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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	293.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.362	1.28	0.780		0.550	0.437	0.907	0.998	0.712	0.674
CLM4SP	[-]	293.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.228	1.26	0.788		0.557	0.425	0.909	0.997	0.717	0.672
CLM5SP	[-]	293.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.833	1.28	0.623		0.462	0.492	0.928	0.998	0.767	0.690

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		0.754	1.47	0.228		0.676	0.710	0.981	0.980	0.854	0.819
CLM4SP	[-]	293.	293.	296.	293.	294.		0.601	1.39	0.234		0.720	0.689	0.981	0.983	0.858	0.820
CLM5SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.08	1.45	0.183		0.641	0.746	0.984	0.985	0.859	0.827

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.704	1.27	0.542		0.710	0.760	0.935	0.998	0.851	0.836
CLM4SP	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.347	1.25	0.556		0.741	0.730	0.934	0.998	0.864	0.833
CLM5SP	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.967	1.33	0.517		0.673	0.786	0.938	1.00	0.843	0.838

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	256.	256.	263.	256.	261.		-0.169	1.86	0.0416		0.929	0.910	0.997	1.00	0.909	0.942
CLM4SP	[-]	255.	255.	262.	256.	261.		-0.571	2.02	0.0383		0.917	0.909	0.997	1.00	0.908	0.940
CLM5SP	[-]	256.	256.	264.	256.	261.		0.444	1.75	0.0394		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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	295.		0.627	1.48	1.61		0.373	0.445	0.756	0.934	0.848	0.634
CLM4SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	295.		0.633	1.51	1.51		0.359	0.442	0.775	0.941	0.842	0.633
CLM5SP	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		1.18	1.64	1.26		0.294	0.504	0.813	0.958	0.820	0.649

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	264.	264.	271.	265.	269.		-1.20	1.90	0.0260		0.898	0.919	0.998	0.996	0.949	0.947
CLM4SP	[-]	263.	263.	271.	265.	269.		-1.77	2.23	0.0264		0.869	0.924	0.998	0.999	0.947	0.944
CLM5SP	[-]	265.	265.	272.	265.	269.		-0.203	1.13	0.0201		0.946	0.944	0.999	0.998	0.964	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	274.	274.	284.	274.	280.		0.310	1.66	0.0195		0.881	0.905	0.999	0.999	0.889	0.930
CLM4SP	[-]	274.	274.	284.	274.	280.		0.0478	1.67	0.0196		0.882	0.901	0.999	1.00	0.876	0.927
CLM5SP	[-]	275.	274.	285.	274.	280.		0.788	1.57	0.0129		0.876	0.925	0.999	0.999	0.927	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.189	1.54	0.266		0.737	0.813	0.977	0.998	0.894	0.872
CLM4SP	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.0335	1.56	0.286		0.748	0.798	0.976	0.997	0.860	0.863
CLM5SP	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.700	1.49	0.227		0.721	0.846	0.981	0.999	0.928	0.887

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	258.	258.	262.	259.	260.		-0.953	1.94	0.0251		0.921	0.911	0.998	0.999	0.919	0.943
CLM4SP	[-]	258.	258.	262.	259.	260.		-1.33	2.20	0.0272		0.900	0.912	0.998	1.00	0.920	0.940
CLM5SP	[-]	259.	259.	263.	259.	260.		-0.185	1.46	0.0250		0.956	0.923	0.998	1.00	0.920	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	288.	288.	290.	287.	289.		1.03	1.29	0.133		0.785	0.882	0.991	1.00	0.945	0.914
CLM4SP	[-]	288.	288.	290.	287.	289.		0.874	1.20	0.144		0.806	0.876	0.990	1.00	0.944	0.916
CLM5SP	[-]	289.	289.	290.	287.	289.		1.23	1.39	0.123		0.761	0.893	0.992	1.00	0.945	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	276.	276.	280.	277.	281.		-0.409	1.39	0.126		0.836	0.887	0.992	0.984	0.913	0.916
CLM4SP	[-]	276.	276.	280.	277.	281.		-0.671	1.52	0.0846		0.818	0.888	0.994	0.978	0.905	0.912
CLM5SP	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		0.142	1.12	0.120		0.861	0.908	0.992	0.994	0.943	0.934

