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	[-]	-48.4
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-65.0	-65.0	-48.5		-46.8		-16.4	18.5	1.57		0.157	0.749	0.781	0.983	0.684
Control	[-]	-55.5	-55.6	-48.3		-46.6		-6.68	12.6	2.64		0.506	0.651	0.574	0.990	0.675
Randomized	[-]	-57.0	-57.0	-48.3		-46.6		-8.13	13.7	2.60		0.453	0.632	0.582	0.990	0.658

	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	[-]	-75.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-96.8	-97.6	-75.6		-53.9		-21.6	23.8	0.368		0.148	0.652	0.960	0.851	0.653
Control	[-]	-90.7	-91.5	-74.9		-53.6		-16.0	19.6	0.673		0.227	0.585	0.909	0.929	0.647
Randomized	[-]	-89.3	-90.0	-74.9		-53.6		-14.5	18.4	0.674		0.260	0.606	0.913	0.902	0.657

	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	[-]	-73.2
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-89.3	-89.4	-73.7		-61.6		-13.7	18.1	1.64		0.225	0.670	0.770	0.978	0.663
Control	[-]	-82.1	-82.3	-73.4		-61.5		-6.48	13.9	1.40		0.436	0.626	0.803	0.989	0.696
Randomized	[-]	-83.8	-84.0	-73.4		-61.5		-8.12	15.2	1.44		0.390	0.593	0.810	0.987	0.675

	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	[-]	-43.6
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-41.0	-41.1	-43.5		-45.2		1.76	15.3	1.72		0.567	0.254	0.762	0.963	0.560
Control	[-]	-51.0	-51.0	-43.7		-45.3		-7.24	12.1	1.71		0.336	0.497	0.758	0.996	0.617
Randomized	[-]	-51.6	-51.6	-43.7		-45.3		-7.74	12.6	1.76		0.309	0.485	0.757	0.997	0.606

	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	[-]	-42.2
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-46.7	-46.7	-40.6		-47.5		-5.53	11.4	2.00		0.371	0.822	0.699	0.837	0.710
Control	[-]	-35.0	-34.9	-40.5		-47.5		5.80	10.6	2.38		0.499	0.823	0.633	0.955	0.747
Randomized	[-]	-35.7	-35.7	-40.5		-47.5		5.00	10.3	2.52		0.515	0.810	0.607	0.955	0.739

	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	[-]	-47.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-52.7	-52.7	-47.0		-56.4		-5.71	12.7	1.85		0.407	0.446	0.747	0.915	0.592
Control	[-]	-59.5	-59.5	-47.2		-56.4		-12.4	16.2	2.14		0.146	0.445	0.708	0.734	0.496
Randomized	[-]	-59.3	-59.3	-47.2		-56.4		-12.2	16.1	2.24		0.156	0.441	0.693	0.700	0.486

	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	[-]	-66.6
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-72.7	-72.4	-66.7		-56.0		-4.85	13.3	1.24		0.452	0.597	0.832	0.977	0.691
Control	[-]	-73.9	-73.8	-67.1		-56.1		-5.99	14.9	1.53		0.380	0.509	0.785	0.887	0.614
Randomized	[-]	-72.7	-72.5	-67.1		-56.1		-4.81	14.9	1.56		0.409	0.490	0.781	0.866	0.607

	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	[-]	-59.6
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-78.3	-78.5	-60.2		-51.1		-15.5	19.1	1.09		0.240	0.641	0.855	0.987	0.673
Control	[-]	-66.6	-66.7	-60.3		-51.3		-2.68	12.9	1.08		0.482	0.629	0.853	0.986	0.716
Randomized	[-]	-65.8	-65.8	-60.3		-51.3		-2.06	12.8	1.03		0.500	0.609	0.857	0.990	0.713

	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	[-]	-40.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-42.1	-42.2	-40.2		-42.4		-1.96	14.9	2.24		0.576	0.242	0.676	0.860	0.519
Control	[-]	-47.1	-47.3	-40.3		-42.6		-6.89	12.6	2.57		0.324	0.431	0.584	0.807	0.515
Randomized	[-]	-47.2	-47.3	-40.3		-42.6		-6.90	12.6	2.53		0.329	0.431	0.615	0.808	0.523

	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	[-]	-87.5
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-97.6	-97.6	-89.3		-64.6		-4.95	10.8	1.02		0.527	0.735	0.868	0.997	0.772
Control	[-]	-90.3	-90.3	-90.0		-64.8		2.67	8.24	0.786		0.650	0.765	0.894	0.982	0.811
Randomized	[-]	-90.1	-90.1	-90.0		-64.8		2.84	9.22	0.739		0.636	0.712	0.904	0.978	0.788

	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	[-]	-53.5
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-57.7	-57.7	-52.7		-61.2		-5.60	11.5	1.73		0.418	0.662	0.762	0.994	0.700
Control	[-]	-63.6	-63.6	-52.7		-61.1		-11.1	14.1	1.66		0.228	0.694	0.769	0.870	0.651
Randomized	[-]	-63.3	-63.3	-52.7		-61.1		-10.9	13.9	1.67		0.235	0.685	0.770	0.851	0.645

