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	[-]	298.
CESM3_092H	[-]	298.	298.	298.	300.	300.		0.0928	1.03	0.666		0.564	0.582	0.939	0.997	0.733
CESM3_098bH	[-]	298.	298.	298.	300.	300.		0.142	1.03	0.629		0.557	0.603	0.940	1.00	0.741
CMIP6_001	[-]	299.	299.	298.	301.	300.		0.240	1.03	0.747		0.555	0.582	0.923	1.00	0.728
LE2_001	[-]	299.	299.	298.	301.	300.		0.281	1.05	0.814		0.552	0.571	0.913	1.00	0.721

	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	[-]	300.
CESM3_092H	[-]	301.	301.	300.	301.	299.		0.418	1.39	0.363		0.679	0.681	0.972	0.964	0.795
CESM3_098bH	[-]	301.	301.	300.	301.	299.		0.454	1.30	0.369		0.685	0.710	0.971	0.961	0.807
CMIP6_001	[-]	301.	301.	300.	301.	300.		0.829	1.87	0.428		0.609	0.606	0.965	0.978	0.753
LE2_001	[-]	301.	301.	300.	301.	300.		0.848	1.91	0.452		0.605	0.599	0.962	0.976	0.748

	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	[-]	295.
CESM3_092H	[-]	296.	296.	295.	298.	299.		1.36	1.77	0.900		0.535	0.704	0.881	1.00	0.765
CESM3_098bH	[-]	296.	296.	295.	298.	299.		1.42	1.79	0.878		0.528	0.715	0.885	0.999	0.769
CMIP6_001	[-]	296.	296.	295.	298.	297.		1.03	1.70	0.834		0.570	0.696	0.898	0.997	0.771
LE2_001	[-]	296.	296.	295.	298.	297.		1.14	1.74	0.916		0.556	0.701	0.891	0.997	0.769

	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	[-]	262.
CESM3_092H	[-]	264.	264.	262.	267.			2.29	3.60	0.0555		0.865	0.865	0.996	0.971	0.912
CESM3_098bH	[-]	264.	264.	262.	268.			2.76	4.10	0.0569		0.845	0.849	0.996	0.963	0.900
CMIP6_001	[-]	265.	265.	262.	267.	266.		3.21	5.05	0.133		0.829	0.812	0.991	0.787	0.846
LE2_001	[-]	265.	265.	262.	267.	266.		3.30	5.22	0.187		0.825	0.803	0.987	0.786	0.841

	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	[-]	299.
CESM3_092H	[-]	299.	299.	299.	301.	299.		0.704	1.44	1.45		0.241	0.571	0.790	1.00	0.635
CESM3_098bH	[-]	299.	299.	299.	301.	299.		0.642	1.44	1.35		0.241	0.569	0.795	0.999	0.635
CMIP6_001	[-]	299.	299.	299.	300.	299.		0.101	1.19	2.15		0.281	0.527	0.686	0.999	0.604
LE2_001	[-]	299.	299.	299.	300.	299.		0.102	1.20	2.20		0.281	0.512	0.679	0.998	0.596

	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	[-]	271.
CESM3_092H	[-]	274.	274.	271.	277.	275.		2.33	3.00	0.0441		0.843	0.888	0.997	0.999	0.923
CESM3_098bH	[-]	274.	274.	271.	278.	275.		2.84	3.40	0.0572		0.812	0.890	0.996	0.999	0.918
CMIP6_001	[-]	273.	273.	271.	275.	274.		1.30	2.98	0.0449		0.916	0.842	0.997	0.953	0.910
LE2_001	[-]	273.	273.	271.	275.	274.		1.59	3.03	0.0436		0.899	0.846	0.997	0.955	0.909

	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	[-]	283.	282.	280.	291.	288.		2.27	3.37	0.232		0.753	0.880	0.984	0.997	0.899
CESM3_098bH	[-]	283.	283.	280.	291.	288.		2.57	3.64	0.279		0.740	0.871	0.981	0.998	0.892
CMIP6_001	[-]	282.	282.	280.	289.	288.		1.41	2.39	0.156		0.830	0.888	0.989	1.00	0.919
LE2_001	[-]	282.	282.	280.	289.	288.		1.52	2.47	0.169		0.822	0.887	0.988	1.00	0.917

