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Benchmark [-] 218.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 228. 228. 218. 219. 9.56 18.7 1.04 0.589 0.502 0.866 0.989 0.474 0.654
GSWP3v1 [-] 215. 215. 218. 219. -2.67 17.1 0.845 0.743 0.489 0.903 0.937 0.819 0.730
WATCH [-] 168. 167. 217. 220. -47.6 55.0 1.80 0.150 0.382 0.730 0.921 0.580 0.524
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Benchmark [-] 243.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 245. 245. 243. 228. 2.40 20.3 0.724 0.586 0.543 0.930 0.972 0.739 0.719
GSWP3v1 [-] 240. 241. 243. 228. -2.41 14.7 0.393 0.807 0.547 0.972 0.988 0.863 0.787
WATCH [-] 198. 199. 243. 227. -43.5 48.7 0.634 0.221 0.505 0.949 0.755 0.598 0.589
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Benchmark [-] 233.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 232. 232. 233. 234. -0.895 18.3 0.994 0.735 0.586 0.860 0.887 0.534 0.698
GSWP3v1 [-] 232. 232. 233. 234. -0.710 16.8 0.786 0.840 0.570 0.897 0.981 0.756 0.769
WATCH [-] 212. 212. 228. 228. -16.6 27.3 1.39 0.547 0.526 0.800 0.933 0.645 0.663
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Benchmark [-] 111.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 112. 112. 112. 108. -0.236 22.5 0.895 0.956 0.783 0.937 0.976 0.589 0.837
GSWP3v1 [-] 106. 107. 112. 108. -5.28 21.6 0.895 0.937 0.793 0.937 0.995 0.741 0.866
WATCH [-] 98.6 98.6 118. 117. -18.6 19.9 0.485 0.810 0.821 0.958 0.997 0.715 0.854
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Benchmark [-] 212.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 216. 216. 209. 219. 9.22 20.2 1.45 0.609 0.448 0.776 0.999 0.523 0.634
GSWP3v1 [-] 203. 202. 209. 219. -2.31 17.6 1.09 0.708 0.437 0.829 0.964 0.778 0.692
WATCH [-] 159. 159. 208. 214. -39.7 47.7 2.03 0.240 0.326 0.674 0.341 0.554 0.410
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Benchmark [-] 126.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 134. 134. 126. 139. 8.17 22.1 0.380 0.887 0.785 0.969 0.987 0.676 0.848
GSWP3v1 [-] 126. 125. 126. 139. -0.0545 14.7 0.342 0.956 0.833 0.972 0.964 0.643 0.867
WATCH [-] 109. 109. 130. 142. -21.0 21.2 0.437 0.760 0.809 0.965 0.993 0.712 0.842
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Benchmark [-] 174.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 188. 188. 175. 164. 12.5 26.7 0.468 0.744 0.758 0.960 0.817 0.673 0.785
GSWP3v1 [-] 171. 170. 175. 164. -4.69 17.9 0.365 0.868 0.775 0.969 0.977 0.625 0.832
WATCH [-] 166. 166. 180. 170. -14.4 23.1 0.569 0.777 0.733 0.943 0.995 0.681 0.810
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Benchmark [-] 210.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 230. 231. 210. 218. 19.8 28.8 0.321 0.574 0.616 0.975 0.988 0.665 0.739
GSWP3v1 [-] 207. 207. 210. 218. -1.45 19.3 0.328 0.807 0.623 0.973 0.937 0.745 0.784
WATCH [-] 189. 189. 210. 216. -20.7 32.5 0.664 0.565 0.525 0.928 0.858 0.722 0.687
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Benchmark [-] 98.9
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 103. 103. 99.3 90.5 3.33 23.2 0.920 0.944 0.784 0.920 0.950 0.605 0.831
GSWP3v1 [-] 96.0 96.3 99.3 90.5 -3.59 20.4 0.692 0.950 0.806 0.953 0.886 0.671 0.845
WATCH [-] 82.5 82.7 107. 98.8 -24.1 26.0 0.477 0.763 0.799 0.968 0.981 0.695 0.834
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Benchmark [-] 235.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 237. 237. 237. 210. -2.50 15.4 0.485 0.880 0.786 0.966 0.965 0.682 0.844
GSWP3v1 [-] 231. 231. 237. 210. -7.53 17.8 0.369 0.855 0.773 0.971 0.996 0.727 0.849
WATCH [-] 234. 234. 226. 202. 4.41 15.2 0.597 0.882 0.752 0.935 1.00 0.778 0.850
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Benchmark [-] 140.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 159. 159. 138. 155. 20.3 27.3 0.255 0.765 0.826 0.983 0.997 0.697 0.849
GSWP3v1 [-] 135. 135. 138. 155. -0.611 14.4 0.228 0.939 0.844 0.985 0.998 0.646 0.876
WATCH [-] 114. 114. 140. 160. -22.8 22.9 0.463 0.749 0.820 0.966 0.967 0.707 0.838
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Benchmark [-] 187.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 191. 191. 186. 187. 3.66 21.8 0.562 0.783 0.720 0.941 0.997 0.586 0.791
GSWP3v1 [-] 182. 182. 186. 187. -5.34 18.5 0.425 0.855 0.726 0.958 0.998 0.726 0.831
