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	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	75.4	75.1	74.8		91.8		0.902	5.52	1.74		0.410	0.621	0.733	0.997	0.676
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	77.1	76.8	74.8		91.8		2.62	6.25	1.66		0.346	0.600	0.745	0.996	0.657
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	73.2	73.0	74.8		91.8		-1.03	4.70	1.62		0.488	0.607	0.757	0.993	0.690
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	69.5	69.1	74.8		91.8		-4.47	12.6	2.35		0.262	0.254	0.633	0.870	0.454

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	51.7	52.2	53.1		93.3		-0.708	5.11	0.242		0.784	0.816	0.970	0.984	0.874
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	54.1	54.6	53.1		93.3		1.68	5.93	0.278		0.752	0.799	0.968	0.986	0.861
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	51.0	51.3	53.1		93.3		-1.26	4.35	0.214		0.800	0.851	0.972	0.989	0.893
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	50.9	51.2	53.1		93.3		-1.42	9.66	0.557		0.730	0.609	0.944	0.996	0.777

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	62.4	62.4	67.5		92.0		-3.62	6.57	1.06		0.507	0.730	0.855	0.953	0.755
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	64.2	64.2	67.5		92.0		-1.88	6.08	1.04		0.546	0.710	0.861	0.956	0.756
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	61.7	61.7	67.5		92.0		-4.14	6.06	0.864		0.525	0.750	0.888	0.959	0.775
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	61.9	61.9	67.5		92.0		-4.16	11.1	1.24		0.431	0.454	0.836	0.982	0.631

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	87.5	87.5	71.6		92.7		16.3	21.2	2.54		0.381	0.536	0.603	0.169	0.445
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	85.3	85.3	71.6		92.7		14.3	20.1	2.72		0.431	0.525	0.567	0.198	0.449
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	79.4	79.3	71.4		92.8		10.1	14.7	2.07		0.506	0.603	0.667	0.862	0.648
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	89.4	89.3	71.4		92.8		18.2	24.8	3.39		0.357	0.423	0.437	0.113	0.351

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	84.4	84.6	85.5		92.7		-2.20	6.57	2.17		0.282	0.571	0.665	0.622	0.542
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	86.2	86.3	85.5		92.7		-0.377	6.66	2.29		0.226	0.562	0.641	0.699	0.538
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	85.2	85.3	85.5		92.7		-0.533	5.84	2.04		0.267	0.601	0.680	0.590	0.548
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	85.7	85.9	85.5		92.7		-0.701	6.81	2.26		0.267	0.454	0.649	0.455	0.456

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	83.4	83.6	72.8		91.4		10.7	13.5	1.82		0.478	0.640	0.728	0.479	0.593
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	82.1	82.3	72.8		91.4		9.45	12.7	2.00		0.532	0.618	0.694	0.437	0.580
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	78.4	78.7	72.7		91.5		6.06	8.99	1.21		0.629	0.689	0.830	0.920	0.751
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	83.2	83.3	72.7		91.5		10.6	17.7	1.90		0.510	0.402	0.722	0.395	0.486

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	64.7	64.8	56.9		86.3		8.68	12.5	1.33		0.536	0.661	0.804	0.741	0.680
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	64.8	64.8	56.9		86.3		8.76	12.9	1.35		0.548	0.650	0.801	0.668	0.663
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	57.8	57.8	56.8		86.4		2.51	8.02	1.01		0.644	0.721	0.855	0.966	0.781
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	65.6	65.7	56.8		86.4		9.52	20.5	1.72		0.458	0.440	0.734	0.799	0.574

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	65.4	64.8	66.4		93.8		0.822	8.07	1.13		0.565	0.687	0.833	0.857	0.726
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	67.4	66.9	66.4		93.8		2.95	8.73	1.13		0.517	0.672	0.835	0.865	0.712
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	62.6	62.0	66.4		93.8		-1.04	6.67	0.997		0.600	0.713	0.856	0.942	0.765
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	63.4	62.6	66.4		93.8		-0.623	12.6	1.42		0.507	0.472	0.787	0.980	0.644

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	89.7	89.5	77.1		93.6		12.5	15.7	2.47		0.425	0.603	0.599	0.191	0.485
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	88.1	87.9	77.1		93.6		11.0	14.6	2.74		0.476	0.598	0.543	0.204	0.484
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	85.3	85.1	77.1		93.6		8.90	11.8	2.00		0.522	0.647	0.686	0.804	0.661
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	90.0	89.8	77.1		93.6		13.0	18.3	3.31		0.434	0.452	0.445	0.206	0.398

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	49.3	49.1	53.9		87.3		-2.14	6.30	0.572		0.621	0.769	0.910	0.912	0.796
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	49.8	49.6	53.9		87.3		-1.72	6.32	0.563		0.622	0.760	0.911	0.906	0.792
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	52.3	52.1	54.0		87.3		1.42	6.15	0.621		0.559	0.810	0.905	0.917	0.800
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	50.7	50.5	54.0		87.3		0.114	8.11	0.620		0.541	0.610	0.905	0.976	0.728

