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 Globe 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]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.138
CLM4	[-]	0.158	0.157		0.143	0.0572		0.0145	0.0288	3.02		0.313	0.308	0.507	0.978	0.554	0.495
CLM4.5	[-]	0.157	0.156		0.143	0.0572		0.0134	0.0296	3.09		0.334	0.295	0.496	0.976	0.564	0.493
CLM5	[-]	0.156	0.155		0.143	0.0572		0.0121	0.0287	3.03		0.323	0.307	0.505	0.943	0.546	0.488

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.181
CLM4	[-]	0.193	0.195		0.182	0.0612		0.0115	0.0330	3.34		0.399	0.254	0.444	0.988	0.728	0.511
CLM4.5	[-]	0.189	0.191		0.182	0.0612		0.00757	0.0335	3.34		0.430	0.245	0.444	0.982	0.753	0.517
CLM5	[-]	0.186	0.187		0.182	0.0612		0.00407	0.0324	2.99		0.433	0.264	0.507	0.973	0.647	0.515

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.142
CLM4	[-]	0.160	0.160		0.146	0.0640		0.0141	0.0328	2.81		0.399	0.245	0.546	0.923	0.687	0.508
CLM4.5	[-]	0.158	0.158		0.146	0.0640		0.0120	0.0330	2.88		0.429	0.230	0.532	0.937	0.695	0.509
CLM5	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.146	0.0640		0.0106	0.0316	2.50		0.399	0.266	0.602	0.910	0.626	0.511

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.368
CLM4	[-]	0.374	0.374		0.370	0.336		0.00278	0.157	1.57		0.783	0.531	0.797	0.963	0.807	0.735
CLM4.5	[-]	0.336	0.335		0.370	0.336		-0.0355	0.141	1.48		0.748	0.557	0.815	0.985	0.767	0.738
CLM5	[-]	0.323	0.322		0.370	0.336		-0.0485	0.125	1.11		0.724	0.613	0.889	0.979	0.725	0.757

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0844
CLM4	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.0928	0.0564		0.0421	0.0477	2.93		0.229	0.327	0.512	0.0399	0.490	0.321
CLM4.5	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.0928	0.0564		0.0418	0.0475	2.94		0.228	0.335	0.506	0.0593	0.468	0.322
CLM5	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.0928	0.0564		0.0432	0.0484	3.07		0.220	0.346	0.478	0.0319	0.416	0.306

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.221
CLM4	[-]	0.188	0.187		0.222	0.157		-0.0345	0.0988	1.29		0.741	0.583	0.847	0.975	0.718	0.741
CLM4.5	[-]	0.205	0.204		0.222	0.157		-0.0177	0.108	1.37		0.761	0.562	0.833	0.926	0.698	0.724
CLM5	[-]	0.200	0.199		0.222	0.157		-0.0233	0.0930	1.07		0.777	0.610	0.894	0.981	0.687	0.760

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.201
CLM4	[-]	0.206	0.206		0.204	0.0927		0.00103	0.0647	1.08		0.682	0.479	0.855	0.981	0.683	0.693
CLM4.5	[-]	0.210	0.210		0.204	0.0927		0.00560	0.0618	1.04		0.680	0.491	0.863	0.983	0.710	0.703
CLM5	[-]	0.201	0.202		0.204	0.0927		-0.00305	0.0621	1.09		0.681	0.491	0.843	0.942	0.699	0.691

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.138
CLM4	[-]	0.161	0.161		0.144	0.0587		0.0167	0.0420	2.86		0.462	0.287	0.539	0.959	0.670	0.534
CLM4.5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.144	0.0587		0.0148	0.0423	3.07		0.435	0.287	0.499	0.944	0.645	0.516
CLM5	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.144	0.0587		0.0127	0.0399	3.25		0.469	0.316	0.453	0.848	0.523	0.488

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.367
CLM4	[-]	0.389	0.387		0.366	0.392		0.0211	0.164	1.85		0.805	0.511	0.763	0.982	0.781	0.726
CLM4.5	[-]	0.365	0.363		0.366	0.392		-0.00273	0.140	1.79		0.808	0.551	0.777	0.991	0.780	0.743
CLM5	[-]	0.339	0.337		0.366	0.392		-0.0292	0.111	1.40		0.787	0.617	0.849	0.983	0.762	0.769

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.153
CLM4	[-]	0.172	0.172		0.160	0.0616		0.0126	0.0321	2.54		0.451	0.346	0.593	0.834	0.609	0.530
CLM4.5	[-]	0.172	0.172		0.160	0.0616		0.0127	0.0325	2.57		0.442	0.337	0.588	0.855	0.593	0.525
CLM5	[-]	0.167	0.167		0.160	0.0616		0.00755	0.0333	2.40		0.443	0.326	0.618	0.781	0.680	0.529

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.146
CLM4	[-]	0.173	0.174		0.153	0.0665		0.0209	0.0791	1.41		0.540	0.371	0.796	0.927	0.665	0.612
CLM4.5	[-]	0.164	0.165		0.153	0.0665		0.0116	0.0675	1.42		0.575	0.382	0.798	0.955	0.691	0.631
CLM5	[-]	0.164	0.165		0.153	0.0665		0.0115	0.0634	1.43		0.578	0.405	0.796	0.912	0.667	0.627

