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	[-]	293.
Fullgrid	[-]	294.	294.	293.	297.	296.		1.60	1.86	0.746		0.248	0.610	0.920	0.999	0.678
Sparsegrid	[-]	295.	295.	293.	296.	296.		2.03	3.27	1.42		0.191	0.389	0.797	0.885	0.530

	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	[-]	295.	295.	293.	297.	294.		1.80	2.28	0.362		0.496	0.748	0.970	0.957	0.784
Sparsegrid	[-]	295.	295.	293.	297.	295.		1.62	3.53	1.60		0.450	0.572	0.754	0.986	0.667

	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	[-]	289.
Fullgrid	[-]	290.	290.	289.	293.	290.		1.85	2.21	0.667		0.503	0.830	0.921	1.00	0.817
Sparsegrid	[-]	292.	292.	289.	294.	290.		3.02	3.72	1.39		0.391	0.674	0.793	0.976	0.702

	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	[-]	257.
Fullgrid	[-]	257.	257.	257.	261.	263.		0.658	2.37	0.0189		0.902	0.908	0.999	0.961	0.936
Sparsegrid	[-]	259.	258.	257.	262.	263.		1.27	3.93	0.0505		0.845	0.851	0.997	0.951	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	[-]	294.
Fullgrid	[-]	296.	296.	294.	297.	295.		1.94	2.32	1.77		0.160	0.617	0.729	0.877	0.600
Sparsegrid	[-]	298.	298.	294.	297.	295.		3.30	3.50	1.67		0.0785	0.439	0.749	0.735	0.488

	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	[-]	265.	266.	266.	270.	270.		-0.00605	1.55	0.0294		0.931	0.925	0.998	0.997	0.955
Sparsegrid	[-]	266.	266.	266.	270.	270.		-0.0534	2.51	0.0557		0.877	0.895	0.996	0.996	0.932

	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	[-]	275.
Fullgrid	[-]	275.	275.	274.	284.	283.		0.744	2.05	0.0275		0.846	0.924	0.998	1.00	0.938
Sparsegrid	[-]	276.	276.	275.	284.	283.		0.959	3.45	0.0682		0.769	0.862	0.993	0.999	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	[-]	292.
Fullgrid	[-]	292.	292.	291.	297.	295.		0.889	2.24	0.398		0.631	0.832	0.966	0.980	0.848
Sparsegrid	[-]	294.	294.	292.	298.	295.		2.00	4.27	1.21		0.528	0.652	0.828	0.991	0.730

	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	[-]	260.
Fullgrid	[-]	259.	259.	260.	261.	261.		-0.538	1.83	0.0323		0.923	0.915	0.998	0.989	0.948
Sparsegrid	[-]	259.	259.	260.	261.	261.		-0.643	3.38	0.0192		0.851	0.863	0.999	0.996	0.915

	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	[-]	288.
Fullgrid	[-]	289.	289.	288.	289.	289.		1.69	1.87	0.194		0.687	0.913	0.985	1.00	0.900
Sparsegrid	[-]	289.	289.	288.	289.	289.		1.25	3.05	0.794		0.634	0.791	0.893	0.999	0.821

	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	[-]	278.
Fullgrid	[-]	277.	277.	278.	280.	279.		0.198	1.57	0.147		0.809	0.900	0.990	0.998	0.919
Sparsegrid	[-]	278.	278.	278.	282.	280.		0.0658	2.32	0.297		0.769	0.812	0.974	0.987	0.871

	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	[-]	281.
Fullgrid	[-]	277.	281.	281.	246.	286.		1.03	2.06	0.393		0.678	0.856	0.953	0.998	0.868
Sparsegrid	[-]	283.	282.	281.	286.	286.		1.40	3.51	0.833		0.608	0.734	0.880	0.996	0.790

	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	[-]	289.
Fullgrid	[-]	290.	290.	289.	291.	289.		0.904	1.81	0.437		0.793	0.879	0.962	1.00	0.903
Sparsegrid	[-]	290.	290.	289.	291.	289.		0.869	2.97	0.666		0.709	0.793	0.935	1.00	0.846

	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	[-]	261.
Fullgrid	[-]	260.	260.	260.	259.	264.		0.00259	1.71	0.0550		0.924	0.911	0.996	0.990	0.946
Sparsegrid	[-]	260.	260.	261.	261.	264.		-0.233	2.95	0.0881		0.868	0.853	0.993	0.999	0.913

	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	[-]	289.
Fullgrid	[-]	290.	290.	289.	294.	294.		2.35	2.96	0.409		0.429	0.816	0.966	1.00	0.806
Sparsegrid	[-]	294.	293.	289.	296.	294.		4.18	7.28	3.17		0.322	0.386	0.486	0.996	0.515

	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	[-]	282.	281.	280.	289.	284.		1.63	1.78	0.0542		0.822	0.952	0.996	1.00	0.945
Sparsegrid	[-]	282.	282.	280.	288.	284.		1.22	2.67	0.225		0.788	0.872	0.964	0.997	0.898

	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	[-]	270.	269.	269.	274.	275.		0.896	1.65	0.0658		0.878	0.920	0.996	0.995	0.942
Sparsegrid	[-]	270.	270.	269.	276.	276.		0.822	2.92	0.0550		0.817	0.854	0.996	0.904	0.885

	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	[-]	276.
Fullgrid	[-]	278.	278.	276.	284.	282.		2.29	2.80	0.0470		0.716	0.898	0.997	1.00	0.902
Sparsegrid	[-]	280.	280.	276.	284.	282.		3.64	6.10	1.30		0.601	0.688	0.787	0.959	0.745

	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	[-]	294.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	295.	294.	297.	295.		1.56	2.10	1.95		0.195	0.727	0.700	1.00	0.670
Sparsegrid	[-]	296.	296.	294.	298.	295.		2.36	2.73	2.41		0.218	0.514	0.623	0.709	0.516

	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	[-]	291.	291.	290.	291.	293.		1.31	1.68	0.601		0.563	0.838	0.922	0.998	0.832
Sparsegrid	[-]	292.	292.	290.	292.	293.		1.80	2.89	1.33		0.470	0.691	0.793	0.998	0.729

	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	[-]	278.
Fullgrid	[-]	279.	279.	278.	284.	280.		1.99	3.68	0.231		0.459	0.805	0.982	0.966	0.804
Sparsegrid	[-]	285.	284.	278.	287.	280.		6.29	7.84	1.45		0.322	0.614	0.769	0.882	0.640

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