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	[-]	30.4
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	33.8	33.6	31.4		12.0		2.77	7.14	2.02		0.618	0.712	0.690	0.954	0.737
Control	[-]	68.1	68.2	31.2		12.0		38.2	39.0	2.37		0.0209	0.445	0.618	0.899	0.486
Randomized	[-]	68.0	68.1	31.2		12.0		38.1	38.9	2.36		0.0226	0.433	0.619	0.889	0.479

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	45.2	45.7	43.7		14.0		1.73	8.33	1.42		0.617	0.551	0.794	0.976	0.698
Control	[-]	88.6	89.2	43.6		14.0		45.5	46.9	1.47		0.00329	0.318	0.784	0.976	0.480
Randomized	[-]	87.2	87.7	43.6		14.0		44.0	45.6	1.55		0.00474	0.291	0.771	0.979	0.467

	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	[-]	32.7
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	36.7	36.7	33.5		15.6		3.28	7.86	1.71		0.607	0.646	0.744	0.916	0.712
Control	[-]	71.5	71.5	33.5		15.6		38.0	39.1	1.86		0.000877	0.338	0.722	0.962	0.472
Randomized	[-]	72.1	72.1	33.5		15.6		38.5	39.6	1.87		0.00118	0.343	0.723	0.958	0.474

	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	[-]	38.9
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	33.8	33.8	39.3		34.2		-4.89	17.9	0.212		0.470	0.470	0.986	0.950	0.669
Control	[-]	50.8	50.8	39.8		33.8		12.5	22.4	0.265		0.392	0.452	0.981	0.942	0.644
Randomized	[-]	50.9	50.9	39.8		33.8		12.6	22.7	0.292		0.393	0.449	0.979	0.935	0.641

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	27.7	27.6	19.7		13.0		8.65	9.45	1.79		0.411	0.823	0.722	0.371	0.630
Control	[-]	60.0	59.9	19.6		13.0		43.4	44.0	2.34		0.0155	0.476	0.624	0.593	0.437
Randomized	[-]	60.6	60.5	19.6		13.0		43.9	44.5	2.34		0.0131	0.476	0.628	0.624	0.443

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	24.5	24.3	26.3		20.8		-1.99	8.84	0.350		0.635	0.598	0.967	0.978	0.755
Control	[-]	41.5	41.3	26.4		20.7		14.9	19.2	0.681		0.0854	0.408	0.945	0.807	0.531
Randomized	[-]	41.5	41.3	26.4		20.7		14.9	19.4	0.744		0.0821	0.387	0.938	0.817	0.522

	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	[-]	34.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	35.1	35.0	34.6		9.56		-0.160	7.77	0.747		0.587	0.632	0.910	0.934	0.739
Control	[-]	70.9	70.8	34.7		9.60		35.0	37.8	1.11		0.000498	0.308	0.859	0.736	0.442
Randomized	[-]	71.2	71.1	34.7		9.60		35.3	38.3	1.10		0.000486	0.282	0.859	0.706	0.426

	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	[-]	27.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	33.4	33.3	28.3		13.1		4.55	8.47	1.27		0.531	0.639	0.848	0.877	0.707
Control	[-]	80.4	80.2	28.2		13.1		51.2	52.4	1.30		0.00	0.248	0.832	0.827	0.431
Randomized	[-]	79.8	79.5	28.2		13.1		50.5	51.7	1.33		0.00	0.264	0.827	0.817	0.435

	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	[-]	35.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	30.1	30.0	35.1		35.2		-4.59	15.5	0.163		0.567	0.489	0.989	0.876	0.682
Control	[-]	47.6	47.4	35.5		34.8		12.7	24.9	0.408		0.226	0.293	0.972	0.970	0.551
Randomized	[-]	47.7	47.5	35.5		34.8		12.8	26.2	0.488		0.219	0.254	0.966	0.972	0.533

	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	[-]	35.2
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	39.7	39.7	37.0		13.0		1.86	6.45	0.487		0.680	0.822	0.957	0.846	0.825
Control	[-]	69.2	69.2	36.9		13.0		31.5	32.3	0.736		0.00188	0.490	0.929	0.949	0.572
Randomized	[-]	68.5	68.5	36.9		13.0		30.8	31.7	0.809		0.00237	0.480	0.926	0.942	0.566

	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	[-]	19.0
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	22.2	22.2	19.8		10.3		2.35	6.74	0.754		0.621	0.659	0.916	0.890	0.749
Control	[-]	44.2	44.3	19.9		10.4		24.5	26.8	1.45		0.0197	0.350	0.816	0.718	0.451
Randomized	[-]	43.9	44.0	19.9		10.4		24.2	26.6	1.54		0.0192	0.332	0.797	0.728	0.442

