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) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
Fullgrid	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	305.		-1.49	1.91	0.926		0.346	0.667	0.900	0.991	0.714
Sparsegrid	[-]	303.	303.	304.	303.	305.		-1.19	2.59	2.19		0.329	0.445	0.660	0.885	0.553

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	307.
Fullgrid	[-]	306.	306.	307.	304.	306.		-1.05	1.76	0.381		0.635	0.716	0.973	0.994	0.807
Sparsegrid	[-]	306.	306.	307.	303.	306.		-1.05	2.87	1.72		0.550	0.580	0.737	0.988	0.687

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
Fullgrid	[-]	300.	300.	301.	300.	299.		-1.07	1.82	0.551		0.514	0.701	0.930	0.991	0.767
Sparsegrid	[-]	301.	301.	302.	300.	299.		-0.252	2.55	1.42		0.474	0.547	0.801	0.995	0.673

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	266.
Fullgrid	[-]	263.	263.	266.	266.	270.		-2.61	3.54	0.0341		0.845	0.880	0.998	0.995	0.920
Sparsegrid	[-]	265.	264.	266.	267.	270.		-1.80	4.40	0.0511		0.841	0.825	0.997	0.995	0.897

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
Fullgrid	[-]	302.	302.	304.	302.	303.		-1.81	2.02	1.18		0.182	0.611	0.825	0.783	0.602
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	304.	302.	303.		-1.50	1.91	3.08		0.134	0.361	0.487	0.992	0.467

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	277.
Fullgrid	[-]	273.	274.	276.	276.	277.		-2.74	3.03	0.0147		0.831	0.931	0.999	0.982	0.935
Sparsegrid	[-]	274.	274.	277.	277.	277.		-2.79	3.56	0.0418		0.825	0.893	0.997	0.933	0.908

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
Fullgrid	[-]	284.	284.	286.	289.	292.		-1.55	2.43	0.0765		0.815	0.920	0.994	0.998	0.929
Sparsegrid	[-]	285.	285.	286.	291.	292.		-1.41	3.45	0.147		0.766	0.865	0.987	0.990	0.894

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
Fullgrid	[-]	301.	301.	303.	303.	303.		-1.47	2.35	0.272		0.594	0.775	0.973	0.996	0.823
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	303.	303.	303.		-0.638	3.49	1.23		0.555	0.589	0.823	0.984	0.708

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	268.
Fullgrid	[-]	265.	265.	268.	266.	268.		-2.97	3.41	0.0104		0.823	0.902	0.999	1.00	0.925
Sparsegrid	[-]	265.	265.	268.	266.	268.		-2.90	4.39	0.00		0.802	0.850	1.00	0.992	0.899

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	301.
Fullgrid	[-]	300.	300.	301.	296.	299.		-1.72	1.95	0.137		0.688	0.880	0.989	1.00	0.888
Sparsegrid	[-]	299.	299.	301.	295.	299.		-1.86	3.13	0.690		0.640	0.772	0.896	0.995	0.815

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	286.
Fullgrid	[-]	284.	284.	286.	286.	286.		-1.48	2.04	0.151		0.791	0.908	0.990	0.999	0.919
Sparsegrid	[-]	285.	285.	286.	287.	286.		-1.77	2.84	0.320		0.758	0.831	0.972	0.993	0.877

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	293.
Fullgrid	[-]	286.	290.	292.	254.	294.		-1.86	2.53	0.296		0.654	0.822	0.967	0.994	0.852
Sparsegrid	[-]	291.	291.	293.	293.	294.		-1.59	3.56	0.899		0.619	0.705	0.870	0.991	0.778

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	303.
Fullgrid	[-]	302.	302.	303.	299.	299.		-1.10	2.16	0.278		0.758	0.870	0.978	0.999	0.895
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	303.	301.	299.		-1.07	3.25	0.895		0.724	0.770	0.905	0.992	0.832

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	269.
Fullgrid	[-]	266.	267.	269.	264.	271.		-2.35	3.17	0.00931		0.833	0.865	0.999	0.995	0.912
Sparsegrid	[-]	266.	266.	269.	266.	272.		-2.50	4.10	0.0296		0.804	0.817	0.997	1.00	0.887

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
Fullgrid	[-]	300.	300.	302.	302.	303.		-2.04	2.78	0.355		0.456	0.753	0.970	0.987	0.784
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	302.	302.	303.		-0.706	5.37	2.98		0.457	0.370	0.500	0.999	0.539

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	292.
Fullgrid	[-]	290.	290.	292.	297.	295.		-1.79	1.92	0.0683		0.816	0.939	0.995	0.999	0.938
Sparsegrid	[-]	291.	290.	292.	297.	295.		-1.94	2.86	0.307		0.776	0.870	0.960	0.989	0.893

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	280.
Fullgrid	[-]	278.	277.	280.	280.	283.		-1.99	2.35	0.0733		0.834	0.914	0.995	0.992	0.930
Sparsegrid	[-]	278.	278.	280.	281.	283.		-2.18	3.28	0.132		0.798	0.863	0.991	0.875	0.878

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	291.
Fullgrid	[-]	289.	289.	291.	289.	295.		-2.39	2.99	0.0714		0.752	0.882	0.995	1.00	0.902
Sparsegrid	[-]	290.	290.	291.	288.	295.		-1.28	5.73	1.39		0.724	0.695	0.780	0.947	0.768

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
Fullgrid	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-2.10	2.52	1.03		0.182	0.674	0.862	0.999	0.678
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	304.	303.	304.		-1.72	2.73	1.55		0.176	0.493	0.764	0.539	0.493

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	302.
Fullgrid	[-]	300.	300.	302.	298.	300.		-1.87	2.11	0.479		0.472	0.736	0.948	0.998	0.778
Sparsegrid	[-]	300.	300.	302.	299.	301.		-1.41	2.92	1.57		0.448	0.579	0.764	0.994	0.673

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	290.
Fullgrid	[-]	290.	290.	290.	292.	288.		-0.382	2.64	0.406		0.564	0.726	0.944	1.00	0.792
Sparsegrid	[-]	293.	293.	290.	293.	288.		2.70	6.24	1.72		0.437	0.544	0.731	0.916	0.634

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/

2019-05-06: converted to netCDF with https://gist.github.com/nocollier/d73585731756fa472731065389af45dc

  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

  Comments:

time_period: 1960-01 through 2017-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: C

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: K

  Convention:

CF-1.7