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	[-]	60.2
Fullgrid	[-]	76.9	76.6	59.7		89.1		17.6	19.3	1.75		0.0479	0.562	0.728	0.994	0.579
Sparsegrid	[-]	73.3	73.2	59.7		89.1		13.6	17.1	2.68		0.0717	0.331	0.567	0.987	0.457

	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	[-]	41.5
Fullgrid	[-]	53.2	53.7	41.3		92.2		12.6	14.4	0.289		0.357	0.719	0.965	0.993	0.751
Sparsegrid	[-]	54.7	55.0	41.3		92.2		13.6	17.6	1.70		0.342	0.555	0.722	0.992	0.633

	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	[-]	63.6	63.7	55.5		90.1		9.57	12.5	1.28		0.214	0.683	0.819	0.949	0.670
Sparsegrid	[-]	63.6	63.4	55.6		90.1		7.84	14.1	1.74		0.209	0.475	0.736	0.960	0.571

	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	[-]	74.7
Fullgrid	[-]	83.9	83.9	73.9		92.9		10.6	16.8	2.54		0.544	0.566	0.598	0.256	0.506
Sparsegrid	[-]	82.5	82.4	73.7		93.0		8.72	18.2	2.43		0.531	0.537	0.617	0.371	0.519

	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	[-]	73.6
Fullgrid	[-]	86.5	86.7	72.0		88.8		13.4	19.2	2.10		0.00307	0.515	0.680	0.290	0.401
Sparsegrid	[-]	82.3	82.3	71.9		88.8		10.5	17.7	2.73		0.00537	0.324	0.557	0.349	0.312

	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	[-]	72.0
Fullgrid	[-]	80.5	80.7	72.1		91.2		8.54	13.6	1.71		0.600	0.572	0.759	0.555	0.612
Sparsegrid	[-]	80.0	80.2	71.9		91.1		8.26	14.0	1.84		0.617	0.555	0.738	0.575	0.608

	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	[-]	53.7
Fullgrid	[-]	65.7	65.7	52.9		88.0		13.4	17.6	1.60		0.399	0.590	0.758	0.711	0.609
Sparsegrid	[-]	65.7	65.6	53.4		87.9		12.2	17.6	1.91		0.420	0.552	0.704	0.776	0.601

	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	[-]	55.2
Fullgrid	[-]	68.3	67.7	54.3		92.3		15.8	19.6	1.25		0.110	0.617	0.812	0.894	0.610
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.0	67.5	54.4		92.3		13.1	19.2	1.88		0.172	0.467	0.702	0.853	0.532

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	86.9	86.7	78.9		93.8		8.06	12.8	2.53		0.594	0.585	0.581	0.349	0.539
Sparsegrid	[-]	85.6	85.4	78.8		93.9		6.55	13.7	2.44		0.625	0.550	0.612	0.541	0.576

	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	[-]	47.3
Fullgrid	[-]	49.7	49.5	45.5		83.7		6.50	11.8	0.810		0.280	0.684	0.867	0.872	0.678
Sparsegrid	[-]	54.9	54.8	45.8		83.7		9.02	14.2	1.18		0.280	0.576	0.807	0.916	0.631

	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	[-]	73.4
Fullgrid	[-]	79.4	79.4	73.0		90.6		5.97	12.0	0.661		0.394	0.646	0.936	0.578	0.640
Sparsegrid	[-]	78.2	78.1	73.2		90.5		4.94	12.1	1.01		0.421	0.600	0.882	0.708	0.642

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	70.8	70.7	61.9		89.5		9.67	14.7	1.58		0.307	0.600	0.762	0.903	0.634
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.9	68.8	58.8		94.0		9.97	16.4	1.88		0.319	0.502	0.708	0.887	0.584

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	48.8	48.7	37.0		90.7		13.3	17.7	0.799		0.181	0.578	0.889	0.849	0.615
Sparsegrid	[-]	51.0	50.9	37.0		90.7		13.9	19.0	0.906		0.180	0.510	0.880	0.823	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	[-]	84.1
Fullgrid	[-]	79.2	79.1	84.3		93.7		-4.55	12.6	2.64		0.516	0.469	0.572	0.733	0.552
Sparsegrid	[-]	80.7	80.5	84.0		93.6		-3.41	13.0	2.54		0.505	0.457	0.596	0.770	0.557

	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	[-]	62.3
Fullgrid	[-]	66.6	66.1	60.6		90.9		9.68	17.3	1.78		0.0904	0.559	0.716	0.842	0.553
Sparsegrid	[-]	68.6	68.3	60.6		90.9		7.76	18.6	2.93		0.122	0.303	0.535	0.783	0.409

	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	[-]	66.1
Fullgrid	[-]	74.0	73.9	64.8		88.1		9.31	14.4	4.07		0.300	0.418	0.269	0.424	0.366
Sparsegrid	[-]	74.0	73.7	65.7		88.3		8.09	13.1	3.59		0.337	0.437	0.354	0.723	0.458

	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	[-]	77.1
Fullgrid	[-]	76.3	76.1	77.0		88.9		-0.601	11.8	1.64		0.808	0.471	0.773	0.847	0.674
Sparsegrid	[-]	76.4	76.3	76.9		88.9		-0.697	12.3	1.44		0.766	0.470	0.809	0.977	0.698

	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	[-]	52.0
Fullgrid	[-]	57.3	57.3	51.7		74.3		6.42	9.74	0.817		0.573	0.679	0.913	0.938	0.756
Sparsegrid	[-]	59.0	59.2	51.9		74.7		7.41	13.9	2.19		0.532	0.513	0.669	0.967	0.639

	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	[-]	64.7
Fullgrid	[-]	87.1	86.8	64.4		91.1		22.3	23.2	0.970		0.0108	0.670	0.873	0.975	0.640
Sparsegrid	[-]	84.9	84.9	64.3		91.2		20.6	21.9	2.21		0.0192	0.460	0.650	0.988	0.516

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	75.0	74.7	58.9		88.6		16.2	18.0	1.09		0.0804	0.654	0.862	0.938	0.638
Sparsegrid	[-]	73.0	72.9	59.0		88.6		14.0	17.0	1.59		0.126	0.541	0.773	0.959	0.588

	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	[-]	56.7
Fullgrid	[-]	59.3	59.7	55.4		90.2		6.85	14.2	1.39		0.277	0.647	0.802	0.761	0.627
Sparsegrid	[-]	64.1	64.3	55.2		90.2		9.33	17.1	2.21		0.250	0.490	0.654	0.824	0.542

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