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	[-]	299.
h0	[-]	298.	298.	299.	300.	301.		-0.119	0.642	0.438		0.640	0.783	0.956	1.00	0.832
h0a	[-]	298.	298.	299.	300.	301.		-0.119	0.642	0.438		0.640	0.783	0.956	1.00	0.832

	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.
h0	[-]	300.	300.	300.	300.	300.		-0.543	1.10	0.275		0.712	0.768	0.978	0.981	0.841
h0a	[-]	300.	300.	300.	300.	300.		-0.543	1.10	0.275		0.712	0.768	0.978	0.981	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	[-]	295.
h0	[-]	295.	295.	295.	296.	296.		-0.347	0.938	0.477		0.709	0.820	0.942	0.995	0.857
h0a	[-]	295.	295.	295.	296.	296.		-0.347	0.938	0.477		0.709	0.820	0.942	0.995	0.857

	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.
h0	[-]	260.	260.	262.	266.	265.		-2.13	2.69	0.0373		0.861	0.923	0.997	0.999	0.941
h0a	[-]	260.	260.	262.	266.	265.		-2.13	2.69	0.0373		0.861	0.923	0.997	0.999	0.941

	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.
h0	[-]	299.	299.	299.	299.	300.		-0.0231	0.817	1.20		0.354	0.694	0.817	0.944	0.701
h0a	[-]	299.	299.	299.	299.	300.		-0.0231	0.817	1.20		0.354	0.694	0.817	0.944	0.701

	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	[-]	272.
h0	[-]	270.	270.	272.	274.	273.		-1.99	2.45	0.0194		0.863	0.911	0.999	1.00	0.937
h0a	[-]	270.	270.	272.	274.	273.		-1.99	2.45	0.0194		0.863	0.911	0.999	1.00	0.937

	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	[-]	281.
h0	[-]	279.	279.	281.	287.	289.		-1.36	2.00	0.0738		0.841	0.919	0.995	1.00	0.935
h0a	[-]	279.	279.	281.	287.	289.		-1.36	2.00	0.0738		0.841	0.919	0.995	1.00	0.935

	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.
h0	[-]	296.	296.	297.	299.	300.		-0.863	1.53	0.252		0.700	0.804	0.978	0.999	0.857
h0a	[-]	296.	296.	297.	299.	300.		-0.863	1.53	0.252		0.700	0.804	0.978	0.999	0.857

	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.
h0	[-]	262.	262.	265.	265.	266.		-2.25	2.73	0.0242		0.856	0.916	0.998	0.997	0.937
h0a	[-]	262.	262.	265.	265.	266.		-2.25	2.73	0.0242		0.856	0.916	0.998	0.997	0.937

	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.
h0	[-]	295.	295.	295.	291.	294.		-0.300	0.800	0.188		0.877	0.904	0.988	0.997	0.934
h0a	[-]	295.	295.	295.	291.	294.		-0.300	0.800	0.188		0.877	0.904	0.988	0.997	0.934

	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	[-]	283.
h0	[-]	281.	281.	283.	284.	287.		-1.46	1.79	0.175		0.791	0.907	0.988	0.997	0.918
h0a	[-]	281.	281.	283.	284.	287.		-1.46	1.79	0.175		0.791	0.907	0.988	0.997	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	[-]	287.
h0	[-]	281.	286.	287.	243.	291.		-1.07	1.62	0.257		0.767	0.867	0.971	0.997	0.894
h0a	[-]	281.	286.	287.	243.	291.		-1.07	1.62	0.257		0.767	0.867	0.971	0.997	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	[-]	296.
h0	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		-1.29	1.62	0.276		0.792	0.912	0.979	0.999	0.919
h0a	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		-1.29	1.62	0.276		0.792	0.912	0.979	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	[-]	265.
h0	[-]	263.	263.	265.	264.	266.		-2.03	2.61	0.0322		0.842	0.904	0.998	1.00	0.929
h0a	[-]	263.	263.	265.	264.	266.		-2.03	2.61	0.0322		0.842	0.904	0.998	1.00	0.929

	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.
h0	[-]	295.	295.	296.	298.	299.		-0.685	1.34	0.269		0.631	0.856	0.976	1.00	0.864
h0a	[-]	295.	295.	296.	298.	299.		-0.685	1.34	0.269		0.631	0.856	0.976	1.00	0.864

	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.
h0	[-]	286.	286.	287.	293.	291.		-0.674	1.11	0.0988		0.911	0.926	0.993	0.992	0.949
h0a	[-]	286.	286.	287.	293.	291.		-0.674	1.11	0.0988		0.911	0.926	0.993	0.992	0.949

	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	[-]	275.
h0	[-]	273.	273.	275.	277.	280.		-1.62	2.11	0.0665		0.855	0.891	0.996	0.984	0.923
h0a	[-]	273.	273.	275.	277.	280.		-1.62	2.11	0.0665		0.855	0.891	0.996	0.984	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	[-]	284.
h0	[-]	283.	283.	284.	286.	286.		-0.952	1.61	0.0371		0.846	0.909	0.997	1.00	0.932
h0a	[-]	283.	283.	284.	286.	286.		-0.952	1.61	0.0371		0.846	0.909	0.997	1.00	0.932

	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.
h0	[-]	299.	299.	299.	299.	300.		-0.143	0.716	0.931		0.604	0.766	0.863	0.999	0.799
h0a	[-]	299.	299.	299.	299.	300.		-0.143	0.716	0.931		0.604	0.766	0.863	0.999	0.799

	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.
h0	[-]	296.	296.	296.	295.	293.		-0.414	0.872	0.297		0.719	0.855	0.965	1.00	0.879
h0a	[-]	296.	296.	296.	295.	293.		-0.414	0.872	0.297		0.719	0.855	0.965	1.00	0.879

	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.
h0	[-]	284.	284.	284.	287.	284.		-0.0451	1.60	0.371		0.657	0.841	0.951	1.00	0.858
h0a	[-]	284.	284.	284.	287.	284.		-0.0451	1.60	0.371		0.657	0.841	0.951	1.00	0.858

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