	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	[-]	42.7
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	45.1	45.1	44.0		18.2		0.247	10.1	0.798		0.595	0.652	0.896	0.991	0.757
Control	[-]	74.6	74.6	43.9		18.2		30.1	33.1	1.01		0.0455	0.393	0.867	0.953	0.530
Randomized	[-]	74.4	74.4	43.9		18.2		29.9	33.0	1.02		0.0459	0.384	0.867	0.953	0.527

	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	[-]	71.8
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	78.4	78.1	73.9		17.2		2.46	11.6	0.571		0.556	0.696	0.942	0.984	0.775
Control	[-]	113.	113.	73.7		17.3		37.3	38.6	0.580		0.0168	0.613	0.937	0.965	0.629
Randomized	[-]	112.	112.	73.7		17.3		36.2	37.6	0.562		0.0206	0.606	0.942	0.966	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	[-]	43.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	38.2	38.2	43.2		41.1		-3.98	16.9	0.187		0.535	0.440	0.986	0.977	0.675
Control	[-]	55.2	55.2	43.4		41.2		13.8	25.6	0.375		0.240	0.274	0.973	0.965	0.545
Randomized	[-]	55.2	55.2	43.4		41.2		13.8	25.9	0.353		0.245	0.268	0.973	0.959	0.542

	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	[-]	25.4
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	34.1	34.1	27.8		13.4		5.89	9.38	0.689		0.474	0.779	0.917	0.665	0.723
Control	[-]	81.7	81.8	27.7		13.5		54.0	54.9	0.966		0.00	0.398	0.868	0.876	0.508
Randomized	[-]	81.7	81.8	27.7		13.5		54.0	54.9	0.951		2.87e-05	0.399	0.872	0.870	0.508

	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	[-]	25.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	27.5	27.4	26.0		12.1		1.23	5.63	1.00		0.678	0.649	0.860	0.874	0.742
Control	[-]	61.9	61.7	26.0		12.2		35.7	36.7	1.22		0.00	0.357	0.833	0.951	0.500
Randomized	[-]	61.7	61.5	26.0		12.2		35.5	36.5	1.23		0.00	0.351	0.822	0.960	0.497

	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	[-]	24.0
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	24.7	24.8	24.4		10.8		0.131	8.12	0.346		0.568	0.561	0.965	0.986	0.728
Control	[-]	44.0	44.1	24.5		10.9		19.4	22.6	0.609		0.00916	0.312	0.947	0.883	0.493
Randomized	[-]	44.1	44.2	24.5		10.9		19.5	22.8	0.569		0.00934	0.303	0.949	0.884	0.490

	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	[-]	37.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	35.0	35.1	37.5		13.3		-2.83	7.20	0.912		0.588	0.656	0.872	0.965	0.747
Control	[-]	77.7	77.7	37.5		13.3		39.7	41.5	0.836		0.00	0.269	0.889	0.863	0.458
Randomized	[-]	77.2	77.2	37.5		13.3		39.2	40.9	0.887		0.00	0.291	0.881	0.866	0.466

	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	[-]	25.5
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	27.3	27.3	25.8		12.0		1.69	3.79	1.58		0.756	0.803	0.775	0.805	0.789
Control	[-]	57.8	57.8	25.8		12.0		32.6	33.4	1.76		0.000250	0.329	0.749	0.677	0.417
Randomized	[-]	57.8	57.8	25.8		12.0		32.5	33.3	1.68		0.000346	0.336	0.760	0.680	0.423

	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	[-]	29.8
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	31.8	31.8	30.3		12.1		1.42	4.88	1.13		0.757	0.708	0.843	0.804	0.764
Control	[-]	58.9	59.0	30.4		12.1		28.9	29.3	1.58		0.000361	0.524	0.774	0.969	0.558
Randomized	[-]	58.3	58.4	30.4		12.1		28.3	28.7	1.50		0.000438	0.522	0.794	0.974	0.563

	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	[-]	29.1
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	33.5	33.5	30.9		13.3		2.11	8.38	0.736		0.501	0.730	0.913	0.953	0.765
Control	[-]	71.1	71.1	30.7		13.3		38.3	39.5	1.27		0.00415	0.416	0.837	0.737	0.482
Randomized	[-]	70.6	70.6	30.7		13.3		37.9	39.1	1.25		0.00411	0.409	0.842	0.739	0.481

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-rsus-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