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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	[-]	60.2
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	75.4	75.1	59.7		89.1		16.0	18.0	1.88		0.0521	0.568	0.708	0.989	0.577
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	77.1	76.8	59.7		89.1		17.7	19.4	1.74		0.0420	0.559	0.730	0.990	0.576
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	73.2	73.0	59.7		89.1		14.1	16.1	1.73		0.0624	0.532	0.738	0.993	0.572
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	69.5	69.1	59.7		89.1		10.6	16.4	2.31		0.152	0.211	0.644	0.930	0.430

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	51.7	52.2	41.3		92.2		11.1	12.9	0.269		0.397	0.733	0.965	0.994	0.764
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	54.1	54.6	41.3		92.2		13.5	15.4	0.297		0.335	0.699	0.965	0.993	0.738
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	51.0	51.3	41.3		92.2		10.5	11.8	0.227		0.413	0.774	0.970	0.995	0.785
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	50.9	51.2	41.3		92.2		10.4	15.9	0.574		0.434	0.441	0.941	0.985	0.648

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	62.4	62.4	55.5		90.1		8.29	11.6	1.22		0.246	0.644	0.825	0.937	0.659
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	64.1	64.2	55.5		90.1		10.0	13.0	1.25		0.197	0.641	0.823	0.940	0.648
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	61.7	61.7	55.6		90.1		7.77	10.8	1.16		0.251	0.652	0.834	0.943	0.666
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	61.9	61.9	55.6		90.1		7.75	14.4	1.45		0.243	0.352	0.792	0.971	0.542

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	87.5	87.5	73.9		92.9		14.0	18.4	2.11		0.457	0.588	0.687	0.186	0.501
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	85.3	85.3	73.9		92.9		11.9	17.3	2.25		0.510	0.586	0.659	0.216	0.512
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	79.4	79.3	73.7		92.9		7.84	12.3	1.75		0.582	0.670	0.730	0.897	0.710
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	89.4	89.3	73.7		92.9		16.0	20.9	2.90		0.429	0.552	0.535	0.126	0.439

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	84.4	84.6	72.0		88.8		11.4	18.2	1.96		0.00344	0.543	0.706	0.247	0.408
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	86.2	86.3	72.0		88.8		13.2	19.0	2.17		0.00306	0.529	0.670	0.293	0.405
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	85.2	85.3	72.0		88.8		13.0	18.4	2.05		0.00178	0.554	0.682	0.229	0.404
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	85.7	85.9	72.0		88.8		12.9	18.9	2.14		0.00154	0.416	0.671	0.164	0.334

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	83.4	83.6	72.1		91.2		11.4	14.8	1.45		0.504	0.606	0.809	0.580	0.621
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	82.1	82.3	72.1		91.2		10.1	14.2	1.58		0.546	0.585	0.785	0.535	0.607
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	78.4	78.7	72.1		91.2		6.68	10.6	1.20		0.642	0.659	0.839	0.975	0.755
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	83.2	83.3	72.1		91.2		11.2	15.3	1.45		0.527	0.579	0.812	0.482	0.596

	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	[-]	64.7	64.7	52.8		84.0		12.7	16.3	1.45		0.401	0.623	0.784	0.797	0.646
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	64.8	64.8	52.8		84.0		12.8	17.0	1.63		0.411	0.588	0.748	0.727	0.612
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	57.8	57.8	52.8		84.1		6.55	11.4	1.42		0.528	0.630	0.781	0.985	0.711
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	65.6	65.7	52.8		84.1		13.6	20.4	1.77		0.423	0.526	0.722	0.848	0.609

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	65.4	64.8	54.3		92.3		12.9	17.3	1.13		0.141	0.650	0.833	0.864	0.627
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	67.4	66.9	54.3		92.3		15.1	18.9	1.25		0.116	0.640	0.812	0.872	0.616
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	62.6	62.0	54.3		92.3		11.1	15.2	1.29		0.180	0.649	0.801	0.945	0.645
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	63.4	62.6	54.3		92.3		11.5	18.4	1.43		0.226	0.378	0.783	0.978	0.549

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	89.7	89.5	78.9		93.8		10.8	14.3	2.24		0.503	0.597	0.645	0.241	0.517
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	88.1	87.9	78.9		93.8		9.20	13.2	2.39		0.554	0.602	0.612	0.256	0.525
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	85.3	85.1	78.8		93.8		7.13	10.3	1.79		0.608	0.675	0.726	0.890	0.715
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	90.0	89.8	78.8		93.8		11.2	15.0	3.03		0.512	0.590	0.502	0.259	0.491

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	49.3	49.1	45.5		83.7		6.19	11.4	0.772		0.288	0.699	0.873	0.862	0.684
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	49.7	49.5	45.5		83.7		6.61	11.8	0.803		0.274	0.686	0.868	0.854	0.674
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	52.3	52.1	45.6		83.7		9.75	13.4	0.699		0.195	0.760	0.891	0.867	0.695
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	50.7	50.5	45.6		83.7		8.44	12.8	0.640		0.277	0.597	0.903	0.945	0.664

