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	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	[-]	184.
CESM3_092H	[-]	177.	177.	184.		205.		-7.54	20.1	1.03		0.437	0.505	0.888	0.948	0.656
CESM3_098bH	[-]	171.	170.	184.		205.		-14.3	23.0	1.07		0.311	0.533	0.871	0.927	0.635
CMIP6_001	[-]	176.	176.	183.		204.		-6.38	19.4	1.39		0.523	0.458	0.807	0.999	0.649
LE2_001	[-]	176.	175.	183.		204.		-7.32	19.7	1.52		0.498	0.464	0.787	0.998	0.642

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Benchmark	[-]	198.
CESM3_092H	[-]	194.	195.	198.		196.		-3.56	17.1	1.10		0.533	0.476	0.868	0.994	0.669
CESM3_098bH	[-]	182.	183.	198.		196.		-15.5	21.7	1.25		0.297	0.514	0.847	0.957	0.626
CMIP6_001	[-]	187.	187.	198.		216.		-10.3	17.5	1.21		0.413	0.559	0.848	0.968	0.669
LE2_001	[-]	186.	187.	198.		216.		-11.1	18.2	1.23		0.394	0.545	0.837	0.970	0.658

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Benchmark	[-]	201.
CESM3_092H	[-]	202.	203.	200.		218.		1.49	17.0	0.984		0.527	0.550	0.873	0.972	0.694
CESM3_098bH	[-]	201.	201.	200.		219.		-0.144	15.9	0.968		0.572	0.581	0.876	0.984	0.719
CMIP6_001	[-]	195.	195.	200.		220.		-4.70	18.3	1.05		0.622	0.489	0.851	0.952	0.681
LE2_001	[-]	195.	195.	200.		220.		-5.27	18.6	1.07		0.615	0.478	0.854	0.953	0.676

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Benchmark	[-]	70.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	66.3	66.4	70.8		67.7		-4.55	15.4	0.301		0.676	0.473	0.980	0.993	0.719
CESM3_098bH	[-]	65.3	65.3	70.5		67.4		-5.40	16.6	0.239		0.653	0.425	0.984	0.995	0.696
CMIP6_001	[-]	61.7	61.9	70.2		71.8		-9.34	18.5	0.276		0.509	0.435	0.982	0.948	0.662
LE2_001	[-]	60.5	60.6	70.2		71.8		-10.5	19.0	0.285		0.464	0.440	0.981	0.922	0.649

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Benchmark	[-]	190.
CESM3_092H	[-]	167.	167.	189.		208.		-16.2	20.0	1.23		0.454	0.678	0.844	0.880	0.707
CESM3_098bH	[-]	161.	161.	189.		207.		-21.8	25.1	1.38		0.291	0.673	0.822	0.932	0.678
CMIP6_001	[-]	164.	164.	186.		204.		-15.6	21.6	1.48		0.421	0.594	0.801	0.997	0.681
LE2_001	[-]	163.	163.	186.		204.		-16.5	22.7	1.37		0.401	0.587	0.819	0.999	0.679

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Benchmark	[-]	99.3
CESM3_092H	[-]	104.	103.	99.8		118.		4.16	12.6	0.631		0.592	0.594	0.958	0.957	0.739
CESM3_098bH	[-]	101.	101.	99.2		117.		2.31	11.6	0.614		0.647	0.613	0.959	0.970	0.760
CMIP6_001	[-]	99.2	99.1	99.1		116.		0.401	11.3	0.495		0.700	0.602	0.967	0.933	0.761
LE2_001	[-]	100.	100.	99.1		116.		1.50	11.6	0.621		0.691	0.595	0.957	0.925	0.753

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Benchmark	[-]	140.
CESM3_092H	[-]	154.	153.	140.		156.		13.5	21.1	0.490		0.188	0.479	0.958	0.977	0.616
CESM3_098bH	[-]	151.	151.	139.		156.		11.1	19.4	0.531		0.255	0.489	0.954	0.967	0.631
CMIP6_001	[-]	148.	147.	139.		153.		8.20	17.7	0.502		0.359	0.477	0.959	0.996	0.653
LE2_001	[-]	148.	147.	139.		153.		8.29	17.8	0.499		0.355	0.482	0.957	0.995	0.654

