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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 [-] 293. 293. 292. 300. 1.36 1.88 1.46 0.397 0.558 0.795 1.00 0.662
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 293. 293. 292. 296. 296. 0.394 1.16 0.558 0.508 0.685 0.936 0.999 0.763
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 293. 293. 292. 297. 296. 0.716 1.60 1.33 0.432 0.589 0.818 0.967 0.679
CanESM5 [-] 293. 293. 292. 299. 1.57 2.64 0.997 0.332 0.396 0.869 0.999 0.598
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 292. 292. 292. 298. 0.481 1.73 1.33 0.479 0.461 0.826 1.00 0.645
MeanCMIP6 [-] 293. 293. 292. 299. 1.35 1.84 0.934 0.386 0.573 0.881 0.983 0.679
MIROC-ES2L [-] 294. 294. 292. 298. 1.96 2.33 0.838 0.299 0.581 0.892 0.944 0.659
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 293. 293. 292. 298. 1.35 2.51 1.27 0.318 0.446 0.843 0.987 0.608
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 297. 297. 294. 300. 4.04 4.29 2.14 0.105 0.524 0.666 0.919 0.548
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 296. 0.812 1.46 1.44 0.304 0.659 0.776 0.962 0.672
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 296. 296. 294. 298. 296. 1.69 2.26 1.44 0.179 0.648 0.800 0.916 0.638
CanESM5 [-] 298. 298. 294. 300. 4.41 4.45 1.53 0.0507 0.627 0.774 0.964 0.609
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 296. 295. 294. 299. 2.01 2.62 1.36 0.169 0.591 0.801 0.992 0.629
MeanCMIP6 [-] 297. 297. 294. 300. 3.41 3.54 1.32 0.0927 0.629 0.808 0.980 0.628
MIROC-ES2L [-] 297. 297. 294. 298. 3.35 3.49 2.17 0.103 0.384 0.681 0.848 0.480
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 297. 297. 294. 299. 3.34 3.57 1.27 0.0731 0.520 0.826 0.988 0.586
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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 [-] 277. 281. 281. 245. 0.605 2.63 0.620 0.671 0.768 0.923 1.00 0.826
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 277. 281. 281. 245. 280. 0.0366 1.38 0.309 0.777 0.878 0.962 0.999 0.899
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 278. 282. 281. 244. 280. 1.56 2.70 0.544 0.673 0.793 0.933 0.985 0.836
CanESM5 [-] 276. 281. 281. 244. 0.663 3.64 0.619 0.590 0.729 0.925 0.999 0.794
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 277. 281. 281. 244. 0.737 2.46 0.568 0.702 0.751 0.932 0.998 0.827
MeanCMIP6 [-] 277. 281. 281. 247. 0.784 2.37 0.496 0.669 0.804 0.942 1.00 0.844
MIROC-ES2L [-] 280. 283. 281. 257. 2.89 3.81 0.653 0.565 0.759 0.915 0.995 0.799
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 275. 280. 281. 240. -0.492 2.96 0.594 0.639 0.748 0.932 0.995 0.812
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 263. 263. 263. 263. -0.259 3.09 0.126 0.845 0.848 0.991 0.965 0.900
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 262. 262. 263. 265. 267. -0.918 1.81 0.0382 0.880 0.932 0.997 1.00 0.948
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 267. 267. 263. 268. 267. 3.41 4.38 0.0687 0.777 0.835 0.995 0.926 0.874
CanESM5 [-] 264. 264. 263. 265. 1.25 3.44 0.110 0.827 0.845 0.993 1.00 0.902
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 265. 265. 263. 266. 1.61 3.14 0.0612 0.838 0.859 0.996 0.972 0.905
MeanCMIP6 [-] 264. 264. 263. 265. 0.627 2.55 0.0724 0.863 0.886 0.995 0.987 0.924
MIROC-ES2L [-] 267. 267. 263. 268. 3.60 4.78 0.0862 0.737 0.843 0.994 0.972 0.878
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 261. 261. 263. 262. -1.93 3.62 0.105 0.812 0.828 0.993 0.999 0.892
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 294. 294. 294. 298. 0.716 1.77 2.49 0.320 0.493 0.614 1.00 0.584
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 294. 294. 294. 297. 297. 0.0228 1.06 1.32 0.497 0.665 0.800 1.00 0.725
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 294. 294. 294. 297. 297. -0.257 1.37 2.16 0.406 0.610 0.670 0.943 0.648
CanESM5 [-] 296. 296. 294. 298. 2.55 3.68 2.59 0.101 0.325 0.593 0.893 0.447
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 294. 294. 294. 298. 0.333 1.83 2.34 0.387 0.338 0.629 0.995 0.537
MeanCMIP6 [-] 295. 295. 294. 298. 1.44 2.10 2.22 0.214 0.498 0.658 0.989 0.571
MIROC-ES2L [-] 295. 296. 294. 297. 1.83 2.55 3.68 0.181 0.457 0.391 0.970 0.491
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 295. 295. 294. 297. 1.77 2.36 2.02 0.190 0.438 0.695 0.984 0.549
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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 [-] 271.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 270. 270. 271. 276. -0.287 2.69 0.118 0.827 0.858 0.992 1.00 0.907
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 270. 270. 270. 280. 277. -0.405 1.57 0.0438 0.879 0.935 0.997 0.998 0.949
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 273. 273. 270. 280. 277. 2.18 3.17 0.111 0.798 0.862 0.993 0.984 0.900
CanESM5 [-] 270. 270. 271. 277. 0.607 3.73 0.127 0.769 0.832 0.991 1.00 0.885
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 271. 271. 271. 279. 0.975 2.66 0.0864 0.832 0.869 0.994 0.995 0.912
MeanCMIP6 [-] 271. 271. 271. 278. 0.534 2.38 0.0821 0.832 0.894 0.994 0.999 0.923
MIROC-ES2L [-] 274. 274. 271. 279. 3.56 4.53 0.0931 0.699 0.850 0.994 0.996 0.878
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 269. 269. 271. 275. -1.20 3.15 0.147 0.807 0.831 0.990 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