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CRU-TS Version 4.10

CRU-TS is a dataset of gridded timeseries over global land areas. This version covers the period 1901-2025.

This is a local copy. Please only use it if access via CEDA is not possible or if this version of CRU-TS is not yet available on CEDA. Links to CEDA will appear here when available: CRU-TS and CRU-CY.

ContentDescription
Release_Notes_CRU_TS_4.10.txt READ THIS FIRST
cruts.2604091129.v4.10 CRU-TS: main gridded data
ge (NOT AVAILABLE YET) Google Earth interface to v4.10
comparisons_with_other_releases Comparisons with v4.09
observation.v4.10 Source observations
code_archives Archives of code etc for the runs
crucy.2606161920.v4.10 CRU-CY: country-level spatial averages

Describing, attributing and reference these datasets

If you use this dataset you should call it CRU-TS (or CRU-CY if using the country averages) and ideally also state the version (e.g. CRU-TS v4.10). You should also cite the main reference and the doi for this specific version if that is appropriate for your context.

Main reference to cite when using this dataset:

Harris I, Osborn TJ, Jones P and Lister D (2020) Version 4 of the CRU TS Monthly High-Resolution Gridded Multivariate Climate Dataset. Sci Data 7, 109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0453-3

A doi for this specific version of the CRU-TS will appear here when available at CEDA.

A doi for this specific version of the CRU-CY will appear here when available at CEDA.


License

These datasets are made available under the Open Database License. Any rights in individual contents of the datasets are licensed under the Database Contents License under the conditions of Attribution and Share-Alike.

Please use the attribution Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia

Updated: June 2026, Tim Osborn and Andrew Friedman