Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Globe Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.175
CLM4	[-]	0.158	0.157		0.181	0.0670		-0.0239	0.0514	3.88		0.273	0.338	0.327	0.974	0.455	0.451
CLM4.5	[-]	0.157	0.156		0.181	0.0670		-0.0254	0.0532	3.76		0.258	0.332	0.347	0.974	0.459	0.450
CLM5	[-]	0.155	0.154		0.181	0.0670		-0.0265	0.0522	3.97		0.263	0.334	0.311	0.986	0.475	0.450

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.215
CLM4	[-]	0.193	0.195		0.217	0.0596		-0.0223	0.0528	4.26		0.376	0.300	0.255	0.986	0.524	0.457
CLM4.5	[-]	0.190	0.191		0.217	0.0596		-0.0258	0.0547	4.15		0.347	0.299	0.286	0.988	0.527	0.458
CLM5	[-]	0.186	0.188		0.217	0.0596		-0.0293	0.0559	3.74		0.327	0.305	0.356	0.991	0.489	0.462

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.168
CLM4	[-]	0.161	0.161		0.173	0.0703		-0.0128	0.0500	4.31		0.319	0.285	0.244	0.885	0.551	0.428
CLM4.5	[-]	0.158	0.158		0.173	0.0703		-0.0150	0.0518	4.33		0.296	0.274	0.239	0.902	0.555	0.423
CLM5	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.173	0.0703		-0.0161	0.0509	3.99		0.294	0.292	0.304	0.880	0.529	0.432

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.281
CLM4	[-]	0.384	0.383		0.281	0.273		0.101	0.273	2.18		0.525	0.239	0.703	0.982	0.831	0.587
CLM4.5	[-]	0.344	0.344		0.281	0.273		0.0622	0.229	2.10		0.656	0.281	0.721	0.944	0.803	0.614
CLM5	[-]	0.331	0.330		0.281	0.273		0.0483	0.189	1.54		0.690	0.344	0.828	0.958	0.776	0.657

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.113
CLM4	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.126	0.0694		0.00898	0.0537	2.98		0.339	0.349	0.510	0.0209	0.458	0.338
CLM4.5	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.126	0.0694		0.00823	0.0538	3.03		0.333	0.352	0.500	0.0310	0.441	0.335
CLM5	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.126	0.0694		0.00949	0.0536	3.13		0.345	0.360	0.479	0.0178	0.396	0.326

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.170
CLM4	[-]	0.189	0.188		0.170	0.125		0.0175	0.149	1.85		0.680	0.198	0.752	0.708	0.742	0.546
CLM4.5	[-]	0.206	0.205		0.170	0.125		0.0343	0.170	1.93		0.602	0.187	0.736	0.597	0.688	0.499
CLM5	[-]	0.201	0.200		0.170	0.125		0.0295	0.145	1.53		0.643	0.226	0.815	0.731	0.704	0.558

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.176
CLM4	[-]	0.206	0.206		0.179	0.0902		0.0275	0.0874	1.45		0.620	0.382	0.788	0.911	0.635	0.620
CLM4.5	[-]	0.211	0.211		0.179	0.0902		0.0324	0.0903	1.41		0.590	0.377	0.797	0.906	0.664	0.618
CLM5	[-]	0.202	0.203		0.179	0.0902		0.0239	0.0841	1.49		0.654	0.381	0.777	0.963	0.653	0.635

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.142
CLM4	[-]	0.161	0.162		0.148	0.0636		0.0136	0.0586	3.67		0.535	0.326	0.378	0.967	0.511	0.507
CLM4.5	[-]	0.159	0.160		0.148	0.0636		0.0115	0.0587	3.88		0.521	0.327	0.343	0.975	0.490	0.497
CLM5	[-]	0.157	0.158		0.148	0.0636		0.00953	0.0556	3.96		0.542	0.343	0.313	0.967	0.442	0.492

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.307
CLM4	[-]	0.399	0.396		0.306	0.330		0.0904	0.253	2.29		0.562	0.281	0.677	0.989	0.818	0.602
CLM4.5	[-]	0.374	0.372		0.306	0.330		0.0657	0.218	2.20		0.630	0.322	0.698	0.972	0.805	0.625
CLM5	[-]	0.347	0.345		0.306	0.330		0.0384	0.172	1.85		0.695	0.388	0.768	0.983	0.760	0.664

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.152
CLM4	[-]	0.173	0.173		0.159	0.0651		0.0145	0.0458	3.03		0.477	0.336	0.508	0.870	0.506	0.506
CLM4.5	[-]	0.173	0.173		0.159	0.0651		0.0145	0.0457	3.14		0.481	0.333	0.484	0.890	0.511	0.505
CLM5	[-]	0.168	0.168		0.159	0.0651		0.00995	0.0467	2.64		0.444	0.324	0.576	0.823	0.559	0.508

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.146
CLM4	[-]	0.176	0.176		0.154	0.0654		0.0227	0.103	2.04		0.550	0.286	0.692	0.813	0.642	0.545
CLM4.5	[-]	0.166	0.166		0.154	0.0654		0.0129	0.0885	2.04		0.590	0.296	0.689	0.974	0.677	0.587
CLM5	[-]	0.166	0.167		0.154	0.0654		0.0131	0.0829	1.98		0.599	0.315	0.697	0.975	0.656	0.593

