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	[-]	294.	294.	298.	293.	296.		1.20	1.74	0.854		0.428	0.487	0.895	0.962	0.796	0.676
CLM4.5	[-]	294.	294.	298.	293.	296.		1.59	2.00	0.875		0.335	0.489	0.895	0.982	0.803	0.666
CLM5	[-]	295.	295.	298.	293.	296.		2.11	2.33	0.941		0.192	0.491	0.882	1.00	0.802	0.643

	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	[-]	294.	294.	297.	293.	294.		1.20	2.23	0.412		0.585	0.611	0.957	0.994	0.907	0.778
CLM4.5	[-]	295.	295.	297.	293.	294.		1.71	2.58	0.319		0.498	0.618	0.973	0.986	0.901	0.766
CLM5	[-]	295.	295.	297.	293.	294.		2.04	2.64	0.306		0.479	0.628	0.972	0.961	0.891	0.760

	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	[-]	290.	290.	294.	288.	293.		1.87	2.23	0.919		0.540	0.732	0.872	0.997	0.838	0.785
CLM4.5	[-]	291.	291.	294.	288.	293.		2.31	2.56	0.845		0.465	0.739	0.890	0.997	0.830	0.776
CLM5	[-]	291.	291.	294.	288.	293.		2.48	2.67	0.888		0.446	0.742	0.881	0.999	0.829	0.773

	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	[-]	254.	254.	259.	256.	261.		-1.84	2.77	0.0730		0.875	0.893	0.995	1.00	0.886	0.924
CLM4.5	[-]	254.	254.	259.	256.	261.		-1.52	2.62	0.0671		0.890	0.889	0.995	1.00	0.891	0.926
CLM5	[-]	257.	256.	261.	256.	261.		0.587	1.91	0.0676		0.933	0.906	0.995	1.00	0.888	0.938

	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	[-]	296.	296.	298.	294.	295.		2.22	2.53	1.59		0.128	0.452	0.761	0.992	0.797	0.597
CLM4.5	[-]	296.	296.	298.	294.	295.		2.35	2.62	1.58		0.112	0.458	0.765	0.988	0.777	0.593
CLM5	[-]	297.	297.	298.	294.	295.		3.11	3.26	1.60		0.0596	0.477	0.757	0.937	0.744	0.575

	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	[-]	263.	263.	270.	265.	269.		-2.31	2.87	0.0281		0.834	0.910	0.998	0.997	0.964	0.935
CLM4.5	[-]	263.	263.	270.	265.	269.		-1.79	2.62	0.0273		0.854	0.906	0.998	0.985	0.965	0.935
CLM5	[-]	266.	266.	272.	265.	269.		0.538	1.48	0.0277		0.935	0.930	0.998	0.992	0.971	0.959

	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	[-]	273.	273.	284.	274.	280.		-0.263	2.35	0.0254		0.849	0.858	0.998	1.00	0.891	0.909
CLM4.5	[-]	274.	274.	284.	274.	280.		0.121	2.30	0.0231		0.854	0.860	0.998	0.998	0.899	0.911
CLM5	[-]	275.	275.	285.	274.	280.		1.21	2.20	0.0399		0.848	0.883	0.997	0.999	0.922	0.922

	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	[-]	291.	291.	298.	291.	296.		0.310	2.16	0.345		0.646	0.778	0.971	0.968	0.829	0.829
CLM4.5	[-]	291.	291.	298.	291.	296.		0.723	2.13	0.328		0.639	0.784	0.972	0.980	0.845	0.834
CLM5	[-]	292.	292.	298.	291.	296.		1.17	2.14	0.303		0.631	0.791	0.976	0.990	0.853	0.839

	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	[-]	256.	256.	259.	259.	260.		-2.59	3.29	0.0255		0.842	0.885	0.998	1.00	0.919	0.921
CLM4.5	[-]	257.	257.	259.	259.	260.		-2.30	3.08	0.0283		0.858	0.883	0.998	0.999	0.918	0.923
CLM5	[-]	259.	259.	261.	259.	260.		-0.0883	1.60	0.0227		0.962	0.910	0.998	0.999	0.911	0.949

	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	[-]	290.	290.	291.	287.	289.		2.13	2.40	0.219		0.634	0.830	0.985	0.982	0.908	0.861
CLM4.5	[-]	290.	290.	291.	287.	289.		2.17	2.42	0.223		0.631	0.828	0.984	0.984	0.908	0.860
CLM5	[-]	290.	290.	291.	287.	289.		2.60	2.76	0.207		0.582	0.834	0.985	0.994	0.905	0.856

