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Benchmark	[-]	401.
CESM3_092H	[-]	401.	402.	400.		418.		3.10	12.5	1.83		0.466	0.361	0.740	0.973	0.580
CESM3_098bH	[-]	403.	403.	400.		418.		4.62	12.8	1.62		0.400	0.405	0.773	0.942	0.585
CMIP6_001	[-]	407.	407.	400.		416.		8.12	13.3	1.69		0.374	0.387	0.772	1.00	0.584
LE2_001	[-]	407.	407.	400.		416.		8.42	13.4	1.91		0.371	0.387	0.725	0.999	0.574

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Benchmark	[-]	391.
CESM3_092H	[-]	391.	391.	391.		417.		0.343	15.3	0.784		0.767	0.576	0.927	1.00	0.769
CESM3_098bH	[-]	395.	395.	391.		417.		4.50	14.0	0.674		0.718	0.652	0.938	1.00	0.792
CMIP6_001	[-]	396.	396.	391.		404.		4.95	14.5	0.677		0.724	0.635	0.941	1.00	0.787
LE2_001	[-]	396.	396.	391.		404.		4.97	15.1	0.695		0.729	0.621	0.938	0.999	0.782

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Benchmark	[-]	366.
CESM3_092H	[-]	368.	368.	365.		383.		4.94	11.2	1.24		0.716	0.685	0.834	0.998	0.783
CESM3_098bH	[-]	365.	365.	365.		382.		2.12	10.9	1.51		0.748	0.669	0.800	0.999	0.777
CMIP6_001	[-]	373.	373.	365.		383.		9.88	14.5	1.27		0.624	0.670	0.837	0.991	0.758
LE2_001	[-]	373.	373.	365.		383.		10.1	14.6	1.32		0.617	0.669	0.834	0.992	0.756

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Benchmark	[-]	240.
CESM3_092H	[-]	247.	246.	240.		254.		8.82	15.4	0.194		0.849	0.826	0.987	0.999	0.898
CESM3_098bH	[-]	250.	250.	240.		253.		12.9	17.8	0.195		0.797	0.831	0.987	1.00	0.889
CMIP6_001	[-]	253.	253.	239.		256.		16.4	20.3	0.0967		0.754	0.839	0.993	0.999	0.885
LE2_001	[-]	254.	254.	239.		256.		17.3	21.4	0.111		0.743	0.832	0.993	0.998	0.880

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Benchmark	[-]	413.
CESM3_092H	[-]	424.	424.	412.		422.		15.2	16.4	1.25		0.131	0.517	0.807	0.701	0.535
CESM3_098bH	[-]	425.	425.	412.		422.		15.6	16.8	1.20		0.128	0.524	0.836	0.626	0.528
CMIP6_001	[-]	424.	424.	411.		419.		15.5	17.2	1.56		0.117	0.438	0.790	0.709	0.498
LE2_001	[-]	424.	424.	411.		419.		15.2	16.9	1.76		0.124	0.448	0.759	0.702	0.496

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Benchmark	[-]	264.
CESM3_092H	[-]	272.	272.	265.		281.		8.40	13.9	0.0223		0.847	0.853	0.999	0.977	0.906
CESM3_098bH	[-]	278.	277.	264.		281.		13.7	17.9	0.115		0.784	0.852	0.992	0.983	0.892
CMIP6_001	[-]	273.	273.	264.		280.		9.18	17.2	0.0155		0.845	0.801	0.999	0.994	0.888
LE2_001	[-]	275.	275.	264.		280.		11.3	19.1	0.0221		0.818	0.789	0.999	0.998	0.878

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Benchmark	[-]	297.
CESM3_092H	[-]	293.	292.	298.		367.		-1.06	16.3	0.107		0.820	0.786	0.993	0.993	0.876
CESM3_098bH	[-]	295.	295.	297.		367.		1.93	16.5	0.210		0.810	0.790	0.985	0.995	0.874
CMIP6_001	[-]	292.	292.	297.		354.		-1.73	13.9	0.110		0.846	0.809	0.991	0.998	0.891
LE2_001	[-]	294.	294.	297.		354.		0.0134	14.0	0.103		0.843	0.807	0.992	0.998	0.889

