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	[-]	75.1
CLM50	[-]	69.1	69.2	74.2		92.4		-4.20	12.4	2.35		0.271	0.259	0.631	0.822	0.448
CTSM51	[-]	70.5	70.7	74.2		92.4		-2.75	11.2	2.36		0.291	0.279	0.628	0.807	0.457
DeadVeg	[-]	76.6	76.5	74.2		92.4		2.71	6.07	1.51		0.359	0.618	0.775	0.978	0.670

	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
CLM50	[-]	51.2	50.6	52.6		90.4		-1.80	9.22	0.507		0.743	0.623	0.953	0.996	0.788
CTSM51	[-]	52.9	52.3	52.6		90.4		-0.0842	8.56	0.516		0.751	0.647	0.952	0.997	0.799
DeadVeg	[-]	54.1	53.7	52.6		90.4		1.28	5.74	0.249		0.782	0.775	0.975	0.988	0.859

	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	[-]	68.1
CLM50	[-]	61.6	61.5	67.1		91.2		-4.19	10.8	1.17		0.429	0.461	0.847	0.989	0.638
CTSM51	[-]	62.8	62.7	67.1		91.2		-3.05	10.5	1.17		0.429	0.461	0.849	0.988	0.638
DeadVeg	[-]	63.5	63.5	67.0		91.2		-2.39	6.11	0.957		0.543	0.692	0.872	0.975	0.755

	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	[-]	72.7
CLM50	[-]	88.6	88.5	70.9		92.6		17.8	24.8	2.57		0.381	0.419	0.580	0.109	0.382
CTSM51	[-]	89.7	89.7	70.9		92.6		19.0	25.2	3.03		0.354	0.433	0.509	0.0946	0.365
DeadVeg	[-]	83.4	83.4	71.1		92.5		12.7	19.2	3.22		0.486	0.513	0.465	0.249	0.445

	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	[-]	86.2
CLM50	[-]	85.6	85.7	84.5		92.0		0.331	6.59	2.40		0.294	0.437	0.620	0.472	0.452
CTSM51	[-]	86.2	86.2	84.5		92.0		1.10	6.48	2.38		0.277	0.445	0.626	0.468	0.452
DeadVeg	[-]	85.5	85.6	84.5		92.0		0.296	6.07	2.20		0.261	0.560	0.651	0.674	0.541

	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	[-]	72.9
CLM50	[-]	82.6	82.7	72.6		89.8		10.1	17.6	2.08		0.540	0.396	0.690	0.379	0.480
CTSM51	[-]	84.6	84.6	72.6		89.8		12.0	17.8	1.99		0.468	0.426	0.705	0.342	0.473
DeadVeg	[-]	80.9	80.9	72.7		89.8		8.20	11.4	2.16		0.584	0.630	0.669	0.489	0.600

	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	[-]	57.3
CLM50	[-]	65.1	65.3	56.7		89.9		9.28	20.7	1.71		0.452	0.444	0.735	0.807	0.576
CTSM51	[-]	66.6	66.8	56.7		89.9		10.8	20.7	1.74		0.439	0.456	0.731	0.819	0.580
DeadVeg	[-]	64.7	64.8	56.7		89.9		8.61	12.5	1.26		0.564	0.655	0.823	0.664	0.672

	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	[-]	67.0
CLM50	[-]	62.4	62.1	65.2		91.8		-0.719	12.4	1.22		0.517	0.477	0.825	0.984	0.656
CTSM51	[-]	65.1	64.8	65.2		91.8		1.81	11.5	1.33		0.535	0.499	0.806	0.976	0.663
DeadVeg	[-]	66.3	66.3	65.1		91.8		2.81	7.82	0.889		0.581	0.690	0.875	0.874	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	[-]	77.4
CLM50	[-]	88.9	88.8	76.6		93.1		12.4	18.1	2.07		0.471	0.450	0.674	0.210	0.451
CTSM51	[-]	90.4	90.3	76.6		93.1		13.8	18.5	2.47		0.423	0.471	0.608	0.167	0.428
DeadVeg	[-]	86.3	86.2	76.7		93.0		9.77	13.9	2.98		0.538	0.579	0.489	0.304	0.498

	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	[-]	55.2
CLM50	[-]	50.1	50.1	52.7		87.7		0.0961	7.25	0.497		0.571	0.635	0.928	0.992	0.752
CTSM51	[-]	51.4	51.3	52.7		87.7		1.30	7.44	0.515		0.567	0.622	0.925	0.992	0.746
DeadVeg	[-]	49.3	49.2	52.6		87.7		-1.37	5.36	0.503		0.663	0.761	0.923	0.956	0.813

	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	[-]	78.5
CLM50	[-]	77.7	77.7	77.4		90.0		0.169	8.78	0.823		0.592	0.507	0.902	0.983	0.698
CTSM51	[-]	79.8	79.8	77.4		90.0		2.17	8.91	0.807		0.551	0.521	0.908	0.959	0.692
DeadVeg	[-]	78.6	78.6	77.4		90.0		1.10	5.58	0.648		0.644	0.732	0.930	0.839	0.775

