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	[-]	184.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	179.	179.	183.		204.		-5.07	24.7	2.23		0.455	0.289	0.662	0.948	0.528
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	179.	179.	183.		204.		-5.05	24.7	2.23		0.454	0.288	0.662	0.947	0.528

	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	[-]	198.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	194.	194.	198.		216.		-3.16	28.3	2.00		0.395	0.173	0.695	0.930	0.473
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	194.	194.	198.		216.		-3.21	28.4	1.99		0.394	0.173	0.697	0.929	0.473

	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	[-]	201.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	191.	191.	200.		219.		-8.55	19.2	1.50		0.437	0.525	0.782	0.999	0.653
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	191.	191.	200.		219.		-8.51	19.2	1.49		0.437	0.524	0.783	0.999	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	[-]	71.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	69.2	69.3	71.0		73.0		-2.25	13.6	0.189		0.733	0.538	0.987	0.922	0.744
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	69.3	69.4	71.0		73.0		-2.09	13.6	0.185		0.737	0.536	0.988	0.916	0.743

	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	[-]	190.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	188.	187.	186.		204.		4.05	18.2	1.81		0.499	0.653	0.729	0.995	0.706
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	188.	187.	186.		204.		4.05	18.2	1.81		0.499	0.653	0.729	0.995	0.706

	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	[-]	100.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	96.2	96.1	99.9		117.		-3.74	12.6	0.377		0.601	0.580	0.974	0.994	0.746
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	96.2	96.1	99.9		117.		-3.74	12.6	0.377		0.602	0.580	0.974	0.994	0.746

	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	[-]	140.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	140.	140.	140.		154.		-0.289	15.0	0.554		0.529	0.530	0.947	0.946	0.696
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	140.	140.	140.		154.		-0.289	15.0	0.553		0.529	0.530	0.947	0.946	0.696

	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	[-]	182.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	179.	178.	180.		205.		-1.10	18.5	0.561		0.569	0.485	0.950	0.998	0.697
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	179.	178.	180.		205.		-1.14	18.5	0.559		0.569	0.486	0.950	0.998	0.697

	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	[-]	63.6
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	62.2	62.5	64.0		54.2		-2.50	11.5	0.178		0.725	0.608	0.988	0.992	0.784
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	62.4	62.7	64.0		54.2		-2.28	11.4	0.181		0.732	0.608	0.988	0.988	0.785

	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	[-]	199.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	198.	198.	199.		197.		-2.86	12.0	0.696		0.605	0.635	0.942	0.981	0.760
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	198.	198.	199.		197.		-2.89	12.0	0.692		0.605	0.636	0.943	0.980	0.760

	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	[-]	123.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	122.	122.	120.		148.		3.13	15.6	0.236		0.464	0.497	0.984	0.991	0.687
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	122.	122.	120.		148.		3.17	15.6	0.233		0.464	0.497	0.984	0.991	0.686

	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	[-]	141.	141.	142.		174.		-0.620	20.1	0.775		0.494	0.540	0.908	0.942	0.685
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	141.	141.	142.		174.		-0.609	20.1	0.774		0.495	0.540	0.908	0.942	0.685

	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	[-]	178.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	166.	166.	176.		222.		-9.16	17.8	0.713		0.384	0.581	0.925	0.983	0.691
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	166.	166.	176.		222.		-9.16	17.8	0.712		0.384	0.581	0.925	0.983	0.691

	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	[-]	70.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	70.5	70.3	70.1		71.1		-0.853	11.3	0.110		0.715	0.631	0.993	0.997	0.793
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	70.5	70.4	70.1		71.1		-0.806	11.3	0.114		0.714	0.631	0.992	0.997	0.793

	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	[-]	204.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	190.	190.	201.		219.		-9.39	25.6	1.24		0.265	0.474	0.835	0.908	0.591
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	190.	190.	201.		219.		-9.39	25.6	1.24		0.265	0.474	0.836	0.909	0.592

	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	[-]	152.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	144.	144.	150.		192.		-4.96	12.5	0.515		0.682	0.573	0.965	0.950	0.748
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	144.	144.	150.		192.		-4.94	12.5	0.515		0.682	0.573	0.965	0.950	0.749

	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	[-]	111.	111.	111.		117.		-0.239	10.7	0.315		0.712	0.610	0.979	0.999	0.782
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	111.	111.	111.		117.		-0.236	10.7	0.315		0.712	0.610	0.979	0.999	0.782

	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	[-]	165.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	151.	152.	165.		167.		-12.8	16.5	0.294		0.295	0.563	0.980	0.964	0.673
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	152.	152.	165.		167.		-12.7	16.5	0.291		0.296	0.563	0.981	0.964	0.673

	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	[-]	176.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	163.	163.	175.		218.		-11.4	22.9	1.45		0.272	0.643	0.791	0.977	0.665
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	163.	163.	175.		218.		-11.4	22.9	1.45		0.272	0.643	0.791	0.977	0.665

	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	[-]	185.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	173.	174.	184.		203.		-10.5	17.9	1.04		0.397	0.673	0.873	0.938	0.711
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	173.	174.	184.		203.		-10.4	17.9	1.04		0.397	0.673	0.873	0.937	0.711

	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	[-]	178.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	178.	177.	179.		170.		-4.58	27.0	0.698		0.309	0.396	0.938	0.806	0.569
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	178.	177.	179.		170.		-4.58	27.0	0.694		0.308	0.396	0.938	0.806	0.569

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:

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-rsns-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