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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 [-] 395.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 411. 15.9 27.4 3.07 0.362 0.216 0.494 0.339 0.325
CESM2_1_002 [-] 413. 17.9 27.7 3.07 0.318 0.207 0.494 0.366 0.318
CESM2_1_003 [-] 411. 15.6 28.4 3.07 0.369 0.222 0.494 0.351 0.332
CRUJRA [-] 399. 3.84 12.3 4.08 0.782 0.458 0.244 0.706 0.530
GSWP3 [-] 398. 2.56 12.2 4.08 0.849 0.455 0.244 0.707 0.542
LENS1 [-] 396. 1.35 24.8 4.08 0.917 0.205 0.244 0.318 0.378
LENS10 [-] 396. 0.798 24.6 4.08 0.950 0.207 0.244 0.317 0.385
LENS5 [-] 397. 1.73 24.6 4.08 0.895 0.207 0.244 0.308 0.372
PRINCETON [-] 402. 6.76 13.4 4.08 0.649 0.440 0.244 0.708 0.496
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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 [-] 315.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 322. 6.96 14.0 0.00 0.792 0.657 1.00 0.867 0.795
CESM2_1_002 [-] 321. 5.95 15.2 0.00 0.819 0.611 1.00 0.868 0.782
CESM2_1_003 [-] 319. 4.19 12.2 0.00 0.869 0.664 1.00 0.907 0.821
CRUJRA [-] 309. -5.84 11.6 0.00 0.822 0.723 1.00 0.842 0.822
GSWP3 [-] 311. -3.75 9.93 0.983 0.882 0.765 0.937 0.953 0.860
LENS1 [-] 314. -1.07 14.1 0.00 0.965 0.628 1.00 0.768 0.798
LENS10 [-] 315. -0.522 10.0 0.00 0.983 0.715 1.00 0.788 0.840
LENS5 [-] 316. 1.37 11.9 0.983 0.955 0.673 0.937 0.789 0.805
PRINCETON [-] 307. -8.35 8.83 0.00 0.755 0.899 1.00 0.970 0.905
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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 [-] 319.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 247. -72.6 67.2 0.00 0.319 0.513 1.00 0.915 0.652
CESM2_1_002 [-] 248. -71.2 64.7 0.00 0.326 0.469 1.00 0.905 0.634
CESM2_1_003 [-] 247. -72.1 67.9 0.00 0.322 0.491 1.00 0.910 0.643
CRUJRA [-] 214. -106. 90.4 0.00 0.190 0.468 1.00 0.949 0.615
GSWP3 [-] 229. -90.2 83.7 0.00 0.242 0.509 1.00 0.875 0.627
LENS1 [-] 215. nan nan nan 0.00 nan nan 0.00 nan
LENS10 [-] 215. nan nan nan 0.00 nan nan 0.00 nan
LENS5 [-] 215. nan nan nan 0.00 nan nan 0.00 nan
PRINCETON [-] 235. -84.6 69.9 0.00 0.264 0.486 1.00 0.877 0.622
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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 [-] 321.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 326. 0.896 15.4 0.00 0.694 0.768 1.00 0.689 0.784
CESM2_1_002 [-] 326. 1.04 16.6 0.00 0.691 0.751 1.00 0.685 0.776
CESM2_1_003 [-] 327. 1.74 17.5 0.00 0.690 0.736 1.00 0.691 0.771
CRUJRA [-] 312. -10.7 11.7 0.00 0.618 0.919 1.00 0.740 0.839
GSWP3 [-] 323. -1.11 11.0 0.344 0.735 0.820 0.977 0.665 0.803
LENS1 [-] 320. 1.60 12.1 0.00 0.244 0.844 1.00 0.244 0.635
LENS10 [-] 319. 0.453 10.8 0.00 0.248 0.862 1.00 0.242 0.643
LENS5 [-] 320. 0.962 12.3 0.00 0.247 0.844 1.00 0.243 0.636
PRINCETON [-] 320. -5.05 8.26 0.344 0.684 0.903 0.977 0.705 0.834
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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 [-] 364.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 371. 7.13 20.0 0.246 0.768 0.531 0.984 0.908 0.744
CESM2_1_002 [-] 372. 7.76 19.5 0.246 0.748 0.548 0.984 0.908 0.747
CESM2_1_003 [-] 371. 6.52 20.9 0.00 0.780 0.515 1.00 0.911 0.744