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.147
CLM4	[-]	0.276	0.276		0.262	0.0914		0.0138	0.0637	2.24		0.490	0.394	0.648	0.991	0.632	0.591
CLM4.5	[-]	0.271	0.271		0.262	0.0914		0.00878	0.0611	2.30		0.512	0.384	0.637	0.995	0.648	0.593
CLM5	[-]	0.268	0.268		0.262	0.0914		0.00606	0.0584	2.21		0.510	0.398	0.648	0.993	0.640	0.598

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.284
CLM4	[-]	0.321	0.321		0.293	0.0694		0.0282	0.0527	3.38		0.288	0.338	0.425	0.974	0.520	0.481
CLM4.5	[-]	0.319	0.319		0.293	0.0694		0.0259	0.0509	3.41		0.291	0.342	0.423	0.976	0.521	0.482
CLM5	[-]	0.313	0.313		0.293	0.0694		0.0202	0.0516	3.39		0.311	0.276	0.423	0.978	0.674	0.490

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.399
CLM4	[-]	0.388	0.388		0.400	0.375		-0.0122	0.133	1.54		0.789	0.588	0.801	0.991	0.771	0.755
CLM4.5	[-]	0.363	0.363		0.400	0.375		-0.0372	0.125	1.66		0.775	0.596	0.773	0.992	0.749	0.747
CLM5	[-]	0.363	0.363		0.400	0.375		-0.0369	0.118	1.19		0.773	0.629	0.854	0.989	0.718	0.765

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.113
CLM4	[-]	0.148	0.147		0.125	0.0569		0.0215	0.0413	3.06		0.305	0.288	0.496	0.772	0.645	0.466
CLM4.5	[-]	0.150	0.150		0.125	0.0569		0.0238	0.0432	3.04		0.312	0.275	0.499	0.695	0.641	0.450
CLM5	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.125	0.0569		0.0222	0.0432	3.04		0.295	0.298	0.494	0.616	0.600	0.433

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.154
CLM4	[-]	0.149	0.149		0.159	0.0605		-0.00991	0.0540	2.27		0.459	0.367	0.626	0.788	0.689	0.549
CLM4.5	[-]	0.154	0.154		0.159	0.0605		-0.00471	0.0475	2.08		0.516	0.362	0.652	0.868	0.733	0.582
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.159	0.0605		0.000121	0.0454	2.03		0.579	0.379	0.659	0.892	0.680	0.594

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.193
CLM4	[-]	0.174	0.175		0.197	0.0857		-0.0207	0.0970	1.17		0.709	0.560	0.873	0.948	0.670	0.720
CLM4.5	[-]	0.170	0.170		0.197	0.0857		-0.0254	0.0914	1.14		0.716	0.573	0.877	0.981	0.644	0.727
CLM5	[-]	0.174	0.175		0.197	0.0857		-0.0213	0.0864	0.732		0.729	0.589	0.933	0.981	0.640	0.743

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.192
CLM4	[-]	0.185	0.184		0.194	0.0720		-0.00977	0.0637	1.63		0.645	0.409	0.763	0.993	0.640	0.643
CLM4.5	[-]	0.190	0.189		0.194	0.0720		-0.00442	0.0546	1.31		0.664	0.447	0.810	0.982	0.704	0.676
CLM5	[-]	0.177	0.177		0.194	0.0720		-0.0170	0.0587	1.51		0.622	0.428	0.771	0.976	0.708	0.655

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.134
CLM4	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.136	0.0519		-0.000999	0.0208	2.68		0.512	0.343	0.574	0.363	0.479	0.436
CLM4.5	[-]	0.134	0.134		0.136	0.0519		-0.00199	0.0216	2.62		0.485	0.343	0.588	0.348	0.479	0.431
CLM5	[-]	0.135	0.135		0.136	0.0519		-0.00112	0.0207	2.96		0.510	0.350	0.515	0.245	0.417	0.398

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.144
CLM4	[-]	0.146	0.146		0.147	0.0557		-0.00160	0.0265	2.98		0.390	0.212	0.501	0.707	0.695	0.453
CLM4.5	[-]	0.147	0.147		0.147	0.0557		-0.000740	0.0261	3.08		0.419	0.202	0.484	0.674	0.701	0.447
CLM5	[-]	0.149	0.149		0.147	0.0557		0.00174	0.0238	3.18		0.475	0.230	0.458	0.649	0.638	0.446

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.141
CLM4	[-]	0.169	0.169		0.149	0.0759		0.0206	0.0512	2.38		0.410	0.330	0.622	0.977	0.590	0.543
CLM4.5	[-]	0.166	0.166		0.149	0.0759		0.0173	0.0492	2.31		0.404	0.335	0.634	0.945	0.612	0.544
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.160		0.149	0.0759		0.0109	0.0468	2.09		0.441	0.334	0.675	0.852	0.635	0.545

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 Globe 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 Interannual variability Interannual variability 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

  creation_date: Wed May 14 11:10:39 PDT 2014

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

  source_file: This product is generated from monthly 1 degree CERES EBAF Radiation observations

  title: derived CERES EBAF Radiation

  Approach: To obtain albedo from CERES EBAF radiation data, I divided total surface upward shortwave (sfc_sw_down_all_mon) by total sky surface downward shortwave (sfc_sw_up_all_mon). 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 CERES EBAF 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-ceres.ncl