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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.157	0.156		0.143	0.0572		0.0130	0.0259	3.01		0.389	0.336	0.507	0.981	0.426	0.496
CLM4SP	[-]	0.149	0.148		0.143	0.0572		0.00562	0.0248	2.98		0.401	0.345	0.510	0.937	0.424	0.494
CLM5SP	[-]	0.155	0.154		0.143	0.0572		0.0111	0.0260	2.98		0.395	0.321	0.511	0.968	0.472	0.498

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.190	0.192		0.182	0.0612		0.00838	0.0307	3.03		0.421	0.298	0.502	0.989	0.451	0.493
CLM4SP	[-]	0.183	0.185		0.182	0.0612		0.00149	0.0295	2.64		0.401	0.325	0.571	0.946	0.449	0.503
CLM5SP	[-]	0.188	0.190		0.182	0.0612		0.00640	0.0311	3.01		0.426	0.279	0.507	0.984	0.494	0.495

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.146	0.0640		0.0107	0.0293	2.97		0.449	0.290	0.517	0.941	0.482	0.495
CLM4SP	[-]	0.152	0.152		0.146	0.0640		0.00585	0.0273	3.13		0.435	0.297	0.480	0.891	0.465	0.477
CLM5SP	[-]	0.154	0.154		0.146	0.0640		0.00825	0.0288	2.80		0.455	0.291	0.550	0.925	0.525	0.506

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.339	0.339		0.370	0.336		-0.0324	0.139	1.72		0.778	0.534	0.769	0.937	0.806	0.726
CLM4SP	[-]	0.347	0.346		0.370	0.336		-0.0250	0.145	1.55		0.759	0.544	0.801	0.986	0.769	0.734
CLM5SP	[-]	0.346	0.346		0.370	0.336		-0.0250	0.127	1.40		0.791	0.569	0.833	0.936	0.799	0.750

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.132	0.132		0.0928	0.0564		0.0389	0.0456	3.07		0.243	0.351	0.484	0.0410	0.396	0.311
CLM4SP	[-]	0.128	0.128		0.0928	0.0564		0.0349	0.0421	3.13		0.254	0.350	0.470	0.0336	0.396	0.309
CLM5SP	[-]	0.132	0.132		0.0928	0.0564		0.0388	0.0454	3.10		0.243	0.352	0.476	0.0330	0.392	0.308

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.182	0.181		0.222	0.157		-0.0413	0.0898	1.67		0.750	0.586	0.771	0.985	0.694	0.729
CLM4SP	[-]	0.163	0.162		0.222	0.157		-0.0603	0.106	1.54		0.663	0.575	0.799	0.986	0.659	0.709
CLM5SP	[-]	0.188	0.187		0.222	0.157		-0.0352	0.0800	1.25		0.780	0.631	0.860	0.980	0.689	0.762

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.209	0.209		0.204	0.0927		0.00424	0.0616	1.12		0.681	0.493	0.848	0.984	0.698	0.700
CLM4SP	[-]	0.206	0.206		0.204	0.0927		0.00163	0.0625	1.23		0.684	0.484	0.833	0.991	0.669	0.691
CLM5SP	[-]	0.199	0.199		0.204	0.0927		-0.00564	0.0616	1.15		0.678	0.489	0.837	0.955	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.144	0.0587		0.0128	0.0400	2.97		0.459	0.318	0.515	0.945	0.460	0.503
CLM4SP	[-]	0.154	0.154		0.144	0.0587		0.00971	0.0387	2.93		0.451	0.323	0.517	0.972	0.455	0.507
CLM5SP	[-]	0.153	0.154		0.144	0.0587		0.00921	0.0395	2.90		0.463	0.316	0.527	0.878	0.484	0.497

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.367	0.364		0.366	0.392		-0.00144	0.138	1.89		0.847	0.542	0.753	0.987	0.810	0.747
CLM4SP	[-]	0.362	0.359		0.366	0.392		-0.00706	0.138	1.78		0.832	0.541	0.778	0.994	0.792	0.747
CLM5SP	[-]	0.373	0.370		0.366	0.392		0.00436	0.130	1.77		0.850	0.569	0.781	0.987	0.801	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	[-]	0.153
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.178	0.179		0.160	0.0616		0.0189	0.0328	2.50		0.398	0.366	0.601	0.925	0.492	0.525
CLM4SP	[-]	0.162	0.162		0.160	0.0616		0.00246	0.0301	2.47		0.433	0.369	0.607	0.837	0.468	0.514
CLM5SP	[-]	0.173	0.173		0.160	0.0616		0.0133	0.0316	2.40		0.443	0.346	0.616	0.901	0.632	0.547

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.161	0.161		0.153	0.0665		0.00818	0.0647	1.37		0.571	0.405	0.812	0.932	0.654	0.630
CLM4SP	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.153	0.0665		-0.00483	0.0636	1.39		0.516	0.425	0.807	0.974	0.612	0.626
CLM5SP	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.153	0.0665		0.00593	0.0604	1.39		0.568	0.425	0.808	0.913	0.635	0.629

