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	[-]	299.	299.	300.	298.	301.		0.233	0.921	0.491		0.608	0.736	0.953	1.00	0.941	0.829
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	301.	301.	300.	300.	300.		0.452	1.06	0.223		0.716	0.807	0.983	0.986	0.949	0.875
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	296.	296.	297.	295.	295.		0.513	1.11	0.369		0.673	0.827	0.956	1.00	0.938	0.870
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	262.	261.	266.	262.	267.		0.529	1.76	0.0284		0.917	0.936	0.998	0.998	0.925	0.952
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	299.		0.215	1.02	0.523		0.373	0.658	0.925	0.908	0.894	0.736
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	271.	271.	274.	271.	273.		-0.0415	0.891	0.00953		0.954	0.964	0.999	1.00	0.975	0.976
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	281.	280.	287.	280.	287.		0.311	1.59	0.0333		0.874	0.941	0.998	1.00	0.955	0.951
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	297.	297.	300.	297.	299.		0.00111	1.55	0.268		0.718	0.833	0.973	0.997	0.929	0.881
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	264.	264.	266.	264.	265.		0.134	1.03	0.0225		0.953	0.955	0.998	0.999	0.954	0.969
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	295.	295.	293.	295.	294.		0.493	0.889	0.108		0.857	0.903	0.992	1.00	0.950	0.934
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	282.	282.	284.	282.	283.		0.108	1.28	0.179		0.863	0.914	0.988	1.00	0.948	0.938
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	283.	287.	256.	287.	293.		0.238	1.27	0.185		0.799	0.877	0.980	1.00	0.945	0.913
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	295.		0.168	1.18	0.172		0.868	0.919	0.987	1.00	0.952	0.941
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	265.	265.	265.	265.	268.		0.472	1.51	0.0339		0.920	0.931	0.998	1.00	0.947	0.954
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	296.	295.	298.	296.	299.		0.411	1.69	0.363		0.618	0.804	0.964	0.999	0.915	0.851
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	286.	286.	294.	286.	289.		0.251	0.892	0.0390		0.920	0.941	0.997	0.999	0.962	0.960
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	274.	274.	278.	275.	279.		0.0559	1.02	0.0502		0.924	0.942	0.997	0.998	0.961	0.961
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	284.	284.	287.	284.	289.		0.416	1.62	0.0383		0.843	0.915	0.997	1.00	0.952	0.937
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	299.	299.	300.	299.	300.		0.0618	0.946	0.498		0.634	0.732	0.933	0.999	0.917	0.824
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	296.	296.	295.	296.	297.		0.301	0.872	0.326		0.737	0.840	0.958	0.999	0.951	0.888
PPEnocrop	[-]	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	[-]	285.	284.	288.	284.	284.		0.602	2.43	0.264		0.594	0.816	0.963	0.999	0.926	0.853
PPEnocrop	[-]	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