	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	[-]	276.	276.	280.	277.	281.		-0.641	2.01	0.102		0.798	0.819	0.993	0.965	0.871	0.877
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	276.	279.	277.	281.		-0.716	1.98	0.101		0.797	0.824	0.993	0.968	0.876	0.880
CLM5	[-]	278.	278.	281.	277.	281.		0.782	1.54	0.261		0.817	0.870	0.982	0.993	0.919	0.909

	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	[-]	276.	280.	241.	280.	287.		0.170	2.35	0.413		0.679	0.779	0.947	0.993	0.884	0.844
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	281.	240.	280.	287.		0.453	2.38	0.403		0.666	0.779	0.949	0.992	0.887	0.842
CLM5	[-]	277.	282.	241.	280.	287.		1.45	2.25	0.416		0.657	0.794	0.947	0.998	0.895	0.848

	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	[-]	288.	288.	292.	288.	292.		0.0109	1.91	0.329		0.789	0.835	0.974	1.00	0.899	0.889
CLM4.5	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.244	1.86	0.309		0.795	0.836	0.976	0.999	0.897	0.890
CLM5	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.570	1.87	0.313		0.793	0.838	0.976	0.997	0.909	0.892

	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	[-]	258.	258.	257.	260.	262.		-2.38	3.03	0.0693		0.835	0.884	0.995	0.988	0.899	0.914
CLM4.5	[-]	258.	258.	257.	260.	262.		-2.07	2.84	0.0762		0.854	0.878	0.995	0.985	0.900	0.915
CLM5	[-]	260.	260.	259.	260.	262.		0.124	1.63	0.0682		0.938	0.904	0.995	0.986	0.895	0.937

	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	[-]	290.	290.	295.	289.	293.		2.66	3.20	0.515		0.405	0.715	0.949	0.982	0.870	0.773
CLM4.5	[-]	290.	290.	295.	289.	293.		2.60	3.11	0.570		0.414	0.704	0.941	0.993	0.873	0.772
CLM5	[-]	291.	291.	295.	289.	293.		3.06	3.46	0.530		0.376	0.712	0.946	0.994	0.873	0.769

	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	[-]	280.	280.	290.	280.	287.		0.229	1.51	0.0725		0.892	0.884	0.995	0.986	0.920	0.927
CLM4.5	[-]	280.	280.	290.	280.	287.		0.506	1.51	0.0606		0.890	0.884	0.996	0.988	0.928	0.928
CLM5	[-]	282.	282.	291.	280.	287.		1.92	2.14	0.0503		0.793	0.909	0.997	0.993	0.949	0.925

	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	[-]	266.	266.	273.	268.	274.		-1.93	2.56	0.0440		0.819	0.890	0.997	0.961	0.938	0.916
CLM4.5	[-]	266.	266.	273.	268.	274.		-1.55	2.32	0.0393		0.842	0.885	0.997	0.967	0.940	0.919
CLM5	[-]	269.	269.	274.	268.	274.		0.849	1.54	0.0363		0.895	0.908	0.998	0.995	0.944	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	[-]	276.
CLM4	[-]	276.	276.	282.	276.	280.		0.511	2.23	0.0308		0.797	0.832	0.998	0.994	0.838	0.882
CLM4.5	[-]	276.	276.	282.	276.	280.		0.819	2.21	0.0341		0.803	0.827	0.997	0.999	0.846	0.883
CLM5	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.79	2.50	0.0354		0.761	0.836	0.997	0.997	0.897	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	[-]	294.
CLM4	[-]	295.	295.	298.	294.	294.		1.41	1.98	2.03		0.245	0.522	0.674	0.974	0.877	0.636
CLM4.5	[-]	295.	295.	298.	294.	294.		1.67	2.16	2.07		0.204	0.521	0.666	0.980	0.887	0.630
CLM5	[-]	296.	296.	298.	294.	294.		2.20	2.50	2.13		0.137	0.521	0.661	1.00	0.882	0.620

	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	[-]	291.	291.	293.	290.	288.		1.58	2.04	0.799		0.529	0.728	0.885	0.981	0.891	0.790
CLM4.5	[-]	292.	292.	293.	290.	288.		1.92	2.28	0.765		0.477	0.725	0.890	0.979	0.900	0.783
CLM5	[-]	292.	292.	294.	290.	288.		2.43	2.59	0.778		0.410	0.742	0.888	0.997	0.919	0.783

	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	[-]	279.	279.	284.	278.	281.		1.33	2.68	0.239		0.545	0.726	0.977	0.988	0.904	0.811
CLM4.5	[-]	279.	279.	284.	278.	281.		1.88	2.90	0.306		0.520	0.719	0.966	0.995	0.904	0.804
CLM5	[-]	280.	280.	285.	278.	281.		2.59	3.21	0.305		0.458	0.749	0.964	0.999	0.922	0.807

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