Dataset
Climatic Research Unit CRU TS 2.1 dataset of gridded month-by-month observed climate (Jan. 1901- Dec. 2002)
Abstract
CRU TS2.1: The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Time-Series (TS) version 2.1 of gridded data of month-by-month variation in climate (Jan. 1901- Dec. 2002).
The CRU TS 2.1 dataset is comprised of 1224 monthly grids of observed climate, for the period 1901-2002, covering the global land surface at 0.5 degree resolution. There are nine climate variables available: daily mean, minimum and maximum temperature, diurnal temperature range, precipitation, wet day frequency, frost day frequency, vapour pressure and cloud cover.
The primary purpose for this dataset is to provide environmental modellers with some of the inputs they require to run their models.
The creator of this data set (Dr. T. D. Mitchell) retains full ownership rights over it. The dataset may be freely used for non-commerical scientific and educational purposes, provided it is described as CRU TS 2.1 and attributed to: Mitchell, T.D., and P.D. Jones (2005): An improved method of constructing a database of monthly climate observations and associated high resolution grids. Int. J. Climatol. 25: 693–712, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1181
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data provided to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution Centre for archiving. |
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Data are TIF formatted
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Process overview
No variables found.
Temporal Range
1901-01-01T00:00:00
2002-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |