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) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	60.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	74.1	74.0	59.7		93.4		14.7	18.1	2.79		0.117	0.293	0.552	0.915	0.434
CESM3_098bH	[-]	74.1	74.0	59.7		93.4		14.7	18.1	2.63		0.123	0.329	0.579	0.900	0.452
CMIP6_001	[-]	73.6	73.5	58.7		89.5		15.2	17.6	2.50		0.0982	0.276	0.602	0.903	0.431
LE2_001	[-]	74.0	73.8	58.7		89.5		15.5	18.0	2.53		0.0887	0.269	0.596	0.915	0.427

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	41.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	49.5	49.0	41.3		91.3		8.01	11.6	0.829		0.500	0.576	0.908	0.988	0.710
CESM3_098bH	[-]	50.4	50.0	41.2		91.3		8.93	12.4	0.862		0.467	0.572	0.906	0.983	0.700
CMIP6_001	[-]	45.3	44.8	40.7		87.5		4.21	9.89	0.510		0.669	0.533	0.940	0.965	0.728
LE2_001	[-]	45.6	45.0	40.7		87.5		4.48	10.1	0.571		0.660	0.528	0.933	0.963	0.722

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	56.5
CESM3_092H	[-]	56.9	56.8	56.0		93.7		2.31	10.1	1.77		0.358	0.494	0.730	0.959	0.607
CESM3_098bH	[-]	56.4	56.3	56.0		93.7		1.74	9.77	1.66		0.376	0.503	0.751	0.951	0.617
CMIP6_001	[-]	60.8	60.7	55.0		88.1		6.99	11.6	1.59		0.305	0.496	0.763	0.988	0.609
LE2_001	[-]	61.2	61.1	55.0		88.1		7.30	11.8	1.58		0.303	0.490	0.770	0.983	0.607

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	74.7
CESM3_092H	[-]	86.6	86.6	74.5		95.0		12.3	20.0	2.60		0.494	0.501	0.582	0.348	0.485
CESM3_098bH	[-]	86.9	86.8	74.4		95.0		12.5	20.2	2.66		0.493	0.497	0.571	0.325	0.477
CMIP6_001	[-]	89.0	89.0	73.2		92.8		15.8	20.8	2.14		0.452	0.546	0.683	0.193	0.484
LE2_001	[-]	89.1	89.1	73.2		92.8		15.9	20.9	2.10		0.450	0.545	0.689	0.205	0.487

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	73.7
CESM3_092H	[-]	84.5	84.5	72.6		92.9		10.2	18.4	2.35		0.00480	0.344	0.630	0.335	0.332
CESM3_098bH	[-]	84.2	84.2	72.6		92.9		9.81	18.3	2.28		0.00656	0.360	0.649	0.386	0.352
CMIP6_001	[-]	85.2	85.3	69.6		87.3		14.6	19.5	2.41		0.00330	0.346	0.615	0.310	0.324
LE2_001	[-]	84.7	84.7	69.6		87.3		14.1	19.2	2.39		0.00509	0.314	0.624	0.370	0.325

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	72.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	74.7	74.8	72.1		95.0		2.63	12.5	1.95		0.746	0.573	0.714	0.695	0.660
CESM3_098bH	[-]	75.1	75.2	72.2		95.0		2.98	12.6	1.91		0.740	0.569	0.722	0.673	0.655
CMIP6_001	[-]	78.3	78.4	71.9		89.5		6.36	12.1	1.55		0.702	0.594	0.798	0.704	0.679
LE2_001	[-]	77.9	78.0	71.9		89.5		5.94	11.8	1.46		0.713	0.605	0.816	0.723	0.692

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	53.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	58.3	58.5	53.1		94.2		6.09	18.6	2.09		0.478	0.526	0.680	0.691	0.580
CESM3_098bH	[-]	58.4	58.6	53.1		94.2		6.17	18.5	2.13		0.482	0.523	0.675	0.678	0.576
CMIP6_001	[-]	59.9	60.1	52.6		87.6		8.06	17.2	1.81		0.513	0.567	0.725	0.664	0.607
LE2_001	[-]	60.4	60.6	52.6		87.6		8.47	17.4	1.86		0.503	0.569	0.718	0.657	0.603