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Benchmark	[-]	386.
CESM3_092H	[-]	377.	378.	386.		415.		-0.607	18.9	0.689		0.670	0.608	0.939	0.976	0.760
CESM3_098bH	[-]	378.	378.	386.		415.		-0.0556	18.3	0.646		0.688	0.595	0.941	0.986	0.761
CMIP6_001	[-]	380.	380.	384.		415.		1.40	15.6	0.666		0.728	0.632	0.940	0.993	0.785
LE2_001	[-]	381.	381.	384.		415.		2.10	15.9	0.724		0.726	0.621	0.936	0.993	0.779

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Benchmark	[-]	242.
CESM3_092H	[-]	255.	256.	242.		260.		14.7	18.3	0.221		0.767	0.842	0.985	0.988	0.885
CESM3_098bH	[-]	260.	261.	242.		260.		19.8	23.0	0.205		0.702	0.833	0.986	0.996	0.870
CMIP6_001	[-]	262.	262.	242.		251.		20.8	25.7	0.128		0.698	0.791	0.991	0.959	0.846
LE2_001	[-]	264.	264.	242.		251.		22.7	28.0	0.229		0.674	0.775	0.985	0.967	0.835

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Benchmark	[-]	353.
CESM3_092H	[-]	357.	357.	352.		373.		5.91	10.3	0.384		0.796	0.796	0.973	0.998	0.872
CESM3_098bH	[-]	351.	351.	352.		373.		0.213	9.94	0.758		0.840	0.776	0.935	0.999	0.865
CMIP6_001	[-]	359.	359.	352.		360.		7.12	10.5	0.521		0.787	0.813	0.962	0.999	0.875
LE2_001	[-]	357.	357.	352.		360.		5.67	10.6	0.571		0.803	0.794	0.960	1.00	0.870

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Benchmark	[-]	312.
CESM3_092H	[-]	320.	321.	311.		329.		11.4	15.0	0.395		0.685	0.781	0.973	0.972	0.839
CESM3_098bH	[-]	322.	322.	311.		329.		13.8	16.8	0.425		0.639	0.784	0.971	0.970	0.830
CMIP6_001	[-]	316.	316.	310.		327.		7.60	13.0	0.269		0.741	0.786	0.982	0.953	0.849
LE2_001	[-]	316.	316.	310.		327.		7.82	13.4	0.238		0.737	0.775	0.984	0.954	0.845

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Benchmark	[-]	316.
CESM3_092H	[-]	313.	313.	316.		375.		1.98	15.4	0.661		0.695	0.689	0.918	0.994	0.797
CESM3_098bH	[-]	314.	314.	315.		375.		3.33	16.2	0.678		0.677	0.687	0.918	0.994	0.793
CMIP6_001	[-]	314.	314.	314.		359.		3.58	15.1	0.686		0.696	0.698	0.916	0.997	0.801
LE2_001	[-]	315.	314.	314.		359.		4.02	15.5	0.711		0.694	0.692	0.912	0.997	0.797

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Benchmark	[-]	348.
CESM3_092H	[-]	342.	342.	348.		373.		-4.07	14.3	0.261		0.777	0.767	0.979	1.00	0.858
CESM3_098bH	[-]	346.	345.	348.		373.		-0.633	14.4	0.247		0.775	0.770	0.982	0.999	0.859
CMIP6_001	[-]	339.	338.	347.		371.		-7.20	13.4	0.786		0.770	0.793	0.916	0.998	0.854
LE2_001	[-]	339.	339.	347.		371.		-7.07	13.8	0.796		0.769	0.780	0.911	0.999	0.848

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Benchmark	[-]	246.
CESM3_092H	[-]	255.	255.	246.		251.		8.66	18.8	0.311		0.838	0.745	0.979	0.998	0.861
CESM3_098bH	[-]	260.	259.	246.		251.		13.5	22.4	0.355		0.768	0.728	0.976	0.998	0.840
CMIP6_001	[-]	262.	262.	245.		258.		16.8	21.3	0.177		0.728	0.806	0.988	0.997	0.865
LE2_001	[-]	263.	263.	245.		258.		18.0	22.3	0.204		0.711	0.808	0.986	0.999	0.862

