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
I123	[-]	76.1	76.1	74.8		94.4		1.89	6.09	1.59		0.360	0.623	0.761	0.991	0.671
post5.4	[-]	76.3	76.3	74.6		94.4		2.17	6.41	1.42		0.342	0.611	0.796	0.987	0.669

	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
I123	[-]	54.1	53.7	53.0		93.1		0.989	6.00	0.254		0.777	0.774	0.973	0.979	0.855
post5.4	[-]	54.4	54.0	53.2		93.0		1.13	5.80	0.239		0.782	0.783	0.973	0.974	0.859

	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	[-]	68.1
I123	[-]	63.8	63.7	67.8		94.3		-2.68	6.12	1.05		0.560	0.684	0.861	0.939	0.745
post5.4	[-]	63.8	63.7	67.8		94.3		-2.77	6.49	1.08		0.545	0.677	0.855	0.937	0.738

	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	[-]	72.7
I123	[-]	82.2	82.2	72.4		95.0		10.7	18.0	2.67		0.482	0.520	0.561	0.415	0.500
post5.4	[-]	85.6	85.6	73.5		95.0		12.5	18.8	2.41		0.431	0.530	0.624	0.163	0.456

	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
I123	[-]	85.5	85.5	85.8		94.2		-1.20	6.68	2.34		0.235	0.556	0.627	0.704	0.536
post5.4	[-]	85.6	85.7	85.9		94.2		-1.24	6.61	2.25		0.237	0.566	0.646	0.704	0.544

	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	[-]	72.9
I123	[-]	78.5	78.5	72.9		95.0		5.66	10.0	2.14		0.678	0.619	0.678	0.582	0.635
post5.4	[-]	82.9	82.9	73.4		95.0		9.53	12.5	1.96		0.522	0.634	0.704	0.443	0.587

	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	[-]	57.3
I123	[-]	64.4	64.5	57.2		94.5		8.14	12.5	1.52		0.561	0.644	0.787	0.641	0.656
post5.4	[-]	65.4	65.5	57.2		94.5		9.03	13.0	1.36		0.538	0.655	0.802	0.640	0.658

	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	[-]	67.0
I123	[-]	66.0	66.1	66.6		94.0		1.66	8.01	1.12		0.562	0.688	0.829	0.850	0.724
post5.4	[-]	66.8	66.8	66.4		94.0		2.52	8.39	1.08		0.538	0.689	0.841	0.839	0.720

	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	[-]	77.4
I123	[-]	85.7	85.6	77.3		94.8		8.91	13.2	2.76		0.550	0.593	0.547	0.458	0.548
post5.4	[-]	88.1	88.0	77.7		94.8		10.6	14.3	2.62		0.476	0.604	0.565	0.172	0.484

	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
I123	[-]	49.0	49.0	54.5		89.3		-2.76	6.29	0.675		0.650	0.737	0.894	0.898	0.783
post5.4	[-]	49.0	49.0	54.3		89.3		-2.59	6.41	0.633		0.633	0.755	0.899	0.895	0.787

	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
I123	[-]	79.4	79.4	78.3		90.7		1.24	6.50	0.869		0.575	0.717	0.917	0.738	0.733
post5.4	[-]	78.8	78.8	77.9		90.6		0.850	6.29	0.622		0.588	0.759	0.935	0.774	0.763

	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
I123	[-]	69.9	69.9	68.7		93.4		2.30	8.68	1.53		0.501	0.639	0.775	0.959	0.703
post5.4	[-]	70.8	70.8	68.8		93.4		2.93	8.82	1.42		0.489	0.652	0.790	0.960	0.709

	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
I123	[-]	48.5	48.6	44.2		92.9		5.91	11.5	0.830		0.393	0.599	0.894	0.843	0.665
post5.4	[-]	48.5	48.6	44.3		92.9		5.81	11.3	0.756		0.397	0.605	0.900	0.834	0.668

	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	[-]	83.0
I123	[-]	79.6	79.6	82.9		95.0		-2.57	11.8	2.51		0.533	0.494	0.603	0.644	0.553
post5.4	[-]	80.5	80.4	83.7		95.0		-2.75	11.6	2.44		0.504	0.509	0.611	0.518	0.530

	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	[-]	72.3
I123	[-]	65.8	65.8	71.5		92.9		-1.91	8.30	1.52		0.406	0.640	0.762	0.890	0.668
post5.4	[-]	66.5	66.4	71.5		92.9		-1.47	8.34	1.42		0.406	0.645	0.781	0.882	0.672

	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	[-]	73.0
I123	[-]	72.0	72.1	72.7		94.8		-0.114	5.48	2.59		0.645	0.626	0.555	0.692	0.629
post5.4	[-]	73.4	73.5	72.8		94.8		0.994	5.01	2.15		0.625	0.718	0.642	0.637	0.668

	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	[-]	79.5
I123	[-]	74.9	75.0	79.5		95.0		-3.93	9.26	1.77		0.657	0.507	0.750	0.944	0.673
post5.4	[-]	77.7	77.8	79.9		95.0		-1.79	7.32	1.10		0.735	0.580	0.872	0.882	0.730

	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	[-]	56.3
I123	[-]	55.8	56.0	56.2		94.8		0.464	5.62	1.27		0.727	0.717	0.838	0.961	0.792
post5.4	[-]	57.7	57.9	56.4		94.9		2.21	5.80	1.07		0.706	0.728	0.869	0.939	0.794

	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
I123	[-]	86.7	86.7	81.9		93.2		4.56	6.34	1.15		0.280	0.658	0.839	0.992	0.685
post5.4	[-]	86.6	86.6	82.0		93.2		4.38	6.22	0.937		0.294	0.663	0.877	0.995	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	[-]	72.6
I123	[-]	74.3	74.1	72.3		94.1		2.15	4.99	1.07		0.575	0.707	0.860	0.934	0.757
post5.4	[-]	73.7	73.5	72.4		94.1		1.53	4.97	1.05		0.584	0.704	0.859	0.965	0.763

	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	[-]	61.9
I123	[-]	59.4	59.5	61.5		94.7		0.311	12.2	1.49		0.363	0.614	0.789	0.739	0.623
post5.4	[-]	59.7	59.8	61.8		94.7		0.120	11.9	1.43		0.366	0.625	0.795	0.729	0.628

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