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	79.9	79.8	73.0		90.6		6.23	11.9	0.556		0.371	0.696	0.950	0.780	0.699
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	78.8	78.7	73.0		90.6		5.37	11.6	0.591		0.407	0.642	0.947	0.704	0.668
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	78.5	78.4	73.2		90.6		6.01	10.3	0.580		0.410	0.704	0.948	0.836	0.721
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	78.6	78.4	73.2		90.6		5.01	11.3	0.842		0.428	0.635	0.898	0.859	0.691

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	69.9	69.8	61.9		89.2		8.83	14.0	1.45		0.285	0.625	0.780	0.861	0.635
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	70.4	70.3	61.9		89.2		9.33	14.9	1.52		0.278	0.599	0.770	0.831	0.615
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	67.3	67.2	61.9		89.2		6.99	12.7	1.28		0.330	0.669	0.813	0.920	0.680
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	70.4	70.3	61.9		89.2		9.48	15.0	1.55		0.316	0.480	0.775	0.947	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	[-]	37.5
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	48.0	48.0	37.0		90.7		12.6	16.9	0.726		0.189	0.612	0.904	0.830	0.629
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	50.1	50.1	37.0		90.7		14.7	18.8	0.759		0.161	0.579	0.897	0.831	0.609
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	43.6	43.5	37.1		90.7		8.87	12.6	0.444		0.267	0.740	0.940	0.921	0.722
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	41.8	41.7	37.1		90.7		7.32	14.6	0.747		0.290	0.429	0.898	0.881	0.586

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	82.1	82.1	84.3		93.7		-1.79	11.0	2.61		0.586	0.501	0.569	0.577	0.547
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	79.5	79.5	84.3		93.7		-4.20	12.0	2.67		0.529	0.490	0.562	0.706	0.555
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	86.1	86.1	84.2		93.7		3.33	7.33	2.07		0.640	0.647	0.682	0.974	0.718
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	89.4	89.3	84.2		93.7		5.71	10.7	2.24		0.574	0.564	0.662	0.482	0.569

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	64.6	64.2	60.6		90.9		7.54	16.2	1.48		0.107	0.581	0.766	0.794	0.566
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	66.4	66.0	60.6		90.9		9.48	17.3	1.73		0.0888	0.558	0.721	0.815	0.548
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	64.2	63.8	60.6		90.9		8.08	15.5	1.52		0.121	0.588	0.774	0.891	0.592
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	67.7	67.4	60.6		90.9		9.74	18.5	1.71		0.0808	0.430	0.741	0.815	0.499

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	74.1	74.0	64.8		88.1		9.29	13.3	2.75		0.285	0.513	0.520	0.525	0.471
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	73.7	73.5	64.8		88.1		8.95	13.9	3.87		0.308	0.416	0.307	0.506	0.391
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	73.9	73.7	65.0		88.2		9.44	12.5	2.36		0.294	0.548	0.601	0.728	0.544
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	77.1	77.0	65.0		88.2		12.0	14.9	1.82		0.204	0.555	0.733	0.623	0.534

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	78.5	78.4	77.0		88.9		1.60	10.7	1.14		0.784	0.515	0.860	0.805	0.696
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	76.4	76.2	77.0		88.9		-0.465	11.6	1.42		0.804	0.479	0.814	0.839	0.683
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	80.8	80.7	77.0		88.9		4.16	7.54	0.897		0.705	0.674	0.911	0.970	0.787
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	82.6	82.6	77.0		88.9		5.73	8.01	1.06		0.640	0.729	0.886	0.860	0.769

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	57.9	57.8	51.7		74.3		6.93	9.29	0.599		0.557	0.729	0.947	0.959	0.784
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	57.5	57.5	51.7		74.3		6.64	9.80	0.813		0.568	0.681	0.916	0.923	0.753
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	56.6	56.5	51.8		74.6		5.76	7.75	0.709		0.611	0.745	0.929	0.982	0.802
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	64.5	64.4	51.8		74.6		13.1	15.6	0.693		0.360	0.620	0.932	0.977	0.702

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	84.1	84.0	64.4		91.1		19.5	20.5	0.943		0.0136	0.693	0.877	0.937	0.643
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	86.3	86.1	64.4		91.1		21.6	22.5	1.01		0.0120	0.667	0.870	0.971	0.637
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	82.8	82.6	64.4		91.1		18.3	19.2	0.958		0.0154	0.647	0.869	0.912	0.618
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	80.3	80.5	64.4		91.1		16.3	19.0	1.82		0.0504	0.229	0.744	0.996	0.450

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	71.8	71.6	58.9		88.6		13.2	15.2	1.05		0.118	0.662	0.862	0.908	0.642
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	73.6	73.4	58.9		88.6		14.9	16.8	1.20		0.0965	0.627	0.846	0.905	0.620
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	70.0	69.8	58.9		88.6		11.7	13.5	1.09		0.153	0.667	0.854	0.945	0.657
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	72.0	71.9	58.9		88.6		13.5	17.5	1.36		0.187	0.404	0.829	0.981	0.561

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	59.1	59.4	55.4		90.2		6.76	14.0	1.32		0.274	0.661	0.807	0.791	0.639
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	59.6	60.0	55.4		90.2		7.06	14.3	1.40		0.270	0.640	0.801	0.722	0.615
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	55.3	55.4	55.3		90.2		4.12	11.4	1.28		0.347	0.674	0.823	0.932	0.690
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	64.3	63.6	55.3		90.2		10.3	18.8	1.23		0.219	0.525	0.827	0.891	0.597

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