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	[-]	29.7
271	[-]	37.2	36.9	30.2		10.9		7.25	11.0	1.86		0.361	0.544	0.733	0.960	0.629
330	[-]	37.0	36.6	30.1		10.9		7.21	10.7	1.95		0.379	0.557	0.704	0.970	0.633
CMIP6_001	[-]	33.3	32.9	30.8		12.1		2.98	7.07	2.03		0.686	0.656	0.696	0.981	0.735

	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	[-]	43.8
271	[-]	45.0	45.5	43.9		11.9		0.585	10.3	1.46		0.577	0.423	0.786	0.954	0.633
330	[-]	45.1	45.6	43.9		11.9		0.605	10.2	1.35		0.580	0.434	0.802	0.962	0.642
CMIP6_001	[-]	45.3	45.8	44.3		14.3		0.716	9.02	1.46		0.622	0.506	0.788	0.991	0.683

	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	[-]	33.2
271	[-]	39.7	39.7	33.3		14.1		6.24	9.38	1.45		0.452	0.643	0.785	0.922	0.689
330	[-]	39.7	39.7	33.4		14.1		6.00	9.02	1.41		0.477	0.657	0.795	0.940	0.705
CMIP6_001	[-]	36.0	36.0	33.8		16.0		2.13	8.24	1.64		0.562	0.633	0.746	0.937	0.702

	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	[-]	39.0
271	[-]	43.5	43.5	39.2		38.4		4.54	12.9	0.179		0.638	0.642	0.988	0.972	0.776
330	[-]	45.0	44.9	39.1		36.7		6.29	13.3	0.185		0.602	0.646	0.987	0.979	0.772
CMIP6_001	[-]	37.2	37.2	39.6		34.7		-1.98	15.3	0.270		0.495	0.554	0.982	0.923	0.702

	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	[-]	18.1
271	[-]	34.4	34.3	18.5		12.2		16.5	16.9	2.06		0.0646	0.713	0.686	0.223	0.480
330	[-]	33.3	33.3	18.5		12.2		15.5	15.9	2.06		0.105	0.734	0.688	0.268	0.506
CMIP6_001	[-]	26.1	26.0	19.7		13.0		7.23	8.82	1.98		0.425	0.771	0.698	0.463	0.626

	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	[-]	25.9
271	[-]	31.8	31.7	26.3		23.3		5.22	11.8	0.348		0.481	0.496	0.961	0.967	0.680
330	[-]	28.7	28.6	25.9		22.4		2.58	7.56	0.308		0.655	0.667	0.965	0.986	0.788
CMIP6_001	[-]	23.9	23.7	26.2		21.0		-2.71	7.80	0.289		0.601	0.643	0.968	0.991	0.769

	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	[-]	34.3
271	[-]	41.8	41.8	34.4		8.42		6.28	13.4	1.15		0.379	0.449	0.847	0.986	0.622
330	[-]	42.0	42.0	34.3		8.47		6.50	12.6	1.04		0.376	0.491	0.871	0.987	0.643
CMIP6_001	[-]	40.0	39.9	34.7		9.64		4.05	12.0	1.09		0.492	0.488	0.859	0.980	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	[-]	27.4
271	[-]	40.7	40.6	27.9		12.6		11.8	14.1	0.951		0.196	0.489	0.892	0.984	0.610
330	[-]	40.6	40.5	27.6		12.6		12.0	14.1	0.886		0.189	0.496	0.899	0.984	0.613
CMIP6_001	[-]	36.2	36.2	28.7		13.2		6.69	9.52	1.03		0.468	0.617	0.884	0.932	0.704

	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	[-]	34.8
271	[-]	42.1	41.9	35.6		22.9		6.67	16.0	0.253		0.494	0.470	0.983	0.951	0.674
330	[-]	42.9	42.6	34.9		21.5		8.16	16.3	0.224		0.441	0.489	0.985	0.994	0.679
CMIP6_001	[-]	39.3	39.1	35.4		35.5		4.00	18.7	0.372		0.487	0.391	0.975	0.939	0.637

	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	[-]	36.2
271	[-]	40.9	41.0	36.3		12.0		3.56	8.01	0.653		0.644	0.772	0.949	0.748	0.777
330	[-]	42.1	42.1	36.7		12.0		4.17	7.94	0.594		0.636	0.789	0.954	0.796	0.793
CMIP6_001	[-]	39.7	39.7	37.7		13.3		1.15	6.49	0.463		0.660	0.811	0.960	0.911	0.831

	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	[-]	19.2
271	[-]	27.6	27.6	19.3		8.97		8.24	11.6	0.578		0.301	0.494	0.935	0.890	0.623
330	[-]	26.9	26.9	19.3		9.00		7.79	10.8	0.481		0.327	0.566	0.953	0.888	0.660
CMIP6_001	[-]	23.6	23.7	20.0		10.4		3.87	8.07	0.956		0.530	0.592	0.890	0.976	0.716

