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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 [-] 73.1
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 66.9 66.9 55.0 94.9 11.8 16.4 1.82 0.221 0.264 0.722 0.800 0.454
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 74.9 74.9 55.0 94.9 19.9 21.3 1.74 0.0907 0.426 0.736 0.887 0.513
CanESM5 [-] 73.9 74.4 73.1 9.40 14.2 2.40 0.0950 0.262 0.588 0.822 0.406
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 73.6 73.0 73.1 3.17 18.2 2.29 0.0423 0.281 0.599 0.499 0.341
MeanCMIP6 [-] 71.9 71.3 73.1 3.05 16.1 2.68 0.0572 0.385 0.493 0.636 0.391
MIROC-ES2L [-] 73.8 74.5 73.1 3.26 19.1 2.78 0.0534 0.429 0.470 0.647 0.406
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 64.3 63.5 73.1 -3.37 15.4 2.60 0.105 0.371 0.501 0.718 0.413
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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 [-] 85.2
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 85.4 85.4 67.1 94.5 18.4 20.7 2.13 0.00182 0.432 0.676 0.342 0.377
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 85.7 85.7 67.1 94.5 18.6 21.1 2.05 0.00224 0.502 0.685 0.426 0.423
CanESM5 [-] 91.5 91.6 85.2 7.02 10.6 2.07 0.100 0.453 0.695 0.0416 0.348
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 87.3 87.2 85.2 -2.93 16.7 2.35 0.000621 0.443 0.619 0.219 0.345
MeanCMIP6 [-] 87.2 87.1 85.2 -1.33 15.5 1.98 0.000426 0.480 0.690 0.147 0.359
MIROC-ES2L [-] 88.3 88.7 85.2 -1.09 16.4 2.80 0.00526 0.301 0.523 0.382 0.302
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 82.3 82.3 85.2 -8.25 18.7 2.18 0.00371 0.394 0.655 0.274 0.344
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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 [-] 62.5
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 71.9 71.9 60.1 92.2 11.8 15.4 1.41 0.329 0.512 0.779 0.952 0.617
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 74.0 74.0 60.1 92.2 13.9 16.9 1.59 0.284 0.519 0.727 0.917 0.593
CanESM5 [-] 69.1 68.9 62.5 9.21 16.2 1.73 0.312 0.438 0.731 0.915 0.567
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 71.4 71.4 62.5 10.1 16.7 1.87 0.257 0.448 0.670 0.979 0.560
MeanCMIP6 [-] 69.9 69.9 62.5 8.92 14.5 1.74 0.301 0.525 0.691 0.977 0.604
MIROC-ES2L [-] 68.6 68.5 62.5 7.44 15.9 1.88 0.298 0.500 0.669 0.984 0.590
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 69.6 69.6 62.5 8.51 15.6 1.82 0.295 0.520 0.678 0.970 0.596
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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 [-] 84.0
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 87.3 87.3 76.3 94.6 11.0 14.2 1.67 0.539 0.623 0.766 0.733 0.657
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 88.6 88.6 76.3 94.6 12.3 15.5 1.86 0.502 0.579 0.738 0.604 0.600
CanESM5 [-] 82.4 82.4 84.0 3.98 8.85 2.40 0.554 0.530 0.613 0.783 0.602
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 89.3 89.3 84.0 5.26 13.8 2.73 0.286 0.524 0.565 0.686 0.517
MeanCMIP6 [-] 86.6 86.6 84.0 4.67 11.4 2.38 0.329 0.587 0.638 0.754 0.579
MIROC-ES2L [-] 85.9 85.8 84.0 4.54 13.5 2.26 0.312 0.572 0.660 0.963 0.616
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 87.8 87.8 84.0 4.52 13.8 2.59 0.312 0.569 0.597 0.901 0.589
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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 [-] 64.8
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 82.3 82.3 63.7 93.9 18.6 20.2 1.68 0.0335 0.270 0.766 0.937 0.455
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 84.2 84.2 63.7 93.9 20.5 21.6 1.27 0.0133 0.349 0.835 0.996 0.509
CanESM5 [-] 72.0 71.7 64.8 8.29 18.1 1.74 0.155 0.0771 0.748 0.876 0.387
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 78.1 78.1 64.8 13.5 18.6 1.12 0.0849 0.189 0.847 0.993 0.460
MeanCMIP6 [-] 77.9 77.9 64.7 13.4 17.1 1.53 0.0624 0.177 0.780 0.967 0.433
MIROC-ES2L [-] 84.2 84.5 64.8 19.6 23.2 1.53 0.0253 0.213 0.783 0.993 0.445
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.3 76.3 64.8 11.8 15.7 1.57 0.104 0.255 0.773 0.976 0.473
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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 [-] 77.8
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 77.0 77.0 66.1 94.4 10.8 14.9 1.20 0.506 0.640 0.848 0.947 0.716
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 79.1 79.1 66.1 94.4 12.9 16.6 1.34 0.466 0.595 0.830 0.861 0.669
CanESM5 [-] 74.9 74.3 77.8 4.50 10.2 2.50 0.427 0.547 0.585 0.840 0.589
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 78.1 78.1 77.8 2.12 16.5 3.31 0.217 0.517 0.413 0.843 0.501
MeanCMIP6 [-] 76.0 76.0 77.8 2.02 12.8 2.89 0.270 0.620 0.487 0.744 0.548
MIROC-ES2L [-] 75.2 74.5 77.8 0.636 13.8 2.73 0.276 0.615 0.518 0.834 0.571
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.0 75.8 77.8 0.287 15.0 3.09 0.275 0.605 0.445 0.789 0.544

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Data Information

  Title:
CRU time series (TS) high-resolution gridded datasets

  Version:
4.03

  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:
2019-09-10: downloaded source from https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/cru_ts_4.03/
2019-11-15: estimate saturated vapor pressure using temperature
2019-11-15: calculate relative humidity using saturated vapor pressure and vapor pressure
2019-11-15: 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 2018-12
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