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Benchmark	[-]	181.
CESM3_092H	[-]	181.	181.	181.		211.		-0.411	18.5	0.457		0.566	0.508	0.961	0.973	0.703
CESM3_098bH	[-]	174.	175.	181.		210.		-6.22	19.1	0.425		0.578	0.499	0.963	0.924	0.692
CMIP6_001	[-]	178.	178.	180.		205.		-0.893	18.0	0.442		0.642	0.465	0.962	0.991	0.705
LE2_001	[-]	177.	177.	180.		205.		-1.51	18.5	0.411		0.645	0.447	0.964	0.991	0.699

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Benchmark	[-]	62.8
CESM3_092H	[-]	61.7	62.1	63.2		58.7		-2.76	12.5	0.409		0.793	0.546	0.973	0.997	0.771
CESM3_098bH	[-]	60.9	61.3	63.1		58.4		-3.28	13.2	0.416		0.763	0.520	0.972	0.992	0.754
CMIP6_001	[-]	48.2	48.6	63.2		53.2		-15.9	26.0	0.400		0.220	0.236	0.973	0.957	0.525
LE2_001	[-]	49.5	50.0	63.2		53.2		-14.6	24.8	0.534		0.249	0.246	0.965	0.955	0.532

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Benchmark	[-]	199.
CESM3_092H	[-]	201.	201.	199.		212.		-2.17	13.1	0.520		0.576	0.667	0.965	0.934	0.762
CESM3_098bH	[-]	201.	201.	199.		212.		-2.76	13.2	0.448		0.594	0.661	0.969	0.934	0.764
CMIP6_001	[-]	197.	197.	200.		198.		-5.17	11.9	0.499		0.665	0.658	0.961	0.966	0.782
LE2_001	[-]	197.	197.	200.		198.		-5.16	12.3	0.499		0.658	0.644	0.965	0.955	0.773

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Benchmark	[-]	122.
CESM3_092H	[-]	126.	127.	122.		153.		7.53	16.3	0.399		0.357	0.513	0.974	0.997	0.671
CESM3_098bH	[-]	124.	124.	121.		152.		5.36	15.6	0.315		0.394	0.521	0.979	0.998	0.682
CMIP6_001	[-]	121.	121.	119.		147.		4.72	13.8	0.277		0.412	0.605	0.982	0.979	0.716
LE2_001	[-]	122.	122.	119.		147.		5.08	13.8	0.278		0.390	0.619	0.982	0.978	0.718

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Benchmark	[-]	143.
CESM3_092H	[-]	146.	146.	143.		189.		3.21	16.5	0.593		0.437	0.564	0.941	0.995	0.700
CESM3_098bH	[-]	144.	144.	143.		189.		0.780	16.6	0.599		0.448	0.566	0.939	0.996	0.703
CMIP6_001	[-]	141.	141.	142.		173.		-0.811	16.5	0.615		0.477	0.535	0.934	0.994	0.695
LE2_001	[-]	140.	140.	142.		173.		-0.901	16.7	0.631		0.474	0.527	0.933	0.994	0.691

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Benchmark	[-]	177.
CESM3_092H	[-]	182.	182.	177.		228.		5.57	15.1	0.385		0.400	0.720	0.970	0.962	0.754
CESM3_098bH	[-]	176.	176.	177.		228.		0.476	14.3	0.441		0.482	0.689	0.966	0.963	0.758
CMIP6_001	[-]	175.	175.	175.		222.		0.574	13.8	0.618		0.484	0.692	0.947	0.986	0.760
LE2_001	[-]	175.	175.	175.		222.		0.604	13.9	0.597		0.479	0.688	0.947	0.986	0.757

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Benchmark	[-]	69.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	68.7	68.5	69.8		62.4		-3.26	15.8	0.253		0.622	0.462	0.983	0.990	0.704
CESM3_098bH	[-]	68.7	68.5	69.4		61.9		-2.69	16.0	0.224		0.645	0.453	0.985	0.996	0.707
CMIP6_001	[-]	55.9	55.8	69.4		70.3		-15.2	26.1	0.264		0.265	0.238	0.982	0.961	0.537
LE2_001	[-]	55.5	55.4	69.4		70.3		-15.6	27.5	0.343		0.256	0.198	0.977	0.964	0.518