	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	[-]	297.
CESM3_092H	[-]	297.	297.	297.	301.	299.		0.336	2.15	0.605		0.668	0.693	0.949	0.981	0.797
CESM3_098bH	[-]	297.	297.	297.	301.	299.		0.338	2.11	0.489		0.670	0.699	0.957	0.984	0.802
CMIP6_001	[-]	297.	297.	297.	300.	300.		0.575	2.30	0.662		0.635	0.700	0.945	0.985	0.793
LE2_001	[-]	297.	297.	297.	300.	300.		0.649	2.36	0.694		0.630	0.688	0.943	0.983	0.787

	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	[-]	264.
CESM3_092H	[-]	266.	266.	264.	268.	268.		1.79	3.28	0.0633		0.886	0.840	0.996	1.00	0.912
CESM3_098bH	[-]	266.	266.	264.	268.	268.		2.26	3.51	0.0370		0.858	0.845	0.998	0.999	0.909
CMIP6_001	[-]	266.	266.	264.	266.	264.		1.93	4.82	0.387		0.890	0.758	0.974	0.869	0.850
LE2_001	[-]	266.	267.	264.	267.	264.		2.49	5.07	0.352		0.859	0.756	0.976	0.885	0.847

	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	[-]	295.
CESM3_092H	[-]	296.	296.	295.	292.	294.		0.821	1.21	0.285		0.814	0.874	0.981	1.00	0.909
CESM3_098bH	[-]	296.	296.	295.	292.	294.		0.780	1.16	0.198		0.817	0.881	0.987	0.999	0.913
CMIP6_001	[-]	296.	296.	295.	294.	294.		0.672	1.13	0.342		0.818	0.880	0.975	0.996	0.910
LE2_001	[-]	295.	295.	295.	294.	294.		0.617	1.11	0.210		0.829	0.876	0.985	0.998	0.913

	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	[-]	282.
CESM3_092H	[-]	285.	285.	282.	287.	289.		3.05	3.29	0.567		0.638	0.865	0.962	0.999	0.866
CESM3_098bH	[-]	285.	285.	282.	288.	289.		3.42	3.63	0.557		0.608	0.860	0.962	1.00	0.858
CMIP6_001	[-]	283.	283.	282.	285.	286.		1.67	2.18	0.478		0.764	0.871	0.968	0.997	0.894
LE2_001	[-]	283.	283.	282.	286.	286.		1.77	2.27	0.433		0.755	0.865	0.971	0.997	0.890

	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	[-]	287.
CESM3_092H	[-]	283.	288.	287.	245.	295.		1.30	2.44	0.547		0.698	0.759	0.943	1.00	0.832
CESM3_098bH	[-]	283.	288.	287.	245.	295.		1.57	2.58	0.530		0.683	0.760	0.944	0.999	0.829
CMIP6_001	[-]	283.	287.	287.	245.	291.		0.924	2.26	0.524		0.725	0.762	0.946	0.999	0.839
LE2_001	[-]	283.	288.	287.	246.	291.		1.01	2.32	0.541		0.720	0.757	0.944	0.999	0.835

	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	[-]	296.
CESM3_092H	[-]	297.	296.	296.	297.	291.		0.596	1.99	0.476		0.812	0.813	0.959	0.988	0.877
CESM3_098bH	[-]	297.	297.	296.	297.	291.		0.975	2.10	0.404		0.802	0.808	0.965	0.987	0.874
CMIP6_001	[-]	296.	296.	296.	296.	298.		-0.0607	2.07	0.390		0.791	0.809	0.968	0.995	0.875
LE2_001	[-]	296.	296.	296.	296.	298.		-0.0654	2.10	0.447		0.789	0.806	0.962	0.996	0.872

	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	[-]	265.
CESM3_092H	[-]	266.	266.	265.	265.			1.10	3.24	0.278		0.900	0.806	0.981	1.00	0.899
CESM3_098bH	[-]	267.	267.	265.	266.			1.89	3.55	0.291		0.858	0.809	0.980	0.996	0.891
CMIP6_001	[-]	266.	266.	265.	264.	266.		1.19	3.27	0.380		0.883	0.818	0.974	0.999	0.898
LE2_001	[-]	267.	267.	265.	264.	266.		1.62	3.57	0.423		0.864	0.810	0.972	0.999	0.891

