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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 [-] 202.
LMBIRCH [-] 191. 12.6 59.1 0.00 0.204 0.391 1.00 0.179 0.433
PPE [-] 192. 12.9 59.2 0.00 0.203 0.391 1.00 0.180 0.433
PPE_FINAL [-] 192. 13.0 59.2 0.00 0.203 0.391 1.00 0.180 0.433
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 192. 12.9 59.1 0.00 0.203 0.391 1.00 0.180 0.433
R15 [-] 194. 17.3 60.2 0.00 0.189 0.392 1.00 0.183 0.431
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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 [-] 69.4
LMBIRCH [-] 112. 32.9 62.3 0.00 0.182 0.634 1.00 0.210 0.532
PPE [-] 112. 32.2 63.0 0.00 0.186 0.616 1.00 0.211 0.526
PPE_FINAL [-] 112. 32.8 63.4 0.00 0.184 0.617 1.00 0.210 0.526
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 112. 33.3 63.1 0.00 0.182 0.625 1.00 0.211 0.529
R15 [-] 114. 35.8 64.7 0.00 0.175 0.631 1.00 0.208 0.529
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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 [-] 108.
LMBIRCH [-] 127. 7.73 37.9 0.256 0.290 0.623 0.983 0.356 0.575
PPE [-] 127. 7.39 37.3 0.320 0.291 0.625 0.979 0.361 0.576
PPE_FINAL [-] 128. 7.83 37.6 0.256 0.289 0.625 0.983 0.360 0.576
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 127. 7.66 37.7 0.256 0.290 0.623 0.983 0.357 0.575
R15 [-] 130. 9.86 38.5 0.193 0.284 0.626 0.987 0.351 0.575
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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 [-] 176.
LMBIRCH [-] 157. -31.2 33.6 0.00 0.156 0.754 1.00 0.441 0.621
PPE [-] 157. -31.2 33.7 0.00 0.155 0.753 1.00 0.441 0.621
PPE_FINAL [-] 157. -31.2 33.6 0.00 0.156 0.754 1.00 0.441 0.621
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 157. -31.2 33.6 0.00 0.156 0.754 1.00 0.441 0.621
R15 [-] 157. -31.2 33.7 0.00 0.156 0.754 1.00 0.441 0.621
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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 [-] 62.8
LMBIRCH [-] 50.1 -2.43 47.2 0.00 0.481 0.452 1.00 0.412 0.559
PPE [-] 49.0 -4.24 38.8 1.02 0.467 0.502 0.933 0.422 0.565
PPE_FINAL [-] 49.6 -3.45 42.7 0.00 0.473 0.478 1.00 0.418 0.569
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 49.4 -3.71 41.0 0.00 0.471 0.489 1.00 0.420 0.574
R15 [-] 51.4 -0.757 50.6 0.00 0.494 0.438 1.00 0.414 0.557
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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 [-] 135.
LMBIRCH [-] 142. 1.20 18.5 0.407 0.634 0.773 0.973 0.635 0.758
PPE [-] 142. 0.725 17.7 0.407 0.639 0.782 0.973 0.650 0.765
PPE_FINAL [-] 142. 1.53 18.0 0.407 0.631 0.783 0.973 0.651 0.764
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 142. 1.02 18.5 0.407 0.636 0.773 0.973 0.637 0.758
R15 [-] 145. 3.99 19.0 0.203 0.610 0.786 0.987 0.655 0.765
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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 [-] 151.
LMBIRCH [-] 150. -1.04 15.5 0.00 0.936 0.808 1.00 0.935 0.897
PPE [-] 150. -1.17 15.6 0.00 0.939 0.805 1.00 0.941 0.898
PPE_FINAL [-] 150. -1.00 15.5 0.00 0.938 0.806 1.00 0.936 0.897
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 150. -1.19 15.7 0.00 0.938 0.805 1.00 0.937 0.897
R15 [-] 152. 0.958 15.0 0.00 0.942 0.811 1.00 0.947 0.902

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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 15:56:09 PDT 2014

  Approach:
First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract swdn (surface downward shortwave radiation) and swup (surface upward shortwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I calculated surface net shortwave radation using swdn and swup, 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