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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 [-] 304.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 303. 303. 304. 301. -1.72 2.57 0.898 0.375 0.642 0.890 0.985 0.707
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 305. 305. 304. 302. 0.490 1.87 0.765 0.589 0.658 0.917 0.994 0.763
CanESM2 [-] 304. 304. 304. 308. -0.470 2.84 1.00 0.402 0.525 0.860 0.922 0.647
CanESM5 [-] 304. 304. 304. 303. -0.254 2.74 1.00 0.404 0.568 0.866 0.909 0.663
CESM1-BGC [-] 302. 302. 304. 301. -2.50 2.92 0.865 0.231 0.671 0.903 0.999 0.695
CESM2 [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. 304. -0.863 1.76 0.868 0.610 0.688 0.898 1.00 0.777
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -3.22 3.79 0.859 0.158 0.528 0.898 0.936 0.610
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 301. 302. 304. 299. -2.59 2.96 0.736 0.214 0.649 0.915 0.995 0.684
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 304. 305. 304. 302. 0.337 2.02 1.22 0.603 0.614 0.847 0.999 0.735
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -3.62 3.87 0.944 0.0806 0.673 0.877 0.997 0.660
MeanCMIP6 [-] 303. 303. 304. 282. -1.41 2.13 0.637 0.555 0.746 0.927 0.762 0.747
MIROC-ESM [-] 303. 303. 304. 304. -1.12 2.94 1.18 0.366 0.567 0.849 0.960 0.662
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. -1.15 2.87 1.14 0.332 0.682 0.851 0.873 0.684
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. -1.48 2.56 0.978 0.447 0.559 0.883 1.00 0.689
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 304. 304. 304. 303. -0.778 2.21 0.732 0.584 0.560 0.920 0.981 0.721
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 304. 303. 304. 301. -1.00 2.19 0.938 0.548 0.612 0.889 1.00 0.732
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 305. 305. 304. 301. 0.302 2.04 0.736 0.551 0.660 0.925 0.976 0.755
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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 [-] 304.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 302. 302. 304. 302. -1.83 2.12 2.29 0.384 0.805 0.667 0.748 0.682
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. -0.962 1.52 2.63 0.581 0.823 0.585 0.998 0.762
CanESM2 [-] 301. 301. 304. 302. -2.42 2.67 2.24 0.312 0.788 0.666 0.856 0.682
CanESM5 [-] 301. 301. 304. 302. -2.35 2.52 2.62 0.303 0.847 0.569 0.989 0.711
CESM1-BGC [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -2.99 3.04 2.25 0.185 0.853 0.659 0.939 0.698
CESM2 [-] 303. 302. 304. 303. 304. -1.20 1.63 1.75 0.576 0.838 0.763 0.890 0.781
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 300. 300. 304. 300. -3.48 3.56 2.49 0.109 0.825 0.592 0.985 0.667
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -3.16 3.23 1.51 0.157 0.850 0.783 0.893 0.707
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 302. 303. 304. 302. -1.79 2.06 2.69 0.424 0.836 0.556 0.966 0.723
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 299. 299. 304. 300. -4.01 4.07 2.42 0.0645 0.888 0.607 0.665 0.622
MeanCMIP6 [-] 296. 299. 304. 282. -8.96 9.02 1.30 0.239 0.885 0.820 0.0193 0.570
MIROC-ESM [-] 300. 300. 304. 300. -3.74 3.81 2.88 0.0761 0.836 0.534 0.983 0.653
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -2.86 2.99 1.61 0.184 0.835 0.755 0.957 0.713
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 302. 302. 304. 303. -2.54 2.81 2.49 0.274 0.792 0.610 0.898 0.673
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 301. 301. 304. 303. -2.50 2.82 1.60 0.305 0.796 0.771 0.656 0.665
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 301. 301. 304. 302. -2.26 2.60 1.84 0.341 0.782 0.735 0.899 0.708
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 302. 302. 304. 302. -2.19 2.41 1.67 0.349 0.820 0.755 0.982 0.745
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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 [-] 292.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 286. 291. 292. 253. -1.63 3.35 0.594 0.386 0.542 0.929 0.999 0.680
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 287. 291. 292. 251. -0.851 2.96 0.543 0.470 0.548 0.937 0.996 0.700
CanESM2 [-] 288. 293. 292. 253. 0.692 3.56 0.574 0.367 0.490 0.930 0.996 0.655
CanESM5 [-] 287. 292. 292. 253. -0.544 3.29 0.647 0.439 0.488 0.922 0.998 0.667
CESM1-BGC [-] 286. 291. 292. 247. -1.15 2.88 0.588 0.398 0.621 0.934 1.00 0.715
CESM2 [-] 287. 292. 292. 247. 295. -0.631 2.53 0.541 0.533 0.611 0.945 1.00 0.740
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 285. 289. 292. 254. -2.98 4.21 0.608 0.229 0.514 0.927 1.00 0.637
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 286. 290. 292. 265. -2.23 3.27 0.487 0.300 0.597 0.948 0.999 0.688
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 291. 295. 292. 260. 3.03 4.56 0.774 0.261 0.489 0.909 0.984 0.626
