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Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
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 [-] 81.3
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 66.9 66.9 69.9 94.9 -3.08 11.4 1.76 0.423 0.353 0.728 0.893 0.550
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 [-] 73.9 74.4 81.3 1.19 8.40 2.41 0.209 0.346 0.600 0.995 0.499
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 73.6 73.0 81.3 -5.03 12.1 2.28 0.219 0.376 0.615 0.794 0.476
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 -4.95 13.5 2.74 0.168 0.494 0.503 0.917 0.515
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 64.3 63.5 81.3 -11.6 13.5 2.65 0.209 0.454 0.517 0.960 0.519
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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 [-] 91.0
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 85.4 85.4 83.5 94.8 1.90 5.91 2.20 0.303 0.471 0.665 0.641 0.510
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 1.23 4.93 2.07 0.115 0.496 0.689 0.181 0.396
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 87.3 87.2 91.0 -8.69 11.7 2.39 0.0890 0.468 0.615 0.704 0.469
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 [-] 88.3 88.7 91.0 -6.89 11.3 2.83 0.0775 0.335 0.520 0.921 0.438
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 82.3 82.3 91.0 -14.0 15.5 2.20 0.0798 0.443 0.653 0.794 0.482
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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
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 71.9 71.9 67.0 93.1 4.89 12.6 1.47 0.429 0.464 0.778 0.983 0.624
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 [-] 69.1 68.9 68.9 2.78 12.7 1.61 0.376 0.473 0.762 0.964 0.610
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 71.4 71.4 68.9 3.65 13.1 1.86 0.358 0.476 0.688 0.987 0.597
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 68.5 68.9 1.01 14.1 1.93 0.349 0.484 0.672 0.982 0.594
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 69.6 69.6 68.9 2.09 14.5 1.98 0.365 0.479 0.661 0.925 0.582
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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 [-] 83.7
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 87.3 87.3 75.9 94.6 11.4 16.9 1.81 0.519 0.475 0.749 0.659 0.575
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 [-] 82.4 82.4 83.7 4.20 8.11 2.33 0.541 0.589 0.630 0.725 0.615
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 89.3 89.3 83.7 5.49 13.7 2.84 0.267 0.533 0.552 0.630 0.503
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 [-] 85.9 85.8 83.7 4.76 14.5 2.47 0.283 0.507 0.626 0.930 0.571
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 87.8 87.8 83.7 4.75 14.9 2.79 0.293 0.486 0.567 0.853 0.537
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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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 [-] 82.0
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 82.3 82.3 81.5 94.5 0.718 8.92 1.65 0.325 0.332 0.773 0.938 0.540
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 [-] 72.0 71.7 82.0 -8.96 16.9 1.68 0.181 0.112 0.766 0.669 0.368
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 78.1 78.1 82.0 -3.76 11.5 1.09 0.287 0.244 0.861 0.881 0.503
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 1.49 0.261 0.262 0.797 0.896 0.496
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.3 76.3 82.0 -5.45 10.8 1.59 0.217 0.301 0.779 0.970 0.514
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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 [-] 79.3
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 77.0 77.0 68.6 94.6 8.38 15.5 1.47 0.517 0.485 0.806 0.954 0.649
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 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 [-] 74.9 74.3 79.3 3.01 8.62 2.45 0.436 0.584 0.600 0.873 0.615
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 78.1 78.1 79.3 0.626 14.9 3.32 0.224 0.531 0.419 0.875 0.516
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 -0.848 13.9 2.92 0.269 0.531 0.496 0.866 0.539
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.0 75.8 79.3 -1.20 15.3 3.31 0.282 0.492 0.420 0.824 0.502

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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