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.135
CLM4	[-]	0.277	0.277		0.240	0.0836		0.0374	0.0999	2.46		0.483	0.334	0.606	0.968	0.561	0.548
CLM4.5	[-]	0.272	0.272		0.240	0.0836		0.0323	0.0961	2.53		0.495	0.335	0.593	0.979	0.569	0.551
CLM5	[-]	0.269	0.269		0.240	0.0836		0.0298	0.0901	2.41		0.501	0.347	0.613	0.973	0.560	0.557

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.263
CLM4	[-]	0.321	0.321		0.271	0.0684		0.0498	0.0792	1.65		0.323	0.372	0.779	0.987	0.454	0.548
CLM4.5	[-]	0.319	0.319		0.271	0.0684		0.0476	0.0774	1.45		0.327	0.375	0.815	0.987	0.459	0.556
CLM5	[-]	0.313	0.313		0.271	0.0684		0.0416	0.0747	1.65		0.346	0.361	0.780	0.986	0.520	0.559

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.300
CLM4	[-]	0.390	0.390		0.301	0.293		0.0898	0.244	2.20		0.582	0.307	0.695	0.958	0.808	0.609
CLM4.5	[-]	0.366	0.366		0.301	0.293		0.0650	0.217	2.33		0.648	0.334	0.664	0.957	0.796	0.622
CLM5	[-]	0.366	0.366		0.301	0.293		0.0650	0.196	1.68		0.646	0.377	0.787	0.943	0.769	0.650

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.110
CLM4	[-]	0.148	0.147		0.120	0.0597		0.0271	0.0492	3.13		0.431	0.329	0.484	0.899	0.511	0.497
CLM4.5	[-]	0.150	0.149		0.120	0.0597		0.0292	0.0498	3.21		0.455	0.324	0.463	0.841	0.525	0.489
CLM5	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.120	0.0597		0.0275	0.0493	3.63		0.456	0.332	0.394	0.765	0.496	0.462

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.121
CLM4	[-]	0.149	0.148		0.124	0.0591		0.0244	0.0648	2.32		0.637	0.371	0.628	0.989	0.571	0.595
CLM4.5	[-]	0.154	0.153		0.124	0.0591		0.0292	0.0647	2.26		0.582	0.367	0.640	0.979	0.664	0.600
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.124	0.0591		0.0348	0.0683	2.18		0.531	0.372	0.647	0.963	0.639	0.587

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.151
CLM4	[-]	0.175	0.175		0.154	0.0803		0.0226	0.116	1.60		0.659	0.375	0.792	0.796	0.662	0.610
CLM4.5	[-]	0.171	0.171		0.154	0.0803		0.0180	0.105	1.57		0.675	0.397	0.802	0.898	0.661	0.638
CLM5	[-]	0.174	0.175		0.154	0.0803		0.0219	0.0997	1.05		0.675	0.425	0.894	0.926	0.647	0.665

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.159
CLM4	[-]	0.184	0.184		0.161	0.0596		0.0225	0.0639	1.18		0.616	0.420	0.813	0.944	0.635	0.641
CLM4.5	[-]	0.190	0.189		0.161	0.0596		0.0284	0.0671	1.05		0.573	0.430	0.837	0.893	0.669	0.639
CLM5	[-]	0.176	0.176		0.161	0.0596		0.0147	0.0589	1.10		0.667	0.436	0.828	0.991	0.685	0.674

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.133
CLM4	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.135	0.0638		0.000368	0.0422	3.53		0.724	0.359	0.392	0.403	0.406	0.440
CLM4.5	[-]	0.134	0.134		0.135	0.0638		-0.000900	0.0424	3.50		0.730	0.357	0.398	0.388	0.407	0.440
CLM5	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.135	0.0638		-5.25e-05	0.0419	3.87		0.733	0.361	0.330	0.298	0.387	0.412

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
CLM4	[-]	0.146	0.146		0.141	0.0683		0.00458	0.0440	4.57		0.682	0.316	0.201	0.814	0.493	0.470
CLM4.5	[-]	0.146	0.146		0.141	0.0683		0.00514	0.0439	4.63		0.710	0.313	0.189	0.790	0.498	0.469
CLM5	[-]	0.149	0.149		0.141	0.0683		0.00773	0.0441	4.69		0.686	0.321	0.178	0.759	0.453	0.453

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.133
CLM4	[-]	0.169	0.169		0.140	0.0680		0.0285	0.0674	3.67		0.444	0.315	0.382	0.970	0.506	0.489
CLM4.5	[-]	0.165	0.166		0.140	0.0680		0.0251	0.0669	3.56		0.448	0.306	0.401	0.941	0.527	0.488
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.140	0.0680		0.0185	0.0624	3.37		0.465	0.314	0.441	0.855	0.540	0.488

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Globe Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Interannual variability Interannual variability score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  creation_date: Mon Jun 30 23:00:33 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 GEWEX SRB Radiation observations

  title: derived GEWEX SRB Radiation

  Approach: To obtain albedo from GEWEX SRB radiation data, I divided surface all-sky upward shortwave (sw_sfc_up) by surface all-sky downward shortwave (sw_sfc_dn). 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 NASA GEWEX SRB 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-gewex.srb.ncl