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	55.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	58.8	58.6	54.6		92.8		6.74	15.2	1.57		0.298	0.437	0.764	0.959	0.579
CESM3_098bH	[-]	59.5	59.4	54.6		92.8		7.29	15.3	1.50		0.290	0.441	0.772	0.937	0.576
CMIP6_001	[-]	58.4	58.1	52.7		88.5		7.99	15.2	1.43		0.309	0.426	0.782	0.983	0.585
LE2_001	[-]	58.6	58.3	52.7		88.5		8.14	15.3	1.49		0.310	0.422	0.773	0.983	0.582

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	79.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	86.7	86.6	78.9		94.8		8.14	14.5	2.71		0.630	0.521	0.549	0.499	0.544
CESM3_098bH	[-]	86.9	86.7	79.0		94.8		8.21	14.6	2.71		0.628	0.518	0.548	0.482	0.539
CMIP6_001	[-]	91.2	91.1	78.5		93.4		12.9	17.0	1.97		0.470	0.518	0.718	0.433	0.532
LE2_001	[-]	90.9	90.8	78.5		93.4		12.6	16.7	1.90		0.479	0.523	0.730	0.439	0.539

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	47.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	50.5	50.5	46.4		87.2		6.75	13.0	0.932		0.278	0.602	0.864	0.798	0.629
CESM3_098bH	[-]	49.3	49.3	46.4		87.2		5.52	12.1	0.885		0.321	0.618	0.869	0.807	0.647
CMIP6_001	[-]	50.4	50.4	44.1		84.7		8.41	12.3	0.697		0.291	0.634	0.900	0.923	0.676
LE2_001	[-]	49.7	49.6	44.1		84.7		7.73	12.0	0.957		0.321	0.593	0.860	0.947	0.663

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	73.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	71.4	71.4	73.1		89.2		-2.01	9.87	0.979		0.572	0.641	0.897	0.878	0.726
CESM3_098bH	[-]	71.6	71.6	73.2		89.2		-1.89	9.82	0.981		0.583	0.632	0.898	0.881	0.725
CMIP6_001	[-]	72.7	72.7	72.0		87.8		0.462	8.83	0.811		0.632	0.622	0.915	0.963	0.751
LE2_001	[-]	72.6	72.6	72.0		87.8		0.319	8.73	0.949		0.638	0.624	0.906	0.965	0.751

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	62.5
CESM3_092H	[-]	65.2	65.2	62.2		92.3		4.25	13.3	1.80		0.391	0.493	0.727	0.965	0.614
CESM3_098bH	[-]	65.1	65.1	62.2		92.3		4.11	13.2	1.81		0.396	0.496	0.726	0.965	0.616
CMIP6_001	[-]	66.4	66.4	61.1		88.5		6.12	12.8	1.69		0.398	0.494	0.748	0.973	0.622
LE2_001	[-]	66.4	66.4	61.1		88.5		6.17	12.8	1.72		0.399	0.490	0.744	0.972	0.619

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	37.5
CESM3_092H	[-]	38.2	38.2	37.1		92.2		2.86	12.3	0.962		0.361	0.527	0.861	0.812	0.618
CESM3_098bH	[-]	38.5	38.5	37.2		92.2		3.10	12.4	1.02		0.358	0.526	0.856	0.791	0.611
CMIP6_001	[-]	37.8	37.8	35.6		86.3		3.68	12.0	1.21		0.399	0.452	0.825	0.900	0.605
LE2_001	[-]	38.2	38.2	35.6		86.3		4.06	12.3	1.14		0.389	0.447	0.833	0.899	0.603

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	84.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	87.6	87.6	84.3		95.0		3.94	11.1	2.33		0.608	0.487	0.645	0.695	0.585
CESM3_098bH	[-]	87.5	87.5	84.3		95.0		3.86	11.1	2.38		0.616	0.484	0.637	0.672	0.578
CMIP6_001	[-]	90.7	90.7	83.9		92.8		7.09	11.4	2.46		0.530	0.520	0.623	0.605	0.559
LE2_001	[-]	90.6	90.6	83.9		92.8		7.00	11.4	2.48		0.532	0.519	0.620	0.613	0.560

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	62.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	65.1	65.3	61.2		90.6		5.84	16.8	1.66		0.104	0.477	0.754	0.652	0.493
CESM3_098bH	[-]	64.7	64.8	61.2		90.6		5.18	16.6	1.64		0.114	0.466	0.754	0.581	0.476
CMIP6_001	[-]	64.6	64.7	56.9		88.3		9.38	16.2	1.64		0.151	0.466	0.755	0.915	0.550
LE2_001	[-]	64.8	65.0	56.9		88.3		9.60	16.3	1.62		0.146	0.479	0.765	0.913	0.557

