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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 [-] 41.9
LMBIRCH [-] 35.7 -1.58 40.9 5.10 0.321 0.368 0.0631 0.425 0.309
PPE [-] 35.5 -1.95 40.9 5.10 0.318 0.368 0.0631 0.421 0.308
PPE_FINAL [-] 35.5 -1.97 40.9 5.10 0.318 0.368 0.0631 0.421 0.307
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 35.5 -1.91 40.9 5.10 0.318 0.368 0.0631 0.421 0.308
R15 [-] 32.7 -6.28 41.5 5.10 0.429 0.367 0.0631 0.404 0.326
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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 [-] 44.7
LMBIRCH [-] 24.7 -15.8 44.8 3.05 0.706 0.494 0.498 0.588 0.556
PPE [-] 24.5 -15.0 46.1 2.54 0.756 0.446 0.623 0.654 0.585
PPE_FINAL [-] 24.0 -15.6 46.3 3.05 0.733 0.447 0.498 0.649 0.555
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 24.5 -16.1 45.6 3.05 0.716 0.472 0.498 0.617 0.555
R15 [-] 22.2 -18.6 47.3 3.05 0.639 0.467 0.498 0.555 0.525
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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 [-] 61.8
LMBIRCH [-] 41.5 -7.12 22.2 1.40 0.403 0.504 0.776 0.541 0.546
PPE [-] 41.6 -6.78 22.2 1.59 0.411 0.494 0.744 0.524 0.534
PPE_FINAL [-] 41.3 -7.22 22.5 1.72 0.401 0.497 0.718 0.544 0.531
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 41.5 -7.05 22.3 1.53 0.406 0.499 0.756 0.518 0.536
R15 [-] 39.0 -9.25 23.7 1.78 0.383 0.497 0.706 0.497 0.516
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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 [-] 81.1
LMBIRCH [-] 81.8 12.7 17.3 0.00 0.163 0.549 1.00 0.585 0.569
PPE [-] 81.8 12.8 17.3 0.00 0.163 0.547 1.00 0.583 0.568
PPE_FINAL [-] 81.7 12.7 17.2 0.00 0.163 0.549 1.00 0.585 0.569
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 81.7 12.7 17.2 0.00 0.163 0.549 1.00 0.585 0.569
R15 [-] 82.0 12.7 17.3 0.00 0.163 0.548 1.00 0.585 0.569
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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 [-] 55.8
LMBIRCH [-] 41.0 -18.2 34.2 0.00 0.384 0.656 1.00 0.364 0.612
PPE [-] 42.1 -16.4 32.3 0.00 0.394 0.667 1.00 0.374 0.620
PPE_FINAL [-] 41.6 -17.2 33.1 0.00 0.389 0.663 1.00 0.369 0.617
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 41.7 -17.0 32.8 0.00 0.391 0.664 1.00 0.371 0.618
R15 [-] 39.7 -19.9 36.4 0.00 0.374 0.641 1.00 0.352 0.602
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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 [-] 39.0
LMBIRCH [-] 32.2 -6.37 10.3 1.02 0.628 0.569 0.836 0.868 0.694
PPE [-] 32.6 -5.90 10.2 1.83 0.647 0.556 0.686 0.876 0.664
PPE_FINAL [-] 32.0 -6.71 10.6 2.03 0.612 0.563 0.650 0.853 0.648
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 32.3 -6.19 10.3 1.02 0.635 0.565 0.836 0.864 0.693
R15 [-] 29.2 -9.17 12.6 2.22 0.514 0.555 0.614 0.778 0.603
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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 [-] 42.0
LMBIRCH [-] 36.6 -5.43 11.3 0.762 0.727 0.540 0.874 0.890 0.714
PPE [-] 36.7 -5.30 11.2 0.762 0.725 0.540 0.874 0.890 0.714
PPE_FINAL [-] 36.6 -5.47 11.3 0.762 0.717 0.541 0.874 0.895 0.714
PPE_FINAL3 [-] 36.8 -5.28 11.3 1.27 0.730 0.535 0.795 0.893 0.698
R15 [-] 34.6 -7.43 12.2 0.762 0.618 0.548 0.874 0.812 0.680

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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:
Sun Jun 22 23:47:22 PDT 2014

  Approach:
First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract swup (surface upward shortwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I organized all site data together for each month and year and saved them in a netcdf file.

  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