CRU CY3.21: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Year-by-Year Variation of Selected Climate Variables by CountrY (CY) version 3.21 (Jan. 1901 - Dec. 2012)
The CRU CY3.21 dataset consists of country averages at a monthly, seasonal and annual frequency, for ten climate variables in 289 countries for the period Jan. 1901 to Dec. 2012. It was produced in 2013 by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia.
Spatial averages are calculated using area-weighted means. Variables include cloud cover (cld), diurnal temperature range (dtr), frost day frequency (frs), precipitation (pre), daily mean temperature (tmp), monthly average daily maximum (tmx) and minimum (tmn) temperature, vapour pressure (vap), Potential Evapo-transpiration (pet) and wet day frequency (wet).
CRU CY3.21 is derived directly from the CRU TS3.21 dataset. Version numbering is matched between the two datasets. The data are available as text files with the extension '.per' and can be opened by most text editors.
To understand the CRU-CY3.21 dataset, it is important to understand the construction and limitations of the underlying dataset, CRU TS3.21. It is therefore recommended that all users read the paper referenced below (Harris et al, 2014).
CRU CY data are available for download to all CEDA users.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2013-09-25T20:21:12
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2013-09-25T20:21:12
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 8482b5af7dded1f1b94a4a9ac4ce8a26
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/f9d4b545-ded2-423c-b61c-f8a67609adf7
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2012-12-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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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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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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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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DOWNLOAD
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Climate Research Unit (CRU) data Homepage
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Harris et al. (2014) Reference
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CRU User Guide
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CRU CY File formats guide
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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DOWNLOAD
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Climate Research Unit (CRU) data Homepage
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Harris et al. (2014) Reference
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CRU User Guide
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CRU CY File formats guide
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- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- CRU CY 3.21 data files acquired directly from CRU in 2013.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 8482b5af7dded1f1b94a4a9ac4ce8a26 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Climatic Research Unit (CRU): Year-by-Year Variation of Selected Climate Variables by CountrY (CY) v3 116aed45b5f0d15ddc3b0e753837e8c9
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-11T23:34:13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3