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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 [-] 298.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 298. 297. 298. 300. -0.873 1.95 1.00 0.357 0.631 0.887 0.978 0.697
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 299. 299. 298. 301. 0.268 1.49 0.917 0.520 0.619 0.893 1.00 0.730
CanESM2 [-] 298. 298. 298. 300. -0.707 1.89 1.07 0.394 0.572 0.860 0.995 0.679
CanESM5 [-] 298. 298. 298. 301. -0.0827 1.89 0.951 0.480 0.509 0.875 0.990 0.673
CESM1-BGC [-] 297. 297. 298. 300. -1.48 2.07 0.798 0.246 0.636 0.915 1.00 0.686
CESM2 [-] 299. 299. 298. 300. 0.607 1.44 0.779 0.522 0.666 0.912 0.999 0.753
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 297. 297. 298. 299. -1.60 2.59 0.941 0.240 0.433 0.890 0.990 0.597
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 298. 297. 298. 299. -1.22 1.86 0.795 0.326 0.567 0.904 1.00 0.673
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 297. 297. 298. 299. -1.37 2.09 1.01 0.346 0.600 0.881 0.949 0.675
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 297. 297. 298. 299. -1.53 2.01 0.966 0.285 0.642 0.880 0.997 0.689
MeanCMIP5 [-] 298. 297. 298. 299. 301. -1.08 1.65 0.671 0.356 0.725 0.922 0.964 0.738
MeanCMIP6 [-] 299. 299. 298. 300. 0.156 1.20 0.652 0.615 0.718 0.926 0.990 0.793
MIROC-ESM [-] 298. 298. 298. 299. -0.671 1.97 1.12 0.365 0.613 0.852 0.996 0.688
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 298. 298. 298. 300. -0.111 1.80 1.04 0.412 0.669 0.874 0.998 0.724
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 298. 298. 298. 299. -0.483 1.84 1.02 0.455 0.519 0.863 1.00 0.671
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 299. 299. 298. 300. 0.366 1.92 0.756 0.428 0.447 0.911 0.986 0.644
NorESM1-ME [-] 296. 296. 298. 298. -2.35 2.88 0.939 0.141 0.603 0.898 0.999 0.649
NorESM2-LM [-] 299. 299. 298. 300. 0.589 1.80 1.06 0.455 0.599 0.875 0.962 0.698
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 298. 298. 298. 299. -0.582 1.76 0.894 0.449 0.563 0.896 0.980 0.690
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 299. 299. 298. 300. 0.722 1.79 0.749 0.411 0.595 0.921 1.00 0.704
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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 [-] 299.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 300. 300. 299. 301. 1.24 1.90 1.88 0.306 0.805 0.729 0.983 0.726
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 299. 299. 299. 302. 1.10 2.04 1.90 0.286 0.810 0.723 0.892 0.704
CanESM2 [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. 0.155 1.94 2.12 0.273 0.797 0.688 0.907 0.692
CanESM5 [-] 300. 299. 299. 301. 1.02 1.76 1.60 0.327 0.845 0.743 0.994 0.751
CESM1-BGC [-] 298. 298. 299. 300. -0.468 1.58 1.98 0.394 0.835 0.724 0.941 0.746
CESM2 [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.449 1.34 2.06 0.469 0.828 0.707 0.989 0.764
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.448 1.58 2.26 0.383 0.804 0.618 0.969 0.716
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 300. 298. 299. 300. -0.934 1.64 1.78 0.366 0.828 0.731 0.924 0.736
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.632 1.37 2.40 0.448 0.842 0.620 0.968 0.744
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 298. 298. 299. 300. -0.582 1.48 2.11 0.430 0.871 0.651 0.901 0.745
MeanCMIP5 [-] 300. 299. 299. 300. -0.152 1.36 1.69 0.435 0.873 0.750 0.977 0.782
MeanCMIP6 [-] 299. 299. 299. 301. 0.312 1.38 1.36 0.437 0.874 0.804 0.999 0.798
MIROC-ESM [-] 298. 298. 299. 298. -0.663 1.61 2.12 0.348 0.829 0.678 0.920 0.721
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 299. 298. 299. 300. -0.0339 1.59 1.36 0.382 0.779 0.828 0.983 0.750
