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	[-]	30.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	44.1	43.8	31.2		12.0		12.9	14.0	1.78		0.169	0.701	0.742	0.976	0.658
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	44.1	43.8	31.2		12.0		12.9	14.0	1.78		0.170	0.700	0.742	0.976	0.657

	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	[-]	43.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	50.2	50.6	43.6		14.0		6.83	10.6	1.40		0.346	0.695	0.809	0.951	0.699
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	50.3	50.7	43.6		14.0		6.88	10.6	1.39		0.345	0.695	0.811	0.952	0.700

	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	[-]	32.7
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	43.0	43.1	33.5		15.6		9.53	10.7	1.27		0.283	0.765	0.826	0.919	0.712
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	43.0	43.0	33.5		15.6		9.49	10.7	1.28		0.285	0.765	0.825	0.918	0.712

	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	[-]	39.3
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	33.3	33.2	39.8		33.8		-6.09	18.3	0.149		0.446	0.445	0.990	0.715	0.608
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	33.1	33.1	39.8		33.8		-6.24	18.5	0.152		0.441	0.441	0.990	0.682	0.599

	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	[-]	18.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	43.4	43.4	19.6		13.0		23.9	24.2	2.20		0.000433	0.715	0.657	0.655	0.548
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	43.4	43.4	19.6		13.0		23.9	24.2	2.20		0.000433	0.715	0.657	0.655	0.548

	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	[-]	26.4
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	26.9	26.8	26.4		20.7		0.413	10.5	0.668		0.661	0.478	0.919	0.794	0.666
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	26.9	26.8	26.4		20.7		0.412	10.6	0.672		0.661	0.477	0.919	0.792	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	[-]	34.3
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	38.2	38.2	34.7		9.60		3.01	11.1	1.04		0.417	0.497	0.864	0.833	0.622
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	38.2	38.2	34.7		9.60		3.01	11.1	1.03		0.418	0.497	0.864	0.832	0.622

	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	[-]	27.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	41.5	41.4	28.2		13.1		12.8	15.1	0.841		0.122	0.579	0.904	0.853	0.607
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	41.5	41.5	28.2		13.1		12.9	15.1	0.841		0.121	0.578	0.904	0.854	0.607

	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	[-]	35.4
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	31.4	31.3	35.5		34.8		-3.83	15.3	0.163		0.616	0.467	0.989	0.806	0.669
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	31.1	31.0	35.5		34.8		-4.05	15.5	0.159		0.605	0.462	0.989	0.773	0.658

	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	[-]	35.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	46.3	46.3	36.9		13.0		8.72	9.85	0.584		0.484	0.811	0.955	0.740	0.760
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	46.3	46.3	36.9		13.0		8.76	9.88	0.584		0.481	0.812	0.955	0.742	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	[-]	19.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	28.7	28.7	19.9		10.4		8.54	11.3	0.464		0.245	0.536	0.952	0.899	0.634
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	28.6	28.7	19.9		10.4		8.50	11.2	0.460		0.247	0.538	0.953	0.899	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	[-]	42.6
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	45.0	45.0	43.9		18.2		0.685	20.3	0.885		0.380	0.608	0.890	0.575	0.612
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	45.0	45.0	43.9		18.2		0.674	20.3	0.885		0.380	0.608	0.890	0.575	0.612

	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	[-]	71.6
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	80.5	80.3	73.7		17.3		4.93	12.8	0.655		0.511	0.690	0.936	0.980	0.761
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	80.5	80.3	73.7		17.3		4.93	12.8	0.653		0.511	0.690	0.936	0.980	0.761

	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	[-]	43.2
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	39.2	39.2	43.4		41.2		-3.38	16.2	0.140		0.562	0.448	0.989	0.937	0.677
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	39.2	39.1	43.4		41.2		-3.43	16.2	0.141		0.559	0.448	0.989	0.936	0.676

	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	[-]	25.3
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	41.3	41.3	27.7		13.5		12.9	14.9	1.16		0.259	0.674	0.861	0.541	0.602
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	41.3	41.3	27.7		13.5		12.9	14.9	1.14		0.259	0.672	0.864	0.545	0.602

	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	[-]	25.4
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	34.3	34.2	26.0		12.2		7.98	9.82	0.788		0.230	0.580	0.889	0.556	0.567
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	34.3	34.2	26.0		12.2		7.96	9.80	0.799		0.231	0.581	0.888	0.557	0.568

	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	[-]	24.0
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	31.1	31.2	24.5		10.9		6.62	11.8	0.578		0.376	0.435	0.939	0.927	0.622
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	31.1	31.2	24.5		10.9		6.61	11.8	0.585		0.376	0.435	0.938	0.926	0.622

	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	[-]	37.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	38.4	38.4	37.5		13.3		0.568	6.90	1.16		0.645	0.646	0.828	0.887	0.730
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	38.3	38.4	37.5		13.3		0.543	6.90	1.18		0.647	0.645	0.825	0.890	0.730

	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	[-]	25.5
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	37.9	37.9	25.8		12.0		12.2	12.7	1.67		0.115	0.711	0.760	0.968	0.653
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	37.9	37.9	25.8		12.0		12.2	12.7	1.67		0.114	0.711	0.760	0.968	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	[-]	29.8
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	36.9	36.9	30.4		12.1		6.45	7.60	1.17		0.441	0.748	0.857	0.637	0.686
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	36.9	36.9	30.4		12.1		6.45	7.61	1.18		0.440	0.748	0.857	0.634	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	[-]	29.0
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	38.4	38.4	30.7		13.3		7.48	12.8	0.773		0.306	0.644	0.912	0.753	0.652
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	38.4	38.4	30.7		13.3		7.48	12.8	0.778		0.306	0.644	0.912	0.752	0.651

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-rsus-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