CRUJRA [-] 354. -10.4 12.2 0.492 0.681 0.790 0.968 0.917 0.829
GSWP3 [-] 359. -4.98 9.46 0.517 0.838 0.748 0.965 0.936 0.847
LENS1 [-] 367. 5.81 17.9 0.656 0.602 0.547 0.958 0.829 0.697
LENS10 [-] 366. 4.51 18.4 0.672 0.624 0.531 0.956 0.824 0.693
LENS5 [-] 368. 6.29 17.1 0.344 0.591 0.577 0.977 0.863 0.717
PRINCETON [-] 357. -7.54 9.53 0.246 0.757 0.774 0.984 0.929 0.843
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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 [-] 317.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 320. 3.04 18.3 0.385 0.822 0.560 0.974 0.904 0.764
CESM2_1_002 [-] 321. 3.31 17.7 0.517 0.818 0.567 0.965 0.904 0.764
CESM2_1_003 [-] 320. 3.16 17.6 0.258 0.812 0.569 0.983 0.902 0.767
CRUJRA [-] 306. -11.6 14.8 0.517 0.669 0.749 0.965 0.923 0.811
GSWP3 [-] 312. -5.17 15.3 0.517 0.831 0.640 0.965 0.817 0.779
LENS1 [-] 316. -1.35 17.6 0.443 0.749 0.572 0.970 0.888 0.750
LENS10 [-] 317. -0.348 18.0 0.148 0.745 0.558 0.990 0.873 0.745
LENS5 [-] 317. -0.481 19.8 0.148 0.748 0.524 0.990 0.894 0.736
PRINCETON [-] 310. -7.61 12.8 0.129 0.770 0.707 0.991 0.854 0.806
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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 [-] 324.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 312. 2.57 21.6 0.460 0.685 0.589 0.959 0.822 0.729
CESM2_1_002 [-] 312. 3.26 22.5 0.614 0.681 0.572 0.946 0.820 0.718
CESM2_1_003 [-] 311. 2.47 22.7 0.384 0.686 0.568 0.964 0.819 0.721
CRUJRA [-] 313. -2.32 24.8 0.430 0.598 0.759 0.959 0.855 0.786
GSWP3 [-] 308. -2.08 16.4 0.537 0.704 0.699 0.952 0.855 0.782
LENS1 [-] 304. -2.82 19.2 0.362 0.570 0.566 0.960 0.673 0.667
LENS10 [-] 304. -2.79 19.7 0.430 0.569 0.575 0.956 0.675 0.670
LENS5 [-] 304. -2.39 20.0 0.330 0.566 0.570 0.962 0.680 0.670
PRINCETON [-] 308. -2.48 15.2 0.406 0.675 0.763 0.949 0.857 0.802
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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 [-] 338.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 329. -6.54 16.3 1.54 0.543 0.620 0.838 0.608 0.646
CESM2_1_002 [-] 330. -6.47 16.9 2.05 0.542 0.591 0.745 0.595 0.613
CESM2_1_003 [-] 328. -7.88 17.6 1.02 0.520 0.612 0.873 0.610 0.645
CRUJRA [-] 334. -1.11 9.23 0.00 0.590 0.753 1.00 0.568 0.733
GSWP3 [-] 343. 5.55 11.2 0.00 0.556 0.714 1.00 0.605 0.718
LENS1 [-] 330. -0.698 21.0 0.517 0.618 0.498 0.965 0.439 0.604
LENS10 [-] 330. -0.517 17.6 0.00 0.620 0.587 1.00 0.444 0.648
LENS5 [-] 331. -0.181 17.5 0.00 0.606 0.583 1.00 0.463 0.647
PRINCETON [-] 334. -2.14 6.76 0.00 0.622 0.810 1.00 0.620 0.772
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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 [-] 228.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 236. 8.47 22.3 0.517 0.812 0.688 0.965 0.922 0.815
CESM2_1_002 [-] 237. 9.37 23.3 0.517 0.821 0.684 0.965 0.902 0.811
CESM2_1_003 [-] 236. 8.71 23.7 0.517 0.804 0.681 0.965 0.913 0.809
CRUJRA [-] 206. -21.6 23.4 0.517 0.651 0.805 0.965 0.909 0.827
GSWP3 [-] 222. -5.34 17.5 0.517 0.900 0.733 0.965 0.890 0.844
LENS1 [-] 206. -7.95 18.9 0.00 0.429 0.708 1.00 0.468 0.663
LENS10 [-] 205. -10.1 20.2 0.00 0.411 0.706 1.00 0.471 0.659
LENS5 [-] 205. -13.1 24.6 1.03 0.389 0.657 0.930 0.445 0.616
