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Benchmark [-] 0.138
CESM3_092H [-] 0.181 0.180 0.140 0.0500 0.0404 0.0491 3.29 0.157 0.420 0.454 0.784 0.447
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.182 0.181 0.140 0.0500 0.0420 0.0508 3.56 0.153 0.386 0.405 0.763 0.419
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.156 0.155 0.142 0.0565 0.0132 0.0278 3.48 0.370 0.412 0.416 0.944 0.511
LE2_001 [-] 0.155 0.155 0.142 0.0565 0.0125 0.0282 3.36 0.366 0.406 0.440 0.937 0.511
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Benchmark [-] 0.176
CESM3_092H [-] 0.185 0.186 0.176 0.0566 0.00844 0.0346 3.04 0.314 0.334 0.484 0.858 0.465
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.187 0.188 0.176 0.0567 0.0104 0.0362 3.09 0.286 0.327 0.477 0.829 0.449
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.191 0.192 0.178 0.0612 0.0142 0.0327 3.54 0.404 0.307 0.402 0.990 0.482
LE2_001 [-] 0.190 0.192 0.178 0.0612 0.0135 0.0327 3.50 0.409 0.299 0.407 0.989 0.481
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Benchmark [-] 0.139
CESM3_092H [-] 0.166 0.166 0.140 0.0594 0.0257 0.0347 2.91 0.278 0.398 0.522 0.761 0.472
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.167 0.167 0.140 0.0594 0.0269 0.0352 2.80 0.272 0.405 0.545 0.779 0.481
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.156 0.156 0.142 0.0662 0.0132 0.0293 3.07 0.376 0.377 0.493 0.909 0.506
LE2_001 [-] 0.155 0.155 0.142 0.0662 0.0125 0.0291 3.10 0.376 0.378 0.487 0.898 0.503
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Benchmark [-] 0.358
CESM3_092H [-] 0.359 0.359 0.358 0.362 0.000905 0.110 0.582 0.829 0.696 0.937 0.977 0.827
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.349 0.350 0.357 0.364 -0.00802 0.115 0.608 0.826 0.684 0.934 0.979 0.821
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.385 0.385 0.360 0.331 0.0233 0.116 0.814 0.769 0.710 0.914 0.877 0.796
LE2_001 [-] 0.396 0.395 0.360 0.331 0.0337 0.119 0.859 0.768 0.702 0.910 0.862 0.789
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Benchmark [-] 0.0883
CESM3_092H [-] 0.168 0.168 0.0901 0.0557 0.0779 0.0784 2.68 0.0287 0.469 0.570 0.182 0.344
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.168 0.168 0.0903 0.0557 0.0780 0.0787 2.71 0.0294 0.465 0.561 0.172 0.338
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.136 0.136 0.0967 0.0602 0.0395 0.0426 2.84 0.238 0.503 0.539 0.0335 0.363
LE2_001 [-] 0.137 0.137 0.0967 0.0602 0.0398 0.0428 2.77 0.236 0.501 0.551 0.0379 0.365
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Benchmark [-] 0.207
CESM3_092H [-] 0.211 0.211 0.207 0.171 0.00322 0.0679 0.904 0.858 0.663 0.909 0.868 0.792
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.207 0.207 0.208 0.173 -0.00184 0.0708 0.921 0.862 0.652 0.906 0.840 0.782
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.192 0.191 0.208 0.156 -0.0179 0.0608 0.892 0.811 0.711 0.918 0.978 0.826
LE2_001 [-] 0.189 0.188 0.208 0.156 -0.0206 0.0607 0.896 0.807 0.712 0.919 0.983 0.827
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Benchmark [-] 0.192
CESM3_092H [-] 0.203 0.203 0.193 0.0504 0.0103 0.0689 1.34 0.571 0.527 0.811 0.808 0.649
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.202 0.202 0.193 0.0505 0.00890 0.0730 1.34 0.566 0.517 0.813 0.796 0.641
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.205 0.205 0.195 0.0588 0.0104 0.0600 1.28 0.628 0.526 0.821 0.990 0.698
LE2_001 [-] 0.202 0.203 0.195 0.0588 0.00761 0.0612 1.28 0.629 0.525 0.817 0.989 0.697
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Benchmark [-] 0.130
CESM3_092H [-] 0.179 0.179 0.131 0.0559 0.0473 0.0543 3.18 0.141 0.361 0.474 0.869 0.441
