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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 [-] 73.0
CanESM5 [-] 82.7 82.1 72.6 83.4 9.52 14.1 2.50 0.0873 0.262 0.566 0.793 0.394
E3SMv3 default [-] 73.2 73.2 55.0 94.8 18.2 19.8 1.85 0.120 0.423 0.694 0.833 0.499
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 74.8 74.8 55.0 94.8 19.8 21.1 1.76 0.104 0.440 0.708 0.869 0.512
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 77.2 77.2 55.0 94.8 22.1 23.3 1.65 0.0776 0.453 0.737 0.904 0.525
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 76.2 75.8 72.8 83.5 3.02 18.4 2.74 0.0467 0.266 0.528 0.512 0.324
MIROC-ES2L [-] 76.8 76.3 72.6 83.4 3.71 18.9 2.75 0.0496 0.452 0.475 0.608 0.408
NorESM2-LM [-] 70.1 69.6 72.8 83.5 -3.19 13.9 1.84 0.149 0.354 0.711 0.774 0.468
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 70.0 69.4 72.7 84.4 -3.31 15.2 2.66 0.114 0.369 0.483 0.715 0.410
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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 [-] 85.3
CanESM5 [-] 92.2 92.1 85.3 6.89 10.7 1.98 0.0856 0.466 0.705 0.0327 0.351
E3SMv3 default [-] 86.0 86.0 66.6 94.4 19.4 21.6 2.24 0.00147 0.480 0.648 0.435 0.409
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 86.2 86.2 66.6 94.4 19.6 21.8 2.12 0.00171 0.499 0.672 0.488 0.432
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 86.9 86.9 66.6 94.4 20.2 22.4 2.53 0.00143 0.439 0.593 0.508 0.396
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 81.8 81.7 85.3 -3.52 16.3 1.89 0.000599 0.443 0.726 0.173 0.357
MIROC-ES2L [-] 84.3 84.2 85.3 -1.04 16.1 2.79 0.00156 0.318 0.530 0.322 0.298
NorESM2-LM [-] 80.5 80.5 85.3 -4.71 16.0 2.21 0.00111 0.419 0.658 0.0923 0.318
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.9 76.9 85.3 -8.31 18.5 2.18 0.00347 0.382 0.658 0.212 0.328
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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 [-] 62.5
CanESM5 [-] 71.9 71.9 62.6 54.5 9.30 16.0 1.67 0.309 0.444 0.743 0.901 0.568
E3SMv3 default [-] 72.5 72.5 60.1 92.7 12.4 15.5 1.60 0.312 0.529 0.731 0.943 0.609
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 72.5 72.5 60.1 92.7 12.5 15.6 1.58 0.320 0.532 0.731 0.933 0.610
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 74.3 74.3 60.1 92.7 14.2 16.9 1.60 0.284 0.523 0.728 0.913 0.594
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 72.1 72.1 62.6 50.9 9.54 15.4 1.85 0.307 0.480 0.685 0.940 0.578
MIROC-ES2L [-] 70.1 70.1 62.6 54.5 7.56 15.5 1.86 0.302 0.508 0.669 0.983 0.594
NorESM2-LM [-] 68.7 68.7 62.6 50.9 6.10 13.7 1.86 0.350 0.478 0.675 0.990 0.594
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 71.0 71.0 62.6 51.7 8.47 15.3 1.79 0.297 0.522 0.684 0.975 0.600
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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 [-] 84.1
CanESM5 [-] 87.7 87.7 84.0 91.1 3.75 8.73 2.40 0.563 0.530 0.617 0.785 0.605
E3SMv3 default [-] 87.6 87.6 76.4 94.7 11.2 14.1 1.74 0.541 0.619 0.758 0.693 0.646
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 86.9 86.9 76.4 94.7 10.5 13.6 1.78 0.570 0.618 0.749 0.691 0.649
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 88.2 88.2 76.4 94.7 11.8 14.5 1.75 0.516 0.621 0.756 0.676 0.638
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 87.7 87.7 84.0 90.3 3.63 10.9 2.49 0.366 0.598 0.612 0.656 0.566
MIROC-ES2L [-] 88.5 88.5 84.0 91.1 4.49 13.1 2.14 0.318 0.577 0.677 0.944 0.619
NorESM2-LM [-] 87.1 87.1 84.0 90.3 3.10 13.4 2.29 0.337 0.525 0.644 0.970 0.600
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 88.6 88.6 84.0 92.0 4.55 13.5 2.49 0.312 0.570 0.612 0.896 0.592
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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 [-] 64.8
CanESM5 [-] 72.8 72.8 64.8 7.98 17.5 1.71 0.144 0.0783 0.751 0.919 0.394
E3SMv3 default [-] 81.8 81.8 63.7 93.3 18.1 19.8 1.32 0.0271 0.263 0.821 0.964 0.468
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 81.9 81.9 63.7 93.3 18.2 19.9 1.30 0.0282 0.263 0.825 0.966 0.469
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 80.6 80.6 63.7 93.3 16.9 19.2 1.40 0.0285 0.199 0.801 0.973 0.440
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 81.2 81.2 64.8 16.4 19.6 1.62 0.0245 0.212 0.767 0.900 0.423
MIROC-ES2L [-] 84.4 84.4 64.8 19.6 22.8 1.58 0.0211 0.211 0.770 0.985 0.439
NorESM2-LM [-] 76.3 76.3 64.8 11.5 15.9 1.37 0.0532 0.123 0.805 0.739 0.368
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 76.5 76.5 64.8 11.8 15.8 1.54 0.103 0.244 0.774 0.972 0.467
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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 [-] 77.9
CanESM5 [-] 82.3 82.3 77.9 76.6 4.40 10.1 2.46 0.426 0.550 0.590 0.821 0.587
E3SMv3 default [-] 78.1 78.1 66.1 94.6 11.9 15.1 1.23 0.506 0.641 0.848 0.885 0.704
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 77.5 77.5 66.1 94.6 11.4 14.7 1.25 0.529 0.642 0.844 0.871 0.706
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 79.0 79.0 66.1 94.6 12.9 15.8 1.25 0.478 0.642 0.846 0.875 0.696
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 80.3 80.3 77.9 76.0 2.39 13.9 2.71 0.267 0.618 0.514 0.638 0.531
MIROC-ES2L [-] 78.5 78.5 77.9 76.6 0.558 13.5 2.68 0.279 0.625 0.525 0.827 0.576
NorESM2-LM [-] 75.0 75.0 77.9 76.0 -2.94 14.0 3.02 0.331 0.563 0.464 0.856 0.555
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 78.2 78.2 77.9 78.3 0.324 14.8 3.03 0.275 0.611 0.455 0.779 0.546

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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