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Benchmark [-] 10.5
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 6.08 6.09 10.5 -4.67 4.81 1.78 0.106 0.573 0.714 0.866 0.566
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 9.19 9.20 10.5 -1.69 2.48 1.61 0.469 0.461 0.756 0.990 0.628
CanESM5 [-] 9.56 9.33 10.5 -1.70 3.33 1.30 0.333 0.451 0.820 0.826 0.576
CESM2 [-] 8.08 8.08 10.6 6.98 -2.68 3.04 1.80 0.290 0.530 0.710 0.984 0.609
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 8.21 8.20 10.5 -2.35 2.72 1.67 0.334 0.587 0.767 0.986 0.652
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 9.20 9.16 10.5 -1.80 3.75 1.97 0.381 0.286 0.705 0.931 0.518
MeanCMIP6 [-] 8.37 8.40 10.5 -2.42 2.75 1.19 0.315 0.589 0.820 0.991 0.661
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.45 6.36 10.5 -4.36 4.61 2.22 0.127 0.544 0.640 0.935 0.558
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 7.73 7.76 10.5 -3.04 3.35 1.46 0.238 0.577 0.795 0.954 0.628
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 9.16 9.23 10.5 -1.69 2.77 1.31 0.429 0.405 0.799 0.989 0.606
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 11.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 8.38 8.67 11.7 6.14 -3.44 3.99 1.46 0.221 0.505 0.796 0.965 0.598
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 10.2 10.7 11.7 6.00 -1.52 2.87 1.52 0.435 0.446 0.790 0.960 0.615
CanESM5 [-] 10.9 11.3 11.7 8.52 -1.17 3.91 1.60 0.295 0.413 0.777 0.790 0.538
CESM2 [-] 8.26 8.67 11.7 4.98 8.87 -3.24 3.56 1.46 0.231 0.552 0.796 0.910 0.608
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 8.25 9.03 11.7 4.33 -2.63 3.14 1.35 0.301 0.548 0.822 0.962 0.636
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 8.69 8.79 11.7 8.13 -3.41 4.25 1.59 0.241 0.475 0.773 0.967 0.586
MeanCMIP6 [-] 9.20 9.59 11.7 6.07 -2.50 2.95 1.22 0.317 0.588 0.839 0.978 0.662
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 8.53 9.00 11.7 5.61 -3.09 4.03 1.52 0.231 0.522 0.785 0.901 0.592
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 8.19 8.66 11.7 3.79 -3.45 3.71 1.38 0.230 0.578 0.810 0.935 0.626
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 10.7 11.0 11.7 8.19 -1.29 3.13 1.47 0.382 0.463 0.792 0.911 0.602
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 14.1
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 12.1 12.2 14.1 -2.60 3.25 1.62 0.272 0.523 0.771 0.862 0.590
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 13.8 13.8 14.1 -1.03 2.73 1.63 0.415 0.453 0.779 0.768 0.574
CanESM5 [-] 17.0 17.1 14.1 2.05 4.60 1.77 0.228 0.341 0.759 0.509 0.435
CESM2 [-] 10.9 10.9 14.2 9.14 -3.46 3.82 1.37 0.166 0.558 0.821 0.973 0.615
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 11.4 11.4 14.1 -2.77 3.45 1.44 0.233 0.547 0.809 0.923 0.612
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 10.8 10.9 14.1 -3.76 4.12 1.39 0.168 0.543 0.817 0.926 0.599
MeanCMIP6 [-] 13.0 13.0 14.1 -1.60 2.50 1.24 0.363 0.583 0.844 0.907 0.656
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 14.4 14.5 14.1 -0.200 3.12 1.50 0.313 0.490 0.795 0.689 0.555
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 10.6 10.6 14.1 -4.04 4.27 1.57 0.156 0.574 0.777 0.987 0.614
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 15.6 15.6 14.1 0.759 2.91 1.67 0.413 0.480 0.757 0.698 0.566
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 13.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 9.41 9.36 13.7 -4.47 4.79 1.51 0.156 0.475 0.786 0.983 0.575
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 12.0 12.0 13.7 -1.88 3.14 1.49 0.441 0.393 0.798 0.987 0.602
CanESM5 [-] 15.8 15.7 13.7 1.13 4.18 2.02 0.260 0.388 0.701 0.566 0.461
CESM2 [-] 9.55 9.49 13.7 10.4 -4.25 4.43 1.62 0.157 0.608 0.758 0.825 0.591
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 11.8 11.7 13.7 -2.01 2.88 1.77 0.349 0.557 0.734 0.972 0.634
