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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -49.2
LMBIRCH [-] -54.0 1.52 24.8 0.517 0.127 0.435 0.965 0.575 0.507
PPE [-] -54.3 2.40 22.5 1.03 0.135 0.482 0.930 0.644 0.535
PPE_FINAL [-] -52.8 3.84 23.0 1.03 0.137 0.462 0.930 0.607 0.520
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -52.1 3.55 23.3 1.03 0.135 0.460 0.930 0.593 0.516
R15 [-] -55.4 0.744 24.5 0.517 0.129 0.438 0.965 0.579 0.510
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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -64.6
LMBIRCH [-] -64.3 -3.20 14.7 0.948 0.212 0.481 0.866 0.819 0.572
PPE [-] -64.9 -3.60 14.9 0.951 0.205 0.481 0.877 0.833 0.575
PPE_FINAL [-] -63.4 -2.40 14.5 0.882 0.213 0.485 0.882 0.831 0.579
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -63.3 -2.35 14.2 0.951 0.222 0.485 0.877 0.816 0.577
R15 [-] -65.6 -4.34 15.3 0.948 0.196 0.476 0.866 0.808 0.564
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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -109.
LMBIRCH [-] -105. 2.61 9.67 0.00 0.292 0.600 1.00 0.818 0.662
PPE [-] -106. 2.63 9.65 0.00 0.292 0.601 1.00 0.819 0.663
PPE_FINAL [-] -105. 2.64 9.66 0.00 0.292 0.600 1.00 0.819 0.662
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -105. 2.64 9.66 0.00 0.292 0.600 1.00 0.818 0.662
R15 [-] -106. 2.56 9.69 0.00 0.293 0.600 1.00 0.818 0.662
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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -31.3
LMBIRCH [-] -37.0 -8.93 17.3 4.05 0.413 0.229 0.251 0.742 0.373
PPE [-] -36.0 -7.54 17.8 3.07 0.474 0.200 0.494 0.616 0.397
PPE_FINAL [-] -35.5 -6.96 17.7 3.07 0.502 0.199 0.494 0.637 0.406
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -35.6 -7.01 17.7 3.07 0.500 0.199 0.494 0.634 0.405
R15 [-] -37.0 -9.22 17.4 4.05 0.401 0.230 0.251 0.743 0.371
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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -54.8
LMBIRCH [-] -61.6 -5.22 10.6 0.413 0.461 0.454 0.972 0.879 0.644
PPE [-] -63.6 -7.32 12.1 0.413 0.389 0.442 0.972 0.901 0.629
PPE_FINAL [-] -61.4 -5.25 10.5 0.207 0.453 0.460 0.986 0.917 0.655
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -60.7 -4.26 10.0 0.413 0.492 0.457 0.972 0.874 0.651
R15 [-] -64.2 -7.91 12.4 0.413 0.366 0.444 0.972 0.846 0.615
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Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]
Bias [Watt m-2]
RMSE [Watt m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -88.8
LMBIRCH [-] -85.3 3.43 11.0 0.258 0.849 0.571 0.983 0.884 0.772
PPE [-] -84.9 3.86 10.8 0.258 0.859 0.571 0.983 0.901 0.777
PPE_FINAL [-] -83.9 4.85 11.3 0.258 0.823 0.570 0.983 0.889 0.767
PPE_FINAL3 [-] -84.8 3.93 10.7 0.258 0.855 0.576 0.983 0.901 0.778
R15 [-] -85.8 2.99 11.1 0.258 0.839 0.564 0.983 0.890 0.768

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Data Information

  Title:
derived WRMC BSRN

  Source_file:
This product is generated from monthly WRMC.BSRN observations

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

  Altitude:
BSRN

  Site_name:
ASP,BAR,BER,BIL,BON,BOS,BOU,BRB,CAB,CAM,CAR,CLH,CNR,COC,DAA,DAR,DOM,DRA,DWN,E13,EUR,FLO,FPE,FUA,GCR,GVN,ILO,ISH,IZA,KWA,LAU,LER,LIN,MAN,MNM,NAU,NYA,PAL,PAY,PSU,PTR,REG,RLM,SAP,SBO,SMS,SOV,SPO,SXF,SYO,TAM,TAT,TIK,TOR,XIA

  Creation_date:
Mon Jun 23 15:54:34 PDT 2014

  Approach:
First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract lwdn (surface downward longwave radiation) and lwup (surface upward longwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I calculated surface net longwave radation using lwdn and lwup, and organized all site data together for each month and year and saved them in netcdf files.

  Temporal resolution:
monthly

  General information:
This product was derived from WRMC-BSRN radiation dataset.

  Spatial resolution:
site observations

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