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.
CLM4	[-]	293.	293.	296.	293.	296.		0.0254	1.31	0.832		0.523	0.416	0.903	1.00	0.709	0.661
CLM4.5	[-]	293.	293.	296.	293.	296.		0.348	1.31	0.802		0.536	0.436	0.903	0.995	0.725	0.672
CLM5	[-]	294.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.843	1.30	0.638		0.446	0.486	0.928	0.997	0.773	0.686

	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.
CLM4	[-]	293.	293.	296.	293.	294.		0.463	1.42	0.264		0.745	0.666	0.979	0.988	0.870	0.819
CLM4.5	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		0.842	1.53	0.201		0.652	0.708	0.983	0.985	0.867	0.818
CLM5	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.17	1.50	0.181		0.620	0.750	0.985	0.987	0.860	0.825

	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.
CLM4	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.450	1.26	0.690		0.729	0.738	0.913	1.00	0.845	0.827
CLM4.5	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.786	1.32	0.727		0.685	0.764	0.906	1.00	0.844	0.827
CLM5	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		1.00	1.36	0.598		0.662	0.786	0.927	1.00	0.839	0.834

	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.
CLM4	[-]	255.	255.	263.	256.	261.		-0.475	1.97	0.0379		0.920	0.909	0.997	1.00	0.908	0.941
CLM4.5	[-]	256.	255.	262.	256.	261.		-0.319	1.92	0.0372		0.926	0.909	0.997	1.00	0.910	0.942
CLM5	[-]	256.	256.	264.	256.	261.		0.395	1.75	0.0380		0.932	0.918	0.997	0.999	0.908	0.945

	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.
CLM4	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	295.		0.343	1.49	1.54		0.356	0.431	0.769	0.931	0.849	0.628
CLM4.5	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	295.		0.526	1.45	1.53		0.382	0.439	0.771	0.926	0.853	0.635
CLM5	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		1.21	1.66	1.28		0.281	0.505	0.809	0.960	0.814	0.646

	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.
CLM4	[-]	264.	263.	271.	265.	269.		-1.68	2.17	0.0266		0.874	0.923	0.998	0.998	0.950	0.944
CLM4.5	[-]	264.	264.	271.	265.	269.		-1.38	1.98	0.0268		0.887	0.924	0.998	0.993	0.952	0.946
CLM5	[-]	265.	265.	272.	265.	269.		-0.198	1.13	0.0191		0.945	0.945	0.999	0.997	0.965	0.966

	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.
CLM4	[-]	274.	273.	284.	274.	280.		-0.247	1.79	0.0175		0.871	0.895	0.999	0.998	0.866	0.921
CLM4.5	[-]	274.	274.	284.	274.	280.		-0.0301	1.73	0.0171		0.875	0.900	0.999	0.997	0.881	0.925
CLM5	[-]	274.	274.	285.	274.	280.		0.670	1.54	0.0163		0.881	0.923	0.999	0.999	0.928	0.942

	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.
CLM4	[-]	290.	290.	296.	291.	296.		-0.339	1.65	0.310		0.746	0.786	0.974	0.995	0.836	0.854
CLM4.5	[-]	291.	291.	296.	291.	296.		0.110	1.56	0.282		0.740	0.808	0.976	0.998	0.885	0.869
CLM5	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.736	1.51	0.255		0.717	0.846	0.978	0.999	0.929	0.886

	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.
CLM4	[-]	258.	258.	262.	259.	260.		-1.23	2.13	0.0252		0.905	0.912	0.998	1.00	0.919	0.941
CLM4.5	[-]	258.	258.	262.	259.	260.		-1.09	2.02	0.0227		0.913	0.912	0.998	0.999	0.919	0.942
CLM5	[-]	259.	259.	263.	259.	260.		-0.224	1.48	0.0263		0.954	0.923	0.998	1.00	0.921	0.953

	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.
CLM4	[-]	288.	288.	290.	287.	289.		0.780	1.16	0.125		0.814	0.875	0.992	0.998	0.931	0.914
CLM4.5	[-]	288.	288.	290.	287.	289.		0.829	1.18	0.130		0.809	0.878	0.991	0.998	0.936	0.915
CLM5	[-]	289.	289.	290.	287.	289.		1.16	1.34	0.138		0.770	0.891	0.991	1.00	0.943	0.914

	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.
CLM4	[-]	276.	276.	280.	277.	281.		-0.858	1.61	0.0968		0.808	0.874	0.993	0.986	0.897	0.906
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	276.	279.	277.	281.		-0.928	1.65	0.0970		0.800	0.877	0.993	0.987	0.906	0.907
CLM5	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		0.00878	1.14	0.219		0.859	0.905	0.985	0.994	0.942	0.932

