903	0.873
PHSParam	[-]	277.	281.	251.	280.	289.		0.789	1.81	0.301		0.731	0.822	0.965	0.999	0.903	0.874

	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	[-]	289.
D104	[-]	290.	290.	291.	289.	290.		0.669	1.61	0.298		0.824	0.878	0.977	1.00	0.926	0.914
LMBIRCH4	[-]	289.	289.	291.	289.	289.		0.672	1.61	0.263		0.822	0.872	0.980	0.999	0.906	0.909
PHSParam	[-]	289.	289.	291.	289.	289.		0.672	1.61	0.264		0.822	0.872	0.980	0.999	0.906	0.909

	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	[-]	260.
D104	[-]	261.	261.	263.	261.	265.		0.590	1.92	0.0482		0.911	0.906	0.997	0.994	0.941	0.942
LMBIRCH4	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	264.		0.722	2.01	0.0567		0.911	0.900	0.996	0.994	0.914	0.936
PHSParam	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	264.		0.721	2.01	0.0577		0.911	0.901	0.996	0.994	0.914	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	[-]	289.
D104	[-]	290.	289.	294.	289.	295.		1.71	2.65	0.440		0.492	0.740	0.957	0.996	0.886	0.802
LMBIRCH4	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	294.		1.73	2.69	0.456		0.498	0.742	0.956	0.994	0.877	0.801
PHSParam	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	294.		1.73	2.68	0.425		0.499	0.741	0.959	0.994	0.877	0.802

	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.
D104	[-]	281.	281.	290.	280.	284.		1.08	1.46	0.0614		0.861	0.926	0.996	0.997	0.958	0.944
LMBIRCH4	[-]	281.	281.	289.	280.	284.		1.10	1.49	0.0403		0.862	0.922	0.997	0.998	0.962	0.944
PHSParam	[-]	281.	281.	289.	280.	284.		1.09	1.48	0.0408		0.863	0.922	0.997	0.998	0.962	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	[-]	268.
D104	[-]	269.	269.	274.	269.	276.		0.409	1.41	0.0511		0.900	0.915	0.997	0.994	0.944	0.944
LMBIRCH4	[-]	269.	268.	274.	268.	275.		0.463	1.45	0.0571		0.901	0.914	0.996	0.995	0.946	0.944
PHSParam	[-]	269.	268.	274.	268.	275.		0.437	1.44	0.0571		0.902	0.914	0.996	0.995	0.946	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	[-]	276.
D104	[-]	277.	278.	284.	276.	282.		1.58	2.32	0.0694		0.765	0.883	0.995	1.00	0.930	0.909
LMBIRCH4	[-]	277.	277.	284.	276.	282.		1.61	2.37	0.0458		0.764	0.875	0.997	1.00	0.938	0.908
PHSParam	[-]	277.	277.	284.	276.	282.		1.57	2.35	0.0458		0.766	0.876	0.997	1.00	0.939	0.909

	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	[-]	294.
D104	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	296.		0.877	1.57	1.53		0.378	0.540	0.764	0.996	0.878	0.683
LMBIRCH4	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		0.927	1.60	1.21		0.396	0.545	0.816	0.995	0.868	0.694
PHSParam	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		0.930	1.61	1.18		0.393	0.546	0.823	0.996	0.869	0.695

	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	[-]	291.	291.	292.	290.	293.		0.981	1.41	0.595		0.625	0.797	0.917	0.997	0.932	0.844
LMBIRCH4	[-]	291.	291.	291.	290.	293.		1.02	1.46	0.529		0.632	0.786	0.930	0.999	0.930	0.844
PHSParam	[-]	291.	291.	291.	290.	293.		1.04	1.47	0.538		0.628	0.786	0.930	0.999	0.930	0.843

	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	[-]	278.
D104	[-]	279.	279.	284.	278.	280.		1.43	3.07	0.178		0.531	0.785	0.985	0.998	0.896	0.830
LMBIRCH4	[-]	279.	279.	283.	278.	280.		1.48	3.08	0.184		0.533	0.771	0.984	0.998	0.914	0.829
PHSParam	[-]	279.	279.	283.	278.	280.		1.48	3.08	0.170		0.533	0.770	0.985	0.998	0.914	0.829

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 Minimum Temperature

  Institution:

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

  Source:

Run ID = 1709081022. Data generated from:TMN 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 14:17:30 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