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 11.2 11.1 13.7 -2.87 3.57 2.07 0.310 0.537 0.688 0.929 0.600
MeanCMIP6 [-] 11.9 11.9 13.7 -2.03 2.47 1.43 0.411 0.614 0.803 0.994 0.687
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 10.9 10.9 13.7 -2.98 3.77 1.68 0.292 0.427 0.755 0.977 0.575
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 10.8 10.8 13.7 -3.18 3.41 1.60 0.253 0.613 0.778 0.980 0.647
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 14.2 14.2 13.7 0.0761 2.94 1.64 0.421 0.460 0.766 0.807 0.583
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 7.99
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 4.76 5.00 7.99 -3.82 3.97 1.75 0.142 0.577 0.749 0.940 0.597
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 7.50 7.23 7.99 -2.44 3.43 1.76 0.282 0.473 0.756 0.723 0.541
CanESM5 [-] 5.55 6.37 7.99 -3.45 3.95 1.89 0.193 0.449 0.732 0.876 0.540
CESM2 [-] 6.31 6.72 8.31 6.01 -2.11 2.61 1.22 0.332 0.588 0.834 0.951 0.659
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 5.94 5.73 7.99 -2.27 2.75 1.72 0.304 0.532 0.762 0.974 0.621
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 5.08 5.06 7.99 -3.90 4.50 1.98 0.189 0.490 0.700 0.921 0.558
MeanCMIP6 [-] 5.98 5.84 7.99 -3.13 3.32 1.46 0.211 0.588 0.800 0.975 0.632
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 4.37 4.45 7.99 -4.21 4.27 1.50 0.113 0.630 0.793 0.886 0.610
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 6.04 6.08 7.99 -2.85 3.19 1.73 0.281 0.532 0.743 0.971 0.612
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 6.09 6.19 7.99 -3.30 3.52 2.27 0.203 0.537 0.640 0.969 0.577
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Period Mean (original grids) [K]
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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 [-] 9.94
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 6.67 6.70 9.94 -3.75 3.96 1.52 0.191 0.566 0.795 0.972 0.618
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 9.24 9.30 9.94 -1.50 2.89 1.98 0.444 0.454 0.717 0.867 0.587
CanESM5 [-] 7.99 8.22 9.94 -2.55 3.47 2.11 0.333 0.463 0.683 0.884 0.565
CESM2 [-] 7.97 7.98 10.0 6.95 -2.31 2.61 1.60 0.356 0.633 0.778 0.914 0.662
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 7.14 7.15 9.94 -2.79 3.11 1.86 0.291 0.598 0.738 0.985 0.642
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 7.39 7.52 9.94 -3.12 3.86 2.53 0.283 0.463 0.589 0.964 0.553
MeanCMIP6 [-] 7.75 7.76 9.94 -2.72 2.98 1.69 0.306 0.628 0.765 0.988 0.663
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.49 6.57 9.94 -3.78 4.09 1.56 0.211 0.559 0.793 0.978 0.620
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 7.42 7.40 9.94 -3.10 3.35 1.67 0.254 0.588 0.746 0.982 0.632
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 8.31 8.33 9.94 -2.32 3.09 2.11 0.375 0.487 0.683 0.949 0.596
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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 [-] 9.60
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 6.45 6.48 9.61 -4.01 4.38 1.56 0.0736 0.425 0.779 0.911 0.523
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 9.31 9.33 9.61 -1.74 3.76 1.79 0.158 0.380 0.731 0.551 0.440
CanESM5 [-] 6.13 6.41 9.61 -4.42 4.79 2.20 0.112 0.375 0.659 0.793 0.463
CESM2 [-] 7.54 7.51 9.74 8.00 -2.63 3.02 1.37 0.187 0.363 0.814 0.950 0.535
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 6.55 6.48 9.61 -3.13 3.45 1.58 0.163 0.411 0.767 0.903 0.531
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.57 4.61 9.61 -5.74 5.83 1.88 0.0414 0.530 0.715 0.924 0.548
MeanCMIP6 [-] 6.42 6.36 9.60 -4.06 4.15 1.53 0.0791 0.532 0.776 0.946 0.573
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 4.41 4.58 9.61 -5.51 5.55 1.98 0.0325 0.484 0.704 0.909 0.523
