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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 [-] 9.07
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 5.38 7.00 9.07 2.46 -2.07 2.56 1.12 0.362 0.488 0.843 0.992 0.635
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 5.31 6.95 9.07 2.34 -2.13 2.61 1.04 0.353 0.484 0.855 0.993 0.634
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 5.27 6.88 9.07 2.34 -2.19 2.65 1.11 0.338 0.493 0.842 0.991 0.631
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 5.64 7.37 9.07 2.52 -1.70 2.37 1.00 0.436 0.456 0.863 0.979 0.638
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 5.85 7.45 9.07 2.95 -1.63 2.65 1.19 0.447 0.343 0.824 0.989 0.589
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 5.77 7.41 9.07 2.79 -1.67 2.55 1.16 0.440 0.377 0.835 0.987 0.603
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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 [-] 13.4
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 3.98 8.31 13.4 1.49 -5.08 5.20 1.16 0.103 0.577 0.856 0.983 0.619
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 3.94 8.27 13.4 1.45 -5.13 5.26 1.37 0.103 0.566 0.820 0.983 0.608
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 3.84 7.99 13.4 1.45 -5.40 5.49 1.01 0.0810 0.605 0.884 0.980 0.631
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 3.91 8.23 13.4 1.42 -5.16 5.28 1.04 0.104 0.600 0.881 0.980 0.633
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 3.89 8.14 13.4 1.46 -5.25 5.34 1.18 0.0894 0.612 0.864 0.983 0.632
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 3.79 7.95 13.4 1.41 -5.44 5.51 1.01 0.0783 0.636 0.886 0.980 0.643
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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 [-] 13.5
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 7.15 9.42 13.5 1.85 -4.05 4.30 1.71 0.210 0.552 0.748 0.882 0.589
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 7.00 9.25 13.5 1.75 -4.22 4.43 1.73 0.193 0.578 0.750 0.883 0.597
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 7.00 9.24 13.5 1.78 -4.23 4.41 1.62 0.191 0.599 0.764 0.871 0.605
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 7.25 9.59 13.5 1.80 -3.89 4.16 1.71 0.228 0.564 0.742 0.874 0.594
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 7.41 9.75 13.5 1.97 -3.72 4.21 1.96 0.250 0.477 0.699 0.867 0.554
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 7.30 9.61 13.5 1.91 -3.86 4.25 1.91 0.235 0.507 0.710 0.860 0.564
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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 [-] 11.6
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 8.77 8.98 11.6 4.43 -2.62 3.16 1.42 0.305 0.525 0.804 0.950 0.622
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 8.56 8.79 11.6 4.34 -2.81 3.29 1.47 0.284 0.528 0.797 0.939 0.615
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 8.46 8.66 11.6 4.37 -2.93 3.38 1.40 0.264 0.532 0.809 0.937 0.615
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 8.80 9.00 11.6 4.46 -2.59 3.18 1.39 0.307 0.517 0.811 0.952 0.621
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 8.72 8.97 11.6 4.48 -2.63 3.30 1.47 0.304 0.493 0.792 0.940 0.604
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 8.67 8.90 11.6 4.47 -2.70 3.32 1.45 0.296 0.502 0.801 0.937 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 [-] 13.3
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 8.37 9.53 13.3 2.39 -3.79 4.05 1.75 0.231 0.550 0.741 0.775 0.569
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 8.20 9.35 13.3 2.27 -3.96 4.18 1.70 0.212 0.581 0.754 0.782 0.582
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 8.22 9.36 13.3 2.33 -3.95 4.15 1.68 0.211 0.599 0.752 0.761 0.584
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 8.54 9.74 13.3 2.38 -3.58 3.87 1.76 0.253 0.556 0.729 0.756 0.570
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 8.71 9.90 13.3 2.59 -3.41 3.97 2.06 0.277 0.455 0.679 0.730 0.519
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 8.59 9.77 13.3 2.53 -3.55 3.98 2.03 0.261 0.488 0.688 0.728 0.531

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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 of 2-meter maximum and minimum air temperature 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