Dataset
CRU CY3.26: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Year-by-Year Variation of Selected Climate Variables by CountrY (CY) version 3.26 (Jan. 1901 - Dec. 2017)
Abstract
The CRU CY version 3.26 dataset consists of ten climate variables for country averages at a monthly, seasonal and annual frequency; including cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum and minimum temperature, vapour pressure and potential evapotranspiration.
This dataset was produced in 2018 by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia and supersedes version 3.25, additionally however these data are superseded by the CRU CY 4.02 data which has a new processing methodology. This concurrent release of CRU CY 3.26 and CRU CY 4.02 is made to support users during the transition to the CRU CY version 4 data. No further releases of version 3 are planned.
An updated set of country definitions have been introduced with this version. Please see the appropriate Release Notes. The data are available as text files with the extension '.per' and can be opened by most text editors.
Spatial averages are calculated using area-weighted means. CRU CY3.26 is derived directly from the CRU TS3.26 dataset. CRU CY version 3.26 spans the period 1901-2017 for 289 countries.
To understand the CRU-CY3.26 dataset, it is important to understand the construction and limitations of the underlying dataset, CRU TS3.26. It is therefore recommended that all users read the Harris et al, 2014 paper listed in the online documentation on this record.
CRU CY data are available for download to all CEDA users.
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Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
CRU CY is derived directly from the CRU TS dataset, and version numbering is matched between the two datasets. Thus, the first official version of CRU CY was v3.21 as it is based on CRU TS v3.21. CRU CY 3.24 data files supplied to CEDA for long-term archival by CRU in October 2016. The CRU CY 3.24 data were withdrawn in January 2017 due to known issues with the data. CRU CY 3.24.01 data files supplied to CEDA for long-term archival by CRU in January 2017. CRU CY 3.25 data files supplied to CEDA for long-term archival by CRU in September 2017. CRU CY 3.26 data files supplied to CEDA for long-term archival by CRU in September 2018. |
| Data Quality: |
CRU CY is derived directly from the CRU TS dataset, and version numbering is matched between the two datasets. Thus, the first official version of CRU CY is v3.21, as it is based on CRU TS v3.21. An advisory note was issued by CRU in July 2013 regarding an issue in the spatial area of Northeast Africa, for the PRE and WET variables only. Details are given in the documentation as part of the archive.
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| File Format: |
The CRU CY data are provided as text files with the extension ".per", most text editors will open these files. See the linked file formats guide for more information.
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Related Documents
Process overview
| Title | UEA Climatic Research Unit (CRU) High Resolution gridding software deployed on UEA Climatic Research Unit (CRU) computer system |
| Abstract | This computation involved: UEA Climatic Research Unit (CRU) High Resolution gridding software deployed on UEA Climatic Research Unit (CRU) computer system. For details about the production of CRU TS and CRU CY datasets, please refer to Harris et al. (2014) - see link below. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- long_name: Air Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
- gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
- names: Air Temperature
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1901-01-01T00:00:00
2017-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-60.0000° |