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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-CSM2-MR [-] 304. 304. 304. 302. 0.175 1.62 0.800 0.549 0.505 0.911 0.997 0.693
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 305. 305. 304. 302. 303. 1.56 1.81 0.315 0.360 0.809 0.964 1.00 0.788
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. 303. -2.32 2.55 0.816 0.270 0.642 0.889 0.975 0.684
CanESM5 [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. -0.567 2.57 1.05 0.370 0.438 0.860 0.927 0.607
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -2.26 2.64 0.801 0.283 0.482 0.899 0.996 0.628
MeanCMIP6 [-] 303. 303. 304. 301. -0.869 1.64 0.743 0.478 0.596 0.910 1.00 0.716
MIROC-ES2L [-] 302. 302. 304. 302. -1.74 2.87 1.29 0.328 0.524 0.817 0.920 0.623
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 304. 304. 304. 301. 0.0732 1.74 0.816 0.521 0.547 0.912 0.982 0.702
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 303. 303. 304. 303. -0.936 1.50 2.71 0.276 0.426 0.568 0.998 0.539
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 304. 305. 304. 303. 304. 0.860 1.53 0.742 0.186 0.709 0.889 0.873 0.673
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 302. 302. 304. 301. 304. -2.22 2.34 1.62 0.104 0.550 0.768 0.997 0.594
CanESM5 [-] 301. 301. 304. 302. -2.24 2.43 2.77 0.0985 0.475 0.546 0.991 0.517
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -2.92 2.99 1.75 0.0543 0.514 0.739 0.901 0.545
MeanCMIP6 [-] 301. 301. 304. 302. -2.21 2.33 1.66 0.0996 0.539 0.751 0.993 0.584
MIROC-ES2L [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -2.86 2.99 1.58 0.0636 0.425 0.761 0.968 0.529
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 302. 302. 304. 302. -2.13 2.34 1.69 0.127 0.452 0.751 0.983 0.553
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 287. 291. 292. 251. -0.949 2.97 0.544 0.684 0.701 0.936 0.996 0.804
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 289. 293. 292. 252. 288. 0.848 1.66 0.172 0.698 0.893 0.981 0.996 0.892
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 286. 291. 292. 250. 288. -1.62 3.02 0.418 0.620 0.758 0.954 0.995 0.817
CanESM5 [-] 287. 292. 292. 253. -0.497 3.27 0.663 0.648 0.661 0.920 0.998 0.777
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 286. 290. 292. 249. -1.90 3.08 0.474 0.615 0.719 0.948 0.999 0.800
MeanCMIP6 [-] 287. 291. 292. 254. -1.18 2.49 0.441 0.691 0.751 0.950 0.999 0.829
MIROC-ES2L [-] 289. 292. 292. 263. -0.177 3.39 0.529 0.611 0.716 0.938 0.999 0.796
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 286. 291. 292. 249. -1.80 3.12 0.538 0.634 0.722 0.939 0.992 0.802
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 271. 271. 273. 268. -2.23 4.12 0.111 0.810 0.802 0.992 1.00 0.881
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 273. 273. 273. 271. 273. -0.366 1.52 0.0399 0.918 0.917 0.997 0.991 0.948
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 273. 273. 273. 272. 273. 0.0143 3.56 0.0542 0.867 0.808 0.996 0.994 0.895
CanESM5 [-] 272. 272. 273. 269. -0.777 3.19 0.0928 0.857 0.830 0.994 0.994 0.901
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 272. 272. 273. 270. -0.950 3.42 0.0472 0.838 0.832 0.997 0.999 0.900
MeanCMIP6 [-] 271. 271. 273. 269. -1.85 3.09 0.0494 0.834 0.854 0.997 0.999 0.907
MIROC-ES2L [-] 272. 273. 273. 271. -0.531 3.69 0.0567 0.821 0.829 0.996 1.00 0.895
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 269. 269. 273. 267. -3.62 4.53 0.0875 0.746 0.822 0.994 0.985 0.874
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 306. 306. 304. 301. 1.40 2.76 1.60 0.242 0.364 0.773 0.878 0.524
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 305. 305. 304. 303. 305. 1.41 1.68 0.466 0.269 0.827 0.935 1.00 0.772
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 302. 302. 304. 301. 305. -2.04 2.44 1.15 0.181 0.503 0.852 0.968 0.601
CanESM5 [-] 304. 305. 304. 303. 0.388 3.48 1.61 0.303 0.187 0.764 0.715 0.431
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 303. 303. 304. 301. -1.45 2.55 1.13 0.319 0.313 0.856 0.988 0.558
MeanCMIP6 [-] 303. 303. 304. 301. -0.879 2.09 1.36 0.442 0.415 0.800 0.979 0.610
MIROC-ES2L [-] 301. 301. 304. 301. -3.17 3.83 1.43 0.131 0.402 0.810 0.964 0.542
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 303. 303. 304. 301. -1.46 2.68 2.23 0.323 0.321 0.659 0.978 0.520
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 279. 279. 281. 282. -2.03 3.53 0.136 0.813 0.820 0.991 1.00 0.889
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 282. 282. 281. 284. 284. 0.235 1.30 0.0543 0.917 0.938 0.996 0.999 0.957
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 280. 280. 281. 284. 284. -1.14 3.06 0.147 0.853 0.840 0.990 0.984 0.901
CanESM5 [-] 280. 280. 281. 281. -0.853 3.05 0.200 0.843 0.834 0.987 0.999 0.900
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 280. 280. 281. 283. -1.58 3.07 0.105 0.820 0.857 0.993 0.990 0.903
MeanCMIP6 [-] 280. 280. 281. 282. -1.66 2.70 0.0982 0.832 0.870 0.993 1.00 0.913
MIROC-ES2L [-] 281. 281. 281. 283. -0.203 3.42 0.0889 0.815 0.838 0.994 1.00 0.897
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 278. 279. 281. 280. -2.50 3.55 0.163 0.784 0.843 0.989 0.994 0.891

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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