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 299. 298. 299. 299. 0.139 1.47 1.69 0.424 0.792 0.762 0.993 0.753
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.312 1.87 1.91 0.319 0.780 0.703 0.812 0.679
NorESM1-ME [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.955 1.71 2.79 0.343 0.853 0.565 0.994 0.722
NorESM2-LM [-] 300. 299. 299. 301. 0.851 1.48 1.86 0.425 0.858 0.735 0.948 0.765
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.420 1.59 2.37 0.411 0.753 0.632 0.991 0.708
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.509 1.49 1.68 0.440 0.775 0.748 1.00 0.748
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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 [-] 287.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 282. 286. 287. 251. -0.350 2.69 0.537 0.386 0.517 0.937 1.00 0.671
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 282. 286. 287. 248. -0.406 2.37 0.521 0.436 0.533 0.940 0.999 0.688
CanESM2 [-] 283. 287. 287. 250. 0.636 2.92 0.560 0.346 0.463 0.934 1.00 0.641
CanESM5 [-] 282. 286. 287. 249. -0.143 2.85 0.541 0.377 0.456 0.937 1.00 0.645
CESM1-BGC [-] 282. 286. 287. 245. -0.260 2.29 0.538 0.395 0.578 0.940 1.00 0.698
CESM2 [-] 283. 287. 287. 245. 0.846 2.25 0.535 0.437 0.565 0.945 1.00 0.702
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 282. 286. 287. 252. -0.822 2.86 0.612 0.352 0.447 0.926 1.00 0.634
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 282. 286. 287. 263. -0.903 2.35 0.499 0.394 0.531 0.945 0.999 0.680
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 281. 285. 287. 252. -1.15 2.87 0.636 0.342 0.506 0.928 0.998 0.656
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 280. 285. 287. 245. -1.28 2.76 0.628 0.359 0.526 0.930 0.999 0.668
MeanCMIP5 [-] 283. 286. 287. 264. 296. -0.411 2.01 0.420 0.453 0.650 0.954 0.999 0.741
MeanCMIP6 [-] 282. 286. 287. 249. 0.0475 1.80 0.386 0.533 0.650 0.959 1.00 0.758
MIROC-ESM [-] 283. 287. 287. 249. 0.687 3.14 0.522 0.309 0.471 0.941 0.992 0.637
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 284. 288. 287. 260. 1.20 2.93 0.525 0.317 0.535 0.940 0.999 0.665
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 284. 286. 287. 246. -0.0436 2.26 0.552 0.447 0.562 0.937 1.00 0.702
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 282. 287. 287. 241. 0.179 2.21 0.514 0.423 0.548 0.944 1.00 0.693
NorESM1-ME [-] 281. 285. 287. 248. -1.31 2.85 0.543 0.295 0.553 0.940 1.00 0.668
NorESM2-LM [-] 283. 287. 287. 248. 0.700 2.60 0.600 0.394 0.527 0.939 1.00 0.677
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 281. 285. 287. 248. -1.06 2.68 0.551 0.394 0.487 0.938 1.00 0.661
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 281. 285. 287. 245. -1.12 2.56 0.489 0.354 0.538 0.947 0.993 0.674
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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 [-] 268.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 268. 268. 268. 266. -0.443 3.30 0.0880 0.438 0.384 0.994 0.999 0.640
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 267. 267. 268. 266. -1.19 3.23 0.106 0.401 0.428 0.992 0.991 0.648
CanESM2 [-] 270. 270. 268. 267. 1.49 3.55 0.0921 0.286 0.433 0.994 0.991 0.627
CanESM5 [-] 269. 269. 268. 267. 0.490 3.02 0.109 0.428 0.483 0.993 0.995 0.676
CESM1-BGC [-] 269. 269. 268. 266. 0.424 2.65 0.0847 0.459 0.510 0.994 0.993 0.693
CESM2 [-] 269. 269. 268. 268. 1.22 3.30 0.205 0.439 0.355 0.986 1.00 0.627
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 267. 268. 268. 266. -0.697 3.32 0.0590 0.391 0.416 0.996 1.00 0.644
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 269. 268. 268. 270. -0.240 2.84 0.0572 0.419 0.467 0.996 0.995 0.669