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.179 0.178 0.131 0.0560 0.0469 0.0537 3.07 0.145 0.357 0.496 0.873 0.446
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.163 0.163 0.135 0.0604 0.0273 0.0397 3.62 0.332 0.354 0.381 0.979 0.480
LE2_001 [-] 0.163 0.163 0.135 0.0604 0.0274 0.0400 3.60 0.334 0.355 0.386 0.977 0.482
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Benchmark [-] 0.362
CESM3_092H [-] 0.338 0.334 0.362 0.275 -0.0283 0.111 0.567 0.806 0.674 0.951 0.966 0.814
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.326 0.322 0.362 0.277 -0.0400 0.118 0.571 0.790 0.659 0.952 0.949 0.802
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.464 0.460 0.360 0.394 0.0987 0.140 0.700 0.652 0.663 0.942 0.867 0.757
LE2_001 [-] 0.451 0.447 0.360 0.394 0.0854 0.131 0.672 0.685 0.679 0.945 0.865 0.771
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Benchmark [-] 0.147
CESM3_092H [-] 0.174 0.173 0.149 0.0537 0.0248 0.0361 2.67 0.321 0.527 0.566 0.434 0.475
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.176 0.175 0.149 0.0537 0.0270 0.0366 2.73 0.316 0.517 0.558 0.443 0.470
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.165 0.165 0.154 0.0622 0.0113 0.0263 2.52 0.396 0.518 0.602 0.752 0.557
LE2_001 [-] 0.165 0.165 0.154 0.0622 0.0118 0.0268 2.58 0.390 0.500 0.591 0.768 0.550
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Benchmark [-] 0.140
CESM3_092H [-] 0.175 0.175 0.141 0.0619 0.0339 0.0622 1.69 0.490 0.504 0.743 0.752 0.599
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.175 0.175 0.142 0.0619 0.0337 0.0608 1.59 0.491 0.517 0.760 0.719 0.601
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.163 0.164 0.147 0.0669 0.0171 0.0508 1.67 0.563 0.497 0.750 0.964 0.654
LE2_001 [-] 0.163 0.163 0.147 0.0669 0.0165 0.0529 1.73 0.560 0.488 0.731 0.967 0.647
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Benchmark [-] 0.251
CESM3_092H [-] 0.276 0.276 0.252 0.0938 0.0238 0.0569 2.03 0.411 0.498 0.678 0.996 0.616
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.275 0.275 0.252 0.0938 0.0222 0.0581 2.02 0.407 0.491 0.682 0.996 0.613
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.277 0.278 0.258 0.120 0.0201 0.0502 2.17 0.488 0.508 0.655 0.993 0.630
LE2_001 [-] 0.277 0.277 0.258 0.120 0.0196 0.0510 2.16 0.487 0.503 0.656 0.993 0.628
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Benchmark [-] 0.283
CESM3_092H [-] 0.306 0.305 0.284 0.0527 0.0209 0.0497 2.71 0.258 0.425 0.559 0.905 0.514
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.304 0.304 0.284 0.0527 0.0191 0.0505 2.70 0.256 0.405 0.565 0.902 0.507
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.314 0.314 0.291 0.0709 0.0225 0.0449 3.07 0.272 0.466 0.491 0.978 0.534
LE2_001 [-] 0.314 0.313 0.291 0.0709 0.0223 0.0453 3.06 0.271 0.464 0.496 0.979 0.535
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Benchmark [-] 0.385
CESM3_092H [-] 0.388 0.388 0.385 0.431 0.00325 0.0940 0.586 0.804 0.731 0.940 0.993 0.840
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.374 0.374 0.385 0.431 -0.0106 0.0972 0.588 0.807 0.725 0.942 0.984 0.837
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.452 0.451 0.386 0.369 0.0651 0.126 0.691 0.698 0.704 0.931 0.841 0.776
LE2_001 [-] 0.451 0.450 0.386 0.369 0.0639 0.129 0.671 0.693 0.697 0.934 0.836 0.771
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.110
CESM3_092H [-] 0.165 0.165 0.112 0.0486 0.0520 0.0559 2.63 0.135 0.422 0.579 0.455 0.403
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.165 0.165 0.112 0.0486 0.0518 0.0560 2.62 0.139 0.414 0.583 0.443 0.399
