Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	Download Data	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	[-]	266.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	269.	269.	266.				3.51	4.53	0.120		0.737	0.825	0.990	0.995	0.875
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	265.	265.	266.				-1.10	2.97	0.118		0.828	0.856	0.992	0.970	0.901
CanESM5	[-]	266.	267.	266.				0.926	3.89	0.190		0.780	0.833	0.987	0.715	0.830
CESM2	[-]	268.	268.	266.		269.		2.42	3.78	0.0929		0.806	0.813	0.994	1.00	0.885
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	266.	266.	266.				0.215	2.82	0.138		0.844	0.860	0.991	0.977	0.907
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	265.	265.	266.				-0.203	4.17	0.188		0.805	0.797	0.987	0.688	0.815
MeanCMIP6	[-]	266.	266.	266.				0.105	2.78	0.105		0.837	0.899	0.993	0.770	0.880
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	270.	270.	266.				3.88	5.20	0.0896		0.688	0.838	0.994	0.851	0.841
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	268.	268.	266.				1.73	2.95	0.0886		0.827	0.870	0.994	0.994	0.911
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	264.	264.	266.				-1.40	3.35	0.150		0.823	0.825	0.990	0.926	0.878

	Download Data	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.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	278.	283.	281.	246.			2.36	3.46	0.599		0.592	0.758	0.925	0.996	0.806
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	277.	281.	281.	245.			0.692	2.65	0.620		0.669	0.767	0.923	1.00	0.825
CanESM5	[-]	276.	281.	281.	244.			0.709	3.65	0.615		0.588	0.728	0.926	0.999	0.794
CESM2	[-]	279.	283.	281.	243.	286.		2.68	3.36	0.623		0.587	0.768	0.927	0.998	0.810
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	278.	281.	281.	261.			0.423	2.39	0.577		0.707	0.751	0.931	0.999	0.828
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	276.	280.	281.	241.			0.459	3.05	0.737		0.650	0.749	0.911	1.00	0.812
MeanCMIP6	[-]	277.	281.	281.	244.			0.613	2.70	0.476		0.666	0.814	0.946	1.00	0.848
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	280.	283.	281.	257.			2.97	3.87	0.637		0.561	0.759	0.918	0.995	0.798
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	278.	283.	281.	239.			2.19	2.98	0.587		0.620	0.761	0.932	1.00	0.815
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	275.	280.	281.	241.			-0.513	3.00	0.593		0.636	0.745	0.933	0.994	0.811

	Download Data	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	[-]	290.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	290.	290.	290.				0.0577	2.45	0.556		0.678	0.783	0.949	1.00	0.839
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	290.	290.	290.				0.766	2.15	0.594		0.723	0.795	0.946	0.980	0.848
CanESM5	[-]	288.	288.	290.				-1.01	3.24	0.595		0.605	0.775	0.944	0.945	0.809
CESM2	[-]	292.	292.	290.		292.		2.04	2.68	0.479		0.648	0.799	0.958	0.999	0.841
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	290.	290.	290.				0.406	2.32	0.548		0.722	0.761	0.957	0.992	0.839
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	290.	289.	290.				-0.235	2.35	0.733		0.702	0.777	0.927	0.997	0.836
MeanCMIP6	[-]	290.	290.	290.				-0.118	2.47	0.443		0.725	0.830	0.967	0.843	0.839
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	291.	291.	290.				1.66	2.66	0.558		0.666	0.781	0.949	0.990	0.833
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	293.	293.	290.				2.98	3.46	0.476		0.555	0.760	0.960	0.986	0.804
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	288.	288.	290.				-1.64	2.88	0.613		0.636	0.795	0.942	0.949	0.824