	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	[-]	68.9
CLM50	[-]	69.7	69.7	67.8		91.0		2.80	12.6	1.51		0.435	0.452	0.782	0.977	0.620
CTSM51	[-]	70.9	70.9	67.8		91.0		3.98	12.5	1.52		0.421	0.463	0.780	0.973	0.620
DeadVeg	[-]	69.8	69.8	67.8		91.0		2.68	8.73	1.47		0.488	0.651	0.775	0.914	0.696

	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	[-]	44.5
CLM50	[-]	41.4	41.5	42.8		88.5		0.213	12.6	0.778		0.415	0.412	0.892	0.878	0.602
CTSM51	[-]	42.0	42.0	42.8		88.5		0.769	12.6	0.770		0.413	0.412	0.893	0.897	0.605
DeadVeg	[-]	48.6	48.6	42.8		88.5		6.85	11.0	0.805		0.398	0.600	0.893	0.885	0.675

	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	[-]	83.0
CLM50	[-]	88.7	88.7	82.3		92.8		6.86	14.4	2.48		0.558	0.391	0.612	0.393	0.469
CTSM51	[-]	89.6	89.6	82.3		92.8		7.74	14.4	2.44		0.522	0.409	0.623	0.322	0.457
DeadVeg	[-]	79.1	79.0	82.4		92.8		-2.91	11.9	2.51		0.524	0.508	0.595	0.667	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	[-]	72.3
CLM50	[-]	67.0	67.1	68.5		91.4		0.602	9.86	1.68		0.366	0.489	0.743	0.936	0.605
CTSM51	[-]	68.3	68.4	68.5		91.4		1.81	10.1	1.70		0.350	0.489	0.741	0.916	0.597
DeadVeg	[-]	65.5	65.5	68.4		91.4		-0.367	7.29	1.26		0.465	0.643	0.810	0.930	0.698

	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	[-]	73.0
CLM50	[-]	76.6	76.6	72.2		91.3		4.41	8.98	2.32		0.445	0.433	0.633	0.898	0.568
CTSM51	[-]	77.8	77.8	72.2		91.3		5.63	9.54	2.31		0.396	0.440	0.635	0.904	0.563
DeadVeg	[-]	72.8	72.9	72.1		91.2		1.07	4.53	2.40		0.675	0.689	0.588	0.759	0.680

	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	[-]	79.5
CLM50	[-]	82.1	82.1	79.0		90.4		3.16	7.74	0.984		0.700	0.575	0.895	0.891	0.727
CTSM51	[-]	83.3	83.3	79.0		90.4		4.38	8.10	0.949		0.647	0.587	0.901	0.835	0.712
DeadVeg	[-]	76.4	76.5	79.1		90.4		-2.43	7.90	1.35		0.717	0.556	0.819	0.854	0.700

	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	[-]	56.3
CLM50	[-]	64.0	64.1	55.8		90.5		8.48	13.1	1.12		0.455	0.492	0.857	0.988	0.657
CTSM51	[-]	65.7	65.7	55.8		90.5		10.1	14.0	1.02		0.409	0.499	0.873	0.992	0.654
DeadVeg	[-]	56.9	57.1	55.7		90.5		1.80	5.66	1.21		0.723	0.717	0.842	0.955	0.791

	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	[-]	82.0
CLM50	[-]	80.7	80.7	81.7		92.4		-1.01	9.81	1.68		0.299	0.287	0.766	0.923	0.512
CTSM51	[-]	81.6	81.6	81.7		92.4		-0.0907	9.30	1.70		0.301	0.304	0.765	0.959	0.527
DeadVeg	[-]	86.5	86.5	81.7		92.4		4.60	6.18	0.897		0.295	0.678	0.886	0.998	0.707

	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	[-]	72.6
CLM50	[-]	72.1	71.9	71.9		93.0		0.462	11.0	1.44		0.358	0.426	0.814	0.857	0.576
CTSM51	[-]	73.2	73.1	71.9		93.0		1.59	10.8	1.43		0.362	0.442	0.814	0.876	0.587
DeadVeg	[-]	74.0	73.8	71.9		93.0		2.14	4.88	0.837		0.576	0.726	0.896	0.992	0.783

	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	[-]	61.9
CLM50	[-]	63.1	63.3	58.6		90.7		6.30	16.9	1.12		0.257	0.492	0.849	0.929	0.604
CTSM51	[-]	64.2	64.4	58.6		90.7		7.31	17.2	1.14		0.258	0.480	0.847	0.931	0.599
DeadVeg	[-]	58.2	58.3	58.7		90.7		1.71	10.9	1.16		0.399	0.645	0.839	0.846	0.675

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/

2019-05-08: estimate saturated vapor pressure using temperature

2019-05-08: calculate relative humidity using saturated vapor pressure and vapor pressure

2019-05-08: 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 2017-12

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