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.147 0.147 0.121 0.0580 0.0254 0.0395 3.14 0.253 0.427 0.473 0.620 0.440
LE2_001 [-] 0.146 0.146 0.121 0.0580 0.0250 0.0395 3.08 0.252 0.425 0.478 0.604 0.437
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Benchmark [-] 0.145
CESM3_092H [-] 0.179 0.178 0.146 0.0526 0.0320 0.0469 1.98 0.393 0.489 0.671 0.827 0.574
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.177 0.177 0.146 0.0527 0.0311 0.0443 1.92 0.396 0.503 0.683 0.815 0.580
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.163 0.163 0.150 0.0598 0.0137 0.0353 2.05 0.593 0.472 0.661 0.982 0.636
LE2_001 [-] 0.167 0.167 0.150 0.0598 0.0172 0.0418 1.97 0.572 0.431 0.669 0.994 0.619
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Benchmark [-] 0.179
CESM3_092H [-] 0.206 0.206 0.179 0.0559 0.0278 0.0649 0.832 0.727 0.678 0.909 0.879 0.774
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.202 0.202 0.178 0.0559 0.0253 0.0638 0.860 0.735 0.675 0.910 0.868 0.772
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.173 0.174 0.182 0.0854 -0.00613 0.0612 0.959 0.749 0.673 0.899 0.959 0.790
LE2_001 [-] 0.174 0.176 0.182 0.0854 -0.00482 0.0646 0.891 0.740 0.659 0.902 0.950 0.782
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.184
CESM3_092H [-] 0.195 0.194 0.184 0.0559 0.00955 0.0436 0.922 0.637 0.551 0.881 0.893 0.703
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.192 0.192 0.185 0.0559 0.00740 0.0394 0.937 0.645 0.582 0.874 0.875 0.712
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.187 0.187 0.186 0.0734 9.66e-05 0.0464 1.14 0.620 0.523 0.841 0.994 0.700
LE2_001 [-] 0.191 0.191 0.186 0.0734 0.00398 0.0523 1.29 0.611 0.487 0.817 0.987 0.678
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Benchmark [-] 0.127
CESM3_092H [-] 0.169 0.169 0.128 0.0455 0.0414 0.0432 3.07 0.106 0.456 0.488 0.486 0.398
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.171 0.171 0.128 0.0455 0.0429 0.0446 2.81 0.0989 0.439 0.542 0.490 0.402
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.135 0.135 0.129 0.0533 0.00570 0.0162 3.07 0.546 0.500 0.502 0.404 0.490
LE2_001 [-] 0.135 0.135 0.129 0.0533 0.00558 0.0162 3.08 0.545 0.501 0.499 0.401 0.490
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.138
CESM3_092H [-] 0.166 0.166 0.139 0.0530 0.0260 0.0317 3.18 0.201 0.327 0.466 0.512 0.367
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.168 0.168 0.139 0.0530 0.0288 0.0336 3.14 0.167 0.314 0.476 0.570 0.368
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.153 0.153 0.141 0.0570 0.0121 0.0236 3.35 0.396 0.283 0.434 0.793 0.438
LE2_001 [-] 0.154 0.154 0.141 0.0570 0.0129 0.0241 3.36 0.382 0.280 0.433 0.810 0.437
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Benchmark [-] 0.136
CESM3_092H [-] 0.170 0.171 0.137 0.0598 0.0334 0.0498 1.95 0.250 0.466 0.702 0.639 0.505
CESM3_098bH [-] 0.170 0.171 0.137 0.0598 0.0332 0.0495 1.96 0.253 0.462 0.705 0.615 0.500
CMIP6_001 [-] 0.159 0.159 0.143 0.0725 0.0158 0.0387 2.17 0.397 0.445 0.663 0.960 0.582
LE2_001 [-] 0.158 0.158 0.143 0.0725 0.0144 0.0376 2.12 0.399 0.450 0.675 0.945 0.584

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Data Information

  Title:
CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:
Ed4.1

  Institutions:
NASA Langley Research Center

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

  History:
Mon Sep 19 16:06:36 2022: ncatted -a units,albedo,o,c,1 albedo.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF
2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-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: unitless

  Convention:
CF-1.7