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	[-]	0.175
default	[-]	0.183	0.184	0.177		0.0712		0.00646	0.0324	2.96		0.515	0.622	0.520	0.880	0.632
handtune0011	[-]	0.176	0.177	0.177		0.0712		-0.000356	0.0326	2.96		0.520	0.622	0.520	0.923	0.641

	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	[-]	0.215
default	[-]	0.194	0.197	0.215		0.0564		-0.0181	0.0471	2.94		0.420	0.488	0.528	0.980	0.581
handtune0011	[-]	0.192	0.195	0.215		0.0564		-0.0203	0.0488	3.10		0.379	0.487	0.490	0.985	0.565

	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	[-]	0.168
default	[-]	0.172	0.172	0.171		0.0578		0.000767	0.0400	3.74		0.459	0.460	0.357	0.530	0.453
handtune0011	[-]	0.169	0.168	0.171		0.0578		-0.00303	0.0412	3.83		0.414	0.456	0.339	0.582	0.449

	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	[-]	0.281
default	[-]	0.353	0.351	0.281		0.280		0.0689	0.204	1.91		0.604	0.368	0.760	0.954	0.611
handtune0011	[-]	0.357	0.354	0.281		0.280		0.0724	0.217	1.93		0.592	0.345	0.756	0.944	0.596

	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	[-]	0.113
default	[-]	0.170	0.171	0.118		0.0696		0.0521	0.0559	2.95		0.382	0.685	0.521	0.194	0.493
handtune0011	[-]	0.162	0.162	0.118		0.0696		0.0440	0.0510	2.91		0.418	0.683	0.529	0.157	0.494

	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	[-]	0.170
default	[-]	0.228	0.227	0.170		0.151		0.0572	0.135	1.52		0.470	0.312	0.814	0.976	0.577
handtune0011	[-]	0.225	0.225	0.170		0.151		0.0546	0.146	1.55		0.493	0.273	0.809	0.922	0.554

	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	[-]	0.213	0.213	0.177		0.0577		0.0358	0.0707	1.38		0.573	0.580	0.803	0.971	0.702
handtune0011	[-]	0.211	0.211	0.177		0.0577		0.0345	0.0700	1.40		0.588	0.580	0.802	0.985	0.707

	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	[-]	0.142
default	[-]	0.182	0.182	0.144		0.0596		0.0386	0.0529	3.76		0.436	0.582	0.363	0.741	0.541
handtune0011	[-]	0.175	0.176	0.144		0.0596		0.0322	0.0496	3.64		0.481	0.581	0.385	0.813	0.568

	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	[-]	0.307
default	[-]	0.393	0.383	0.306		0.386		0.0774	0.186	2.15		0.603	0.416	0.706	0.981	0.625
handtune0011	[-]	0.405	0.394	0.306		0.386		0.0882	0.210	2.15		0.567	0.375	0.705	0.978	0.600

	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	[-]	0.152
default	[-]	0.178	0.178	0.155		0.0648		0.0225	0.0447	2.64		0.387	0.609	0.581	0.711	0.579
handtune0011	[-]	0.177	0.177	0.155		0.0648		0.0214	0.0446	2.73		0.382	0.604	0.567	0.726	0.577

	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	[-]	0.146
default	[-]	0.191	0.190	0.147		0.0733		0.0430	0.0848	2.34		0.492	0.445	0.632	0.974	0.597
handtune0011	[-]	0.189	0.188	0.147		0.0733		0.0411	0.0856	2.20		0.502	0.441	0.660	0.974	0.604

	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	[-]	0.235
default	[-]	0.235	0.235	0.192		0.599		0.0430	0.0826	2.44		0.443	0.541	0.619	0.973	0.623
handtune0011	[-]	0.233	0.233	0.192		0.599		0.0411	0.0847	2.45		0.452	0.532	0.617	0.969	0.620

	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	[-]	0.263
default	[-]	0.327	0.329	0.265		0.0587		0.0633	0.0900	1.73		0.270	0.594	0.767	0.981	0.641
handtune0011	[-]	0.327	0.329	0.265		0.0587		0.0633	0.0901	1.73		0.270	0.593	0.766	0.980	0.641

	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	[-]	0.300
default	[-]	0.390	0.389	0.301		0.273		0.0875	0.203	1.89		0.564	0.424	0.759	0.985	0.631
handtune0011	[-]	0.396	0.395	0.301		0.273		0.0933	0.223	1.93		0.547	0.384	0.751	0.987	0.611

	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	[-]	0.175	0.176	0.112		0.0635		0.0628	0.0668	3.21		0.205	0.612	0.471	0.812	0.542
handtune0011	[-]	0.171	0.172	0.112		0.0635		0.0594	0.0637	3.15		0.229	0.606	0.484	0.840	0.553

	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	[-]	0.121
default	[-]	0.182	0.184	0.122		0.0602		0.0612	0.0765	2.39		0.308	0.581	0.627	0.984	0.616
handtune0011	[-]	0.181	0.183	0.122		0.0602		0.0602	0.0746	2.37		0.313	0.586	0.630	0.985	0.620

	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	[-]	0.151
default	[-]	0.216	0.217	0.152		0.0712		0.0651	0.113	0.984		0.475	0.529	0.904	0.981	0.684
handtune0011	[-]	0.213	0.215	0.152		0.0712		0.0625	0.121	0.950		0.494	0.489	0.909	0.960	0.669

	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	[-]	0.159
default	[-]	0.202	0.200	0.160		0.0614		0.0408	0.0635	1.54		0.528	0.608	0.773	0.904	0.684
handtune0011	[-]	0.202	0.200	0.160		0.0614		0.0400	0.0666	1.54		0.536	0.594	0.777	0.901	0.680

	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	[-]	0.133
default	[-]	0.173	0.173	0.134		0.0622		0.0390	0.0420	3.84		0.394	0.714	0.336	0.445	0.521
handtune0011	[-]	0.164	0.164	0.134		0.0622		0.0299	0.0343	3.84		0.489	0.711	0.336	0.298	0.509

	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	[-]	0.167	0.167	0.140		0.0735		0.0271	0.0386	4.14		0.482	0.583	0.282	0.664	0.519
handtune0011	[-]	0.164	0.164	0.140		0.0735		0.0243	0.0371	4.16		0.522	0.584	0.279	0.697	0.533

	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	[-]	0.133
default	[-]	0.180	0.180	0.136		0.0624		0.0434	0.0611	2.90		0.359	0.582	0.519	0.885	0.585
handtune0011	[-]	0.179	0.178	0.136		0.0624		0.0418	0.0603	3.00		0.373	0.580	0.499	0.901	0.587

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:

derived GEWEX SRB Radiation

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly 1 degree GEWEX SRB Radiation observations

  Conventions:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Creation_date:

Mon Jun 30 23:00:33 PDT 2014

  Approach:

To obtain albedo from GEWEX SRB radiation data, I divided surface all-sky upward shortwave (sw_sfc_up) by surface all-sky downward shortwave (sw_sfc_dn). Meanwhile, the data were also binned from original 1.0x1.0 resolution to final 0.5x0.5 resolution.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from NASA GEWEX SRB radiation dataset.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-radiation-gewex.srb.ncl