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	[-]	272.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	271.	271.	272.		273.		-0.549	1.43	0.0231		0.915	0.914	0.998	0.969	0.942
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	272.	272.	272.		273.		0.159	1.29	0.0246		0.929	0.918	0.998	0.975	0.948
CLM-Princeton	[-]	272.	272.	272.		273.		0.261	1.07	0.0321		0.930	0.937	0.998	0.979	0.956
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	272.	272.	272.		273.		0.164	0.870	0.0211		0.927	0.969	0.999	0.978	0.968
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	272.	272.	272.				0.151	1.27	0.0391		0.918	0.931	0.997	0.965	0.948
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	272.	272.	272.		273.		0.0899	1.20	0.0346		0.922	0.935	0.998	0.967	0.952
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	272.	272.	272.		272.		0.437	1.54	0.0261		0.910	0.918	0.998	0.985	0.946
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	272.	272.	272.		272.		0.267	1.24	0.0297		0.919	0.937	0.998	0.984	0.955
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	272.	272.	272.		272.		0.245	1.59	0.0295		0.912	0.909	0.998	0.985	0.943
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	271.	272.	272.		274.		-0.0218	0.927	0.0258		0.937	0.953	0.998	0.993	0.967
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	272.	272.	272.				0.168	1.07	0.0303		0.936	0.939	0.998	0.991	0.960
Mean-Princeton	[-]	272.	272.	272.		274.		0.168	1.06	0.0389		0.936	0.940	0.997	0.993	0.961

	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	[-]	287.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	288.	286.	287.	289.	291.		-0.287	1.15	0.165		0.814	0.843	0.982	0.999	0.896
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	289.	287.	287.	290.	291.		0.222	1.13	0.147		0.825	0.839	0.985	1.00	0.898
CLM-Princeton	[-]	289.	287.	287.	289.	291.		0.320	1.05	0.174		0.817	0.857	0.982	1.00	0.902
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	287.	287.	287.	289.	295.		0.0281	0.802	0.119		0.843	0.938	0.987	1.00	0.941
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	287.	287.	287.	291.			0.0762	1.16	0.180		0.826	0.851	0.980	1.00	0.901
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	287.	287.	287.	289.	295.		0.0385	1.10	0.165		0.830	0.857	0.982	1.00	0.905
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	288.	287.	286.	287.	290.		0.300	1.43	0.274		0.792	0.824	0.969	1.00	0.882
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	288.	287.	286.	287.	290.		0.0610	1.13	0.155		0.829	0.865	0.983	1.00	0.908
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	288.	287.	286.	287.	290.		0.295	1.39	0.185		0.787	0.834	0.980	1.00	0.887
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	287.	287.	287.	289.	296.		0.00767	0.851	0.143		0.850	0.900	0.984	1.00	0.927
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	287.	287.	287.	290.	296.		0.133	0.979	0.142		0.849	0.864	0.984	1.00	0.912
Mean-Princeton	[-]	287.	287.	287.	290.	296.		0.221	0.996	0.164		0.830	0.864	0.983	1.00	0.908

	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	[-]	297.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	297.	297.	297.		297.		-0.0941	0.885	0.150		0.877	0.875	0.988	1.00	0.923
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	298.	297.	297.		297.		0.279	0.931	0.148		0.868	0.871	0.988	1.00	0.920
CLM-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	297.		297.		0.410	0.937	0.176		0.857	0.882	0.986	1.00	0.921
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	297.	297.	297.		299.		-0.0774	0.629	0.119		0.886	0.944	0.990	0.999	0.953
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	297.	297.	297.				-0.0414	0.941	0.163		0.870	0.876	0.986	0.998	0.921
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	297.	297.	297.		299.		-0.0186	0.920	0.160		0.873	0.881	0.987	0.998	0.924
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	297.	297.	297.		297.		0.0946	1.30	0.331		0.842	0.826	0.971	0.996	0.892
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	297.	297.	297.		297.		-0.104	0.931	0.151		0.875	0.885	0.988	0.998	0.926
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	297.		297.		0.263	1.15	0.161		0.843	0.862	0.987	0.998	0.910
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	297.	297.	297.		299.		-0.00793	0.703	0.141		0.895	0.911	0.987	1.00	0.941
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	297.	297.	297.		299.		0.0770	0.791	0.128		0.896	0.888	0.989	1.00	0.932
Mean-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	297.		299.		0.265	0.854	0.148		0.879	0.888	0.988	1.00	0.929