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 285. 289. 292. 249. -3.00 4.01 0.620 0.217 0.604 0.931 0.996 0.670
MeanCMIP6 [-] 286. 291. 292. 250. -1.80 2.90 0.408 0.479 0.679 0.956 0.998 0.758
MIROC-ESM [-] 288. 292. 292. 252. -0.341 3.57 0.576 0.368 0.500 0.934 0.999 0.660
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 289. 292. 292. 263. -0.128 3.40 0.530 0.347 0.575 0.938 1.00 0.687
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 289. 291. 292. 248. -1.40 3.04 0.603 0.406 0.586 0.931 0.999 0.701
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 286. 291. 292. 243. -1.27 2.78 0.518 0.437 0.614 0.945 1.00 0.722
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 286. 290. 292. 252. -2.07 3.36 0.577 0.361 0.552 0.934 0.999 0.679
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 286. 290. 292. 249. -1.90 3.20 0.532 0.333 0.599 0.940 0.991 0.692
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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 [-] 273.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 271. 271. 273. 267. -2.23 4.11 0.0803 0.407 0.448 0.994 0.996 0.659
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 270. 271. 273. 268. -2.18 4.06 0.0982 0.385 0.447 0.993 1.00 0.654
CanESM2 [-] 273. 273. 273. 269. 0.115 3.51 0.0916 0.478 0.483 0.994 0.973 0.682
CanESM5 [-] 272. 272. 273. 269. -0.777 3.24 0.110 0.543 0.516 0.993 0.990 0.712
CESM1-BGC [-] 273. 273. 273. 269. -0.0884 3.16 0.0876 0.504 0.531 0.994 0.962 0.705
CESM2 [-] 272. 272. 273. 270. 274. -0.405 3.49 0.260 0.609 0.412 0.982 0.989 0.681
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 270. 270. 273. 268. -2.69 4.43 0.0728 0.288 0.462 0.995 0.999 0.641
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 271. 271. 273. 271. -1.42 3.54 0.0539 0.396 0.506 0.996 1.00 0.681
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 280. 279. 273. 277. 6.41 7.56 0.0479 0.0563 0.381 0.997 1.00 0.563
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 272. 272. 273. 271. -0.786 3.52 0.0950 0.447 0.477 0.994 1.00 0.679
MeanCMIP6 [-] 271. 271. 273. 258. -2.04 3.59 0.0588 0.487 0.596 0.996 0.965 0.728
MIROC-ESM [-] 273. 273. 273. 269. 0.677 3.80 0.0872 0.450 0.420 0.994 1.00 0.657
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 272. 272. 273. 271. -0.496 3.75 0.0659 0.350 0.480 0.996 0.999 0.661
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 272. 271. 273. 269. -1.84 3.58 0.106 0.459 0.512 0.993 0.994 0.694
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 272. 272. 273. 269. -1.03 3.41 0.148 0.461 0.519 0.990 0.999 0.697
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 270. 271. 273. 268. -2.37 4.00 0.131 0.380 0.430 0.989 0.975 0.641
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 269. 269. 273. 267. -3.88 4.72 0.0885 0.130 0.495 0.994 0.985 0.620
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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 [-] 304.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 304. 304. 304. 302. 0.292 2.76 2.08 0.391 0.622 0.687 0.885 0.641
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 306. 306. 304. 301. 1.46 2.80 1.52 0.335 0.668 0.788 0.873 0.666
CanESM2 [-] 306. 306. 304. 306. 2.38 4.68 1.35 0.183 0.470 0.813 0.528 0.493
CanESM5 [-] 304. 304. 304. 303. 0.347 3.52 1.60 0.431 0.392 0.768 0.705 0.538
CESM1-BGC [-] 302. 302. 304. 301. -1.57 2.48 1.58 0.455 0.654 0.790 0.979 0.706
CESM2 [-] 304. 304. 304. 303. 304. -0.170 1.72 1.15 0.666 0.696 0.860 0.981 0.780
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 304. 304. 304. 301. -0.414 3.73 1.45 0.539 0.210 0.792 0.921 0.535
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 302. 302. 304. 300. -1.69 2.69 1.18 0.439 0.584 0.845 0.987 0.688
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 306. 306. 304. 302. 1.58 3.26 1.93 0.330 0.508 0.729 0.884 0.592
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 300. 300. 304. 300. -3.58 3.76 1.11 0.0735 0.801 0.852 0.986 0.703
MeanCMIP6 [-] 302. 303. 304. 293. -1.57 2.26 1.17 0.554 0.751 0.839 0.719 0.723
MIROC-ESM [-] 303. 303. 304. 304. -1.02 3.59 1.44 0.341 0.534 0.801 0.777 0.597
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -3.15 3.80 1.44 0.184 0.693 0.808 0.963 0.668
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 304. 304. 304. 305. -0.273 3.09 1.60 0.419 0.489 0.768 0.849 0.603
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 302. 302. 304. 304. -2.31 3.30 1.30 0.225 0.700 0.818 0.887 0.666
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 301. 301. 304. 300. -3.45 3.96 1.91 0.142 0.676 0.720 0.987 0.640
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 302. 302. 304. 301. -1.64 2.74 2.08 0.452 0.608 0.688 0.984 0.668

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Data Information

  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