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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 81.3
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 68.8 69.0 81.3 -8.47 14.1 2.48 0.210 0.324 0.592 0.898 0.469
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 70.4 70.4 81.7 -12.2 16.9 2.39 0.240 0.396 0.598 0.809 0.488
BGCLND [-] 66.9 66.9 69.9 94.9 -3.08 11.4 1.76 0.423 0.353 0.728 0.893 0.550
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 74.9 74.9 69.9 94.9 4.99 8.66 1.73 0.430 0.517 0.737 0.958 0.632
CanESM5 [-] 73.8 74.3 81.3 1.15 8.39 2.45 0.212 0.335 0.595 0.994 0.494
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 58.3 57.4 81.3 -12.9 15.5 2.85 0.137 0.343 0.514 0.966 0.461
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 71.9 71.9 81.3 -9.36 14.3 2.55 0.196 0.237 0.554 0.981 0.441
MeanCMIP6 [-] 71.9 71.3 81.3 -5.15 10.3 2.69 0.219 0.490 0.515 0.909 0.525
MIROC-ES2L [-] 73.8 74.5 81.3 -4.88 13.4 2.70 0.169 0.501 0.509 0.915 0.519
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 66.9 64.9 81.3 -12.2 16.5 2.64 0.169 0.375 0.525 0.972 0.483
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 68.3 68.3 81.7 -6.81 12.1 1.98 0.184 0.295 0.696 0.958 0.486
NorESM2-LM [-] 63.5 62.0 81.3 -11.7 13.9 1.93 0.172 0.419 0.700 0.989 0.539
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 64.0 63.2 81.3 -11.8 13.7 2.74 0.204 0.442 0.497 0.964 0.510
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
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RMSE [%]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 91.0
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 87.4 87.5 91.0 -11.7 15.1 2.28 0.0624 0.383 0.641 0.958 0.486
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 82.5 82.5 91.0 -18.4 20.5 2.41 0.0472 0.444 0.627 0.994 0.511
BGCLND [-] 85.4 85.4 83.5 94.8 1.90 5.91 2.20 0.303 0.471 0.665 0.641 0.510
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 85.7 85.7 83.5 94.8 2.18 6.17 1.96 0.284 0.544 0.702 0.747 0.564
CanESM5 [-] 91.5 91.6 91.0 1.19 4.98 2.14 0.114 0.484 0.670 0.198 0.390
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 84.3 84.2 91.0 -9.26 11.7 2.10 0.101 0.308 0.665 0.708 0.418
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 83.3 83.4 91.0 -7.58 9.90 2.14 0.107 0.383 0.672 0.416 0.392
MeanCMIP6 [-] 87.2 87.1 91.0 -7.09 10.2 2.01 0.0960 0.503 0.686 0.537 0.465
MIROC-ES2L [-] 88.6 88.9 91.0 -6.73 11.2 2.79 0.0765 0.343 0.530 0.919 0.442
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 83.2 82.8 91.0 -15.5 17.0 1.89 0.0508 0.383 0.717 0.881 0.483
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 88.5 88.5 91.0 -6.74 10.5 2.14 0.0780 0.430 0.671 0.693 0.460
NorESM2-LM [-] 82.8 82.7 91.0 -10.5 12.1 2.29 0.0986 0.445 0.644 0.421 0.411
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 82.0 82.0 91.0 -14.1 15.6 2.23 0.0792 0.400 0.655 0.787 0.464
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 68.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 72.1 72.1 68.9 4.48 15.5 2.11 0.315 0.418 0.639 0.959 0.550
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 68.6 68.6 68.9 0.198 14.7 1.87 0.355 0.448 0.692 0.985 0.586
BGCLND [-] 71.9 71.9 67.0 93.1 4.89 12.6 1.47 0.429 0.464 0.778 0.983 0.624
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 74.0 74.0 67.0 93.1 7.05 12.2 1.68 0.419 0.518 0.722 0.964 0.628
CanESM5 [-] 69.2 69.0 68.9 2.84 12.7 1.60 0.378 0.472 0.762 0.962 0.609
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 62.9 62.8 68.9 -4.05 14.2 1.59 0.359 0.486 0.759 0.955 0.609
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 64.8 64.8 68.9 -4.10 13.6 1.68 0.403 0.456 0.735 0.910 0.592
MeanCMIP6 [-] 69.9 69.9 68.9 2.49 11.6 1.77 0.398 0.545 0.699 0.989 0.635
MIROC-ES2L [-] 68.6 68.6 68.9 1.06 14.1 1.91 0.350 0.484 0.675 0.983 0.595
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 69.1 69.1 68.9 1.53 15.0 1.88 0.311 0.462 0.688 0.979 0.580
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 68.5 68.5 68.9 1.22 13.2 1.77 0.361 0.493 0.713 0.983 0.609
NorESM2-LM [-] 66.7 66.7 68.9 -0.318 13.1 1.87 0.366 0.486 0.687 0.975 0.600
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 69.6 69.6 68.9 2.09 14.6 2.00 0.363 0.471 0.660 0.925 0.578
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 83.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 92.0 91.6 83.7 6.77 15.4 2.90 0.242 0.473 0.528 0.682 0.480
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 87.8 87.6 83.7 4.64 17.2 2.92 0.270 0.523 0.538 0.990 0.569