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	79.9	79.9	78.3		92.3		0.996	6.74	0.644		0.565	0.754	0.935	0.912	0.784
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	78.8	78.7	78.3		92.3		0.138	6.27	0.674		0.612	0.737	0.930	0.851	0.773
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	78.5	78.4	78.4		92.3		0.812	5.43	0.693		0.621	0.759	0.930	0.949	0.804
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	78.6	78.4	78.4		92.3		-0.191	9.23	1.01		0.568	0.512	0.874	0.963	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	[-]	68.9
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	69.9	69.8	68.4		91.3		2.30	8.84	1.43		0.480	0.669	0.783	0.929	0.706
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	70.4	70.3	68.4		91.3		2.80	9.22	1.45		0.462	0.650	0.782	0.905	0.690
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	67.3	67.2	68.4		91.3		0.476	7.64	1.18		0.543	0.721	0.831	0.968	0.757
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	70.4	70.3	68.4		91.3		2.97	12.7	1.64		0.428	0.449	0.758	0.981	0.613

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	48.0	48.0	44.2		91.8		5.54	11.1	0.756		0.400	0.628	0.905	0.836	0.679
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	50.1	50.1	44.2		91.8		7.59	12.6	0.751		0.340	0.606	0.903	0.837	0.659
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	43.6	43.5	44.1		91.9		1.78	6.83	0.458		0.564	0.760	0.942	0.926	0.791
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	41.8	41.7	44.1		91.9		0.231	13.1	0.870		0.401	0.413	0.877	0.884	0.597

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	82.0	82.0	82.8		93.7		-0.329	10.6	2.57		0.577	0.536	0.580	0.487	0.543
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	79.5	79.5	82.8		93.7		-2.74	11.5	2.62		0.520	0.526	0.575	0.612	0.552
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	86.1	86.1	82.7		93.7		4.85	8.68	2.19		0.578	0.599	0.661	0.924	0.672
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	89.4	89.3	82.7		93.7		7.24	14.4	2.63		0.519	0.393	0.586	0.402	0.459

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	64.6	64.2	71.1		93.2		-3.04	8.58	1.35		0.436	0.640	0.790	0.865	0.674
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	66.4	66.0	71.1		93.2		-1.10	8.73	1.41		0.409	0.626	0.776	0.883	0.664
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	64.2	63.8	71.2		93.2		-2.48	7.52	1.29		0.462	0.657	0.809	0.945	0.706
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	67.7	67.4	71.2		93.2		-0.828	11.3	1.70		0.330	0.475	0.737	0.882	0.580

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	74.1	74.0	72.6		90.3		1.44	4.80	1.44		0.612	0.764	0.772	0.771	0.737
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	73.6	73.5	72.6		90.3		1.10	5.11	2.13		0.628	0.681	0.635	0.754	0.676
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	73.9	73.7	72.8		90.4		1.62	4.59	1.44		0.618	0.746	0.775	0.937	0.764
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	77.1	77.0	72.8		90.4		4.16	9.38	2.19		0.420	0.438	0.658	0.859	0.563

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	78.4	78.3	79.3		90.5		-0.753	6.82	1.02		0.761	0.592	0.878	0.798	0.724
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	76.3	76.2	79.3		90.5		-2.82	8.00	1.38		0.708	0.552	0.817	0.832	0.692
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	80.8	80.7	79.3		90.5		1.88	4.50	0.905		0.758	0.738	0.902	0.965	0.820
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	82.6	82.6	79.3		90.5		3.46	8.08	1.09		0.675	0.559	0.881	0.849	0.705

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	57.9	57.8	56.2		80.8		2.40	5.90	1.05		0.695	0.734	0.873	0.962	0.800
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	57.5	57.5	56.2		80.8		2.11	6.00	1.09		0.695	0.729	0.864	0.926	0.789
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	56.6	56.5	56.3		81.0		1.28	4.68	0.889		0.746	0.767	0.896	0.983	0.832
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	64.5	64.4	56.3		81.0		8.59	13.6	1.07		0.437	0.492	0.867	0.977	0.653

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	84.2	84.0	81.8		93.3		1.98	4.32	0.958		0.469	0.699	0.875	0.996	0.748
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	86.3	86.1	81.8		93.3		4.10	6.05	1.01		0.310	0.647	0.871	0.998	0.695
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	82.8	82.6	81.8		93.3		0.762	3.33	0.951		0.584	0.708	0.870	0.988	0.771
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	80.3	80.5	81.8		93.3		-1.24	9.55	1.77		0.307	0.287	0.750	0.963	0.519

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	71.8	71.6	72.3		92.0		-0.217	4.62	1.02		0.622	0.726	0.865	0.987	0.785
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	73.6	73.4	72.3		92.0		1.48	5.19	1.10		0.571	0.713	0.854	0.985	0.767
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	70.0	69.8	72.3		92.0		-1.68	3.87	0.887		0.655	0.773	0.891	0.998	0.818
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	72.0	71.9	72.3		92.0		0.0972	11.0	1.49		0.370	0.426	0.803	0.910	0.587

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	59.1	59.4	60.6		91.9		1.60	12.0	1.45		0.379	0.627	0.786	0.788	0.642
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	59.6	60.0	60.6		91.9		1.90	12.3	1.45		0.374	0.617	0.787	0.718	0.623
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	55.3	55.4	60.5		92.0		-1.05	10.2	1.30		0.421	0.652	0.821	0.931	0.695
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	64.3	63.6	60.5		92.0		5.08	17.7	1.24		0.240	0.482	0.826	0.889	0.584

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