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 6.19 6.23 9.61 -4.22 4.35 1.51 0.0789 0.510 0.779 0.959 0.567
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.96 6.04 9.61 -4.47 4.57 2.12 0.0566 0.487 0.671 0.957 0.532
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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 [-] 11.0
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 9.26 9.26 11.0 -2.68 3.73 1.32 0.285 0.422 0.829 0.802 0.552
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 10.6 10.6 11.0 -1.51 2.76 1.44 0.443 0.494 0.808 0.709 0.589
CanESM5 [-] 8.95 9.00 11.0 -3.13 4.14 1.51 0.240 0.429 0.802 0.695 0.519
CESM2 [-] 8.32 8.35 11.1 7.88 -3.10 3.46 1.27 0.240 0.508 0.840 0.953 0.610
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 8.20 8.12 11.0 -2.84 3.26 1.04 0.284 0.519 0.874 0.939 0.627
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 6.80 6.96 11.0 -4.79 5.02 1.15 0.122 0.535 0.853 0.923 0.593
MeanCMIP6 [-] 8.55 8.55 11.0 -3.22 3.43 1.11 0.228 0.584 0.867 0.921 0.637
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 7.77 7.82 11.0 -3.88 4.28 1.30 0.208 0.533 0.825 0.800 0.580
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 8.24 8.25 11.0 -3.60 3.79 1.12 0.202 0.575 0.867 0.948 0.633
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 9.34 9.44 11.0 -2.56 3.57 1.29 0.264 0.507 0.836 0.701 0.563
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Bias Score [1]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 9.74
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 4.85 4.87 9.75 -5.06 5.27 1.51 0.105 0.525 0.762 0.280 0.439
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 7.21 7.22 9.75 -2.71 3.78 1.01 0.403 0.337 0.873 0.413 0.472
CanESM5 [-] 8.48 8.40 9.75 -1.86 3.57 0.947 0.393 0.377 0.867 0.723 0.547
CESM2 [-] 5.66 5.68 9.79 7.09 -4.24 4.52 1.69 0.164 0.503 0.726 0.386 0.456
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 7.00 7.02 9.75 -2.73 3.31 1.05 0.380 0.487 0.876 0.433 0.533
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 8.59 8.65 9.75 -1.54 3.87 1.06 0.427 0.278 0.870 0.637 0.498
MeanCMIP6 [-] 7.13 7.15 9.74 -2.85 3.39 0.927 0.365 0.480 0.877 0.394 0.519
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 5.43 5.42 9.75 -4.51 4.79 1.43 0.166 0.543 0.774 0.267 0.458
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 6.41 6.42 9.75 -3.61 4.01 1.21 0.296 0.504 0.843 0.495 0.529
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 8.50 8.50 9.75 -1.62 3.41 0.880 0.505 0.302 0.879 0.573 0.512
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 11.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 8.66 8.63 11.8 -3.60 3.93 1.14 0.256 0.550 0.853 0.972 0.636
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 10.6 10.6 11.8 -1.89 3.12 1.45 0.452 0.458 0.793 0.961 0.624
CanESM5 [-] 10.9 11.2 11.8 -1.41 3.34 1.65 0.403 0.500 0.766 0.825 0.599
CESM2 [-] 8.78 8.79 11.9 8.10 -3.29 3.51 1.32 0.271 0.643 0.826 0.746 0.626
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 9.17 9.16 11.8 -2.69 3.13 1.29 0.331 0.615 0.832 0.990 0.677
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 9.19 9.28 11.8 -3.15 4.10 1.99 0.287 0.532 0.694 0.956 0.600
MeanCMIP6 [-] 9.72 9.75 11.9 -2.54 2.89 1.25 0.361 0.656 0.832 0.990 0.699
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 8.82 8.87 11.8 -3.34 3.83 1.31 0.288 0.545 0.830 0.984 0.639
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 9.38 9.38 11.8 -2.93 3.24 1.52 0.322 0.640 0.776 0.977 0.671
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 11.3 11.3 11.8 -1.18 2.84 1.50 0.454 0.503 0.791 0.911 0.632

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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 of 2-meter maximum and minimum air temperature 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