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	[-]	60.2
CLM50	[-]	69.1	69.2	58.7		89.5		11.3	16.3	2.31		0.160	0.217	0.641	0.835	0.414
CTSM51	[-]	70.5	70.7	58.7		89.5		12.7	16.6	2.31		0.154	0.234	0.639	0.820	0.416
DeadVeg	[-]	76.6	76.5	58.7		89.5		18.2	19.3	1.63		0.0489	0.590	0.753	0.981	0.592

	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	[-]	41.4
CLM50	[-]	51.2	50.6	40.7		87.5		10.1	15.2	0.515		0.453	0.450	0.951	0.977	0.656
CTSM51	[-]	52.9	52.3	40.7		87.5		11.8	15.7	0.525		0.397	0.485	0.950	0.974	0.658
DeadVeg	[-]	54.2	53.7	40.8		87.5		13.1	14.2	0.266		0.354	0.750	0.972	0.993	0.764

	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	[-]	56.5
CLM50	[-]	61.6	61.5	55.0		88.1		7.86	13.6	1.37		0.255	0.359	0.807	0.987	0.553
CTSM51	[-]	62.8	62.7	55.0		88.1		8.99	14.1	1.35		0.237	0.367	0.811	0.986	0.553
DeadVeg	[-]	63.5	63.4	55.0		88.1		9.66	11.9	1.15		0.224	0.701	0.839	0.973	0.687

	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	[-]	74.9
CLM50	[-]	88.6	88.5	73.2		92.8		15.5	20.6	2.26		0.457	0.555	0.642	0.121	0.466
CTSM51	[-]	89.7	89.7	73.2		92.8		16.7	21.2	2.59		0.428	0.558	0.593	0.106	0.449
DeadVeg	[-]	83.4	83.4	73.4		92.8		10.3	17.0	2.64		0.562	0.549	0.581	0.273	0.502

	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	[-]	73.7
CLM50	[-]	85.6	85.7	69.6		87.3		15.2	19.8	2.25		0.00130	0.398	0.650	0.193	0.328
CTSM51	[-]	86.2	86.2	69.6		87.3		16.0	20.0	2.23		0.00123	0.403	0.655	0.192	0.331
DeadVeg	[-]	85.5	85.6	69.7		87.3		15.2	19.6	2.08		0.00259	0.518	0.677	0.310	0.405

	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	[-]	72.2
CLM50	[-]	82.6	82.7	71.9		89.5		10.7	15.0	1.57		0.552	0.580	0.785	0.468	0.593
CTSM51	[-]	84.6	84.6	71.9		89.5		12.7	16.1	1.51		0.491	0.588	0.799	0.425	0.578
DeadVeg	[-]	80.9	80.9	72.0		89.5		8.91	13.8	1.70		0.594	0.566	0.762	0.595	0.617

	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	[-]	65.1	65.3	52.6		87.6		13.3	20.4	1.71		0.428	0.534	0.733	0.855	0.617
CTSM51	[-]	66.6	66.8	52.6		87.6		14.8	20.9	1.71		0.412	0.543	0.733	0.866	0.620
DeadVeg	[-]	64.7	64.8	52.6		87.6		12.7	16.9	1.65		0.422	0.583	0.749	0.723	0.612

	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	[-]	55.1
CLM50	[-]	62.4	62.1	52.7		88.5		11.8	17.9	1.27		0.249	0.377	0.811	0.983	0.559
CTSM51	[-]	65.1	64.8	52.7		88.5		14.3	18.7	1.30		0.211	0.411	0.806	0.983	0.564
DeadVeg	[-]	66.3	66.3	52.6		88.5		15.3	18.2	1.13		0.128	0.685	0.829	0.910	0.647

	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	[-]	79.1
CLM50	[-]	88.9	88.8	78.5		93.4		10.6	14.5	2.03		0.551	0.599	0.683	0.263	0.539
CTSM51	[-]	90.4	90.3	78.5		93.4		12.0	15.4	2.40		0.503	0.597	0.623	0.211	0.506
DeadVeg	[-]	86.3	86.3	78.5		93.3		7.98	13.0	2.66		0.619	0.570	0.556	0.377	0.539

	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	[-]	47.0
CLM50	[-]	50.1	50.1	44.1		84.7		8.64	11.9	0.600		0.308	0.620	0.909	0.980	0.688
CTSM51	[-]	51.4	51.3	44.1		84.7		9.85	12.8	0.600		0.265	0.612	0.909	0.979	0.675
DeadVeg	[-]	49.2	49.2	44.0		84.6		7.18	10.8	0.766		0.301	0.688	0.874	0.929	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	[-]	73.2
CLM50	[-]	77.7	77.7	72.0		87.8		5.58	10.5	0.649		0.478	0.636	0.926	0.908	0.717
CTSM51	[-]	79.8	79.8	72.0		87.8		7.58	11.6	0.642		0.410	0.647	0.931	0.862	0.700
DeadVeg	[-]	78.6	78.5	71.9		87.8		6.55	11.1	0.597		0.436	0.632	0.944	0.701	0.669

