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	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	293.
CESM2_1	[-]	295.	295.	298.	293.	296.		2.08	2.50	0.920		0.222	0.322	0.889	0.972	0.753	0.580
CRUJRA	[-]	294.	294.	298.	293.	296.		1.74	1.99	0.802		0.239	0.494	0.901	1.00	0.797	0.654
GSWP3	[-]	293.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.835	1.30	0.640		0.449	0.484	0.927	0.997	0.773	0.686
PRINCETON	[-]	293.	293.	297.	293.	296.		0.747	1.17	0.614		0.469	0.554	0.925	0.991	0.762	0.709

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	293.
CESM2_1	[-]	296.	296.	298.	293.	294.		2.89	3.71	0.442		0.380	0.496	0.960	0.939	0.837	0.685
CRUJRA	[-]	295.	295.	298.	293.	294.		2.26	2.51	0.249		0.439	0.695	0.978	0.976	0.856	0.773
GSWP3	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		1.16	1.50	0.179		0.622	0.748	0.985	0.987	0.857	0.824
PRINCETON	[-]	294.	294.	296.	293.	294.		0.821	1.29	0.172		0.696	0.756	0.985	0.979	0.850	0.837

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	288.
CESM2_1	[-]	292.	292.	295.	288.	293.		3.31	3.67	1.27		0.365	0.605	0.832	0.996	0.817	0.703
CRUJRA	[-]	290.	290.	293.	288.	293.		2.17	2.42	0.784		0.495	0.754	0.896	0.989	0.882	0.795
GSWP3	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		0.984	1.36	0.604		0.665	0.783	0.926	1.00	0.838	0.832
PRINCETON	[-]	289.	289.	293.	288.	293.		1.02	1.35	0.553		0.663	0.797	0.931	0.999	0.806	0.832

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	257.
CESM2_1	[-]	261.	261.	264.	256.	261.		4.98	7.12	0.115		0.748	0.738	0.992	0.776	0.899	0.815
CRUJRA	[-]	257.	257.	261.	256.	261.		1.30	2.20	0.0304		0.907	0.911	0.998	0.983	0.882	0.932
GSWP3	[-]	256.	256.	264.	256.	261.		0.385	1.78	0.0397		0.932	0.915	0.997	0.999	0.907	0.944
PRINCETON	[-]	256.	256.	261.	256.	261.		0.503	1.65	0.0335		0.937	0.921	0.998	1.00	0.899	0.946

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	294.
CESM2_1	[-]	296.	296.	298.	294.	295.		2.48	2.86	1.83		0.143	0.343	0.739	0.902	0.829	0.550
CRUJRA	[-]	296.	296.	297.	294.	295.		1.89	2.19	1.66		0.165	0.500	0.750	0.941	0.766	0.604
GSWP3	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		1.21	1.66	1.29		0.283	0.502	0.806	0.961	0.810	0.644
PRINCETON	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	295.		0.969	1.57	1.38		0.303	0.507	0.796	0.993	0.740	0.641

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	265.
CESM2_1	[-]	268.	268.	271.	265.	269.		2.48	5.33	0.0581		0.852	0.725	0.996	0.912	0.935	0.858
CRUJRA	[-]	266.	266.	271.	265.	269.		0.536	1.40	0.0289		0.949	0.925	0.998	0.996	0.948	0.957
GSWP3	[-]	265.	265.	272.	265.	269.		-0.217	1.22	0.0189		0.944	0.936	0.999	0.997	0.968	0.963
PRINCETON	[-]	265.	265.	271.	265.	269.		-0.291	1.05	0.0169		0.948	0.950	0.999	0.998	0.971	0.969

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	274.
CESM2_1	[-]	277.	277.	286.	274.	283.		3.07	4.54	0.117		0.739	0.753	0.992	0.997	0.855	0.848
CRUJRA	[-]	275.	275.	284.	274.	283.		1.32	2.00	0.0446		0.848	0.905	0.997	1.00	0.921	0.929
GSWP3	[-]	274.	274.	285.	274.	283.		0.649	1.56	0.0164		0.882	0.919	0.999	1.00	0.928	0.941
PRINCETON	[-]	274.	274.	284.	274.	283.		0.145	1.34	0.0174		0.894	0.931	0.999	1.00	0.942	0.950

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	291.
CESM2_1	[-]	293.	293.	298.	291.	296.		2.12	3.46	0.627		0.546	0.644	0.944	0.988	0.789	0.759
CRUJRA	[-]	292.	292.	297.	291.	296.		1.45	2.14	0.265		0.631	0.802	0.980	0.996	0.894	0.851
GSWP3	[-]	291.	291.	297.	291.	296.		0.727	1.51	0.260		0.718	0.843	0.977	0.999	0.932	0.885
PRINCETON	[-]	291.	291.	296.	291.	296.		0.189	1.23	0.229		0.775	0.860	0.982	0.997	0.921	0.899