	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	[-]	296.
CESM3_092H	[-]	296.	296.	296.	300.	299.		0.730	2.01	0.917		0.524	0.732	0.880	0.997	0.773
CESM3_098bH	[-]	296.	296.	296.	300.	299.		0.950	2.16	1.04		0.504	0.709	0.864	0.994	0.756
CMIP6_001	[-]	296.	296.	296.	299.	299.		0.547	1.97	0.957		0.542	0.731	0.889	0.999	0.778
LE2_001	[-]	296.	296.	296.	299.	299.		0.606	1.99	0.985		0.542	0.731	0.881	0.999	0.777

	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	[-]	289.	289.	286.	295.	295.		2.67	3.34	0.809		0.735	0.815	0.946	0.999	0.862
CESM3_098bH	[-]	289.	289.	286.	295.	295.		3.03	3.52	0.873		0.704	0.836	0.941	0.998	0.863
CMIP6_001	[-]	288.	288.	286.	295.	292.		1.91	2.49	0.464		0.801	0.855	0.969	1.00	0.896
LE2_001	[-]	288.	288.	286.	295.	292.		1.77	2.46	0.586		0.813	0.848	0.961	0.999	0.894

	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	[-]	274.
CESM3_092H	[-]	276.	276.	275.	281.			2.04	3.32	0.240		0.819	0.795	0.984	0.985	0.876
CESM3_098bH	[-]	277.	277.	274.	281.			2.57	3.56	0.480		0.785	0.808	0.968	0.988	0.871
CMIP6_001	[-]	276.	276.	274.	279.	278.		1.39	2.48	0.267		0.867	0.850	0.982	1.00	0.910
LE2_001	[-]	276.	276.	274.	279.	278.		1.30	2.47	0.216		0.872	0.846	0.985	1.00	0.910

	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	[-]	284.
CESM3_092H	[-]	285.	286.	284.	289.	285.		2.07	3.06	0.536		0.756	0.801	0.964	0.994	0.863
CESM3_098bH	[-]	286.	286.	284.	289.	285.		2.26	3.22	0.513		0.743	0.795	0.966	0.993	0.858
CMIP6_001	[-]	285.	286.	284.	289.	286.		2.06	2.76	0.380		0.767	0.841	0.974	0.994	0.883
LE2_001	[-]	285.	285.	284.	289.	286.		1.90	2.74	0.507		0.778	0.825	0.966	0.996	0.878

	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	[-]	299.
CESM3_092H	[-]	300.	300.	299.	300.	301.		0.665	1.64	1.51		0.352	0.379	0.789	0.999	0.580
CESM3_098bH	[-]	300.	300.	299.	300.	301.		0.775	1.73	1.47		0.322	0.362	0.793	0.998	0.567
CMIP6_001	[-]	299.	299.	299.	300.	299.		0.110	1.31	1.34		0.473	0.465	0.830	0.998	0.646
LE2_001	[-]	299.	299.	299.	300.	299.		0.185	1.35	1.38		0.467	0.445	0.823	0.998	0.636

	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	[-]	296.
CESM3_092H	[-]	297.	297.	296.	296.	288.		1.21	1.99	1.03		0.588	0.611	0.882	1.00	0.738
CESM3_098bH	[-]	297.	297.	296.	296.	288.		1.38	2.08	0.984		0.564	0.609	0.877	1.00	0.732
CMIP6_001	[-]	297.	297.	296.	296.	293.		0.922	1.85	0.868		0.598	0.650	0.910	0.999	0.761
LE2_001	[-]	297.	297.	296.	296.	293.		1.07	1.88	0.725		0.595	0.648	0.920	0.998	0.762

	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	[-]	284.
CESM3_092H	[-]	285.	284.	284.	290.	286.		0.723	2.36	1.14		0.586	0.755	0.875	1.00	0.794
CESM3_098bH	[-]	285.	284.	284.	290.	286.		0.839	2.38	0.809		0.581	0.767	0.893	0.999	0.801
CMIP6_001	[-]	285.	285.	284.	289.	285.		1.09	2.56	0.982		0.575	0.741	0.862	0.997	0.783
LE2_001	[-]	285.	285.	284.	289.	285.		1.11	2.58	1.06		0.574	0.737	0.862	0.997	0.781

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/

2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-tas-cru.py

  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: 1980-01 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