	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	[-]	43.0
271	[-]	52.2	52.2	43.4		15.4		7.46	12.8	0.868		0.401	0.572	0.889	0.992	0.685
330	[-]	51.9	51.9	43.3		15.3		7.33	12.2	0.809		0.418	0.603	0.898	0.992	0.703
CMIP6_001	[-]	48.6	48.6	44.4		18.5		3.08	10.4	0.915		0.538	0.601	0.882	0.993	0.723

	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	[-]	72.3
271	[-]	84.9	84.7	72.9		13.0		8.98	14.6	0.709		0.443	0.679	0.931	0.965	0.739
330	[-]	85.4	85.2	72.6		12.9		9.75	14.6	0.621		0.435	0.696	0.937	0.969	0.747
CMIP6_001	[-]	84.7	84.4	74.7		17.8		7.42	13.5	0.822		0.433	0.699	0.918	0.988	0.747

	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	[-]	43.3
271	[-]	47.9	47.9	43.6		46.9		5.56	16.0	0.158		0.466	0.481	0.988	0.982	0.680
330	[-]	47.7	47.7	43.3		45.4		6.12	16.1	0.170		0.459	0.498	0.987	0.958	0.680
CMIP6_001	[-]	43.4	43.3	43.7		41.8		0.851	18.3	0.228		0.444	0.403	0.984	0.885	0.624

	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	[-]	25.7
271	[-]	38.4	38.4	26.5		11.2		11.7	14.1	0.940		0.312	0.677	0.877	0.468	0.602
330	[-]	38.7	38.7	26.2		11.2		11.9	13.9	0.973		0.318	0.683	0.879	0.543	0.621
CMIP6_001	[-]	34.9	34.9	28.4		13.7		5.99	10.3	0.929		0.436	0.698	0.894	0.711	0.687

	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	[-]	25.7
271	[-]	35.7	35.6	26.0		11.1		9.18	10.1	0.741		0.131	0.671	0.901	0.829	0.641
330	[-]	36.0	35.9	25.9		11.0		9.51	10.5	0.781		0.111	0.660	0.899	0.855	0.637
CMIP6_001	[-]	31.8	31.6	26.5		12.2		4.77	7.46	1.07		0.457	0.573	0.863	0.992	0.691

	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	[-]	24.6
271	[-]	33.2	33.4	24.5		8.02		8.43	12.6	0.403		0.261	0.460	0.960	0.979	0.624
330	[-]	30.4	30.6	24.6		8.10		5.78	10.1	0.394		0.412	0.526	0.957	0.977	0.680
CMIP6_001	[-]	24.3	24.5	25.2		10.9		-0.724	9.23	0.335		0.495	0.491	0.963	0.962	0.680

	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	[-]	38.5
271	[-]	43.2	43.2	38.8		10.5		4.00	9.95	1.07		0.488	0.552	0.844	0.959	0.679
330	[-]	42.7	42.7	38.6		10.6		3.72	8.77	1.00		0.503	0.599	0.858	0.949	0.702
CMIP6_001	[-]	39.9	39.9	39.1		13.7		0.465	8.39	1.18		0.591	0.567	0.839	0.992	0.711

	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	[-]	26.2
271	[-]	35.6	35.6	26.3		10.6		9.36	10.6	1.87		0.212	0.615	0.739	0.811	0.598
330	[-]	35.9	35.9	26.3		10.6		9.68	10.7	1.66		0.163	0.631	0.774	0.835	0.607
CMIP6_001	[-]	28.9	28.9	26.6		11.9		2.56	5.11	1.92		0.703	0.669	0.729	0.879	0.730

	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	[-]	30.6
271	[-]	37.9	37.8	30.7		11.8		6.92	8.55	1.26		0.403	0.657	0.848	0.711	0.655
330	[-]	36.9	36.9	30.8		11.8		5.84	7.89	1.04		0.492	0.668	0.872	0.546	0.649
CMIP6_001	[-]	34.3	34.3	31.1		12.3		3.00	6.61	1.40		0.658	0.580	0.804	0.904	0.705

	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	[-]	29.5
271	[-]	34.0	33.9	29.9		12.3		4.12	10.7	0.889		0.454	0.669	0.896	0.954	0.728
330	[-]	34.6	34.5	29.7		12.3		4.84	11.1	0.860		0.436	0.653	0.904	0.953	0.720
CMIP6_001	[-]	34.7	34.7	31.4		14.0		2.30	8.65	0.941		0.530	0.663	0.885	0.976	0.744

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. Monthly Averages and 07/2005 to 06/2015 Climatology.

  Version:

Edition 4.2

Release Date February 10, 2023

  Institution:

NASA Langley Research Center

  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, J. Climate, 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, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Conventions:

CF-1.4

  Comment:

Climatology from 07/2005 to 06/2015

  Doi:

10.5067/TERRA-AQUA-NOAA20/CERES/EBAF_L3B004.2