	Download Data	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	[-]	276.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	278.	278.	276.				2.46	3.45	0.126		0.704	0.849	0.991	1.00	0.879
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	275.	276.	276.				0.00699	2.86	0.110		0.764	0.849	0.992	0.960	0.883
CanESM5	[-]	273.	273.	276.				-2.12	5.13	0.207		0.629	0.793	0.986	0.804	0.801
CESM2	[-]	279.	279.	276.		283.		3.80	4.17	0.203		0.634	0.876	0.985	1.00	0.874
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	276.	276.	276.				0.462	2.60	0.154		0.781	0.851	0.990	0.980	0.891
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	274.	274.	276.				-1.15	3.84	0.307		0.712	0.814	0.979	0.834	0.830
MeanCMIP6	[-]	276.	276.	276.				0.476	2.60	0.141		0.769	0.891	0.991	0.961	0.901
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	279.	279.	276.				3.79	4.91	0.133		0.604	0.845	0.987	0.956	0.847
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	279.	278.	276.				2.99	3.65	0.192		0.680	0.845	0.986	0.994	0.870
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	274.	274.	276.				-1.05	3.09	0.252		0.749	0.842	0.981	0.978	0.878

	Download Data	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.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	280.	283.	278.				4.37	5.05	0.920		0.420	0.733	0.867	0.853	0.721
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	279.	280.	278.				2.35	4.25	0.760		0.449	0.716	0.907	0.822	0.722
CanESM5	[-]	280.	282.	278.				3.99	5.04	0.828		0.417	0.698	0.910	0.825	0.709
CESM2	[-]	281.	282.	278.		279.		3.13	3.93	0.747		0.458	0.763	0.916	0.913	0.763
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	279.	279.	278.				1.17	3.06	0.684		0.529	0.728	0.919	0.932	0.767
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	278.	280.	278.				2.46	4.76	0.577		0.423	0.689	0.941	0.791	0.707
MeanCMIP6	[-]	280.	280.	278.				-2.56	8.17	0.396		0.410	0.794	0.966	0.328	0.658
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	282.	284.	278.				5.61	5.93	1.19		0.361	0.750	0.835	0.934	0.726
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	279.	279.	278.				1.84	3.44	0.539		0.508	0.742	0.950	0.848	0.758
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	281.	282.	278.				2.91	4.29	0.395		0.458	0.726	0.971	0.824	0.741

	Download Data	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.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	279.	279.	277.				3.20	3.77	0.211		0.644	0.836	0.981	0.997	0.859
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	276.	276.	277.				0.344	2.88	0.191		0.721	0.824	0.985	0.931	0.857
CanESM5	[-]	278.	278.	277.				1.72	3.49	0.203		0.691	0.810	0.985	0.953	0.850
CESM2	[-]	279.	279.	277.		278.		2.63	3.16	0.338		0.689	0.850	0.975	0.991	0.871
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	276.	277.	277.				-0.0611	2.12	0.179		0.785	0.864	0.985	0.991	0.898
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	277.	277.	277.				0.803	3.19	0.367		0.737	0.779	0.973	0.953	0.844
MeanCMIP6	[-]	277.	277.	277.				-0.0427	3.35	0.154		0.732	0.872	0.989	0.794	0.852
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	280.	280.	277.				3.52	4.41	0.228		0.613	0.822	0.977	0.974	0.841
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	278.	278.	277.				1.25	2.22	0.276		0.774	0.861	0.979	0.996	0.894
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	276.	276.	277.				0.0569	3.07	0.257		0.743	0.798	0.981	0.935	0.851

	Download Data	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	[-]	294.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	297.	297.	294.				3.93	4.10	2.29		0.0665	0.483	0.639	1.00	0.534
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	295.	295.	294.				2.12	2.76	2.01		0.210	0.538	0.700	0.866	0.570
CanESM5	[-]	297.	296.	294.				3.37	3.87	1.60		0.0913	0.483	0.775	0.944	0.555
CESM2	[-]	295.	296.	294.		295.		1.92	2.29	2.26		0.165	0.539	0.655	0.980	0.576
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	294.	295.	294.				0.542	1.98	1.82		0.273	0.490	0.720	0.984	0.592
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	295.	295.	294.				1.95	2.47	1.92		0.158	0.597	0.719	0.963	0.607
MeanCMIP6	[-]	295.	295.	294.				-1.09	4.80	1.30		0.174	0.640	0.827	0.223	0.501
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	296.	296.	294.				2.54	2.99	2.77		0.148	0.447	0.553	1.00	0.519
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	295.	295.	294.				1.55	2.26	1.55		0.213	0.582	0.792	0.958	0.625
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	296.	296.	294.				2.42	2.85	1.33		0.136	0.511	0.824	0.993	0.595

