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	[-]	449.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	463.	463.	448.		463.		15.0	16.5	1.16		0.178	0.803	0.848	1.00	0.726
Control	[-]	454.	454.	449.		463.		6.94	12.0	1.19		0.373	0.768	0.844	0.997	0.750
Randomized	[-]	453.	453.	449.		463.		6.00	11.9	1.20		0.379	0.760	0.840	0.995	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	[-]	466.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	483.	483.	466.		458.		16.9	20.0	0.379		0.241	0.660	0.969	0.966	0.699
Control	[-]	473.	473.	466.		458.		6.88	16.2	0.500		0.380	0.604	0.958	0.980	0.705
Randomized	[-]	471.	471.	466.		458.		4.57	15.5	0.471		0.393	0.610	0.959	0.978	0.710

	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	[-]	439.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	450.	450.	438.		445.		11.9	15.5	0.889		0.277	0.632	0.888	0.996	0.685
Control	[-]	443.	443.	439.		445.		4.48	12.2	0.772		0.454	0.684	0.906	0.988	0.743
Randomized	[-]	442.	442.	439.		445.		3.80	12.5	0.826		0.460	0.659	0.900	0.987	0.733

	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	[-]	284.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	278.	278.	283.		301.		-2.06	11.8	0.122		0.593	0.512	0.991	0.996	0.721
Control	[-]	270.	270.	284.		302.		-11.4	13.9	0.164		0.280	0.615	0.989	0.997	0.699
Randomized	[-]	271.	271.	284.		302.		-11.5	14.1	0.159		0.283	0.609	0.989	0.997	0.698

	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	[-]	455.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	459.	459.	451.		467.		8.45	14.0	1.48		0.217	0.853	0.780	0.702	0.681
Control	[-]	447.	447.	451.		467.		1.70	12.9	1.49		0.320	0.861	0.777	0.952	0.754
Randomized	[-]	446.	446.	451.		467.		0.761	12.8	1.88		0.339	0.847	0.713	0.954	0.740

	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	[-]	311.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	317.	317.	311.		337.		6.09	11.0	0.0363		0.412	0.669	0.998	0.998	0.749
Control	[-]	309.	308.	312.		337.		-3.14	7.68	0.0370		0.653	0.683	0.998	0.999	0.803
Randomized	[-]	308.	308.	312.		337.		-3.82	8.78	0.0326		0.629	0.617	0.998	1.00	0.772

	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	[-]	364.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	366.	365.	363.		410.		3.75	11.3	0.139		0.513	0.671	0.990	1.00	0.769
Control	[-]	357.	356.	364.		411.		-6.26	12.9	0.192		0.464	0.643	0.984	0.981	0.743
Randomized	[-]	354.	353.	364.		411.		-8.55	14.4	0.166		0.401	0.595	0.986	0.980	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	[-]	446.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	453.	453.	444.		466.		11.1	15.5	0.578		0.297	0.614	0.943	0.998	0.693
Control	[-]	444.	445.	445.		467.		3.01	13.0	0.564		0.429	0.654	0.949	0.977	0.733
Randomized	[-]	442.	443.	445.		467.		1.23	13.1	0.597		0.450	0.625	0.948	0.976	0.724

	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	[-]	283.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	284.	285.	282.		294.		3.30	10.6	0.0865		0.521	0.631	0.994	0.986	0.753
Control	[-]	269.	270.	283.		295.		-12.9	14.9	0.167		0.210	0.576	0.989	0.984	0.667
Randomized	[-]	269.	270.	283.		295.		-13.0	15.9	0.225		0.216	0.506	0.985	0.984	0.639

	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	[-]	440.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	449.	449.	441.		424.		4.43	9.72	0.261		0.614	0.743	0.979	0.999	0.815
Control	[-]	440.	440.	442.		425.		-3.76	10.1	0.251		0.646	0.725	0.979	0.999	0.815
Randomized	[-]	439.	439.	442.		425.		-4.93	11.2	0.275		0.599	0.703	0.978	0.998	0.796

	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	[-]	365.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	365.	365.	363.		389.		4.72	11.1	0.400		0.427	0.715	0.973	0.997	0.766
Control	[-]	356.	356.	363.		389.		-3.20	10.5	0.470		0.544	0.674	0.968	0.978	0.768
Randomized	[-]	354.	354.	363.		389.		-4.94	11.3	0.493		0.514	0.628	0.967	0.980	0.744

