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 Global - Land 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]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
CESM3_092H	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	303.		-1.47	1.91	0.893		0.367	0.521	0.904	0.979	0.658
CESM3_098bH	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	303.		-1.36	1.85	0.780		0.363	0.520	0.913	0.999	0.663
CMIP6_001	[-]	303.	303.	304.	303.	304.		-0.758	1.49	1.06		0.538	0.517	0.863	0.976	0.683
LE2_001	[-]	303.	303.	304.	303.	304.		-0.738	1.50	1.15		0.540	0.511	0.855	0.976	0.679

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	307.
CESM3_092H	[-]	305.	305.	307.	304.	304.		-1.79	2.33	0.465		0.525	0.656	0.967	0.981	0.757
CESM3_098bH	[-]	305.	305.	307.	305.	304.		-1.55	2.13	0.472		0.559	0.672	0.966	0.980	0.770
CMIP6_001	[-]	306.	306.	307.	305.	306.		-0.836	1.94	0.441		0.681	0.612	0.966	0.999	0.774
LE2_001	[-]	306.	306.	307.	305.	306.		-0.824	1.91	0.476		0.683	0.617	0.963	0.999	0.776

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
CESM3_092H	[-]	301.	301.	301.	301.	303.		-0.815	1.92	0.944		0.538	0.610	0.883	0.998	0.728
CESM3_098bH	[-]	301.	301.	301.	301.	303.		-0.438	1.84	0.891		0.578	0.600	0.891	0.998	0.734
CMIP6_001	[-]	300.	300.	301.	301.	302.		-0.907	2.23	0.968		0.493	0.591	0.883	0.998	0.711
LE2_001	[-]	301.	301.	301.	301.	302.		-0.781	2.15	0.967		0.509	0.597	0.888	0.997	0.718

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	266.
CESM3_092H	[-]	266.	266.	266.	269.			0.468	3.24	0.0702		0.919	0.849	0.995	0.998	0.922
CESM3_098bH	[-]	267.	267.	266.	270.			0.886	3.40	0.0659		0.917	0.844	0.996	0.998	0.919
CMIP6_001	[-]	267.	267.	266.	269.	269.		1.19	4.55	0.155		0.903	0.796	0.990	0.900	0.877
LE2_001	[-]	267.	267.	266.	269.	269.		1.25	4.64	0.237		0.899	0.795	0.984	0.882	0.871

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
CESM3_092H	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-1.15	1.60	1.88		0.248	0.465	0.724	0.970	0.574
CESM3_098bH	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-1.17	1.63	1.91		0.247	0.460	0.710	0.941	0.563
CMIP6_001	[-]	303.	302.	304.	303.	303.		-1.23	1.67	1.87		0.261	0.439	0.741	0.893	0.555
LE2_001	[-]	303.	303.	304.	303.	303.		-1.21	1.67	1.85		0.264	0.431	0.740	0.890	0.551

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	276.
CESM3_092H	[-]	277.	277.	276.	280.	278.		0.863	2.44	0.0427		0.917	0.877	0.997	0.976	0.929
CESM3_098bH	[-]	277.	277.	276.	280.	278.		1.08	2.47	0.0612		0.908	0.881	0.996	0.975	0.928
CMIP6_001	[-]	276.	276.	276.	278.	278.		-0.125	2.96	0.0492		0.944	0.832	0.997	0.989	0.919
LE2_001	[-]	276.	276.	276.	278.	278.		0.218	2.81	0.0439		0.949	0.841	0.997	0.988	0.923

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
CESM3_092H	[-]	287.	287.	286.	293.	291.		0.881	2.89	0.244		0.797	0.863	0.982	0.991	0.899
CESM3_098bH	[-]	287.	287.	286.	293.	291.		1.17	3.05	0.281		0.788	0.858	0.980	0.991	0.895
CMIP6_001	[-]	286.	286.	286.	291.	292.		-0.0705	2.13	0.168		0.860	0.876	0.988	0.998	0.920
LE2_001	[-]	286.	286.	286.	291.	292.		0.0657	2.14	0.191		0.859	0.876	0.986	0.999	0.919

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
CESM3_092H	[-]	302.	302.	303.	303.	303.		-0.753	2.34	0.548		0.644	0.646	0.948	0.982	0.773
CESM3_098bH	[-]	302.	302.	303.	303.	303.		-0.527	2.29	0.487		0.652	0.650	0.955	0.981	0.777
CMIP6_001	[-]	302.	302.	303.	303.	304.		-0.520	2.42	0.605		0.631	0.641	0.948	0.979	0.768
LE2_001	[-]	302.	302.	303.	303.	304.		-0.523	2.42	0.629		0.633	0.637	0.945	0.979	0.766