PRINCETON [-] 231. 3.70 15.6 0.517 0.928 0.752 0.965 0.880 0.856
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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 [-] 327.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 332. 5.19 21.1 0.295 0.873 0.650 0.980 0.831 0.797
CESM2_1_002 [-] 333. 6.57 20.9 0.738 0.862 0.656 0.950 0.831 0.791
CESM2_1_003 [-] 332. 5.36 21.2 0.443 0.870 0.648 0.970 0.822 0.792
CRUJRA [-] 321. -5.42 9.50 0.148 0.888 0.848 0.990 0.960 0.907
GSWP3 [-] 328. 1.16 9.73 0.443 0.951 0.814 0.970 0.940 0.898
LENS1 [-] 327. -0.278 20.4 0.00 0.898 0.655 1.00 0.876 0.817
LENS10 [-] 327. -0.403 18.9 0.590 0.887 0.670 0.960 0.895 0.816
LENS5 [-] 327. -0.0633 18.4 0.00 0.900 0.679 1.00 0.876 0.827
PRINCETON [-] 327. 0.368 8.11 0.148 0.945 0.845 0.990 0.965 0.918
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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 [-] 278.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 282. 4.09 19.1 0.00 0.913 0.660 1.00 0.874 0.821
CESM2_1_002 [-] 282. 4.31 18.2 0.00 0.908 0.676 1.00 0.878 0.828
CESM2_1_003 [-] 281. 3.47 19.0 0.00 0.926 0.660 1.00 0.850 0.819
CRUJRA [-] 276. -1.39 7.05 0.00 0.969 0.856 1.00 0.979 0.932
GSWP3 [-] 283. 4.92 9.71 0.00 0.896 0.833 1.00 0.996 0.911
LENS1 [-] 276. -1.97 21.6 0.00 0.957 0.619 1.00 0.777 0.795
LENS10 [-] 275. -3.29 21.3 0.00 0.929 0.622 1.00 0.783 0.792
LENS5 [-] 278. -0.589 19.2 0.00 0.987 0.651 1.00 0.803 0.819
PRINCETON [-] 284. 6.73 13.2 0.00 0.861 0.785 1.00 0.928 0.872
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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 [-] 290.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 284. -5.90 17.2 0.775 0.853 0.699 0.948 0.862 0.812
CESM2_1_002 [-] 286. -4.84 17.2 0.775 0.874 0.691 0.948 0.879 0.816
CESM2_1_003 [-] 285. -5.75 17.8 0.258 0.860 0.686 0.983 0.852 0.814
CRUJRA [-] 272. -17.9 19.1 0.00 0.662 0.885 1.00 0.956 0.877
GSWP3 [-] 289. -1.68 10.9 0.258 0.858 0.807 0.983 0.946 0.880
LENS1 [-] 279. -12.6 21.1 0.00 0.734 0.678 1.00 0.853 0.789
LENS10 [-] 279. -12.4 20.5 0.258 0.737 0.683 0.983 0.862 0.790
LENS5 [-] 279. -12.3 20.2 0.258 0.739 0.692 0.983 0.856 0.792
PRINCETON [-] 286. -4.68 10.3 0.00 0.845 0.853 1.00 0.947 0.900
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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 [-] 353.
CESM2_1_001 [-] 377. 18.8 27.8 0.656 0.445 0.525 0.958 0.835 0.658
CESM2_1_002 [-] 378. 19.2 29.2 0.994 0.436 0.520 0.935 0.820 0.646
CESM2_1_003 [-] 377. 18.2 29.5 0.656 0.457 0.521 0.958 0.826 0.657
CRUJRA [-] 367. 6.63 23.9 0.656 0.414 0.718 0.958 0.908 0.743
GSWP3 [-] 375. 15.6 27.4 0.994 0.353 0.627 0.935 0.981 0.705
LENS1 [-] 374. -1.64 12.7 0.00 0.234 0.594 1.00 0.900 0.664
LENS10 [-] 373. -2.60 12.3 0.00 0.224 0.611 1.00 0.887 0.667
LENS5 [-] 374. -2.68 13.6 0.00 0.224 0.572 1.00 0.938 0.661
PRINCETON [-] 370. 12.1 23.5 0.328 0.374 0.762 0.979 0.919 0.759

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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 23:42:20 PDT 2014

  Approach:
First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract lwdn (surface downward longwave 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