	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	[-]	377.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	381.	381.	375.		413.		7.77	13.5	0.449		0.407	0.694	0.953	0.999	0.750
Control	[-]	371.	371.	376.		413.		-1.70	11.9	0.438		0.458	0.689	0.953	0.999	0.758
Randomized	[-]	370.	370.	376.		413.		-3.01	12.4	0.464		0.447	0.662	0.950	0.999	0.744

	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	[-]	451.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	452.	452.	451.		444.		0.705	11.0	0.438		0.676	0.707	0.964	1.00	0.811
Control	[-]	442.	442.	452.		444.		-9.64	14.4	0.418		0.440	0.725	0.964	1.00	0.771
Randomized	[-]	440.	440.	452.		444.		-11.6	15.8	0.428		0.383	0.707	0.964	1.00	0.752

	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	[-]	287.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	286.	286.	286.		300.		0.675	11.7	0.160		0.501	0.558	0.988	0.964	0.714
Control	[-]	276.	276.	287.		300.		-10.8	14.1	0.230		0.333	0.589	0.984	0.930	0.685
Randomized	[-]	276.	275.	287.		300.		-11.6	14.8	0.200		0.307	0.573	0.986	0.932	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	[-]	442.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	446.	446.	438.		458.		12.0	15.8	0.792		0.294	0.695	0.905	0.987	0.715
Control	[-]	436.	436.	439.		459.		2.94	12.6	0.867		0.429	0.690	0.887	0.964	0.732
Randomized	[-]	435.	435.	439.		459.		2.06	12.6	0.850		0.430	0.683	0.891	0.963	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	[-]	383.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	389.	389.	381.		433.		10.8	13.8	0.236		0.165	0.796	0.984	1.00	0.748
Control	[-]	385.	385.	382.		433.		5.21	11.4	0.250		0.444	0.619	0.983	0.995	0.732
Randomized	[-]	382.	382.	382.		433.		2.94	10.8	0.267		0.559	0.572	0.982	0.996	0.736

	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	[-]	323.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	328.	328.	322.		348.		6.89	10.5	0.126		0.390	0.745	0.992	0.995	0.773
Control	[-]	321.	321.	323.		348.		-0.491	8.19	0.170		0.644	0.702	0.989	0.998	0.807
Randomized	[-]	320.	320.	323.		348.		-1.11	8.29	0.181		0.656	0.677	0.988	0.999	0.799

	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	[-]	375.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	380.	381.	375.		378.		6.67	10.9	0.129		0.461	0.756	0.991	0.996	0.792
Control	[-]	375.	376.	376.		379.		0.235	10.6	0.124		0.522	0.711	0.990	0.997	0.787
Randomized	[-]	373.	374.	376.		379.		-1.22	10.7	0.153		0.534	0.685	0.989	0.999	0.779

	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	[-]	444.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	457.	457.	443.		462.		14.2	16.0	1.19		0.121	0.809	0.854	0.980	0.714
Control	[-]	449.	449.	443.		462.		5.99	10.8	1.11		0.404	0.819	0.846	0.857	0.749
Randomized	[-]	448.	448.	443.		462.		5.12	10.4	1.18		0.438	0.804	0.838	0.857	0.748

	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	[-]	434.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	448.	448.	434.		431.		13.4	14.9	0.698		0.219	0.724	0.908	0.984	0.712
Control	[-]	441.	440.	434.		431.		6.37	9.99	0.682		0.454	0.722	0.909	0.988	0.759
Randomized	[-]	439.	439.	434.		431.		4.89	9.23	0.730		0.510	0.715	0.908	0.992	0.768

	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	[-]	382.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	387.	386.	381.		394.		6.16	14.4	0.492		0.364	0.725	0.949	0.999	0.752
Control	[-]	377.	376.	381.		394.		-2.83	16.8	0.467		0.368	0.719	0.949	0.950	0.741
Randomized	[-]	376.	375.	381.		394.		-3.46	17.0	0.541		0.371	0.706	0.942	0.955	0.736

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-rlus-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