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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	295.	295.	298.	293.	296.		2.11	2.33	0.941		0.192	0.491	0.882	1.00	0.802	0.643
GSWP3v1	[-]	294.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.843	1.30	0.638		0.446	0.486	0.928	0.997	0.773	0.686
WATCH	[-]	294.	294.	297.	293.	296.		1.69	2.03	0.585		0.225	0.429	0.932	0.997	0.735	0.625

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	295.	295.	297.	293.	294.		2.04	2.64	0.306		0.479	0.628	0.972	0.961	0.891	0.760
GSWP3v1	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.17	1.50	0.181		0.620	0.750	0.985	0.987	0.860	0.825
WATCH	[-]	295.	295.	296.	293.	294.		1.81	2.22	0.260		0.491	0.668	0.976	0.998	0.891	0.782

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	291.	291.	294.	288.	293.		2.48	2.67	0.888		0.446	0.742	0.881	0.999	0.829	0.773
GSWP3v1	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		1.00	1.36	0.598		0.662	0.786	0.927	1.00	0.839	0.834
WATCH	[-]	290.	290.	292.	288.	293.		1.35	1.85	0.588		0.585	0.736	0.926	0.999	0.850	0.806

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	257.	256.	261.	256.	261.		0.587	1.91	0.0676		0.933	0.906	0.995	1.00	0.888	0.938
GSWP3v1	[-]	256.	256.	264.	256.	261.		0.395	1.75	0.0380		0.932	0.918	0.997	0.999	0.908	0.945
WATCH	[-]	256.	256.	260.	256.	261.		-0.0445	1.91	0.0292		0.939	0.901	0.998	1.00	0.907	0.941

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	297.	297.	298.	294.	295.		3.11	3.26	1.60		0.0596	0.477	0.757	0.937	0.744	0.575
GSWP3v1	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		1.21	1.66	1.28		0.281	0.505	0.809	0.960	0.814	0.646
WATCH	[-]	295.	295.	296.	294.	295.		1.19	1.83	1.22		0.243	0.415	0.827	0.954	0.859	0.619

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	266.	266.	272.	265.	269.		0.538	1.48	0.0277		0.935	0.930	0.998	0.992	0.971	0.959
GSWP3v1	[-]	265.	265.	272.	265.	269.		-0.198	1.13	0.0191		0.945	0.945	0.999	0.997	0.965	0.966
WATCH	[-]	265.	265.	270.	265.	269.		-0.277	1.27	0.0202		0.955	0.931	0.999	1.00	0.929	0.957

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	275.	275.	285.	274.	280.		1.21	2.20	0.0399		0.848	0.883	0.997	0.999	0.922	0.922
GSWP3v1	[-]	274.	274.	285.	274.	280.		0.670	1.54	0.0163		0.881	0.923	0.999	0.999	0.928	0.942
WATCH	[-]	274.	274.	283.	274.	280.		0.476	1.74	0.0261		0.879	0.900	0.998	0.999	0.861	0.923

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	292.	292.	298.	291.	296.		1.17	2.14	0.303		0.631	0.791	0.976	0.990	0.853	0.839
GSWP3v1	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.736	1.51	0.255		0.717	0.846	0.978	0.999	0.929	0.886
WATCH	[-]	292.	292.	296.	291.	296.		1.11	1.96	0.268		0.667	0.799	0.979	0.999	0.852	0.849

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	259.	259.	261.	259.	260.		-0.0883	1.60	0.0227		0.962	0.910	0.998	0.999	0.911	0.949
GSWP3v1	[-]	259.	259.	263.	259.	260.		-0.224	1.48	0.0263		0.954	0.923	0.998	1.00	0.921	0.953
WATCH	[-]	259.	259.	260.	259.	260.		-0.272	1.60	0.0201		0.964	0.909	0.999	1.00	0.923	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	[-]	287.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	290.	290.	291.	287.	289.		2.60	2.76	0.207		0.582	0.834	0.985	0.994	0.905	0.856
GSWP3v1	[-]	289.	289.	290.	287.	289.		1.16	1.34	0.138		0.770	0.891	0.991	1.00	0.943	0.914
WATCH	[-]	289.	289.	288.	287.	289.		1.37	1.67	0.191		0.733	0.858	0.987	0.999	0.938	0.895