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 269. 268. 268. 268. 0.123 3.30 0.0629 0.379 0.409 0.996 0.998 0.638
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 268. 268. 268. 269. 0.150 3.22 0.101 0.476 0.367 0.993 1.00 0.641
MeanCMIP5 [-] 269. 268. 268. 269. 283. 0.109 2.17 0.0584 0.559 0.596 0.996 1.00 0.749
MeanCMIP6 [-] 268. 268. 268. 268. 0.0251 2.26 0.0647 0.552 0.577 0.996 0.999 0.740
MIROC-ESM [-] 270. 271. 268. 267. 2.52 4.18 0.0791 0.280 0.328 0.995 0.995 0.585
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 270. 270. 268. 269. 1.57 3.64 0.0615 0.290 0.415 0.996 0.990 0.621
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 269. 268. 268. 267. -0.0862 2.60 0.105 0.529 0.523 0.993 1.00 0.713
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 269. 269. 268. 267. 0.393 2.71 0.125 0.445 0.511 0.992 0.997 0.691
NorESM1-ME [-] 267. 267. 268. 266. -1.34 3.03 0.177 0.387 0.493 0.988 0.990 0.670
NorESM2-LM [-] 269. 269. 268. 268. 0.700 3.47 0.321 0.462 0.303 0.978 1.00 0.609
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 267. 267. 268. 266. -1.12 3.25 0.138 0.461 0.374 0.989 0.994 0.638
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 265. 265. 268. 265. -2.79 3.80 0.0970 0.194 0.424 0.993 0.992 0.606
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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 [-] 299.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.146 2.05 2.16 0.362 0.621 0.669 0.997 0.654
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.297 1.75 1.74 0.413 0.677 0.751 0.978 0.699
CanESM2 [-] 301. 301. 299. 300. 2.10 3.98 1.42 0.149 0.353 0.806 0.628 0.457
CanESM5 [-] 300. 300. 299. 300. 1.21 3.19 1.41 0.236 0.348 0.794 0.785 0.502
CESM1-BGC [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -1.07 1.89 1.92 0.349 0.685 0.723 1.00 0.688
CESM2 [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.0377 1.30 1.39 0.601 0.722 0.822 0.998 0.773
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 299. 299. 299. 299. -0.0164 2.88 1.66 0.454 0.198 0.759 0.990 0.520
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.965 2.18 1.22 0.366 0.495 0.820 0.998 0.635
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 299. 299. 299. 298. -0.202 2.02 1.45 0.437 0.537 0.799 0.988 0.660
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 298. 298. 299. 298. -1.16 1.66 1.65 0.417 0.760 0.766 1.00 0.741
MeanCMIP5 [-] 299. 299. 299. 299. -0.310 1.68 1.28 0.544 0.653 0.827 1.00 0.735
MeanCMIP6 [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. -0.220 1.45 0.996 0.595 0.697 0.868 0.999 0.771
MIROC-ESM [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.457 2.49 1.43 0.326 0.533 0.797 0.979 0.634
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.988 2.29 1.94 0.376 0.596 0.729 1.00 0.659
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 299. 299. 299. 300. 0.142 2.45 1.83 0.348 0.417 0.737 0.932 0.570
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 298. 298. 299. 300. -0.878 2.07 1.20 0.283 0.666 0.824 0.957 0.679
NorESM1-ME [-] 297. 297. 299. 298. -2.03 2.70 1.28 0.167 0.707 0.816 1.00 0.679
NorESM2-LM [-] 298. 298. 299. 299. -0.444 1.58 1.14 0.539 0.689 0.852 0.981 0.750
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 297. 297. 299. 298. -1.36 2.06 1.49 0.371 0.645 0.782 1.00 0.688
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 299. 299. 299. 299. 0.0196 1.84 1.44 0.474 0.561 0.776 1.00 0.674

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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/
2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-tas-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

  Comments:
time_period: 1980-01 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