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	259.
CESM2_1	[-]	262.	262.	263.	259.	260.		2.88	6.40	0.384		0.843	0.696	0.974	0.856	0.955	0.837
CRUJRA	[-]	260.	260.	262.	259.	260.		0.532	1.68	0.0220		0.954	0.909	0.999	0.995	0.896	0.943
GSWP3	[-]	259.	259.	263.	259.	260.		-0.240	1.56	0.0259		0.953	0.917	0.998	1.00	0.919	0.951
PRINCETON	[-]	259.	259.	261.	259.	260.		-0.292	1.43	0.0244		0.964	0.920	0.998	0.999	0.918	0.953

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	287.
CESM2_1	[-]	290.	290.	291.	287.	289.		2.94	3.48	0.241		0.546	0.688	0.984	0.998	0.848	0.792
CRUJRA	[-]	290.	290.	290.	287.	289.		2.50	2.70	0.153		0.592	0.825	0.989	0.998	0.918	0.858
GSWP3	[-]	289.	289.	290.	287.	289.		1.16	1.35	0.141		0.771	0.887	0.990	1.00	0.944	0.913
PRINCETON	[-]	288.	288.	290.	287.	289.		0.978	1.19	0.128		0.797	0.894	0.992	0.999	0.944	0.920

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	277.
CESM2_1	[-]	279.	279.	282.	277.	281.		2.61	3.91	0.403		0.645	0.662	0.973	0.989	0.919	0.808
CRUJRA	[-]	278.	278.	281.	277.	281.		0.957	1.59	0.317		0.806	0.872	0.979	0.998	0.939	0.911
GSWP3	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		-0.0101	1.20	0.218		0.859	0.894	0.985	0.994	0.942	0.928
PRINCETON	[-]	277.	277.	280.	277.	281.		0.0132	1.04	0.226		0.874	0.909	0.985	0.999	0.943	0.936

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	281.
CESM2_1	[-]	278.	283.	243.	280.	288.		2.73	4.10	0.642		0.589	0.629	0.923	0.999	0.861	0.772
CRUJRA	[-]	281.	282.	277.	280.	288.		1.66	2.17	0.343		0.660	0.809	0.958	1.00	0.895	0.855
GSWP3	[-]	277.	281.	244.	280.	288.		0.675	1.48	0.272		0.760	0.830	0.968	0.999	0.908	0.882
PRINCETON	[-]	276.	281.	242.	280.	288.		0.496	1.32	0.270		0.783	0.844	0.968	1.00	0.900	0.890

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	289.
CESM2_1	[-]	290.	290.	293.	288.	292.		1.34	2.96	0.542		0.765	0.696	0.953	0.989	0.840	0.823
CRUJRA	[-]	290.	290.	293.	289.	292.		1.66	2.11	0.257		0.741	0.861	0.981	1.00	0.900	0.891
GSWP3	[-]	289.	289.	292.	289.	292.		0.610	1.30	0.237		0.853	0.879	0.982	1.00	0.906	0.916
PRINCETON	[-]	289.	289.	292.	288.	292.		0.159	1.16	0.258		0.874	0.886	0.980	1.00	0.894	0.920

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	260.
CESM2_1	[-]	263.	263.	261.	260.	262.		3.04	5.62	0.294		0.793	0.715	0.980	0.981	0.890	0.846
CRUJRA	[-]	261.	261.	260.	260.	262.		1.13	1.79	0.0531		0.910	0.912	0.996	0.998	0.913	0.940
GSWP3	[-]	260.	260.	262.	260.	262.		0.390	1.55	0.0472		0.938	0.912	0.997	0.998	0.919	0.946
PRINCETON	[-]	260.	260.	259.	260.	262.		0.541	1.36	0.0547		0.945	0.921	0.996	1.00	0.918	0.950

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	289.
CESM2_1	[-]	292.	291.	296.	289.	293.		3.68	4.21	0.945		0.339	0.595	0.889	0.989	0.864	0.712
CRUJRA	[-]	291.	290.	295.	289.	293.		2.73	3.09	0.402		0.422	0.733	0.961	0.993	0.856	0.783
GSWP3	[-]	289.	289.	294.	289.	293.		1.38	2.00	0.375		0.570	0.760	0.961	0.999	0.901	0.825
PRINCETON	[-]	289.	288.	293.	289.	293.		0.691	1.64	0.316		0.622	0.776	0.969	0.999	0.897	0.840