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	278.	278.	281.	277.	281.		0.782	1.54	0.261		0.817	0.870	0.982	0.993	0.919	0.909
GSWP3v1	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		0.00878	1.14	0.219		0.859	0.905	0.985	0.994	0.942	0.932
WATCH	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		0.427	1.42	0.190		0.841	0.870	0.987	0.996	0.897	0.910

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	277.	282.	241.	280.	287.		1.45	2.25	0.416		0.657	0.794	0.947	0.998	0.895	0.848
GSWP3v1	[-]	277.	281.	244.	280.	287.		0.686	1.46	0.269		0.759	0.835	0.968	0.999	0.909	0.884
WATCH	[-]	277.	281.	244.	280.	287.		0.891	1.78	0.287		0.722	0.791	0.966	0.999	0.883	0.859

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.570	1.87	0.313		0.793	0.838	0.976	0.997	0.909	0.892
GSWP3v1	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.623	1.29	0.238		0.852	0.882	0.982	1.00	0.909	0.918
WATCH	[-]	289.	289.	291.	288.	291.		0.889	1.66	0.276		0.817	0.854	0.978	0.999	0.913	0.903

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	260.	260.	259.	260.	262.		0.124	1.63	0.0682		0.938	0.904	0.995	0.986	0.895	0.937
GSWP3v1	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	262.		0.385	1.52	0.0456		0.938	0.915	0.997	0.998	0.920	0.947
WATCH	[-]	260.	260.	259.	260.	262.		0.406	1.53	0.0533		0.944	0.907	0.996	0.997	0.934	0.948

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	291.	291.	295.	289.	293.		3.06	3.46	0.530		0.376	0.712	0.946	0.994	0.873	0.769
GSWP3v1	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.40	2.00	0.369		0.568	0.766	0.961	0.999	0.905	0.828
WATCH	[-]	289.	289.	293.	289.	293.		1.52	2.30	0.437		0.535	0.708	0.951	0.999	0.897	0.800

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	282.	282.	291.	280.	287.		1.92	2.14	0.0503		0.793	0.909	0.997	0.993	0.949	0.925
GSWP3v1	[-]	281.	281.	289.	280.	287.		1.06	1.27	0.0255		0.876	0.936	0.998	1.00	0.972	0.953
WATCH	[-]	281.	281.	289.	280.	287.		1.01	1.40	0.0432		0.876	0.913	0.997	1.00	0.947	0.941

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	269.	269.	274.	268.	274.		0.849	1.54	0.0363		0.895	0.908	0.998	0.995	0.944	0.941
GSWP3v1	[-]	268.	268.	274.	268.	274.		0.439	1.14	0.0361		0.922	0.926	0.998	0.997	0.952	0.953
WATCH	[-]	269.	269.	273.	268.	274.		0.735	1.45	0.0470		0.908	0.906	0.997	0.999	0.927	0.940

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.79	2.50	0.0354		0.761	0.836	0.997	0.997	0.897	0.887
GSWP3v1	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.52	2.00	0.0516		0.787	0.891	0.997	0.998	0.943	0.918
WATCH	[-]	277.	277.	282.	275.	280.		1.51	2.30	0.0459		0.773	0.857	0.997	1.00	0.893	0.896

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	296.	296.	298.	294.	294.		2.20	2.50	2.13		0.137	0.521	0.661	1.00	0.882	0.620
GSWP3v1	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	294.		0.925	1.38	1.11		0.399	0.552	0.833	0.996	0.871	0.700
WATCH	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	294.		1.06	1.75	1.23		0.335	0.407	0.813	1.00	0.791	0.626

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	292.	292.	294.	290.	288.		2.43	2.59	0.778		0.410	0.742	0.888	0.997	0.919	0.783
GSWP3v1	[-]	291.	291.	293.	290.	288.		1.06	1.31	0.478		0.637	0.798	0.938	1.00	0.935	0.851
WATCH	[-]	291.	291.	291.	290.	288.		1.24	1.67	0.479		0.579	0.717	0.939	0.994	0.858	0.801

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	280.	280.	285.	278.	281.		2.59	3.21	0.305		0.458	0.749	0.964	0.999	0.922	0.807
GSWP3v1	[-]	279.	278.	284.	278.	281.		1.24	2.18	0.122		0.596	0.793	0.989	1.00	0.922	0.849
WATCH	[-]	279.	279.	284.	277.	281.		1.82	2.76	0.166		0.549	0.731	0.986	1.00	0.892	0.815

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