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	65.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	61.7	61.9	65.1		94.7		-2.37	9.66	3.51		0.507	0.480	0.405	0.934	0.561
CESM3_098bH	[-]	61.9	62.1	65.1		94.7		-2.26	9.23	3.66		0.525	0.505	0.389	0.900	0.565
CMIP6_001	[-]	64.6	64.8	64.2		89.2		1.12	8.72	2.49		0.515	0.540	0.595	0.992	0.636
LE2_001	[-]	64.6	64.8	64.2		89.2		1.10	8.73	2.58		0.523	0.530	0.584	0.992	0.632

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	77.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	75.1	75.1	77.1		95.0		-1.90	9.31	1.28		0.731	0.587	0.853	0.971	0.746
CESM3_098bH	[-]	75.1	75.0	77.1		95.0		-1.92	9.36	1.38		0.731	0.585	0.838	0.979	0.744
CMIP6_001	[-]	77.2	77.2	76.7		88.6		0.487	8.65	1.16		0.768	0.602	0.876	0.998	0.769
LE2_001	[-]	77.2	77.2	76.7		88.6		0.475	8.72	1.19		0.771	0.599	0.873	0.988	0.766

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	51.9
CESM3_092H	[-]	53.8	53.8	51.8		94.8		2.67	9.47	1.15		0.604	0.641	0.846	0.926	0.732
CESM3_098bH	[-]	54.1	54.1	51.9		94.8		2.85	9.65	1.52		0.613	0.629	0.785	0.899	0.711
CMIP6_001	[-]	52.4	52.5	51.3		88.2		1.66	8.38	1.38		0.666	0.634	0.819	0.961	0.743
LE2_001	[-]	53.4	53.4	51.3		88.2		2.58	8.56	1.27		0.659	0.632	0.835	0.952	0.742

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	64.8
CESM3_092H	[-]	74.4	74.5	64.6		91.6		9.97	16.1	1.46		0.185	0.160	0.812	0.948	0.453
CESM3_098bH	[-]	73.2	73.3	64.6		91.6		8.76	15.9	1.37		0.203	0.151	0.824	0.929	0.452
CMIP6_001	[-]	75.9	76.0	64.1		89.6		12.1	16.1	1.30		0.0989	0.160	0.839	0.978	0.447
LE2_001	[-]	75.7	75.8	64.1		89.6		11.9	16.1	1.18		0.104	0.158	0.849	0.969	0.448

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	59.3
CESM3_092H	[-]	59.2	59.1	58.9		93.4		1.06	10.4	1.55		0.417	0.377	0.787	0.989	0.590
CESM3_098bH	[-]	57.5	57.5	58.9		93.4		-0.578	9.79	1.50		0.428	0.408	0.799	0.990	0.607
CMIP6_001	[-]	60.3	60.3	58.3		91.4		2.81	10.4	1.69		0.380	0.381	0.756	0.979	0.575
LE2_001	[-]	59.7	59.7	58.3		91.4		2.21	10.3	1.70		0.393	0.380	0.747	0.975	0.575

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	56.8
CESM3_092H	[-]	65.4	65.6	56.3		94.5		10.5	19.6	1.26		0.195	0.542	0.825	0.831	0.587
CESM3_098bH	[-]	64.6	64.8	56.2		94.5		9.68	19.3	1.26		0.197	0.546	0.825	0.834	0.590
CMIP6_001	[-]	62.4	62.5	53.2		89.0		11.0	17.7	1.19		0.225	0.548	0.840	0.952	0.623
LE2_001	[-]	62.7	62.8	53.2		89.0		11.3	17.9	1.15		0.222	0.539	0.845	0.947	0.618

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:

4.03

  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:

2019-09-10: downloaded source from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.03/

2019-11-15: estimate saturated vapor pressure using temperature

2019-11-15: calculate relative humidity using saturated vapor pressure and vapor pressure

2019-11-15: converted to ILAMB required netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-rhums-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

WMO CIMO Guide (2008), ANNEX 4.B. FORMULAE FOR THE COMPUTATION OF MEASURES OF HUMIDITY, MEASUREMENT OF HUMIDITY, Chapter 4, 163, https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3151

  Comments:

time_period: 1980-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: hPa

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: %

  Convention:

CF-1.7