CRU TS4.08 Gridded Climate Time Series (CEDA)
Climatic Research Unit CRU TS v4.08 high-resolution (0.5 degree) monthly gridded climate dataset (1901-2023) including precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, archived at CEDA with NetCDF/ASCII download and OPeNDAP.
catalogue.ceda.ac.uk
At a glance
- Region
- United Kingdom (Global)
- Coverage
- 1901-2023, 0.5 degree monthly
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Precipitation
- Potential evapotranspiration
- Gridded climate
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Potential evapotranspiration
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
CEDA Archive download plus OPeNDAP service
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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