	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.
CLM4	[-]	276.	280.	243.	280.	287.		-0.111	1.59	0.312		0.783	0.800	0.962	0.999	0.890	0.872
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	280.	243.	280.	287.		0.0800	1.59	0.302		0.771	0.808	0.963	0.998	0.896	0.874
CLM5	[-]	277.	281.	244.	280.	287.		0.686	1.46	0.269		0.759	0.835	0.968	0.999	0.909	0.884

	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.
CLM4	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.117	1.32	0.289		0.870	0.860	0.977	1.00	0.913	0.913
CLM4.5	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.314	1.32	0.255		0.863	0.866	0.980	1.00	0.910	0.914
CLM5	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.623	1.29	0.238		0.852	0.882	0.982	1.00	0.909	0.918

	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.
CLM4	[-]	259.	259.	261.	260.	262.		-0.749	1.96	0.0558		0.907	0.900	0.996	0.999	0.924	0.938
CLM4.5	[-]	259.	259.	261.	260.	262.		-0.590	1.87	0.0458		0.916	0.899	0.997	1.00	0.923	0.939
CLM5	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	262.		0.385	1.52	0.0456		0.938	0.915	0.997	0.998	0.920	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	[-]	289.
CLM4	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.07	1.88	0.358		0.594	0.755	0.963	1.00	0.900	0.828
CLM4.5	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.08	1.86	0.357		0.600	0.751	0.964	0.998	0.910	0.829
CLM5	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.40	2.00	0.369		0.568	0.766	0.961	0.999	0.905	0.828

	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.
CLM4	[-]	280.	280.	289.	280.	287.		0.134	1.03	0.0328		0.924	0.915	0.998	1.00	0.947	0.950
CLM4.5	[-]	280.	280.	289.	280.	287.		0.380	1.02	0.0296		0.919	0.922	0.998	1.00	0.956	0.953
CLM5	[-]	281.	281.	289.	280.	287.		1.06	1.27	0.0255		0.876	0.936	0.998	1.00	0.972	0.953

	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.
CLM4	[-]	267.	267.	273.	268.	274.		-0.915	1.66	0.0351		0.882	0.907	0.998	0.986	0.938	0.936
CLM4.5	[-]	267.	267.	273.	268.	274.		-0.706	1.54	0.0351		0.894	0.906	0.998	0.991	0.939	0.939
CLM5	[-]	268.	268.	274.	268.	274.		0.439	1.14	0.0361		0.922	0.926	0.998	0.997	0.952	0.953

	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.
CLM4	[-]	276.	276.	282.	276.	280.		0.948	1.83	0.0296		0.810	0.882	0.998	1.00	0.923	0.916
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	277.	282.	276.	280.		1.10	1.85	0.0383		0.809	0.881	0.997	0.999	0.922	0.915
CLM5	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.52	2.00	0.0516		0.787	0.891	0.997	0.998	0.943	0.918

	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.
CLM4	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	294.		0.145	1.23	1.38		0.537	0.479	0.788	0.996	0.878	0.693
CLM4.5	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	294.		0.342	1.28	1.35		0.486	0.485	0.789	0.996	0.879	0.687
CLM5	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	294.		0.925	1.38	1.11		0.399	0.552	0.833	0.996	0.871	0.700

	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.
CLM4	[-]	290.	290.	292.	290.	288.		0.441	1.18	0.469		0.728	0.745	0.938	0.997	0.924	0.846
CLM4.5	[-]	290.	290.	292.	290.	288.		0.675	1.21	0.483		0.694	0.759	0.936	0.997	0.924	0.845
CLM5	[-]	291.	291.	293.	290.	288.		1.06	1.31	0.478		0.637	0.798	0.938	1.00	0.935	0.851

	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.
CLM4	[-]	278.	278.	284.	278.	281.		0.656	2.13	0.148		0.611	0.760	0.987	0.999	0.917	0.839
CLM4.5	[-]	278.	278.	284.	278.	281.		0.934	2.17	0.134		0.602	0.774	0.988	1.00	0.925	0.844
CLM5	[-]	279.	278.	284.	278.	281.		1.24	2.18	0.122		0.596	0.793	0.989	1.00	0.922	0.849

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

  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

  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

  original_resolution: 0.5x0.5

  resolution: 0.5x0.5

  original_frequency: mon

  frequency: mon

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

  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

  title: CRU TS4.01 Minimum Temperature

  Conventions: CF-1.7