	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	[-]	-60.9
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-71.7	-71.7	-61.3		-53.9		-9.38	15.5	1.53		0.364	0.627	0.781	0.974	0.674
Control	[-]	-68.1	-68.2	-61.3		-54.0		-5.61	13.4	1.51		0.383	0.616	0.785	0.986	0.677
Randomized	[-]	-67.9	-68.0	-61.3		-54.0		-5.43	13.6	1.55		0.379	0.603	0.782	0.984	0.670

	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	[-]	-103.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-108.	-108.	-104.		-72.7		-2.50	11.1	0.918		0.584	0.704	0.862	0.973	0.765
Control	[-]	-103.	-103.	-104.		-72.7		3.33	11.1	0.879		0.578	0.658	0.875	0.945	0.743
Randomized	[-]	-102.	-102.	-104.		-72.7		4.42	11.2	0.899		0.553	0.666	0.876	0.935	0.739

	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	[-]	-41.2
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-44.2	-44.2	-41.1		-42.0		-3.47	12.3	2.19		0.487	0.402	0.662	0.839	0.558
Control	[-]	-51.7	-51.6	-41.2		-42.0		-10.2	14.4	2.08		0.193	0.517	0.690	0.809	0.545
Randomized	[-]	-51.9	-51.9	-41.2		-42.0		-10.4	14.7	2.12		0.184	0.502	0.685	0.803	0.535

	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	[-]	-65.7
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-83.7	-83.7	-67.7		-55.6		-12.4	17.6	1.81		0.296	0.661	0.701	0.990	0.662
Control	[-]	-70.7	-70.7	-67.3		-55.6		1.39	12.2	1.17		0.502	0.680	0.813	0.988	0.733
Randomized	[-]	-71.0	-71.0	-67.3		-55.6		1.20	12.4	1.23		0.494	0.672	0.808	0.987	0.727

	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	[-]	-50.5
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-61.5	-61.4	-50.0		-60.4		-11.3	13.9	2.72		0.173	0.623	0.544	0.998	0.592
Control	[-]	-64.5	-64.3	-50.0		-60.2		-13.7	16.2	1.98		0.111	0.681	0.717	0.995	0.637
Randomized	[-]	-63.9	-63.7	-50.0		-60.2		-13.1	15.6	1.81		0.123	0.692	0.743	0.995	0.649

	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	[-]	-45.2
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-53.2	-53.2	-45.2		-45.8		-7.86	11.1	1.66		0.315	0.595	0.784	0.990	0.656
Control	[-]	-62.1	-62.1	-45.2		-45.8		-16.9	18.6	1.76		0.0490	0.631	0.776	0.966	0.611
Randomized	[-]	-62.2	-62.2	-45.2		-45.8		-17.1	18.7	1.81		0.0472	0.630	0.765	0.950	0.605

	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	[-]	-78.9
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-87.3	-87.1	-79.3		-54.7		-7.48	12.7	0.698		0.393	0.660	0.922	0.971	0.721
Control	[-]	-84.1	-83.9	-79.0		-54.6		-4.65	11.9	0.892		0.439	0.659	0.913	0.808	0.696
Randomized	[-]	-83.5	-83.3	-79.0		-54.6		-3.99	12.2	1.03		0.432	0.645	0.897	0.774	0.679

	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	[-]	-32.5
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-51.1	-51.0	-32.2		-44.6		-18.8	20.5	1.64		0.0887	0.824	0.775	0.973	0.697
Control	[-]	-39.7	-39.7	-32.2		-44.6		-7.18	12.3	2.58		0.507	0.704	0.579	0.926	0.684
Randomized	[-]	-40.9	-40.8	-32.2		-44.6		-8.31	13.3	2.72		0.465	0.666	0.561	0.943	0.660

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Benchmark	[-]	-54.7
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-71.0	-71.3	-54.6		-57.4		-16.1	17.7	1.91		0.173	0.723	0.714	0.991	0.665
Control	[-]	-66.4	-66.7	-54.7		-57.4		-11.1	14.6	1.32		0.353	0.703	0.813	0.960	0.707
Randomized	[-]	-66.4	-66.7	-54.7		-57.4		-11.1	14.6	1.57		0.362	0.694	0.785	0.966	0.700

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Benchmark	[-]	-78.0
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	-85.3	-84.9	-81.2		-49.3		-0.791	18.7	1.21		0.325	0.654	0.839	0.837	0.662
Control	[-]	-87.9	-87.7	-81.2		-49.6		-3.76	19.6	1.19		0.252	0.625	0.839	0.720	0.612
Randomized	[-]	-87.7	-87.5	-81.2		-49.6		-3.57	19.4	1.26		0.262	0.625	0.829	0.717	0.612

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-rlns-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