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	268.
CESM3_092H	[-]	268.	268.	268.	270.	272.		0.586	2.89	0.0719		0.939	0.842	0.995	1.00	0.924
CESM3_098bH	[-]	268.	268.	268.	270.	272.		0.771	2.87	0.0243		0.934	0.846	0.998	1.00	0.925
CMIP6_001	[-]	268.	268.	268.	268.	268.		0.186	5.03	0.534		0.923	0.733	0.964	0.905	0.852
LE2_001	[-]	268.	268.	268.	268.	268.		0.692	4.92	0.351		0.923	0.740	0.976	0.909	0.858

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
CESM3_092H	[-]	300.	300.	301.	295.	299.		-1.47	1.83	0.306		0.714	0.844	0.978	1.00	0.876
CESM3_098bH	[-]	300.	301.	301.	295.	299.		-1.00	1.58	0.201		0.770	0.827	0.985	0.999	0.882
CMIP6_001	[-]	300.	300.	301.	297.	299.		-1.50	1.88	0.349		0.710	0.851	0.973	1.00	0.877
LE2_001	[-]	300.	300.	301.	297.	299.		-1.43	1.82	0.239		0.717	0.856	0.982	1.00	0.882

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
CESM3_092H	[-]	288.	288.	286.	290.	293.		1.97	2.48	0.579		0.758	0.867	0.961	0.999	0.890
CESM3_098bH	[-]	288.	288.	286.	290.	293.		2.21	2.63	0.566		0.741	0.866	0.962	0.999	0.887
CMIP6_001	[-]	286.	286.	286.	288.	289.		0.593	1.80	0.552		0.854	0.862	0.963	0.995	0.907
LE2_001	[-]	287.	287.	286.	288.	289.		0.778	1.88	0.458		0.843	0.862	0.969	0.995	0.906

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	292.
CESM3_092H	[-]	287.	292.	292.	248.	300.		-0.294	2.54	0.581		0.691	0.736	0.940	1.00	0.820
CESM3_098bH	[-]	288.	292.	292.	248.	300.		0.0550	2.53	0.565		0.696	0.731	0.940	1.00	0.819
CMIP6_001	[-]	287.	292.	292.	248.	295.		-0.567	2.51	0.540		0.711	0.730	0.945	1.00	0.823
LE2_001	[-]	287.	292.	292.	248.	295.		-0.458	2.49	0.536		0.714	0.731	0.946	1.00	0.824

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
CESM3_092H	[-]	301.	301.	303.	300.	296.		-1.49	2.83	0.496		0.695	0.813	0.954	0.979	0.851
CESM3_098bH	[-]	302.	302.	303.	301.	296.		-0.874	2.63	0.456		0.723	0.798	0.958	0.982	0.852
CMIP6_001	[-]	301.	301.	303.	300.	303.		-1.54	2.96	0.340		0.687	0.797	0.974	0.998	0.850
LE2_001	[-]	301.	301.	303.	300.	303.		-1.51	2.94	0.368		0.689	0.799	0.971	0.998	0.851

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	269.
CESM3_092H	[-]	269.	269.	269.	267.			0.294	3.01	0.342		0.920	0.815	0.977	1.00	0.905
CESM3_098bH	[-]	270.	270.	269.	268.			0.870	3.05	0.262		0.905	0.820	0.982	0.999	0.905
CMIP6_001	[-]	269.	269.	269.	266.	270.		-0.121	3.37	0.457		0.885	0.808	0.969	0.998	0.894
LE2_001	[-]	269.	269.	269.	266.	270.		0.226	3.36	0.517		0.889	0.807	0.965	0.999	0.893

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
CESM3_092H	[-]	300.	300.	302.	303.	304.		-1.71	2.58	0.813		0.512	0.684	0.895	0.991	0.753
CESM3_098bH	[-]	301.	300.	302.	303.	304.		-1.26	2.48	0.909		0.535	0.658	0.879	0.985	0.743
CMIP6_001	[-]	300.	300.	302.	303.	303.		-1.58	2.67	0.767		0.498	0.666	0.928	0.978	0.747
LE2_001	[-]	300.	300.	302.	303.	303.		-1.56	2.63	0.726		0.501	0.673	0.929	0.982	0.751