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	276.	280.	243.	280.	287.		0.240	1.56	0.296		0.777	0.809	0.964	0.998	0.898	0.876
CLM4SP	[-]	276.	280.	243.	280.	287.		0.00281	1.58	0.302		0.783	0.804	0.963	0.998	0.895	0.875
CLM5SP	[-]	277.	281.	244.	280.	287.		0.726	1.47	0.250		0.760	0.835	0.970	0.999	0.909	0.885

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.377	1.32	0.254		0.863	0.867	0.980	1.00	0.911	0.915
CLM4SP	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.174	1.32	0.282		0.871	0.860	0.978	1.00	0.913	0.914
CLM5SP	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.668	1.30	0.222		0.850	0.883	0.983	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	259.	259.	261.	260.	262.		-0.354	1.82	0.0477		0.926	0.896	0.997	0.998	0.923	0.939
CLM4SP	[-]	259.	259.	261.	260.	262.		-0.751	1.95	0.0555		0.907	0.901	0.996	0.999	0.923	0.938
CLM5SP	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	262.		0.473	1.54	0.0471		0.937	0.914	0.997	0.997	0.920	0.946

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.11	1.90	0.342		0.591	0.753	0.965	0.997	0.908	0.828
CLM4SP	[-]	289.	288.	294.	289.	293.		0.863	1.82	0.361		0.609	0.746	0.963	0.999	0.906	0.828
CLM5SP	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.38	2.00	0.342		0.569	0.766	0.965	0.999	0.902	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	280.	280.	289.	280.	287.		0.786	1.20	0.0308		0.895	0.923	0.998	0.999	0.958	0.949
CLM4SP	[-]	280.	280.	289.	280.	287.		0.484	1.12	0.0338		0.908	0.920	0.998	0.999	0.953	0.950
CLM5SP	[-]	281.	281.	290.	280.	287.		1.10	1.32	0.0253		0.872	0.934	0.998	1.00	0.971	0.951

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	268.	268.	273.	268.	274.		-0.162	1.37	0.0372		0.923	0.900	0.997	0.996	0.932	0.941
CLM4SP	[-]	267.	267.	273.	268.	274.		-0.853	1.62	0.0385		0.887	0.906	0.997	0.990	0.936	0.937
CLM5SP	[-]	269.	269.	274.	268.	274.		0.585	1.21	0.0363		0.918	0.922	0.998	0.998	0.948	0.951

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	277.	277.	282.	276.	280.		1.33	1.96	0.0368		0.796	0.883	0.997	0.999	0.920	0.913
CLM4SP	[-]	276.	276.	282.	276.	280.		1.07	1.90	0.0309		0.802	0.883	0.998	1.00	0.924	0.915
CLM5SP	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.58	2.03	0.0332		0.783	0.892	0.998	0.998	0.941	0.917

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	294.		0.245	1.27	1.37		0.504	0.479	0.788	0.992	0.883	0.687
CLM4SP	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	294.		0.244	1.25	1.41		0.513	0.481	0.781	0.992	0.880	0.688
CLM5SP	[-]	294.	294.	297.	294.	294.		0.878	1.34	1.08		0.417	0.551	0.837	0.994	0.877	0.705

	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	291.	290.	292.	290.	288.		0.860	1.23	0.529		0.687	0.766	0.928	1.00	0.938	0.848
CLM4SP	[-]	290.	290.	292.	290.	288.		0.692	1.17	0.522		0.718	0.753	0.928	1.00	0.933	0.847
CLM5SP	[-]	291.	291.	293.	290.	288.		1.13	1.35	0.470		0.631	0.800	0.937	1.00	0.936	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.
CLM4.5SP	[-]	279.	278.	284.	278.	281.		1.15	2.22	0.119		0.594	0.780	0.990	1.00	0.920	0.844
CLM4SP	[-]	278.	278.	284.	278.	281.		0.862	2.15	0.137		0.606	0.768	0.988	1.00	0.917	0.841
CLM5SP	[-]	279.	279.	284.	278.	281.		1.40	2.27	0.106		0.580	0.795	0.990	1.00	0.921	0.847

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