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.
I123	[-]	294.	294.	293.	297.	296.		1.28	1.49	0.752		0.321	0.612	0.914	0.991	0.690
post5.4	[-]	295.	294.	293.	297.	296.		1.48	1.64	0.736		0.268	0.619	0.913	0.994	0.683

	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.
I123	[-]	294.	294.	293.	297.	294.		1.35	1.87	0.422		0.568	0.740	0.963	0.950	0.792
post5.4	[-]	295.	295.	294.	297.	294.		1.69	2.04	0.392		0.518	0.745	0.969	0.956	0.787

	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.
I123	[-]	290.	290.	289.	293.	294.		1.52	1.73	0.678		0.574	0.845	0.921	0.995	0.836
post5.4	[-]	291.	290.	289.	293.	295.		1.78	1.94	0.581		0.533	0.849	0.932	0.993	0.831

	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.
I123	[-]	256.	256.	257.	261.			-0.343	2.31	0.0262		0.903	0.899	0.998	0.938	0.927
post5.4	[-]	258.	258.	258.	262.			0.579	2.12	0.0202		0.915	0.913	0.999	0.950	0.938

	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.
I123	[-]	296.	295.	294.	296.	295.		1.48	1.83	1.97		0.205	0.609	0.693	0.890	0.601
post5.4	[-]	296.	296.	295.	297.	295.		1.55	1.88	1.72		0.159	0.599	0.739	0.916	0.602

	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.
I123	[-]	265.	265.	266.	269.	271.		-0.836	1.90	0.0260		0.911	0.906	0.998	0.996	0.943
post5.4	[-]	266.	266.	266.	270.	271.		-0.183	1.51	0.0308		0.928	0.926	0.998	0.992	0.954

	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	[-]	274.
I123	[-]	275.	274.	274.	283.	284.		0.256	1.60	0.0621		0.875	0.930	0.996	1.00	0.946
post5.4	[-]	276.	275.	275.	284.	285.		0.658	1.67	0.0628		0.865	0.933	0.996	1.00	0.945

	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	[-]	291.
I123	[-]	292.	292.	291.	296.	295.		0.776	1.79	0.364		0.676	0.853	0.971	0.989	0.868
post5.4	[-]	292.	292.	292.	297.	296.		0.892	1.85	0.300		0.649	0.854	0.976	0.987	0.864

	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.
I123	[-]	258.	258.	260.	260.	264.		-1.45	2.39	0.0400		0.896	0.895	0.997	0.986	0.934
post5.4	[-]	260.	260.	260.	262.	265.		-0.485	1.72	0.0246		0.929	0.917	0.998	0.987	0.950

	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.
I123	[-]	289.	289.	288.	288.	289.		1.63	1.77	0.204		0.699	0.911	0.985	1.00	0.901
post5.4	[-]	289.	290.	288.	288.	290.		1.53	1.66	0.188		0.710	0.920	0.984	0.999	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	[-]	278.
I123	[-]	277.	277.	278.	280.	284.		-0.242	1.31	0.450		0.846	0.898	0.970	0.998	0.922
post5.4	[-]	278.	278.	278.	281.	284.		0.162	1.30	0.341		0.837	0.900	0.977	0.999	0.922

	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.
I123	[-]	277.	281.	281.	242.	291.		0.543	1.77	0.424		0.716	0.854	0.950	0.997	0.874
post5.4	[-]	278.	282.	281.	244.	291.		0.956	1.80	0.392		0.694	0.862	0.953	0.998	0.874

	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.
I123	[-]	289.	289.	289.	291.	286.		0.411	1.41	0.505		0.845	0.876	0.955	1.00	0.910
post5.4	[-]	290.	290.	289.	291.	286.		0.849	1.53	0.433		0.820	0.884	0.962	0.999	0.910

	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.
I123	[-]	260.	260.	260.	259.			-0.864	1.96	0.0616		0.914	0.896	0.996	0.991	0.938
post5.4	[-]	261.	261.	261.	260.			-0.0470	1.54	0.0472		0.935	0.915	0.997	0.992	0.950

	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.
I123	[-]	290.	290.	289.	294.	295.		1.92	2.31	0.331		0.493	0.842	0.972	0.988	0.827
post5.4	[-]	291.	290.	289.	295.	295.		2.08	2.43	0.336		0.466	0.845	0.971	0.990	0.824

	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.
I123	[-]	281.	281.	280.	288.	289.		1.15	1.43	0.0639		0.861	0.937	0.996	0.998	0.946
post5.4	[-]	282.	282.	281.	289.	290.		1.68	1.78	0.0941		0.816	0.953	0.994	1.00	0.943

	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.
I123	[-]	269.	269.	269.	274.			0.195	1.34	0.0592		0.920	0.907	0.996	1.00	0.946
post5.4	[-]	270.	270.	269.	274.			0.946	1.44	0.0666		0.887	0.931	0.996	1.00	0.949

	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.
I123	[-]	277.	277.	276.	282.	279.		1.44	2.07	0.0596		0.785	0.896	0.996	0.998	0.914
post5.4	[-]	278.	278.	276.	283.	280.		2.20	2.54	0.0399		0.732	0.912	0.997	0.993	0.909

	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.
I123	[-]	295.	295.	294.	297.	296.		1.09	1.52	1.83		0.295	0.703	0.727	0.993	0.684
post5.4	[-]	295.	295.	294.	297.	297.		1.47	1.77	2.00		0.216	0.716	0.687	0.986	0.664

	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.
I123	[-]	291.	291.	290.	292.	283.		1.25	1.47	0.755		0.595	0.850	0.895	1.00	0.838
post5.4	[-]	292.	292.	290.	292.	284.		1.53	1.68	0.539		0.542	0.849	0.934	1.00	0.835

	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.
I123	[-]	279.	279.	278.	284.	282.		1.49	2.52	0.193		0.534	0.832	0.986	1.00	0.837
post5.4	[-]	279.	279.	278.	285.	282.		1.76	2.64	0.202		0.520	0.830	0.984	1.00	0.833

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