	Download Data	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	[-]	292.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	294.	294.	292.				2.42	2.90	1.33		0.355	0.616	0.816	0.971	0.675
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	293.	293.	292.				1.64	2.49	1.44		0.435	0.620	0.798	0.924	0.680
CanESM5	[-]	294.	294.	292.				2.09	3.28	1.37		0.353	0.544	0.809	0.877	0.626
CESM2	[-]	295.	294.	292.		295.		2.46	2.84	1.27		0.334	0.625	0.828	1.00	0.682
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	293.	293.	292.				0.360	1.97	1.28		0.530	0.565	0.825	0.974	0.692
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	293.	293.	292.				1.32	2.26	1.51		0.434	0.637	0.782	0.967	0.692
MeanCMIP6	[-]	293.	293.	292.				-0.374	3.80	1.12		0.414	0.678	0.850	0.424	0.609
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	294.	294.	292.				2.22	2.86	1.39		0.347	0.622	0.807	0.993	0.678
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	294.	293.	292.				1.86	2.46	1.31		0.420	0.595	0.822	0.975	0.681
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	293.	293.	292.				1.35	2.44	1.29		0.422	0.581	0.831	0.939	0.671

	Download Data	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	[-]	256.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	260.	260.	256.				3.97	5.29	0.0740		0.763	0.829	0.994	0.988	0.881
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	257.	257.	256.				1.10	3.72	0.109		0.861	0.832	0.992	0.884	0.880
CanESM5	[-]	257.	258.	256.				1.30	4.54	0.112		0.798	0.835	0.992	0.992	0.890
CESM2	[-]	260.	260.	256.		257.		3.84	5.32	0.196		0.767	0.812	0.987	0.978	0.871
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	258.	258.	256.				2.09	3.63	0.0530		0.843	0.851	0.996	0.974	0.903
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	258.	258.	256.				1.60	4.64	0.110		0.813	0.822	0.993	0.988	0.887
MeanCMIP6	[-]	258.	258.	256.				1.14	3.75	0.0561		0.843	0.878	0.996	0.982	0.916
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	261.	261.	256.				4.78	5.76	0.0583		0.716	0.853	0.996	0.927	0.869
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	259.	259.	256.				3.19	4.38	0.0833		0.796	0.846	0.994	0.955	0.888
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	254.	254.	256.				-2.51	4.47	0.0770		0.798	0.820	0.995	0.994	0.885

	Download Data	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.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	279.	279.	277.				2.92	3.66	0.198		0.651	0.838	0.983	0.996	0.861
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	277.	277.	277.				0.582	2.80	0.165		0.724	0.834	0.987	0.972	0.870
CanESM5	[-]	277.	276.	277.				0.278	3.67	0.188		0.681	0.809	0.984	0.902	0.837
CESM2	[-]	280.	280.	277.		284.		3.15	3.57	0.396		0.645	0.861	0.970	1.00	0.867
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	277.	277.	277.				0.122	2.32	0.203		0.773	0.856	0.984	0.993	0.892
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	276.	276.	277.				-0.0755	3.35	0.400		0.714	0.808	0.969	0.898	0.839
MeanCMIP6	[-]	277.	277.	277.				0.210	3.06	0.141		0.730	0.883	0.989	0.937	0.884
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	280.	280.	277.				3.77	4.54	0.194		0.591	0.831	0.981	0.993	0.845
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	278.	278.	277.				1.92	2.81	0.378		0.715	0.850	0.973	0.998	0.877
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	276.	275.	277.				-0.579	2.89	0.242		0.724	0.826	0.979	0.972	0.865

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  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