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.269	0.270		0.262	0.0914		0.00732	0.0590	2.34		0.515	0.402	0.631	0.995	0.583	0.588
CLM4SP	[-]	0.266	0.266		0.262	0.0914		0.00412	0.0608	2.29		0.477	0.414	0.639	0.988	0.553	0.581
CLM5SP	[-]	0.268	0.268		0.262	0.0914		0.00582	0.0572	2.26		0.511	0.405	0.644	0.993	0.614	0.595

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.319	0.319		0.293	0.0694		0.0260	0.0505	3.35		0.295	0.346	0.434	0.976	0.513	0.485
CLM4SP	[-]	0.310	0.310		0.293	0.0694		0.0169	0.0481	3.39		0.297	0.343	0.425	0.969	0.510	0.481
CLM5SP	[-]	0.313	0.313		0.293	0.0694		0.0200	0.0513	3.38		0.311	0.282	0.428	0.981	0.668	0.492

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.367	0.367		0.400	0.375		-0.0333	0.126	1.68		0.788	0.580	0.770	0.993	0.773	0.747
CLM4SP	[-]	0.373	0.374		0.400	0.375		-0.0262	0.135	1.56		0.766	0.582	0.797	0.952	0.780	0.743
CLM5SP	[-]	0.374	0.374		0.400	0.375		-0.0261	0.115	1.41		0.803	0.616	0.821	0.994	0.761	0.768

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.150	0.150		0.125	0.0569		0.0237	0.0416	3.50		0.323	0.312	0.406	0.743	0.467	0.427
CLM4SP	[-]	0.142	0.141		0.125	0.0569		0.0154	0.0370	3.46		0.306	0.323	0.411	0.766	0.453	0.430
CLM5SP	[-]	0.147	0.147		0.125	0.0569		0.0211	0.0416	3.24		0.306	0.312	0.455	0.682	0.530	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.159	0.0605		-0.00167	0.0502	2.32		0.537	0.351	0.628	0.928	0.642	0.573
CLM4SP	[-]	0.143	0.143		0.159	0.0605		-0.0160	0.0510	2.54		0.410	0.393	0.598	0.936	0.583	0.552
CLM5SP	[-]	0.156	0.155		0.159	0.0605		-0.00320	0.0478	2.26		0.527	0.363	0.631	0.905	0.635	0.571

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.170	0.171		0.197	0.0857		-0.0252	0.0896	1.36		0.725	0.560	0.848	0.982	0.662	0.723
CLM4SP	[-]	0.155	0.155		0.197	0.0857		-0.0410	0.107	1.31		0.664	0.532	0.857	0.951	0.628	0.694
CLM5SP	[-]	0.173	0.173		0.197	0.0857		-0.0224	0.0826	0.844		0.738	0.593	0.918	0.975	0.662	0.746

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.184	0.183		0.194	0.0720		-0.0104	0.0544	1.43		0.652	0.452	0.794	0.978	0.690	0.670
CLM4SP	[-]	0.174	0.174		0.194	0.0720		-0.0196	0.0629	1.79		0.594	0.425	0.739	0.984	0.632	0.633
CLM5SP	[-]	0.172	0.172		0.194	0.0720		-0.0223	0.0575	1.54		0.594	0.443	0.769	0.993	0.720	0.660

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.132	0.132		0.136	0.0519		-0.00434	0.0214	2.70		0.439	0.360	0.572	0.249	0.389	0.395
CLM4SP	[-]	0.129	0.129		0.136	0.0519		-0.00712	0.0223	2.75		0.392	0.360	0.566	0.222	0.388	0.381
CLM5SP	[-]	0.132	0.132		0.136	0.0519		-0.00458	0.0214	2.74		0.436	0.359	0.561	0.224	0.388	0.388

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.147	0.147		0.147	0.0557		-0.000869	0.0227	3.18		0.451	0.266	0.475	0.543	0.468	0.411
CLM4SP	[-]	0.141	0.141		0.147	0.0557		-0.00675	0.0234	3.28		0.344	0.274	0.455	0.322	0.439	0.351
CLM5SP	[-]	0.145	0.145		0.147	0.0557		-0.00272	0.0224	3.14		0.424	0.275	0.480	0.475	0.467	0.399

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.166	0.166		0.149	0.0759		0.0173	0.0493	2.39		0.391	0.334	0.621	0.947	0.575	0.534
CLM4SP	[-]	0.158	0.158		0.149	0.0759		0.00973	0.0475	2.36		0.415	0.344	0.635	0.970	0.532	0.540
CLM5SP	[-]	0.154	0.155		0.149	0.0759		0.00609	0.0472	2.30		0.418	0.333	0.641	0.876	0.630	0.538

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