Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.137
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.196	0.196	0.141		0.0564		0.0546	0.0597	2.69		0.122	0.441	0.574	0.847	0.485
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.196	0.195	0.141		0.0564		0.0545	0.0598	2.66		0.120	0.439	0.579	0.849	0.485

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.176
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.203	0.204	0.177		0.0610		0.0263	0.0403	3.00		0.240	0.351	0.486	0.931	0.472
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.203	0.205	0.177		0.0610		0.0265	0.0404	3.00		0.238	0.351	0.486	0.932	0.472

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.183	0.183	0.142		0.0663		0.0410	0.0454	2.66		0.144	0.437	0.570	0.901	0.498
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.183	0.183	0.142		0.0663		0.0408	0.0453	2.65		0.146	0.437	0.570	0.901	0.498

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.358
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.330	0.330	0.360		0.326		-0.0307	0.114	0.485		0.791	0.691	0.946	0.853	0.794
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.329	0.329	0.360		0.326		-0.0321	0.115	0.454		0.791	0.690	0.949	0.834	0.790

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0879
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.187	0.187	0.0961		0.0601		0.0905	0.0910	2.71		0.0120	0.493	0.565	0.273	0.367
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.187	0.187	0.0961		0.0601		0.0905	0.0910	2.71		0.0120	0.493	0.565	0.273	0.367

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.207
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.218	0.218	0.207		0.154		0.0105	0.0649	0.888		0.831	0.694	0.913	0.769	0.780
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.218	0.218	0.207		0.154		0.0105	0.0650	0.876		0.830	0.694	0.915	0.766	0.780

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.192
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.211	0.212	0.194		0.0585		0.0170	0.0589	1.01		0.563	0.599	0.868	0.780	0.682
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.211	0.212	0.194		0.0585		0.0170	0.0589	1.01		0.563	0.600	0.868	0.778	0.682

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.129
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.134		0.0603		0.0518	0.0601	2.62		0.117	0.418	0.576	0.757	0.457
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.134		0.0603		0.0520	0.0602	2.62		0.115	0.418	0.576	0.757	0.457

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.361
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.346	0.344	0.359		0.387		-0.0159	0.0951	0.581		0.833	0.714	0.949	0.970	0.836
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.343	0.341	0.359		0.387		-0.0184	0.0957	0.579		0.831	0.712	0.950	0.958	0.833

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.147
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.154		0.0621		0.0344	0.0383	2.49		0.237	0.557	0.611	0.666	0.525
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.154		0.0621		0.0345	0.0384	2.45		0.235	0.559	0.617	0.663	0.527

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.140
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.190	0.191	0.147		0.0669		0.0440	0.0630	1.35		0.437	0.548	0.795	0.857	0.637
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.190	0.190	0.147		0.0669		0.0438	0.0629	1.33		0.439	0.549	0.798	0.858	0.639

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.250
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.253	0.254	0.257		0.119		-0.00356	0.0867	1.87		0.345	0.516	0.711	0.633	0.544
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.253	0.253	0.257		0.119		-0.00368	0.0867	1.86		0.345	0.516	0.712	0.632	0.544

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.282
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.316	0.316	0.290		0.0710		0.0258	0.0471	2.52		0.256	0.452	0.599	0.969	0.546
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.316	0.316	0.290		0.0710		0.0258	0.0471	2.52		0.256	0.452	0.599	0.969	0.546

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.383
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.370	0.370	0.384		0.366		-0.0141	0.0937	0.616		0.822	0.738	0.939	0.984	0.844
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.370	0.370	0.384		0.366		-0.0145	0.0934	0.609		0.821	0.739	0.941	0.984	0.845

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.109
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.120		0.0579		0.0551	0.0588	2.57		0.104	0.474	0.585	0.613	0.450
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.120		0.0579		0.0551	0.0587	2.56		0.105	0.475	0.587	0.617	0.451

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.145
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.191	0.191	0.149		0.0598		0.0419	0.0540	1.59		0.325	0.559	0.753	0.794	0.598
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.191	0.191	0.149		0.0598		0.0418	0.0538	1.60		0.326	0.560	0.753	0.795	0.599

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.177
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.219	0.219	0.181		0.0855		0.0389	0.0744	0.960		0.678	0.673	0.893	0.912	0.766
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.219	0.219	0.181		0.0855		0.0389	0.0743	0.963		0.678	0.674	0.892	0.912	0.766

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.183
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.201	0.201	0.185		0.0729		0.0156	0.0470	0.901		0.616	0.571	0.879	0.916	0.711
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.201	0.201	0.185		0.0729		0.0155	0.0468	0.922		0.615	0.572	0.875	0.919	0.711

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.127
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.189	0.189	0.129		0.0531		0.0600	0.0609	2.22		0.0480	0.560	0.646	0.792	0.521
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.189	0.189	0.129		0.0531		0.0600	0.0609	2.22		0.0480	0.560	0.646	0.792	0.521

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.175	0.175	0.141		0.0569		0.0338	0.0366	2.96		0.120	0.450	0.517	0.546	0.417
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.175	0.175	0.141		0.0569		0.0338	0.0366	2.95		0.120	0.451	0.518	0.534	0.415

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.136
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.180	0.180	0.143		0.0726		0.0372	0.0513	2.38		0.261	0.487	0.618	0.840	0.539
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.180	0.180	0.143		0.0726		0.0372	0.0513	2.38		0.261	0.488	0.615	0.839	0.538

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:

Ed4.1

  Institutions:

NASA Langley Research Center

  Source:

Monhtly mean surface fluxes calculated by a radiative transfer model and constrained by the combined Terra and Aqua SSF1deg measurements

  History:

Mon Sep 19 16:06:36 2022: ncatted -a units,albedo,o,c,1 albedo.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-ceres.py

  References:

Loeb, N.G., D.R. Doelling, H. Wang, W. Su, C. Nguyen, J.G. Corbett, L. Liang, C. Mitrescu, F.G. Rose, and S. Kato (2018), Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Edition-4.0 Data Product, Journal of Climate, 31(2), 895-918, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0208.1

Kato, S., F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Thorsen, N. G. Loeb, D. R. Doelling, X. Huang, W. L. Smith, W. Su, and S.-H. Ham (2018), Surface irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) data product, Journal of Climate, 31, 4501-4527, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 1 degree

original_units: W m-2

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: unitless

  Convention:

CF-1.7