	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	[-]	62.5
CLM50	[-]	69.7	69.7	61.1		88.5		9.42	14.7	1.43		0.329	0.485	0.796	0.940	0.607
CTSM51	[-]	70.9	70.9	61.1		88.5		10.6	15.3	1.43		0.303	0.493	0.797	0.931	0.604
DeadVeg	[-]	69.8	69.8	61.1		88.5		9.31	14.5	1.57		0.299	0.608	0.758	0.843	0.623

	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	[-]	37.5
CLM50	[-]	41.4	41.5	35.6		86.3		7.43	13.9	0.637		0.306	0.430	0.917	0.893	0.595
CTSM51	[-]	42.0	42.0	35.6		86.3		7.98	14.1	0.631		0.296	0.430	0.917	0.910	0.597
DeadVeg	[-]	48.5	48.6	35.6		86.3		14.1	17.1	0.800		0.188	0.576	0.888	0.896	0.625

	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	[-]	84.5
CLM50	[-]	88.7	88.7	83.9		92.8		5.27	10.5	2.31		0.607	0.567	0.648	0.470	0.572
CTSM51	[-]	89.6	89.6	83.9		92.8		6.15	10.7	2.25		0.581	0.573	0.663	0.389	0.556
DeadVeg	[-]	79.1	79.1	84.0		92.8		-4.44	12.6	2.71		0.535	0.467	0.559	0.759	0.557

	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	[-]	62.2
CLM50	[-]	67.0	67.1	56.9		88.3		12.0	17.6	1.71		0.101	0.452	0.742	0.919	0.533
CTSM51	[-]	68.3	68.4	56.9		88.3		13.2	18.5	1.70		0.0829	0.453	0.745	0.899	0.527
DeadVeg	[-]	65.5	65.5	56.9		88.3		11.1	16.3	1.58		0.112	0.588	0.754	0.912	0.591

	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	[-]	65.3
CLM50	[-]	76.6	76.6	64.2		89.2		12.4	14.6	1.86		0.214	0.548	0.725	0.664	0.540
CTSM51	[-]	77.8	77.8	64.2		89.2		13.6	15.5	1.62		0.189	0.562	0.773	0.671	0.551
DeadVeg	[-]	72.9	73.0	64.1		89.2		9.10	13.5	4.34		0.333	0.418	0.228	0.503	0.380

	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	[-]	77.2
CLM50	[-]	82.1	82.1	76.7		88.6		5.45	7.42	0.960		0.669	0.747	0.900	0.905	0.794
CTSM51	[-]	83.3	83.3	76.7		88.6		6.67	8.53	0.928		0.618	0.730	0.904	0.851	0.767
DeadVeg	[-]	76.5	76.6	76.8		88.6		-0.0544	11.7	1.48		0.816	0.473	0.800	0.866	0.686

	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	[-]	51.8
CLM50	[-]	64.0	64.1	51.3		88.2		13.0	15.2	0.749		0.374	0.613	0.922	0.991	0.702
CTSM51	[-]	65.7	65.7	51.3		88.2		14.7	16.5	0.653		0.334	0.622	0.937	0.993	0.702
DeadVeg	[-]	56.9	57.1	51.2		88.1		6.41	9.61	0.909		0.593	0.670	0.895	0.957	0.757

	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	[-]	64.8
CLM50	[-]	80.7	80.7	64.1		89.6		16.6	19.3	1.73		0.0548	0.226	0.761	0.981	0.450
CTSM51	[-]	81.6	81.6	64.1		89.6		17.5	19.7	1.74		0.0364	0.244	0.759	0.995	0.456
DeadVeg	[-]	86.5	86.5	64.1		89.6		22.2	23.0	0.884		0.0107	0.698	0.888	0.982	0.656

	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	[-]	59.3
CLM50	[-]	72.1	71.9	58.3		91.4		14.0	17.5	1.33		0.191	0.407	0.835	0.934	0.555
CTSM51	[-]	73.2	73.1	58.3		91.4		15.2	18.0	1.29		0.177	0.429	0.840	0.947	0.564
DeadVeg	[-]	74.0	73.7	58.3		91.4		15.7	17.0	1.03		0.0897	0.670	0.867	0.947	0.649

	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	[-]	56.9
CLM50	[-]	63.1	63.3	53.2		89.0		11.7	17.9	1.13		0.245	0.528	0.847	0.943	0.618
CTSM51	[-]	64.2	64.4	53.2		89.0		12.7	18.5	1.13		0.235	0.523	0.846	0.944	0.614
DeadVeg	[-]	58.2	58.3	53.3		88.9		7.08	12.7	1.09		0.316	0.670	0.855	0.868	0.676

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:

4.03

  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:

2019-09-10: downloaded source from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.03/

2019-11-15: estimate saturated vapor pressure using temperature

2019-11-15: calculate relative humidity using saturated vapor pressure and vapor pressure

2019-11-15: 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 2018-12

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