CRU TS

CRU TS (Climatic Research Unit gridded Time Series) is the most widely used observational climate dataset. Data is presented on a 0.5° latitude by 0.5° longitude grid over all land domains except Antarctica. It is derived by the interpolation of monthly climate anomalies from extensive networks of weather station observations. The CRU TS version 4.07 gridded dataset is derived from observational data and provides quality-controlled temperature and rainfall values from thousands of weather stations worldwide, as well as derivative products including monthly climatologies and long term historical climatologies. The dataset is produced by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (UEA)

cru-x0.5 Structure

Collection:
   Variable:
      Product:
         Scenario:
            Aggregation:
               TimePeriod:
                  Product Type:

Collection

• cru-x0.5

Variable

Variable Code	Variable Label
pr	Precipitation
tas	Average Mean Surface Air Temperature
tasmax	Average Maximum Surface Air Temperature
tasmin	Average Minimum Surface Air Temperature

Product

Product Code	Product Label
climatology	climatology
heatplot	heatplot
timeseries	timeseries
timeseries-smooth	Time Series-smooth

Scenario

• historical_cru_ts4.07

Aggregation

Aggregation Code	Aggregation Label
annual	Annual
monthly	Monthly
seasonal	Seasonal

Time Period

Time Period
1901-2022
1901-1930
1931-1960
1961-1990
1991-2020
1995-2014

Product Type

Product Type Code	Product Type Label
climatology	climatology
heatplot	heatplot
timeseries	timeseries
timeseries-smooth	Time Series-smooth