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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 [-] 293. 293. 292. 299. 1.05 2.11 1.01 0.485 0.725 0.874 0.999 0.762
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 293. 293. 292. 299. 1.44 2.08 1.44 0.492 0.698 0.803 0.999 0.738
CanESM2 [-] 292. 292. 292. 294. 0.127 2.24 1.04 0.558 0.546 0.873 0.998 0.704
CanESM5 [-] 293. 293. 292. 298. 1.24 2.61 1.06 0.457 0.555 0.863 0.996 0.685
CESM1-BGC [-] 293. 293. 292. 298. 0.537 1.77 1.21 0.621 0.670 0.845 1.00 0.761
CESM2 [-] 295. 295. 292. 298. 295. 2.75 3.01 0.830 0.235 0.712 0.896 0.975 0.706
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 292. 292. 292. 297. 0.239 2.19 1.33 0.541 0.591 0.819 0.999 0.708
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 295. 293. 292. 299. 0.321 1.79 1.08 0.596 0.658 0.864 0.999 0.755
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 290. 289. 292. 296. -2.50 3.49 2.27 0.327 0.537 0.648 0.971 0.604
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 293. 293. 292. 297. 0.788 1.87 1.63 0.544 0.717 0.759 0.992 0.746
MeanCMIP6 [-] 293. 294. 292. 280. 1.22 2.24 0.858 0.468 0.767 0.898 0.902 0.760
MIROC-ESM [-] 294. 294. 292. 295. 1.44 2.13 0.927 0.451 0.760 0.892 0.972 0.767
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 294. 294. 292. 298. 1.96 2.39 0.884 0.390 0.757 0.893 0.925 0.744
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 294. 294. 292. 295. 1.62 2.28 1.27 0.424 0.693 0.814 1.00 0.725
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 295. 295. 292. 296. 2.58 3.01 1.10 0.278 0.615 0.862 0.997 0.674
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 292. 292. 292. 297. 0.00323 2.19 1.36 0.475 0.625 0.826 1.00 0.710
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 293. 293. 292. 298. 1.23 2.50 1.40 0.399 0.612 0.823 0.992 0.688
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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 [-] 294.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 298. 298. 294. 300. 4.63 4.73 2.11 0.153 0.866 0.671 0.992 0.710
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 297. 297. 294. 300. 4.07 4.32 2.14 0.231 0.860 0.673 0.919 0.709
CanESM2 [-] 295. 295. 294. 296. 2.87 3.41 2.45 0.328 0.868 0.606 0.975 0.729
CanESM5 [-] 298. 298. 294. 300. 4.33 4.38 1.45 0.134 0.905 0.791 0.964 0.740
CESM1-BGC [-] 296. 296. 294. 298. 2.67 3.12 2.23 0.283 0.895 0.667 0.994 0.747
CESM2 [-] 296. 296. 294. 298. 295. 2.51 2.73 1.62 0.314 0.889 0.780 0.917 0.758
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 297. 296. 294. 298. 2.82 3.21 2.10 0.274 0.865 0.665 0.933 0.720
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 299. 296. 294. 300. 1.80 2.53 1.45 0.368 0.888 0.787 0.990 0.784
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 1.45 2.37 1.72 0.397 0.863 0.753 0.995 0.775
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 297. 296. 294. 299. 2.97 3.16 2.34 0.249 0.887 0.622 1.00 0.729
MeanCMIP6 [-] 292. 295. 294. 280. -3.36 8.05 1.19 0.264 0.910 0.830 0.125 0.608
MIROC-ESM [-] 296. 296. 294. 296. 2.95 3.10 2.49 0.309 0.864 0.609 0.832 0.696
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 297. 297. 294. 298. 3.38 3.50 1.74 0.254 0.815 0.739 0.845 0.693
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 295. 295. 294. 296. 3.06 3.39 2.00 0.281 0.857 0.691 0.998 0.737
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 2.43 3.02 1.81 0.321 0.860 0.739 0.948 0.745
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 296. 296. 294. 299. 3.14 3.43 2.55 0.255 0.852 0.587 0.999 0.709
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 297. 296. 294. 299. 3.28 3.52 1.19 0.217 0.856 0.844 0.991 0.753
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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 [-] 281.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 277. 281. 281. 248. 1.18 3.11 0.556 0.430 0.633 0.933 1.00 0.726
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 277. 281. 281. 245. 0.677 2.65 0.631 0.479 0.667 0.922 1.00 0.747
CanESM2 [-] 277. 281. 281. 245. 0.962 3.38 0.683 0.384 0.601 0.913 0.998 0.699
CanESM5 [-] 276. 280. 281. 244. 0.621 3.64 0.618 0.342 0.598 0.925 0.999 0.692
CESM1-BGC [-] 277. 281. 281. 242. 1.08 2.58 0.651 0.476 0.675 0.922 1.00 0.750
CESM2 [-] 279. 283. 281. 242. 286. 2.63 3.32 0.624 0.308 0.654 0.928 0.998 0.708
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 278. 281. 281. 249. 1.20 3.03 0.723 0.426 0.595 0.903 1.00 0.704
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 278. 281. 281. 261. 0.414 2.39 0.581 0.526 0.648 0.931 0.998 0.750
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 271. 274. 281. 244. -5.44 6.41 0.799 0.141 0.447 0.897 0.995 0.585
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 276. 280. 281. 241. 0.401 3.05 0.744 0.454 0.599 0.909 1.00 0.712
MeanCMIP6 [-] 277. 281. 281. 244. 0.692 2.68 0.478 0.479 0.753 0.945 1.00 0.786
MIROC-ESM [-] 278. 283. 281. 245. 2.53 3.93 0.613 0.289 0.603 0.926 0.988 0.682
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 280. 283. 281. 257. 2.97 3.87 0.628 0.293 0.650 0.920 0.995 0.702
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 280. 282. 281. 244. 1.83 2.84 0.693 0.397 0.685 0.909 1.00 0.735
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 278. 282. 281. 239. 2.18 2.98 0.597 0.360 0.662 0.931 0.999 0.723
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 276. 280. 281. 244. -0.196 2.81 0.647 0.462 0.635 0.922 1.00 0.731
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 275. 279. 281. 241. -0.596 3.02 0.601 0.396 0.627 0.932 0.994 0.715
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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 [-] 263.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 264. 264. 263. 263. 0.745 3.41 0.0890 0.510 0.505 0.994 0.977 0.698
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 263. 263. 263. 263. -0.175 3.10 0.112 0.517 0.567 0.992 0.960 0.721
CanESM2 [-] 265. 265. 263. 263. 2.35 4.05 0.103 0.342 0.559 0.993 1.00 0.691
CanESM5 [-] 264. 264. 263. 264. 1.21 3.47 0.110 0.458 0.562 0.993 0.999 0.715
CESM1-BGC [-] 264. 264. 263. 263. 0.906 2.84 0.0870 0.547 0.617 0.994 0.998 0.755
CESM2 [-] 266. 266. 263. 265. 267. 2.85 4.17 0.169 0.328 0.449 0.989 0.983 0.639
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 264. 264. 263. 264. 1.03 3.45 0.0578 0.441 0.525 0.996 0.984 0.694
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 266. 264. 263. 268. 1.08 2.96 0.0665 0.502 0.586 0.996 0.976 0.729
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 256. 256. 263. 258. -6.81 7.93 0.0734 0.0785 0.280 0.995 0.967 0.520
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 264. 264. 263. 267. 1.06 3.74 0.117 0.515 0.431 0.992 1.00 0.674
MeanCMIP6 [-] 264. 264. 263. 255. 0.533 3.07 0.0719 0.531 0.699 0.995 0.999 0.785
MIROC-ESM [-] 267. 267. 263. 264. 4.53 5.55 0.0978 0.168 0.434 0.993 0.976 0.601
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 267. 267. 263. 267. 3.67 4.88 0.0773 0.273 0.525 0.995 0.969 0.657
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 266. 264. 263. 263. 1.46 2.91 0.0775 0.499 0.628 0.995 0.990 0.748
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 265. 265. 263. 264. 2.18 3.29 0.0854 0.423 0.609 0.994 0.971 0.721
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 263. 263. 263. 263. -0.0801 3.06 0.113 0.566 0.546 0.991 0.999 0.729
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 261. 261. 263. 261. -2.24 3.85 0.105 0.367 0.479 0.993 0.999 0.663
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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 [-] 294.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 294. 295. 294. 298. 0.932 2.01 2.28 0.501 0.819 0.651 0.985 0.755
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 294. 294. 294. 298. 0.759 1.79 2.42 0.535 0.805 0.628 1.00 0.755
CanESM2 [-] 296. 296. 294. 296. 2.24 3.72 3.38 0.217 0.655 0.440 0.775 0.549
CanESM5 [-] 296. 296. 294. 298. 2.52 3.67 2.44 0.157 0.641 0.616 0.891 0.589
CESM1-BGC [-] 294. 294. 294. 298. 0.454 1.59 2.40 0.647 0.765 0.628 0.993 0.760
CESM2 [-] 295. 295. 294. 298. 294. 1.46 2.01 2.63 0.497 0.749 0.576 0.961 0.707
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 295. 294. 294. 296. 0.768 2.41 3.08 0.528 0.594 0.492 0.999 0.641
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 294. 294. 294. 298. 0.122 1.86 2.31 0.602 0.664 0.635 0.997 0.712
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 292. 292. 294. 295. -1.34 2.43 2.36 0.447 0.652 0.628 0.999 0.676
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 1.30 1.83 2.07 0.500 0.843 0.688 0.974 0.770
MeanCMIP6 [-] 295. 295. 294. 291. 1.19 2.09 2.05 0.456 0.832 0.693 0.930 0.748
MIROC-ESM [-] 295. 295. 294. 296. 1.37 2.38 2.73 0.417 0.739 0.564 0.987 0.689
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 295. 296. 294. 297. 1.90 2.59 3.57 0.334 0.771 0.411 0.972 0.652
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 295. 295. 294. 296. 1.87 2.79 3.63 0.293 0.647 0.390 0.995 0.595
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 1.43 1.96 2.05 0.462 0.799 0.687 1.00 0.749
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 294. 294. 294. 296. 0.664 1.68 2.04 0.569 0.809 0.688 0.967 0.768
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 1.69 2.30 2.00 0.366 0.767 0.700 0.983 0.716

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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