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 Global - Land 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) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	449.
CESM3_092H	[-]	461.	461.	449.		464.		14.2	16.2	1.02		0.228	0.714	0.885	0.980	0.704
CMIP6_001	[-]	461.	461.	448.		463.		13.3	15.2	1.19		0.239	0.735	0.858	1.00	0.713
LE2_001	[-]	460.	460.	448.		463.		13.0	15.0	1.20		0.249	0.737	0.851	1.00	0.715

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	466.
CESM3_092H	[-]	476.	477.	466.		464.		10.5	17.2	0.519		0.372	0.540	0.952	0.953	0.671
CMIP6_001	[-]	479.	479.	466.		458.		13.0	20.1	0.488		0.311	0.464	0.955	0.972	0.634
LE2_001	[-]	478.	479.	466.		458.		12.2	19.8	0.518		0.326	0.458	0.955	0.969	0.633

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	439.
CESM3_092H	[-]	454.	454.	439.		441.		16.3	20.0	1.20		0.228	0.523	0.844	0.978	0.619
CMIP6_001	[-]	450.	450.	438.		445.		12.4	17.8	1.18		0.311	0.525	0.857	0.931	0.630
LE2_001	[-]	450.	450.	438.		445.		12.4	17.6	1.10		0.312	0.538	0.868	0.933	0.638

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	284.
CESM3_092H	[-]	285.	285.	284.		298.		3.22	14.2	0.163		0.582	0.395	0.987	0.999	0.672
CMIP6_001	[-]	288.	288.	283.		301.		7.42	15.5	0.270		0.280	0.362	0.980	0.962	0.589
LE2_001	[-]	289.	289.	283.		301.		7.89	16.7	0.305		0.266	0.297	0.978	0.966	0.561

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	455.
CESM3_092H	[-]	463.	463.	454.		469.		13.3	16.1	1.93		0.173	0.821	0.707	0.940	0.692
CMIP6_001	[-]	458.	458.	451.		467.		9.68	13.8	2.15		0.209	0.829	0.673	0.892	0.686
LE2_001	[-]	458.	458.	451.		467.		9.61	13.8	2.07		0.214	0.829	0.692	0.906	0.694

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	311.
CESM3_092H	[-]	327.	327.	312.		338.		15.5	19.7	0.0542		0.0867	0.520	0.996	0.956	0.616
CMIP6_001	[-]	322.	322.	311.		337.		10.9	16.0	0.0424		0.163	0.462	0.997	0.998	0.616
LE2_001	[-]	324.	324.	311.		337.		13.5	18.2	0.0415		0.0850	0.443	0.997	0.999	0.593

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	364.
CESM3_092H	[-]	375.	375.	364.		420.		13.2	20.4	0.288		0.207	0.514	0.980	0.984	0.640
CMIP6_001	[-]	370.	369.	363.		410.		7.69	15.6	0.222		0.323	0.553	0.983	0.992	0.681
LE2_001	[-]	371.	371.	363.		410.		9.30	16.6	0.224		0.282	0.556	0.984	0.993	0.674

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	446.
CESM3_092H	[-]	458.	459.	446.		466.		16.8	23.4	0.791		0.148	0.318	0.929	0.990	0.540
CMIP6_001	[-]	455.	456.	444.		466.		13.5	19.7	0.761		0.219	0.413	0.939	0.992	0.595
LE2_001	[-]	455.	456.	444.		466.		13.7	19.9	0.749		0.217	0.411	0.940	0.992	0.594

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	283.
CESM3_092H	[-]	291.	291.	283.		306.		9.65	16.1	0.110		0.235	0.419	0.992	0.977	0.608
CMIP6_001	[-]	291.	291.	282.		294.		9.16	19.9	0.203		0.219	0.161	0.985	0.982	0.502
LE2_001	[-]	293.	294.	282.		294.		11.8	21.5	0.338		0.129	0.147	0.976	0.991	0.478

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	440.
CESM3_092H	[-]	452.	452.	440.		440.		9.09	14.5	0.400		0.462	0.631	0.969	0.991	0.737
CMIP6_001	[-]	450.	450.	441.		424.		5.92	12.1	0.354		0.567	0.665	0.972	0.989	0.772
LE2_001	[-]	449.	449.	441.		424.		5.12	12.0	0.340		0.586	0.654	0.974	0.992	0.772

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	365.
CESM3_092H	[-]	383.	383.	365.		392.		21.9	27.1	0.595		0.0456	0.410	0.960	0.976	0.560
CMIP6_001	[-]	374.	374.	363.		389.		14.3	18.7	0.555		0.145	0.578	0.963	0.981	0.649
LE2_001	[-]	375.	375.	363.		389.		15.0	19.2	0.543		0.128	0.566	0.963	0.980	0.641

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	377.
CESM3_092H	[-]	386.	386.	377.		429.		12.4	19.0	0.625		0.251	0.516	0.935	0.995	0.643
CMIP6_001	[-]	382.	382.	375.		413.		9.29	16.3	0.618		0.292	0.554	0.937	0.999	0.667
LE2_001	[-]	383.	383.	375.		413.		9.71	16.7	0.611		0.281	0.544	0.938	0.999	0.661