	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	[-]	283.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		-0.0331	1.47	0.0380		0.864	0.908	0.997	0.994	0.934
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		0.309	1.52	0.0346		0.860	0.906	0.997	0.997	0.933
CLM-Princeton	[-]	284.	284.	283.		288.		0.437	1.50	0.0430		0.856	0.918	0.997	0.995	0.937
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		289.		0.0265	1.37	0.0373		0.853	0.957	0.997	0.998	0.953
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.				0.0960	1.66	0.0415		0.845	0.918	0.997	0.995	0.935
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	283.	283.	283.		289.		0.101	1.65	0.0448		0.846	0.920	0.997	0.995	0.935
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		-0.0676	1.98	0.0519		0.830	0.900	0.996	0.996	0.925
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		-0.0179	1.76	0.0403		0.838	0.921	0.997	0.998	0.935
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		0.00864	2.00	0.0630		0.829	0.897	0.995	0.998	0.923
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		289.		0.00385	1.29	0.0268		0.874	0.942	0.998	1.00	0.951
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		289.		0.175	1.40	0.0335		0.872	0.925	0.998	1.00	0.944
Mean-Princeton	[-]	283.	283.	283.		289.		0.237	1.43	0.0414		0.871	0.926	0.997	1.00	0.944

	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	[-]	282.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	283.	283.		282.		0.550	2.10	0.433		0.594	0.764	0.954	0.936	0.802
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	282.	284.	283.		282.		1.06	2.29	0.576		0.584	0.755	0.919	0.923	0.787
CLM-Princeton	[-]	283.	284.	283.		282.		1.26	2.26	0.693		0.578	0.791	0.901	0.928	0.798
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	283.	282.		282.		1.08	1.98	0.389		0.631	0.877	0.946	0.943	0.855
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	282.	283.	282.				0.976	2.22	0.541		0.632	0.785	0.923	0.929	0.811
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	282.	283.	282.		281.		0.874	2.17	0.445		0.636	0.793	0.942	0.932	0.819
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	284.	284.	282.		283.		1.97	3.03	0.669		0.500	0.767	0.912	0.862	0.761
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	284.	284.	282.		283.		1.91	2.96	0.476		0.501	0.769	0.949	0.878	0.773
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	284.	285.	282.		283.		2.28	3.22	0.858		0.493	0.739	0.873	0.872	0.743
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		281.		0.777	1.83	0.273		0.642	0.857	0.971	0.970	0.859
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	284.	284.	282.				1.10	2.05	0.454		0.629	0.802	0.937	0.957	0.825
Mean-Princeton	[-]	284.	284.	283.		281.		1.13	2.02	0.611		0.628	0.812	0.908	0.962	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	[-]	282.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	282.	282.		282.		-0.234	1.18	0.0809		0.875	0.901	0.992	0.997	0.933
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	282.	282.	282.		282.		0.230	1.16	0.0729		0.881	0.898	0.993	0.997	0.933
CLM-Princeton	[-]	282.	283.	282.		282.		0.337	1.00	0.0941		0.878	0.924	0.991	0.997	0.943
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	282.	282.		281.		0.158	0.895	0.0671		0.880	0.958	0.994	0.997	0.957
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	282.	282.	282.				0.214	1.17	0.0935		0.867	0.916	0.992	0.994	0.937
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	282.	282.	282.		281.		0.169	1.13	0.0915		0.872	0.922	0.992	0.995	0.940
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	282.	282.		283.		0.380	1.32	0.118		0.858	0.915	0.987	0.995	0.934
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	282.	282.	282.		283.		0.202	1.14	0.0724		0.868	0.928	0.993	0.997	0.943
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	282.	282.	282.		283.		0.306	1.46	0.107		0.857	0.894	0.989	0.992	0.925
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	282.	282.	282.		282.		0.0655	0.865	0.0587		0.893	0.947	0.995	0.999	0.956
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	282.	282.	282.		284.		0.216	0.990	0.0666		0.885	0.926	0.994	0.998	0.946
Mean-Princeton	[-]	282.	282.	282.		282.		0.246	0.994	0.0892		0.886	0.928	0.992	0.998	0.946

	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	[-]	299.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	298.	298.	299.		299.		-0.453	0.973	0.628		0.416	0.606	0.910	0.983	0.704
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	299.	299.	299.		299.		0.141	0.882	0.669		0.512	0.554	0.906	0.999	0.705
CLM-Princeton	[-]	299.	299.	299.		300.		0.273	0.857	0.690		0.453	0.614	0.900	0.998	0.716
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	299.	299.	299.		300.		0.0313	0.731	0.528		0.555	0.855	0.922	0.999	0.837
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	299.	299.	299.				-0.120	1.07	0.880		0.507	0.568	0.870	0.941	0.691
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	299.	299.	299.		300.		-0.0980	1.05	0.771		0.515	0.586	0.889	0.941	0.703
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	299.	299.	299.		299.		-0.108	1.02	1.16		0.461	0.593	0.821	1.00	0.694
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	299.	299.	299.		299.		-0.127	0.944	0.750		0.518	0.611	0.891	0.997	0.726
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	299.	299.	299.		299.		0.442	1.13	1.03		0.376	0.555	0.851	1.00	0.668
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	299.	299.	299.		300.		-0.148	0.785	0.665		0.512	0.752	0.901	0.997	0.783
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	299.	299.	299.				0.0267	0.908	0.713		0.517	0.590	0.895	1.00	0.718
Mean-Princeton	[-]	299.	299.	299.		300.		0.200	0.907	0.620		0.456	0.621	0.912	1.00	0.722