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	280.
CESM2_1	[-]	284.	284.	292.	280.	287.		3.96	5.01	0.481		0.632	0.707	0.968	1.00	0.934	0.825
CRUJRA	[-]	282.	282.	290.	280.	287.		2.21	2.38	0.0626		0.772	0.908	0.996	1.00	0.935	0.920
GSWP3	[-]	281.	281.	290.	280.	287.		1.05	1.32	0.0276		0.877	0.925	0.998	1.00	0.973	0.950
PRINCETON	[-]	280.	280.	289.	280.	287.		0.688	1.00	0.0300		0.910	0.934	0.998	1.00	0.958	0.956

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	268.
CESM2_1	[-]	271.	271.	275.	268.	274.		3.31	5.21	0.129		0.738	0.696	0.991	0.998	0.917	0.840
CRUJRA	[-]	270.	270.	274.	268.	274.		1.61	2.00	0.0307		0.851	0.907	0.998	0.998	0.934	0.933
GSWP3	[-]	268.	268.	274.	268.	274.		0.432	1.20	0.0397		0.922	0.920	0.997	0.997	0.954	0.952
PRINCETON	[-]	269.	269.	274.	268.	274.		0.581	1.14	0.0334		0.920	0.929	0.998	1.00	0.956	0.955

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	276.
CESM2_1	[-]	281.	281.	285.	276.	280.		5.33	6.12	0.467		0.507	0.686	0.969	0.982	0.904	0.789
CRUJRA	[-]	278.	278.	284.	276.	280.		2.78	3.06	0.0404		0.687	0.870	0.997	0.998	0.952	0.895
GSWP3	[-]	277.	277.	283.	276.	280.		1.50	2.01	0.0547		0.789	0.886	0.996	0.998	0.945	0.916
PRINCETON	[-]	276.	276.	282.	275.	280.		0.928	1.58	0.0246		0.828	0.901	0.998	0.998	0.960	0.931

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	294.
CESM2_1	[-]	295.	295.	298.	294.	294.		1.45	2.24	2.82		0.309	0.292	0.534	0.956	0.861	0.541
CRUJRA	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	294.		1.65	2.01	1.55		0.206	0.541	0.763	0.999	0.811	0.644
GSWP3	[-]	295.	295.	297.	294.	294.		0.919	1.38	1.12		0.402	0.545	0.830	0.996	0.862	0.697
PRINCETON	[-]	294.	294.	296.	294.	294.		0.701	1.18	1.19		0.455	0.590	0.818	0.998	0.817	0.711

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	290.
CESM2_1	[-]	292.	292.	293.	290.	288.		2.64	3.24	1.17		0.399	0.528	0.845	1.00	0.872	0.695
CRUJRA	[-]	292.	292.	293.	290.	288.		1.88	2.10	0.604		0.489	0.747	0.922	1.00	0.909	0.802
GSWP3	[-]	291.	291.	293.	290.	288.		1.05	1.32	0.498		0.639	0.790	0.935	1.00	0.933	0.848
PRINCETON	[-]	291.	290.	292.	290.	288.		0.896	1.15	0.465		0.682	0.816	0.937	1.00	0.922	0.862

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [K]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [K]	Model Period Mean (complement) [K]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	278.
CESM2_1	[-]	281.	280.	286.	278.	281.		3.12	4.01	0.590		0.465	0.593	0.949	0.998	0.880	0.746
CRUJRA	[-]	280.	279.	285.	278.	281.		2.24	2.97	0.151		0.487	0.757	0.988	0.990	0.920	0.816
GSWP3	[-]	279.	278.	284.	278.	281.		1.23	2.18	0.123		0.597	0.790	0.989	1.00	0.921	0.848
PRINCETON	[-]	278.	278.	284.	278.	281.		1.11	2.09	0.155		0.605	0.806	0.985	0.997	0.911	0.852

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 Globe 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 Interannual variability Interannual variability 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

  creation_date: Fri Feb 8 14:17:30 PST 2019

  contact: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Forrest Hoffman (forrest@climatemodeling.org) for any question

  history: 2018-01-15: download from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.01/cruts.1709081022.v4.01/ 2019-02-06: converted and created to netCDF4 for ILAMB package

  original_resolution: 0.5x0.5

  resolution: 0.5x0.5

  original_frequency: mon

  frequency: mon

  references: Harris et al., 2014, Int. J. Climatol., doi:10.1002/joc.3711

  institution: Original Data held at British Atmospheric Data Centre, RAL, UK.

  source: Run ID = 1709081022. Data generated from:TMN derived from gridded TMP & DTR absolutes, DTR in turn derived from tmn.1708171135.dtb, tmx.1708171215.dtb

  title: CRU TS4.01 Minimum Temperature

  Conventions: CF-1.7