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	[-]	184.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	181.	181.	183.		204.		-1.54	10.5	0.828		0.691	0.759	0.896	0.880	0.797
Control	[-]	162.	162.	183.		204.		-21.0	26.1	1.29		0.207	0.580	0.813	0.913	0.619
Randomized	[-]	161.	161.	183.		204.		-22.2	27.3	1.39		0.197	0.563	0.806	0.906	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	[-]	198.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	195.	195.	198.		216.		-3.11	11.0	0.922		0.608	0.708	0.873	0.934	0.766
Control	[-]	163.	163.	198.		216.		-35.1	37.4	0.978		0.0295	0.572	0.867	0.980	0.604
Randomized	[-]	161.	161.	198.		216.		-36.5	38.6	1.10		0.0207	0.590	0.850	0.988	0.608

	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	[-]	201.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	196.	196.	200.		220.		-4.66	10.2	0.653		0.710	0.775	0.920	0.988	0.833
Control	[-]	171.	171.	200.		219.		-28.3	31.5	1.10		0.0841	0.632	0.843	0.985	0.635
Randomized	[-]	171.	171.	200.		219.		-28.1	31.6	1.08		0.0916	0.623	0.847	0.981	0.633

	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	[-]	70.4
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	72.7	72.8	70.2		71.8		1.77	14.1	0.255		0.653	0.554	0.983	0.997	0.748
Control	[-]	55.3	55.3	71.0		73.0		-17.1	26.0	0.574		0.256	0.289	0.962	0.958	0.551
Randomized	[-]	57.4	57.5	71.0		73.0		-15.1	24.3	0.484		0.323	0.320	0.968	0.945	0.575

	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	[-]	190.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	174.	174.	186.		204.		-7.25	11.6	1.13		0.686	0.810	0.826	0.933	0.813
Control	[-]	151.	151.	186.		204.		-25.7	29.5	2.32		0.303	0.688	0.615	0.713	0.601
Randomized	[-]	153.	153.	186.		204.		-24.0	28.3	2.39		0.318	0.677	0.609	0.728	0.602

	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	[-]	99.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	101.	101.	99.1		116.		2.38	10.7	0.184		0.692	0.645	0.988	0.983	0.791
Control	[-]	80.7	80.6	99.9		117.		-18.9	24.2	0.139		0.0829	0.348	0.991	0.984	0.551
Randomized	[-]	80.3	80.3	99.9		117.		-19.3	24.9	0.227		0.0768	0.322	0.985	0.991	0.539

	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	[-]	140.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	135.	135.	139.		153.		-3.69	11.9	0.332		0.534	0.621	0.973	0.999	0.750
Control	[-]	120.	120.	140.		154.		-19.7	25.4	0.298		0.156	0.392	0.974	0.994	0.582
Randomized	[-]	119.	118.	140.		154.		-21.1	27.0	0.316		0.144	0.358	0.972	0.993	0.565

	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	[-]	181.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	174.	174.	180.		205.		-4.53	13.5	0.346		0.589	0.670	0.970	0.930	0.766
Control	[-]	147.	147.	180.		205.		-29.8	34.2	0.600		0.0835	0.486	0.940	0.996	0.598
Randomized	[-]	147.	147.	180.		205.		-30.6	35.3	0.774		0.0779	0.451	0.922	0.994	0.579

	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	[-]	62.8
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	66.3	66.6	63.2		53.2		2.24	11.0	0.172		0.754	0.634	0.989	0.998	0.802
Control	[-]	43.6	44.0	64.0		54.2		-21.0	31.6	0.628		0.0824	0.118	0.958	0.993	0.454
Randomized	[-]	43.5	43.9	64.0		54.2		-21.1	31.9	0.615		0.0817	0.118	0.959	0.994	0.454

	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	[-]	199.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	192.	192.	200.		198.		-9.27	11.7	0.412		0.492	0.760	0.967	0.997	0.795
Control	[-]	165.	165.	199.		197.		-36.0	38.0	0.399		0.00338	0.692	0.964	0.999	0.670
Randomized	[-]	163.	164.	199.		197.		-37.2	39.2	0.468		0.00329	0.663	0.961	0.998	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	[-]	122.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	113.	113.	119.		147.		-3.61	9.05	0.245		0.635	0.739	0.984	0.989	0.817
Control	[-]	99.7	99.7	120.		148.		-18.1	21.6	0.305		0.191	0.516	0.980	0.986	0.638
Randomized	[-]	98.4	98.5	120.		148.		-19.2	22.2	0.331		0.148	0.515	0.978	0.983	0.628