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	451.
CESM3_092H	[-]	460.	460.	451.		444.		9.56	15.7	0.529		0.547	0.673	0.961	0.998	0.771
CMIP6_001	[-]	449.	449.	451.		444.		-2.18	12.6	0.527		0.592	0.694	0.955	0.998	0.787
LE2_001	[-]	449.	449.	451.		444.		-2.11	12.8	0.580		0.588	0.686	0.950	0.998	0.782

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	287.
CESM3_092H	[-]	294.	294.	287.		292.		5.57	18.3	0.263		0.369	0.254	0.981	0.969	0.565
CMIP6_001	[-]	292.	292.	286.		300.		5.71	17.2	0.445		0.346	0.267	0.968	0.949	0.560
LE2_001	[-]	293.	293.	286.		300.		6.83	17.9	0.508		0.344	0.259	0.963	0.958	0.557

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	442.
CESM3_092H	[-]	451.	451.	441.		460.		18.3	22.6	1.24		0.209	0.532	0.837	0.979	0.618
CMIP6_001	[-]	449.	448.	438.		458.		15.1	20.4	1.28		0.239	0.544	0.844	0.969	0.628
LE2_001	[-]	449.	449.	438.		458.		15.6	20.6	1.34		0.236	0.546	0.836	0.974	0.628

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	383.
CESM3_092H	[-]	409.	409.	383.		443.		29.4	33.7	0.595		0.0228	0.253	0.959	0.999	0.497
CMIP6_001	[-]	402.	402.	381.		433.		23.3	27.4	0.774		0.0425	0.365	0.948	0.996	0.543
LE2_001	[-]	402.	402.	381.		433.		23.7	28.1	0.625		0.0395	0.340	0.958	0.992	0.534

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	323.
CESM3_092H	[-]	340.	340.	323.		355.		19.1	24.8	0.324		0.0620	0.253	0.978	0.991	0.508
CMIP6_001	[-]	336.	336.	322.		348.		15.0	18.8	0.507		0.0876	0.541	0.966	1.00	0.627
LE2_001	[-]	335.	335.	322.		348.		13.8	18.4	0.386		0.109	0.486	0.974	1.00	0.611

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	375.
CESM3_092H	[-]	391.	393.	375.		378.		17.5	22.1	0.536		0.167	0.468	0.963	0.995	0.612
CMIP6_001	[-]	392.	393.	375.		378.		18.4	21.6	0.370		0.152	0.580	0.975	0.988	0.655
LE2_001	[-]	390.	391.	375.		378.		16.5	20.7	0.497		0.178	0.501	0.966	0.995	0.628

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	444.
CESM3_092H	[-]	462.	462.	444.		463.		18.9	20.7	1.31		0.0676	0.679	0.817	0.923	0.633
CMIP6_001	[-]	459.	459.	443.		462.		15.5	17.5	1.28		0.105	0.735	0.824	0.961	0.672
LE2_001	[-]	459.	459.	443.		462.		15.9	17.8	1.30		0.102	0.729	0.819	0.956	0.667

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	434.
CESM3_092H	[-]	455.	455.	434.		434.		20.6	22.7	1.07		0.0457	0.517	0.876	0.987	0.588
CMIP6_001	[-]	453.	452.	434.		431.		17.8	19.9	0.839		0.113	0.589	0.902	0.970	0.632
LE2_001	[-]	454.	454.	434.		431.		19.0	20.9	0.652		0.0896	0.588	0.930	0.963	0.632

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	382.
CESM3_092H	[-]	388.	387.	382.		399.		10.8	17.9	0.857		0.352	0.628	0.907	0.972	0.698
CMIP6_001	[-]	388.	387.	381.		394.		8.04	15.3	0.693		0.394	0.649	0.918	0.987	0.720
LE2_001	[-]	388.	387.	381.		394.		7.98	15.3	0.617		0.396	0.650	0.928	0.988	0.722

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 Global - Land 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 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

  Title:

CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:

Ed4.1

  Institutions:

NASA Langley Research Center

  Source:

Monthly mean surface fluxes calculated by a radiative transfer model and constrained by the combined Terra and Aqua SSF1deg measurements

  History:

2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-08-13: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-rlus-ceres.py

  References:

Loeb, N.G., D.R. Doelling, H. Wang, W. Su, C. Nguyen, J.G. Corbett, L. Liang, C. Mitrescu, F.G. Rose, and S. Kato (2018), Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Edition-4.0 Data Product, Journal of Climate, 31(2), 895-918, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0208.1

Kato, S., F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Thorsen, N. G. Loeb, D. R. Doelling, X. Huang, W. L. Smith, W. Su, and S.-H. Ham (2018), Surface irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) data product, Journal of Climate, 31, 4501-4527, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 1 degree

original_units: W m-2

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: W m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.7