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) [%]	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
Fullgrid	[-]	76.9	76.6	74.8		91.8		2.45	6.56	1.71		0.338	0.591	0.739	0.990	0.650
Sparsegrid	[-]	73.3	73.2	74.8		91.8		-1.52	8.09	2.70		0.394	0.364	0.564	0.996	0.537

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	53.2	53.6	53.1		93.3		0.799	6.19	0.273		0.764	0.771	0.968	0.984	0.851
Sparsegrid	[-]	54.7	55.0	53.1		93.3		1.78	12.0	1.68		0.717	0.589	0.726	0.990	0.722

	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	[-]	68.2
Fullgrid	[-]	63.6	63.7	67.5		92.0		-2.33	6.66	1.16		0.529	0.665	0.837	0.964	0.732
Sparsegrid	[-]	63.6	63.4	67.5		92.0		-4.07	11.0	1.73		0.420	0.500	0.743	0.973	0.627

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	83.9	83.9	71.6		92.7		12.9	19.2	3.11		0.468	0.523	0.487	0.235	0.447
Sparsegrid	[-]	82.5	82.4	71.5		92.8		10.9	20.0	2.94		0.480	0.500	0.511	0.338	0.466

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	86.6	86.7	85.5		92.7		-0.161	6.83	2.26		0.219	0.549	0.646	0.698	0.532
Sparsegrid	[-]	82.3	82.3	85.4		92.7		-3.03	8.30	2.90		0.201	0.373	0.521	0.778	0.449

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	80.5	80.7	72.8		91.4		7.84	11.5	2.19		0.593	0.622	0.662	0.457	0.591
Sparsegrid	[-]	80.0	80.2	72.5		91.3		7.68	12.3	2.24		0.607	0.584	0.652	0.481	0.581

	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	[-]	57.7
Fullgrid	[-]	65.7	65.7	57.0		90.2		9.36	13.4	1.34		0.525	0.645	0.803	0.653	0.654
Sparsegrid	[-]	65.7	65.6	57.5		90.1		8.18	14.0	1.35		0.526	0.602	0.802	0.720	0.651

	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	[-]	67.1
Fullgrid	[-]	68.3	67.7	66.4		93.8		3.69	9.17	1.10		0.492	0.662	0.838	0.888	0.708
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.0	67.5	66.5		93.8		0.934	12.2	1.52		0.477	0.513	0.769	0.846	0.624

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	86.9	86.6	77.1		93.6		9.81	13.8	2.83		0.515	0.593	0.520	0.281	0.500
Sparsegrid	[-]	85.6	85.4	76.9		93.7		8.47	14.5	2.67		0.542	0.542	0.560	0.450	0.527

	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	[-]	55.5
Fullgrid	[-]	49.7	49.5	53.9		87.3		-1.82	6.49	0.579		0.618	0.751	0.909	0.922	0.790
Sparsegrid	[-]	54.9	54.8	54.2		87.3		0.651	10.2	1.11		0.447	0.598	0.822	0.956	0.684

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	79.5	79.4	78.3		92.3		0.733	6.71	0.693		0.573	0.740	0.925	0.734	0.742
Sparsegrid	[-]	78.2	78.1	78.3		92.2		-0.243	7.56	1.03		0.570	0.659	0.878	0.853	0.724

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	70.8	70.7	68.5		91.6		3.14	9.09	1.52		0.480	0.640	0.772	0.959	0.698
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.9	68.8	65.9		94.4		2.83	11.7	1.83		0.470	0.531	0.717	0.931	0.636

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	48.8	48.8	44.2		91.8		6.24	11.8	0.785		0.380	0.599	0.897	0.855	0.666
Sparsegrid	[-]	51.0	50.9	44.1		91.8		6.79	14.0	1.01		0.331	0.516	0.867	0.827	0.612

	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	[-]	82.4
Fullgrid	[-]	79.1	79.1	82.8		93.7		-3.09	12.1	2.53		0.506	0.507	0.593	0.640	0.550
Sparsegrid	[-]	80.7	80.5	82.2		93.6		-1.67	12.9	2.65		0.497	0.469	0.568	0.684	0.537

	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	[-]	72.4
Fullgrid	[-]	66.6	66.1	71.1		93.2		-0.898	8.79	1.46		0.398	0.616	0.769	0.907	0.661
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.6	68.3	71.2		93.2		-2.81	13.4	2.78		0.327	0.343	0.561	0.853	0.485

	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	[-]	73.9
Fullgrid	[-]	74.0	73.9	72.6		90.3		1.44	5.37	2.32		0.603	0.689	0.598	0.662	0.648
Sparsegrid	[-]	74.0	73.7	73.6		90.6		0.147	5.45	2.59		0.622	0.648	0.552	0.942	0.682

	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	[-]	79.3
Fullgrid	[-]	76.2	76.1	79.3		90.5		-2.96	8.20	1.54		0.704	0.542	0.789	0.840	0.683
Sparsegrid	[-]	76.4	76.3	79.1		90.5		-2.89	9.03	1.33		0.652	0.528	0.818	0.972	0.700

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	57.3	57.3	56.2		80.8		1.89	5.95	1.12		0.708	0.715	0.860	0.941	0.788
Sparsegrid	[-]	59.0	59.2	56.4		81.1		2.88	11.0	2.21		0.578	0.534	0.663	0.967	0.656

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	87.1	86.9	81.8		93.3		4.83	6.62	0.985		0.274	0.650	0.871	0.997	0.688
Sparsegrid	[-]	84.9	84.9	81.8		93.3		3.09	7.50	2.23		0.336	0.462	0.647	0.989	0.579

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	75.0	74.7	72.3		92.0		2.81	6.14	1.07		0.488	0.702	0.858	0.996	0.749
Sparsegrid	[-]	73.0	72.9	72.3		92.1		0.613	8.69	1.63		0.451	0.544	0.763	0.996	0.660

	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	[-]	61.7
Fullgrid	[-]	59.3	59.8	60.6		91.9		1.70	12.4	1.45		0.374	0.617	0.787	0.757	0.631
Sparsegrid	[-]	64.1	64.3	60.3		92.0		4.16	15.3	2.34		0.309	0.453	0.631	0.821	0.534

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