	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	[-]	143.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	136.	136.	142.		173.		-4.51	11.7	0.368		0.599	0.696	0.961	0.998	0.790
Control	[-]	118.	118.	142.		174.		-23.0	27.2	0.552		0.116	0.527	0.932	0.973	0.615
Randomized	[-]	118.	118.	142.		174.		-23.6	27.8	0.589		0.112	0.514	0.930	0.971	0.608

	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	[-]	177.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	162.	162.	175.		222.		-12.3	16.5	0.268		0.356	0.697	0.979	0.948	0.736
Control	[-]	143.	143.	176.		222.		-31.7	32.1	0.306		0.0524	0.708	0.976	0.987	0.686
Randomized	[-]	142.	142.	176.		222.		-32.7	32.9	0.316		0.0419	0.709	0.975	0.983	0.684

	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	[-]	69.4
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	70.1	70.0	69.4		70.3		-0.771	13.1	0.0821		0.674	0.576	0.995	0.987	0.761
Control	[-]	53.7	53.7	70.1		71.1		-18.0	26.3	0.247		0.212	0.282	0.984	0.989	0.550
Randomized	[-]	54.5	54.4	70.1		71.1		-17.2	25.7	0.292		0.235	0.284	0.980	0.988	0.554

	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	[-]	204.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	191.	192.	201.		218.		-7.27	12.7	0.412		0.559	0.763	0.956	0.970	0.802
Control	[-]	160.	160.	201.		219.		-38.9	40.7	0.801		0.0487	0.607	0.887	0.896	0.609
Randomized	[-]	159.	160.	201.		219.		-39.1	41.0	0.780		0.0472	0.595	0.899	0.902	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	[-]	151.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	144.	144.	149.		191.		-3.70	7.09	0.255		0.744	0.783	0.983	0.989	0.856
Control	[-]	123.	123.	150.		192.		-25.9	27.8	0.265		0.00840	0.504	0.979	0.971	0.593
Randomized	[-]	122.	122.	150.		192.		-26.8	29.1	0.400		0.00754	0.453	0.970	0.963	0.569

	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	[-]	110.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	110.	111.	110.		116.		0.593	9.42	0.111		0.652	0.699	0.993	0.999	0.808
Control	[-]	89.8	89.8	111.		117.		-21.2	23.9	0.183		0.0778	0.456	0.987	0.959	0.587
Randomized	[-]	90.3	90.4	111.		117.		-20.6	23.8	0.279		0.0788	0.431	0.981	0.968	0.578

	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	[-]	164.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	159.	159.	164.		166.		-4.61	10.4	0.133		0.582	0.672	0.991	0.975	0.779
Control	[-]	134.	134.	165.		167.		-30.1	30.7	0.131		0.00789	0.539	0.991	0.984	0.612
Randomized	[-]	133.	133.	165.		167.		-31.2	31.7	0.148		0.00789	0.534	0.990	0.977	0.609

	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	[-]	176.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	173.	173.	175.		218.		-0.890	8.42	0.734		0.783	0.808	0.906	0.898	0.840
Control	[-]	154.	154.	175.		218.		-20.0	25.2	1.34		0.205	0.653	0.804	0.956	0.654
Randomized	[-]	153.	153.	175.		218.		-20.7	25.9	1.39		0.189	0.633	0.795	0.967	0.643

	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	[-]	185.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	179.	180.	184.		204.		-4.72	9.62	0.517		0.730	0.774	0.940	0.982	0.840
Control	[-]	160.	161.	184.		203.		-23.1	26.0	1.17		0.0927	0.674	0.823	0.975	0.648
Randomized	[-]	159.	159.	184.		203.		-24.8	27.4	1.10		0.0777	0.680	0.852	0.934	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	[-]	178.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	176.	175.	179.		170.		-8.21	17.3	0.392		0.366	0.593	0.959	0.997	0.702
Control	[-]	158.	157.	179.		170.		-25.7	31.7	0.436		0.0805	0.541	0.947	0.993	0.621
Randomized	[-]	158.	157.	179.		170.		-25.7	31.9	0.480		0.0747	0.524	0.947	0.992	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-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