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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.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 267. 266. 263. 269. 2.70 3.75 0.185 0.799 0.826 0.988 0.999 0.888
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 269. 267. 263. 271. 4.08 5.11 0.245 0.717 0.790 0.983 0.993 0.855
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 269. 267. 263. 271. 4.10 4.99 0.257 0.718 0.808 0.983 0.986 0.861
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 266. 265. 263. 269. 1.92 3.42 0.116 0.848 0.812 0.992 0.991 0.891
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 262. 260. 263. 263. -2.76 4.33 0.115 0.790 0.772 0.992 1.00 0.865
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 263. 262. 263. 265. -1.24 3.17 0.112 0.882 0.806 0.992 1.00 0.897
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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 [-] 289.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 296. 291. 289. 298. 2.33 2.98 0.897 0.494 0.763 0.896 0.992 0.782
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 296. 291. 289. 299. 2.18 2.97 1.25 0.502 0.743 0.832 0.990 0.762
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 296. 292. 289. 299. 2.68 3.23 1.33 0.468 0.751 0.817 0.994 0.756
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 296. 291. 289. 299. 1.80 2.79 0.942 0.524 0.740 0.879 0.992 0.775
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 294. 289. 289. 297. 0.0450 2.38 0.861 0.574 0.752 0.893 0.987 0.792
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 295. 290. 289. 297. 0.649 2.47 1.15 0.557 0.746 0.850 0.985 0.777
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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 [-] 278.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 284. 280. 278. 293. 1.96 2.56 0.442 0.768 0.858 0.970 1.00 0.891
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 285. 281. 278. 294. 2.61 3.14 0.713 0.720 0.840 0.951 0.995 0.869
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 285. 281. 278. 294. 3.03 3.36 0.458 0.688 0.864 0.968 0.997 0.876
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 284. 280. 278. 293. 1.46 2.30 0.322 0.800 0.855 0.978 1.00 0.897
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 281. 277. 278. 291. -1.48 2.84 0.304 0.760 0.827 0.979 0.989 0.877
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 282. 278. 278. 292. -0.380 2.24 0.244 0.816 0.844 0.983 0.995 0.896
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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.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 282. 282. 281. 262. 1.26 2.57 0.565 0.678 0.766 0.936 0.999 0.829
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 282. 283. 281. 263. 1.66 2.79 0.607 0.668 0.764 0.933 0.993 0.825
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 282. 283. 281. 263. 2.10 2.98 0.564 0.632 0.769 0.937 0.995 0.820
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 281. 282. 281. 262. 1.05 2.48 0.559 0.699 0.755 0.936 0.997 0.829
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 279. 279. 281. 260. -1.90 3.15 0.528 0.632 0.744 0.940 0.998 0.812
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 280. 280. 281. 260. -0.939 2.57 0.573 0.686 0.754 0.934 1.00 0.826
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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 [-] 277.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 281. 279. 277. 290. 1.89 2.48 0.434 0.788 0.864 0.971 0.996 0.897
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 281. 279. 277. 291. 2.64 3.15 0.741 0.732 0.844 0.950 0.985 0.871
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 282. 280. 277. 291. 3.05 3.36 0.435 0.700 0.870 0.971 0.990 0.880
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 280. 278. 277. 290. 1.37 2.21 0.293 0.822 0.860 0.980 0.998 0.904
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 277. 275. 277. 288. -1.74 2.89 0.286 0.772 0.827 0.981 0.997 0.881
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 278. 276. 277. 289. -0.555 2.18 0.209 0.837 0.847 0.986 0.999 0.903

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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