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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.138
default	[-]	0.183	0.184	0.140		0.0468		0.0442	0.0513	2.94		0.130	0.427	0.520	0.825	0.466
handtune0011	[-]	0.177	0.178	0.140		0.0468		0.0381	0.0457	2.93		0.158	0.427	0.521	0.872	0.481

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.176
default	[-]	0.193	0.196	0.176		0.0608		0.0199	0.0446	2.81		0.247	0.305	0.543	0.944	0.469
handtune0011	[-]	0.191	0.194	0.176		0.0608		0.0177	0.0431	2.88		0.267	0.302	0.540	0.957	0.474

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
default	[-]	0.172	0.172	0.141		0.0629		0.0306	0.0414	3.00		0.213	0.367	0.504	0.638	0.418
handtune0011	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.141		0.0629		0.0269	0.0390	3.02		0.244	0.361	0.505	0.690	0.432

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.358
default	[-]	0.347	0.345	0.359		0.337		-0.0152	0.115	0.512		0.790	0.697	0.945	0.976	0.821
handtune0011	[-]	0.350	0.348	0.359		0.337		-0.0123	0.114	0.511		0.795	0.701	0.944	0.982	0.825

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0883
default	[-]	0.170	0.171	0.0916		0.0599		0.0791	0.0801	3.03		0.0288	0.476	0.502	0.359	0.368
handtune0011	[-]	0.163	0.164	0.0916		0.0599		0.0719	0.0729	3.01		0.0442	0.475	0.506	0.301	0.360

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.207
default	[-]	0.227	0.227	0.207		0.204		0.0195	0.0814	0.897		0.782	0.656	0.914	0.885	0.779
handtune0011	[-]	0.225	0.224	0.207		0.204		0.0164	0.0837	0.900		0.796	0.644	0.914	0.957	0.791

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.192
default	[-]	0.212	0.212	0.193		0.0534		0.0186	0.0652	1.21		0.540	0.560	0.833	0.800	0.658
handtune0011	[-]	0.210	0.210	0.193		0.0534		0.0171	0.0642	1.19		0.551	0.559	0.833	0.849	0.670

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.130
default	[-]	0.181	0.182	0.132		0.0575		0.0504	0.0619	3.71		0.116	0.376	0.366	0.655	0.378
handtune0011	[-]	0.175	0.175	0.132		0.0575		0.0437	0.0565	3.73		0.156	0.376	0.363	0.736	0.402

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.362
default	[-]	0.388	0.378	0.360		0.463		0.0181	0.101	0.497		0.811	0.715	0.957	0.988	0.837
handtune0011	[-]	0.399	0.388	0.360		0.463		0.0281	0.109	0.497		0.801	0.706	0.957	0.990	0.832

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.147
default	[-]	0.178	0.177	0.151		0.0616		0.0266	0.0427	2.49		0.243	0.509	0.609	0.735	0.521
handtune0011	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.151		0.0616		0.0253	0.0419	2.36		0.253	0.503	0.627	0.748	0.527

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.140
default	[-]	0.189	0.189	0.141		0.0646		0.0479	0.0702	1.72		0.411	0.492	0.739	0.961	0.619
handtune0011	[-]	0.187	0.187	0.141		0.0646		0.0458	0.0701	1.62		0.415	0.487	0.753	0.963	0.621

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.251
default	[-]	0.234	0.234	0.202		0.663		0.0317	0.0661	2.16		0.363	0.497	0.662	0.979	0.600
handtune0011	[-]	0.232	0.232	0.202		0.663		0.0298	0.0653	2.14		0.377	0.493	0.664	0.982	0.602

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.283
default	[-]	0.327	0.329	0.284		0.0535		0.0439	0.0763	2.61		0.163	0.436	0.582	0.965	0.516
handtune0011	[-]	0.327	0.329	0.284		0.0535		0.0439	0.0763	2.65		0.163	0.435	0.575	0.966	0.515

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.385
default	[-]	0.387	0.385	0.386		0.341		-0.00116	0.105	0.690		0.789	0.717	0.929	0.979	0.826
handtune0011	[-]	0.392	0.391	0.386		0.341		0.00432	0.112	0.673		0.786	0.698	0.934	0.976	0.818

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.110
default	[-]	0.174	0.175	0.113		0.0598		0.0620	0.0667	3.11		0.0855	0.393	0.486	0.724	0.416
handtune0011	[-]	0.171	0.172	0.113		0.0598		0.0587	0.0637	3.03		0.0961	0.388	0.498	0.752	0.424

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.145
default	[-]	0.182	0.183	0.147		0.0634		0.0361	0.0571	2.07		0.368	0.472	0.655	0.748	0.543
handtune0011	[-]	0.181	0.182	0.147		0.0634		0.0353	0.0554	2.08		0.375	0.478	0.653	0.753	0.547

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.179
default	[-]	0.215	0.217	0.180		0.0800		0.0366	0.0905	0.964		0.641	0.634	0.898	0.933	0.748
handtune0011	[-]	0.212	0.214	0.180		0.0800		0.0339	0.0954	0.910		0.657	0.615	0.905	0.969	0.752

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.184
default	[-]	0.202	0.200	0.185		0.0769		0.0155	0.0594	1.62		0.556	0.528	0.756	0.975	0.669
handtune0011	[-]	0.201	0.199	0.185		0.0769		0.0146	0.0624	1.53		0.554	0.519	0.769	0.974	0.667

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.127
default	[-]	0.174	0.174	0.128		0.0509		0.0453	0.0471	3.59		0.0754	0.480	0.404	0.484	0.385
handtune0011	[-]	0.165	0.166	0.128		0.0509		0.0369	0.0391	3.58		0.113	0.476	0.406	0.335	0.361

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.138
default	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.140		0.0557		0.0278	0.0335	3.07		0.202	0.363	0.486	0.563	0.395
handtune0011	[-]	0.165	0.165	0.140		0.0557		0.0252	0.0315	3.10		0.242	0.365	0.480	0.608	0.412

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.136
default	[-]	0.180	0.179	0.139		0.0650		0.0398	0.0560	2.53		0.234	0.436	0.600	0.902	0.522
handtune0011	[-]	0.178	0.178	0.139		0.0650		0.0380	0.0550	2.55		0.241	0.432	0.599	0.918	0.525

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:

Monhtly mean surface fluxes calculated by a radiative transfer model and constrained by the combined Terra and Aqua SSF1deg measurements

  History:

Mon Sep 19 16:06:36 2022: ncatted -a units,albedo,o,c,1 albedo.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-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: unitless

  Convention:

CF-1.7