WATCH [-] 168. 168. 187. 186. -19.3 27.9 0.679 0.658 0.694 0.919 0.985 0.664 0.769
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Benchmark [-] 249.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 249. 249. 250. 234. -1.83 17.2 0.387 0.815 0.778 0.969 0.994 0.711 0.841
GSWP3v1 [-] 240. 240. 250. 234. -10.3 17.6 0.354 0.803 0.771 0.971 0.999 0.707 0.837
WATCH [-] 217. 217. 256. 239. -39.4 37.1 0.416 0.479 0.779 0.967 0.994 0.634 0.772
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Benchmark [-] 116.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 118. 117. 116. 114. 0.677 23.1 0.623 0.950 0.788 0.955 0.960 0.448 0.815
GSWP3v1 [-] 108. 108. 116. 114. -8.44 23.8 0.659 0.913 0.791 0.949 0.991 0.752 0.865
WATCH [-] 105. 105. 122. 122. -17.1 19.9 0.462 0.834 0.823 0.965 0.994 0.654 0.849
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Benchmark [-] 230.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 224. 224. 229. 232. -4.21 25.5 0.839 0.652 0.657 0.920 0.695 0.677 0.710
GSWP3v1 [-] 225. 226. 229. 232. -2.36 17.1 0.281 0.809 0.688 0.971 0.995 0.768 0.820
WATCH [-] 213. 214. 232. 234. -18.2 30.1 0.813 0.594 0.643 0.884 0.764 0.764 0.715
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Benchmark [-] 177.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 185. 185. 176. 204. 10.0 19.0 0.369 0.852 0.795 0.976 0.973 0.479 0.812
GSWP3v1 [-] 172. 172. 176. 204. -2.36 14.9 0.261 0.946 0.798 0.983 0.996 0.649 0.862
WATCH [-] 178. 177. 180. 210. -1.83 15.8 0.315 0.903 0.792 0.977 0.995 0.664 0.854
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Benchmark [-] 136.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 149. 149. 137. 128. 12.1 23.2 0.321 0.851 0.791 0.977 0.980 0.488 0.813
GSWP3v1 [-] 135. 135. 137. 128. -1.63 14.4 0.185 0.953 0.836 0.987 0.997 0.652 0.877
WATCH [-] 131. 131. 141. 135. -9.29 15.0 0.503 0.879 0.818 0.960 0.938 0.711 0.854
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Benchmark [-] 199.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 190. 190. 200. 176. -10.0 19.6 0.240 0.867 0.816 0.984 0.929 0.522 0.822
GSWP3v1 [-] 194. 194. 200. 176. -5.87 15.0 0.152 0.915 0.841 0.990 0.982 0.679 0.874
WATCH [-] 201. 202. 208. 181. -6.20 15.4 0.252 0.907 0.817 0.982 0.994 0.640 0.859
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 206.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 211. 211. 206. 229. 6.29 19.0 1.42 0.617 0.471 0.792 0.935 0.578 0.644
GSWP3v1 [-] 200. 200. 206. 229. -4.44 16.2 0.734 0.705 0.471 0.906 0.999 0.806 0.726
WATCH [-] 176. 176. 206. 231. -29.8 37.6 1.64 0.278 0.385 0.766 0.870 0.555 0.540
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 216.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 219. 219. 216. 214. 2.76 22.3 0.857 0.708 0.635 0.904 0.824 0.515 0.704
GSWP3v1 [-] 211. 211. 216. 214. -4.62 18.2 0.768 0.823 0.641 0.903 0.991 0.711 0.785
WATCH [-] 190. 190. 210. 210. -19.2 29.8 1.34 0.566 0.593 0.794 0.898 0.666 0.685
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Bias Score [1]
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Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 208.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 212. 212. 211. 183. -2.59 30.2 0.416 0.695 0.708 0.958 0.772 0.650 0.748
GSWP3v1 [-] 209. 208. 211. 183. -7.33 23.1 0.365 0.791 0.729 0.961 0.997 0.704 0.818
WATCH [-] 205. 205. 207. 176. -5.79 30.4 0.507 0.698 0.713 0.945 0.994 0.686 0.792

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Data Information

  creation_date: Thu May 8 23:22:55 PDT 2014

  Conventions: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  source_file: This product is generated from monthly 1 degree CERES EBAF Radiation observations

  title: derived CERES EBAF Radiation

  Approach: I simply read this variable (sfc_sw_down_all_mon: surface all-sky downward shortwave radiation) from original netcdf data file. Meanwhile, the data were also binned from original 1.0x1.0 resolution to final 0.5x0.5 resolution.

  Temporal resolution: monthly

  General information: This product was derived from CERES EBAF radiation dataset.

  Spatial resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-radiation-ceres.ncl