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	[-]	298.
Fullgrid	[-]	298.	298.	298.	300.	301.		-0.565	1.32	0.742		0.384	0.645	0.924	0.987	0.717
Sparsegrid	[-]	299.	299.	298.	299.	301.		0.206	2.25	1.73		0.350	0.444	0.751	0.837	0.565

	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	[-]	300.
Fullgrid	[-]	300.	300.	300.	301.	300.		-0.351	1.42	0.447		0.696	0.676	0.967	0.969	0.797
Sparsegrid	[-]	300.	300.	300.	300.	300.		-0.554	2.70	1.57		0.550	0.544	0.750	0.992	0.676

	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	[-]	295.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	295.	295.	296.	295.		-0.301	1.32	0.475		0.636	0.747	0.943	0.998	0.814
Sparsegrid	[-]	296.	296.	295.	297.	295.		0.817	2.48	1.30		0.499	0.611	0.816	0.952	0.698

	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	[-]	262.
Fullgrid	[-]	260.	260.	262.	264.	267.		-1.04	2.46	0.0189		0.900	0.896	0.999	0.994	0.937
Sparsegrid	[-]	262.	261.	262.	264.	267.		-0.347	3.89	0.0559		0.855	0.837	0.996	0.991	0.904

	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	[-]	299.
Fullgrid	[-]	298.	298.	299.	299.	299.		-0.482	1.25	1.34		0.267	0.644	0.797	1.00	0.670
Sparsegrid	[-]	300.	300.	299.	300.	299.		0.944	1.61	2.16		0.217	0.419	0.663	0.885	0.520

	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	[-]	271.
Fullgrid	[-]	270.	270.	271.	273.	274.		-1.36	1.82	0.0117		0.901	0.937	0.999	0.996	0.954
Sparsegrid	[-]	270.	270.	271.	273.	274.		-1.35	2.65	0.0414		0.870	0.899	0.997	0.963	0.926

	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	[-]	280.	280.	280.	286.	288.		-0.612	1.89	0.0329		0.854	0.927	0.998	1.00	0.941
Sparsegrid	[-]	280.	280.	280.	287.	288.		-0.287	3.13	0.0796		0.787	0.872	0.992	0.996	0.904

	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	[-]	297.
Fullgrid	[-]	296.	296.	297.	300.	299.		-0.679	1.81	0.258		0.684	0.814	0.977	0.988	0.855
Sparsegrid	[-]	298.	298.	297.	300.	299.		0.459	3.40	1.17		0.615	0.625	0.828	0.987	0.736

	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	[-]	264.
Fullgrid	[-]	263.	263.	264.	264.	265.		-1.57	2.20	0.0225		0.894	0.915	0.998	0.999	0.944
Sparsegrid	[-]	262.	262.	264.	264.	265.		-1.69	3.64	0.00428		0.841	0.859	1.00	1.00	0.912

	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	[-]	295.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	295.	295.	292.	294.		-0.271	0.881	0.0977		0.858	0.914	0.993	1.00	0.936
Sparsegrid	[-]	294.	294.	295.	292.	294.		-0.754	2.70	0.682		0.700	0.793	0.898	0.994	0.836

	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	[-]	282.
Fullgrid	[-]	281.	281.	282.	284.	283.		-0.812	1.54	0.127		0.831	0.915	0.991	1.00	0.931
Sparsegrid	[-]	282.	281.	282.	284.	283.		-0.878	2.35	0.371		0.788	0.828	0.969	0.992	0.881

	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	[-]	287.
Fullgrid	[-]	282.	286.	287.	250.	290.		-0.821	1.74	0.277		0.736	0.843	0.970	0.997	0.878
Sparsegrid	[-]	287.	286.	287.	289.	290.		-0.384	3.07	0.775		0.661	0.725	0.887	0.994	0.798

	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	[-]	296.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	295.	296.	295.	295.		-0.693	1.72	0.341		0.802	0.890	0.972	1.00	0.911
Sparsegrid	[-]	295.	295.	296.	296.	294.		-0.697	2.81	0.571		0.749	0.794	0.939	1.00	0.855

	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	[-]	265.
Fullgrid	[-]	263.	264.	265.	262.	268.		-1.42	2.28	0.0103		0.885	0.892	0.999	0.994	0.933
Sparsegrid	[-]	263.	263.	265.	263.	268.		-1.58	3.41	0.0365		0.841	0.837	0.997	1.00	0.902

	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	[-]	296.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	294.	296.	298.	299.		-0.408	1.78	0.368		0.596	0.804	0.971	0.997	0.834
Sparsegrid	[-]	298.	297.	296.	299.	299.		1.37	5.73	3.02		0.445	0.382	0.504	0.999	0.543

	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	[-]	285.	285.	286.	292.	289.		-0.808	1.05	0.0501		0.895	0.958	0.997	1.00	0.961
Sparsegrid	[-]	286.	285.	286.	292.	289.		-0.855	2.35	0.224		0.813	0.880	0.964	0.995	0.907

	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	[-]	273.	273.	275.	277.	279.		-1.03	1.56	0.0663		0.887	0.922	0.996	0.991	0.944
Sparsegrid	[-]	274.	274.	274.	278.	279.		-0.958	2.74	0.0762		0.831	0.863	0.995	0.877	0.886

	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	[-]	284.
Fullgrid	[-]	283.	283.	284.	286.	289.		-0.555	1.78	0.0512		0.836	0.906	0.996	1.00	0.929
Sparsegrid	[-]	284.	284.	284.	286.	289.		0.740	5.16	1.37		0.732	0.705	0.782	0.945	0.774

	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	[-]	299.
Fullgrid	[-]	298.	298.	299.	300.	300.		-0.881	1.48	0.852		0.329	0.679	0.882	0.998	0.713
Sparsegrid	[-]	299.	299.	299.	300.	300.		0.154	1.73	1.52		0.342	0.499	0.761	0.600	0.540

	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	[-]	296.
Fullgrid	[-]	295.	295.	296.	295.	297.		-0.757	1.20	0.505		0.655	0.798	0.938	0.999	0.838
Sparsegrid	[-]	296.	296.	296.	296.	297.		-0.139	2.38	1.28		0.515	0.637	0.814	1.00	0.721

	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	[-]	284.
Fullgrid	[-]	284.	284.	284.	288.	284.		0.0792	2.63	0.325		0.572	0.783	0.963	0.993	0.819
Sparsegrid	[-]	288.	288.	284.	290.	284.		4.05	6.45	1.61		0.431	0.607	0.741	0.890	0.655

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/

2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-tas-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

  Comments:

time_period: 1980-01 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