	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	[-]	298.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		-0.255	0.898	0.339		0.661	0.716	0.961	0.993	0.809
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		0.262	0.870	0.269		0.691	0.711	0.970	0.997	0.816
CLM-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		0.327	0.854	0.333		0.673	0.729	0.962	0.997	0.818
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		-0.0928	0.619	0.212		0.737	0.894	0.975	0.994	0.899
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	298.	298.	298.				-0.0436	0.893	0.362		0.704	0.719	0.956	0.991	0.818
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		-0.0567	0.875	0.308		0.710	0.729	0.965	0.990	0.824
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		0.337	1.21	0.539		0.614	0.666	0.934	0.998	0.775
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		-0.123	0.874	0.301		0.709	0.743	0.965	0.994	0.831
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	298.		299.		0.402	1.11	0.345		0.597	0.702	0.961	0.994	0.791
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	298.	298.	298.		300.		-0.00281	0.675	0.274		0.741	0.815	0.967	1.00	0.868
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	298.	298.	298.		301.		0.0705	0.762	0.302		0.734	0.739	0.963	1.00	0.835
Mean-Princeton	[-]	298.	298.	298.		300.		0.229	0.808	0.330		0.686	0.740	0.962	1.00	0.825

	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	[-]	262.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	258.	261.	262.		261.		-0.889	1.69	0.00366		0.914	0.920	1.00	0.984	0.947
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	258.	262.	262.		261.		-0.0847	1.63	0.00987		0.923	0.915	0.999	0.982	0.947
CLM-Princeton	[-]	260.	262.	262.		261.		-0.0489	1.36	0.00918		0.934	0.927	0.999	0.986	0.955
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	262.	262.	262.		261.		0.155	0.815	0.00365		0.946	0.975	1.00	1.00	0.979
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	262.	262.	262.				0.468	1.76	0.0276		0.921	0.916	0.998	0.996	0.949
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	262.	262.	262.		261.		0.0565	1.35	0.0107		0.940	0.930	0.999	1.00	0.960
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	262.	262.	262.		261.		0.639	1.74	0.00321		0.923	0.914	1.00	1.00	0.950
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	262.	262.	262.		261.		0.331	1.41	0.00359		0.934	0.930	1.00	0.999	0.959
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	261.	262.	262.		261.		0.154	1.59	0.00375		0.938	0.912	1.00	0.999	0.952
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	261.	262.	262.		260.		-0.0735	0.992	0.00373		0.950	0.952	1.00	0.999	0.971
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	262.	262.	262.				0.265	1.48	0.0123		0.937	0.924	0.999	0.997	0.956
Mean-Princeton	[-]	262.	262.	262.		261.		-0.0149	1.27	0.0113		0.948	0.930	0.999	0.997	0.961

	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	[-]	283.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		-0.103	1.25	0.104		0.870	0.902	0.992	0.998	0.933
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		0.327	1.26	0.0916		0.869	0.901	0.993	0.999	0.933
CLM-Princeton	[-]	284.	284.	283.		288.		0.417	1.18	0.0940		0.866	0.918	0.993	0.999	0.939
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		0.0699	1.02	0.0737		0.868	0.957	0.994	1.00	0.955
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.				0.166	1.30	0.102		0.857	0.917	0.992	0.999	0.936
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	283.	283.	283.		288.		0.157	1.28	0.0903		0.859	0.920	0.993	0.999	0.938
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		0.329	1.56	0.136		0.837	0.904	0.989	0.999	0.926
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		0.209	1.34	0.102		0.850	0.923	0.991	1.00	0.937
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	283.	283.	283.		287.		0.339	1.62	0.122		0.839	0.893	0.991	0.999	0.923
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	283.	283.	283.		286.		0.103	1.02	0.0754		0.881	0.944	0.994	1.00	0.952
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	283.	283.	283.		286.		0.254	1.13	0.0836		0.876	0.925	0.993	1.00	0.944
Mean-Princeton	[-]	284.	284.	283.		286.		0.310	1.16	0.0940		0.875	0.926	0.993	1.00	0.944

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/

2019-05-07: 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