BGCLND [-] 87.3 87.3 75.9 94.6 11.4 16.9 1.81 0.519 0.475 0.749 0.659 0.575
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 88.6 88.6 75.9 94.6 12.7 16.0 2.16 0.473 0.554 0.689 0.533 0.561
CanESM5 [-] 82.3 82.2 83.7 4.08 8.11 2.36 0.544 0.587 0.627 0.732 0.615
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 78.6 78.4 83.7 -1.50 11.2 3.07 0.352 0.585 0.480 0.811 0.562
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 79.1 79.1 83.7 -4.63 12.8 3.82 0.340 0.534 0.338 0.422 0.434
MeanCMIP6 [-] 86.6 86.6 83.7 4.88 11.7 2.58 0.316 0.588 0.608 0.694 0.559
MIROC-ES2L [-] 86.0 85.9 83.7 4.78 14.4 2.44 0.283 0.510 0.630 0.925 0.572
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 91.6 91.4 83.7 9.36 15.4 2.81 0.225 0.519 0.563 0.867 0.538
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 87.5 87.3 83.7 5.23 12.1 2.41 0.313 0.562 0.633 0.615 0.537
NorESM2-LM [-] 84.7 85.2 83.7 3.42 14.0 2.49 0.298 0.518 0.610 0.938 0.576
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 87.9 87.9 83.7 4.91 14.9 2.74 0.291 0.483 0.571 0.853 0.536
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 82.0
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 79.0 79.0 82.0 -2.89 14.8 1.90 0.188 0.230 0.720 0.621 0.398
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 72.4 72.4 82.0 -9.56 15.0 1.59 0.133 0.178 0.777 0.891 0.431
BGCLND [-] 82.3 82.3 81.5 94.5 0.718 8.92 1.65 0.325 0.332 0.773 0.938 0.540
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 84.2 84.2 81.5 94.5 2.60 6.75 1.22 0.432 0.420 0.842 0.997 0.622
CanESM5 [-] 71.7 71.4 82.0 -9.26 17.2 1.58 0.179 0.113 0.782 0.648 0.367
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 74.5 74.5 82.0 -7.14 12.7 1.41 0.206 0.175 0.801 0.857 0.443
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 76.8 76.9 82.0 -5.19 12.8 1.45 0.265 0.255 0.808 0.751 0.467
MeanCMIP6 [-] 77.9 77.9 82.0 -3.80 10.4 1.48 0.268 0.244 0.796 0.982 0.507
MIROC-ES2L [-] 84.2 84.5 82.0 2.32 11.6 1.61 0.263 0.261 0.774 0.904 0.492
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 78.2 78.1 82.0 -4.06 11.2 1.58 0.262 0.281 0.778 0.848 0.490
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 84.8 84.8 82.0 2.64 8.38 1.21 0.329 0.340 0.838 0.968 0.563
NorESM2-LM [-] 76.4 76.4 82.0 -5.46 11.4 1.37 0.222 0.176 0.809 0.971 0.471
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.4 76.4 82.0 -5.38 11.1 1.61 0.218 0.284 0.774 0.966 0.505
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 79.3
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 80.2 79.9 79.3 1.71 15.8 3.27 0.227 0.468 0.415 0.835 0.483
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 76.9 76.9 79.3 -3.66 19.5 3.30 0.274 0.477 0.419 0.856 0.501
BGCLND [-] 77.0 77.0 68.6 94.6 8.38 15.5 1.47 0.517 0.485 0.806 0.954 0.649
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 79.1 79.1 68.6 94.6 10.5 15.3 1.62 0.499 0.533 0.783 0.872 0.644
CanESM5 [-] 74.8 74.3 79.3 3.01 8.59 2.43 0.437 0.584 0.602 0.867 0.615
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 69.6 69.5 79.3 -4.50 13.1 3.06 0.293 0.590 0.456 0.814 0.549
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 73.4 73.4 79.3 -5.90 13.4 3.47 0.312 0.549 0.380 0.830 0.524
MeanCMIP6 [-] 76.0 76.0 79.3 0.516 11.8 3.04 0.289 0.611 0.472 0.782 0.553
MIROC-ES2L [-] 75.2 74.5 79.3 -0.871 13.9 2.91 0.270 0.533 0.498 0.871 0.541
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 79.2 78.8 79.3 2.01 15.0 3.13 0.230 0.504 0.455 0.924 0.523
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 75.7 75.6 79.3 0.592 12.6 3.02 0.271 0.589 0.476 0.873 0.559
NorESM2-LM [-] 69.8 70.7 79.3 -4.33 14.0 3.13 0.293 0.554 0.453 0.887 0.548
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.3 76.1 79.3 -1.02 15.3 3.29 0.280 0.493 0.421 0.818 0.501

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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/
2019-05-08: estimate saturated vapor pressure using temperature
2019-05-08: calculate relative humidity using saturated vapor pressure and vapor pressure
2019-05-08: converted to ILAMB required netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-rhums-cru.py

  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

WMO CIMO Guide (2008), ANNEX 4.B. FORMULAE FOR THE COMPUTATION OF MEASURES OF HUMIDITY, MEASUREMENT OF HUMIDITY, Chapter 4, 163, https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3151

  Comments:
time_period: 1980-01 through 2017-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
original_units: hPa
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: %

  Convention:
CF-1.7