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Benchmark	[-]	204.
CESM3_092H	[-]	202.	202.	203.		218.		-0.792	16.0	0.596		0.507	0.622	0.931	0.910	0.719
CESM3_098bH	[-]	200.	200.	203.		218.		-2.71	16.4	0.613		0.537	0.610	0.930	0.876	0.712
CMIP6_001	[-]	199.	200.	201.		218.		0.377	17.5	0.641		0.493	0.537	0.938	0.932	0.687
LE2_001	[-]	200.	200.	201.		218.		0.627	17.9	0.638		0.489	0.516	0.936	0.930	0.677

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Benchmark	[-]	151.
CESM3_092H	[-]	168.	168.	151.		198.		18.0	22.1	0.561		0.110	0.586	0.963	0.948	0.638
CESM3_098bH	[-]	165.	164.	151.		198.		15.0	19.4	0.542		0.157	0.640	0.961	0.928	0.665
CMIP6_001	[-]	160.	160.	149.		191.		11.2	16.1	0.392		0.262	0.633	0.973	0.966	0.693
LE2_001	[-]	158.	158.	149.		191.		9.97	15.6	0.458		0.308	0.607	0.968	0.973	0.693

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Benchmark	[-]	110.
CESM3_092H	[-]	119.	120.	111.		135.		8.80	14.6	0.447		0.396	0.593	0.970	0.916	0.694
CESM3_098bH	[-]	118.	118.	110.		134.		7.67	13.9	0.325		0.439	0.606	0.978	0.925	0.711
CMIP6_001	[-]	114.	114.	110.		116.		3.61	13.8	0.464		0.497	0.569	0.969	0.885	0.698
LE2_001	[-]	114.	114.	110.		116.		3.68	14.5	0.517		0.506	0.527	0.963	0.887	0.682

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Benchmark	[-]	164.
CESM3_092H	[-]	177.	177.	164.		174.		12.5	17.6	0.244		0.257	0.566	0.984	0.982	0.671
CESM3_098bH	[-]	174.	175.	164.		173.		10.7	16.2	0.239		0.322	0.582	0.984	0.968	0.688
CMIP6_001	[-]	172.	172.	164.		166.		8.38	14.4	0.194		0.446	0.575	0.987	0.991	0.715
LE2_001	[-]	170.	170.	164.		166.		6.78	14.0	0.331		0.524	0.541	0.977	0.996	0.716

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Benchmark	[-]	176.
CESM3_092H	[-]	185.	185.	175.		226.		10.2	20.5	1.47		0.436	0.551	0.806	0.996	0.668
CESM3_098bH	[-]	185.	185.	175.		226.		9.82	20.8	1.47		0.446	0.533	0.804	0.997	0.662
CMIP6_001	[-]	185.	185.	175.		218.		11.2	22.6	1.44		0.410	0.484	0.802	0.993	0.635
LE2_001	[-]	186.	186.	175.		218.		11.7	22.8	1.33		0.395	0.489	0.818	0.996	0.637

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Benchmark	[-]	185.
CESM3_092H	[-]	197.	197.	184.		211.		12.1	20.1	0.906		0.305	0.555	0.906	0.997	0.664
CESM3_098bH	[-]	198.	199.	184.		212.		13.2	20.5	0.964		0.258	0.573	0.891	0.997	0.658
CMIP6_001	[-]	189.	190.	184.		204.		5.09	16.3	0.891		0.555	0.585	0.889	0.995	0.722
LE2_001	[-]	190.	191.	184.		204.		5.98	16.4	0.932		0.547	0.578	0.885	0.988	0.715

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Benchmark	[-]	178.
CESM3_092H	[-]	181.	180.	178.		186.		0.327	23.3	0.693		0.335	0.459	0.917	0.948	0.624
CESM3_098bH	[-]	181.	180.	178.		187.		0.218	24.0	0.691		0.301	0.454	0.916	0.937	0.613
CMIP6_001	[-]	185.	185.	179.		170.		0.937	21.0	0.773		0.370	0.506	0.905	0.974	0.652
LE2_001	[-]	184.	184.	179.		170.		0.0744	20.8	0.726		0.387	0.506	0.912	0.979	0.658

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-rsns-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