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	292.
CESM3_092H	[-]	293.	293.	292.	298.	300.		1.51	2.36	0.893		0.848	0.846	0.940	0.997	0.895
CESM3_098bH	[-]	294.	294.	292.	299.	300.		1.92	2.56	0.876		0.813	0.853	0.941	0.997	0.892
CMIP6_001	[-]	292.	292.	292.	298.	297.		0.433	1.77	0.509		0.906	0.863	0.966	1.00	0.919
LE2_001	[-]	293.	292.	292.	298.	297.		0.558	1.81	0.607		0.903	0.863	0.959	1.00	0.918

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	280.
CESM3_092H	[-]	281.	281.	280.	284.			1.43	2.78	0.563		0.862	0.825	0.962	0.988	0.893
CESM3_098bH	[-]	281.	281.	280.	284.			1.69	2.83	0.564		0.845	0.834	0.962	0.989	0.893
CMIP6_001	[-]	280.	280.	280.	282.	282.		0.587	2.20	0.371		0.910	0.856	0.975	0.998	0.919
LE2_001	[-]	280.	280.	280.	282.	282.		0.713	2.17	0.240		0.905	0.861	0.984	1.00	0.922

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	291.
CESM3_092H	[-]	291.	291.	291.	293.	290.		0.0117	2.45	0.527		0.828	0.834	0.965	0.989	0.890
CESM3_098bH	[-]	291.	291.	291.	293.	290.		0.261	2.53	0.680		0.826	0.825	0.954	0.992	0.884
CMIP6_001	[-]	291.	291.	291.	293.	292.		-0.255	2.22	0.497		0.848	0.845	0.967	0.996	0.900
LE2_001	[-]	290.	291.	291.	293.	292.		-0.424	2.36	0.488		0.847	0.832	0.967	0.997	0.895

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
CESM3_092H	[-]	304.	304.	304.	303.	305.		0.0215	1.83	1.37		0.482	0.355	0.810	0.977	0.596
CESM3_098bH	[-]	304.	304.	304.	303.	305.		0.314	1.99	1.42		0.433	0.327	0.805	0.972	0.573
CMIP6_001	[-]	304.	304.	304.	303.	304.		-0.0996	1.73	1.13		0.477	0.389	0.859	0.982	0.619
LE2_001	[-]	304.	304.	304.	303.	304.		-0.0622	1.75	1.17		0.478	0.382	0.854	0.981	0.615

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
CESM3_092H	[-]	302.	302.	301.	299.	293.		0.101	2.00	1.01		0.587	0.583	0.882	1.00	0.727
CESM3_098bH	[-]	302.	302.	301.	300.	293.		0.537	2.09	0.958		0.605	0.566	0.878	1.00	0.723
CMIP6_001	[-]	301.	301.	301.	299.	297.		-0.362	2.03	1.04		0.529	0.606	0.881	1.00	0.724
LE2_001	[-]	301.	301.	301.	299.	297.		-0.238	1.95	0.898		0.548	0.611	0.896	0.999	0.733

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	290.
CESM3_092H	[-]	289.	289.	290.	293.	291.		-1.12	2.92	1.06		0.519	0.715	0.888	1.00	0.767
CESM3_098bH	[-]	289.	289.	290.	293.	291.		-0.852	2.91	0.969		0.523	0.715	0.887	0.998	0.767
CMIP6_001	[-]	290.	290.	290.	293.	289.		-0.415	3.21	0.876		0.495	0.683	0.876	0.992	0.746
LE2_001	[-]	290.	290.	290.	293.	289.		-0.439	3.20	1.02		0.498	0.679	0.869	0.994	0.744

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 Global - Land 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 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 time series (TS) high-resolution gridded datasets

  Version:

4.02

  Institutions:

Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK

  Source:

monthly observations at meteorological stations across the world land areas

  History:

2019-05-06: downloaded source from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.02/

2019-05-06: converted to netCDF with https://gist.github.com/nocollier/d73585731756fa472731065389af45dc

  References:

Harris, I., P.D. Jones, T.J. Osborn and D.H. Lister (2014), Updated high-resolution grids of monthly climatic observations - the CRU TS3.10 Dataset, International Journal of Climatology, 34(3), 623-642, doi:10.1002/joc.3711

  Comments:

time_period: 1960-01 through 2017-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: C

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: K

  Convention:

CF-1.7