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) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	136.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	113.	113.	135.		158.		-23.0	31.6	2.04		0.193	0.303	0.677	0.892	0.474
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	112.	112.	135.		158.		-23.3	31.7	2.04		0.190	0.305	0.677	0.894	0.474

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	124.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	98.2	97.8	123.		162.		-24.8	31.4	1.76		0.182	0.416	0.731	0.947	0.538
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	98.2	97.8	123.		162.		-24.8	31.4	1.78		0.181	0.415	0.727	0.950	0.538

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	128.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	104.	104.	126.		158.		-21.3	26.4	1.28		0.226	0.602	0.823	0.926	0.636
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	104.	103.	126.		158.		-21.4	26.5	1.28		0.223	0.601	0.822	0.930	0.635

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.3
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	27.3	27.3	27.3		27.6		-0.719	12.4	0.129		0.706	0.587	0.991	0.924	0.759
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	27.4	27.4	27.3		27.6		-0.601	12.4	0.128		0.707	0.587	0.992	0.917	0.758

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	148.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	140.	139.	146.		156.		-4.43	20.4	1.97		0.425	0.597	0.710	0.989	0.663
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	140.	139.	146.		156.		-4.43	20.4	1.97		0.425	0.597	0.710	0.989	0.663

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	52.8
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	45.2	45.1	52.7		61.0		-7.55	13.4	0.191		0.473	0.580	0.987	0.988	0.721
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	45.2	45.1	52.7		61.0		-7.53	13.4	0.191		0.475	0.580	0.987	0.988	0.722

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	73.5
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	62.4	62.3	73.1		97.9		-9.78	16.8	0.634		0.421	0.551	0.939	0.985	0.690
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	62.4	62.3	73.1		97.9		-9.76	16.8	0.632		0.420	0.552	0.939	0.985	0.690

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	122.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	95.5	95.5	120.		154.		-21.3	27.1	0.575		0.194	0.464	0.946	0.987	0.611
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	95.5	95.4	120.		154.		-21.3	27.2	0.573		0.191	0.464	0.947	0.987	0.610

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	20.8	21.1	23.7		11.6		-3.41	13.2	0.174		0.660	0.538	0.988	0.943	0.734
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	20.9	21.2	23.7		11.6		-3.27	13.1	0.173		0.664	0.544	0.989	0.938	0.736

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	111.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	98.5	98.5	109.		132.		-9.64	16.9	0.792		0.490	0.601	0.921	0.934	0.709
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	98.4	98.4	109.		132.		-9.72	16.9	0.788		0.489	0.601	0.921	0.939	0.710

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	69.3
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	62.0	62.1	67.6		86.7		-5.52	15.9	0.279		0.512	0.504	0.981	0.914	0.683
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	62.1	62.1	67.6		86.7		-5.50	15.9	0.274		0.513	0.506	0.981	0.913	0.684

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	82.9
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	71.1	71.0	81.0		120.		-8.56	25.7	0.813		0.345	0.561	0.905	0.779	0.630
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	71.0	71.0	81.0		120.		-8.57	25.7	0.814		0.345	0.561	0.905	0.779	0.630

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	74.5
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	52.5	52.6	71.5		149.		-17.3	22.0	0.929		0.373	0.608	0.894	0.794	0.655
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	52.5	52.6	71.5		149.		-17.3	22.0	0.927		0.373	0.608	0.894	0.793	0.655

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	28.9
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	26.5	26.4	28.9		29.2		-3.75	12.2	0.112		0.652	0.595	0.993	0.976	0.762
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	26.6	26.4	28.9		29.2		-3.72	12.2	0.115		0.654	0.595	0.992	0.976	0.763

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	139.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	105.	105.	134.		163.		-24.3	32.5	1.25		0.122	0.524	0.846	0.979	0.599
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	105.	105.	134.		163.		-24.4	32.6	1.26		0.122	0.523	0.845	0.978	0.598

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	102.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	81.4	81.6	100.		132.		-17.8	19.8	0.684		0.0596	0.548	0.955	0.968	0.616
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	81.5	81.7	100.		132.		-17.8	19.8	0.684		0.0618	0.549	0.955	0.968	0.617

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	66.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	58.8	58.9	66.0		71.5		-6.96	12.5	0.304		0.431	0.628	0.980	0.961	0.726
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	58.8	59.0	66.0		71.5		-6.93	12.5	0.304		0.432	0.629	0.980	0.961	0.726

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	86.0
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	66.5	66.9	85.6		113.		-18.3	19.8	0.438		0.125	0.651	0.970	0.996	0.679
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	66.5	66.9	85.6		113.		-18.2	19.8	0.450		0.126	0.652	0.969	0.996	0.679

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	144.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	117.	117.	143.		174.		-25.4	30.9	1.13		0.142	0.646	0.855	0.976	0.653
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	117.	117.	143.		174.		-25.4	30.9	1.14		0.142	0.647	0.854	0.976	0.653

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	130.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	105.	105.	129.		146.		-24.7	27.1	1.22		0.130	0.669	0.842	0.824	0.627
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	105.	105.	129.		146.		-24.7	27.1	1.23		0.131	0.669	0.841	0.824	0.627

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	99.6
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	83.4	83.1	97.3		120.		-13.2	31.4	0.923		0.178	0.372	0.893	0.923	0.548
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	83.3	83.1	97.3		120.		-13.2	31.5	0.934		0.178	0.372	0.892	0.923	0.547

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:

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

  History:

Mon Sep 19 16:05:52 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,W m-2 rns.nc Mon Sep 19 16:05:18 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,1 rns.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-08-13: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-rns-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: W m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.7