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Benchmark	[-]	376.
CESM3_092H	[-]	370.	370.	375.		406.		6.71	14.8	1.50		0.596	0.665	0.788	0.998	0.743
CESM3_098bH	[-]	371.	370.	375.		406.		7.35	15.5	1.44		0.584	0.645	0.802	0.998	0.735
CMIP6_001	[-]	372.	372.	370.		403.		8.68	15.1	1.55		0.601	0.687	0.780	0.985	0.748
LE2_001	[-]	373.	373.	370.		403.		9.48	15.7	1.48		0.590	0.681	0.783	0.982	0.743

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Benchmark	[-]	333.
CESM3_092H	[-]	335.	335.	332.		382.		6.37	14.2	0.285		0.855	0.782	0.981	0.998	0.880
CESM3_098bH	[-]	336.	337.	333.		382.		7.81	14.2	0.139		0.834	0.805	0.991	0.996	0.886
CMIP6_001	[-]	333.	333.	331.		372.		5.07	11.8	0.440		0.873	0.825	0.970	0.990	0.897
LE2_001	[-]	334.	335.	331.		372.		6.30	12.8	0.557		0.854	0.824	0.963	0.984	0.890

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Benchmark	[-]	278.
CESM3_092H	[-]	283.	284.	278.		310.		8.12	15.3	0.208		0.812	0.776	0.986	0.996	0.869
CESM3_098bH	[-]	287.	287.	278.		309.		11.3	17.3	0.122		0.763	0.773	0.992	0.997	0.860
CMIP6_001	[-]	285.	285.	277.		302.		9.45	14.7	0.275		0.798	0.830	0.982	0.984	0.885
LE2_001	[-]	283.	283.	277.		302.		8.20	14.5	0.0807		0.816	0.809	0.995	0.981	0.882

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Benchmark	[-]	296.
CESM3_092H	[-]	297.	299.	296.		324.		3.24	13.1	0.722		0.802	0.771	0.951	0.999	0.859
CESM3_098bH	[-]	298.	299.	296.		323.		4.41	12.8	0.414		0.790	0.787	0.972	0.999	0.867
CMIP6_001	[-]	299.	300.	296.		323.		5.08	11.1	0.495		0.798	0.834	0.967	0.999	0.887
LE2_001	[-]	299.	300.	296.		323.		4.88	11.8	0.557		0.802	0.809	0.963	1.00	0.876

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Benchmark	[-]	411.
CESM3_092H	[-]	411.	411.	411.		417.		0.229	14.3	3.07		0.455	0.394	0.496	0.999	0.548
CESM3_098bH	[-]	411.	411.	412.		417.		0.232	16.0	2.87		0.431	0.344	0.538	0.998	0.531
CMIP6_001	[-]	412.	412.	411.		418.		1.07	15.8	3.13		0.437	0.338	0.474	0.994	0.516
LE2_001	[-]	412.	412.	411.		418.		1.16	15.8	3.20		0.434	0.346	0.459	0.995	0.516

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Benchmark	[-]	379.
CESM3_092H	[-]	377.	376.	379.		373.		-2.45	12.2	1.41		0.762	0.652	0.791	1.00	0.771
CESM3_098bH	[-]	373.	372.	379.		373.		-6.70	14.3	1.45		0.685	0.638	0.792	0.996	0.750
CMIP6_001	[-]	379.	378.	379.		374.		-1.05	11.7	1.01		0.771	0.661	0.883	1.00	0.795
LE2_001	[-]	379.	378.	379.		374.		-0.910	11.8	1.07		0.773	0.660	0.867	1.00	0.792

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Benchmark	[-]	304.
CESM3_092H	[-]	303.	302.	303.		349.		5.27	23.2	0.691		0.439	0.570	0.946	0.987	0.702
CESM3_098bH	[-]	300.	300.	303.		348.		2.81	22.5	0.698		0.439	0.602	0.946	0.982	0.714
CMIP6_001	[-]	301.	301.	299.		344.		6.22	20.9	0.609		0.477	0.620	0.959	0.997	0.735
LE2_001	[-]	302.	301.	299.		344.		6.98	21.0	0.514		0.473	0.620	0.964	0.996	0.735

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-llds-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