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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.157	0.157	0.00	0.143	0.0572		0.0140	0.0297	3.11		0.29	0.31	0.49	0.94	0.52	0.48
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.156	0.155	0.00	0.143	0.0572		0.0121	0.0287	3.03		0.32	0.31	0.50	0.94	0.55	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.154	0.153	0.00	0.144	0.0574		0.00910	0.0291	3.32		0.31	0.32	0.44	0.93	0.49	0.47

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.189	0.191	0.00	0.182	0.0612		0.00745	0.0324	3.11		0.42	0.27	0.48	0.98	0.69	0.52
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.00	0.182	0.0612		0.00407	0.0324	2.99		0.43	0.26	0.51	0.97	0.65	0.51
WATCH	[-]	0.182	0.184	0.00	0.183	0.0607		0.000290	0.0327	2.99		0.44	0.30	0.50	0.96	0.57	0.51

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.00	0.146	0.0640		0.0134	0.0325	2.77		0.39	0.26	0.55	0.91	0.61	0.50
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.157	0.157	0.00	0.146	0.0640		0.0106	0.0316	2.50		0.40	0.27	0.60	0.91	0.63	0.51
WATCH	[-]	0.154	0.154	0.00	0.144	0.0651		0.00869	0.0304	2.84		0.40	0.29	0.53	0.91	0.54	0.49

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.335	0.335	0.00	0.370	0.336		-0.0349	0.142	1.17		0.70	0.60	0.88	0.93	0.71	0.74
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.322	0.322	0.00	0.370	0.336		-0.0485	0.125	1.11		0.72	0.61	0.89	0.98	0.72	0.76
WATCH	[-]	0.342	0.341	0.00	0.367	0.367		-0.0259	0.126	0.873		0.75	0.63	0.93	0.99	0.61	0.76

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.139	0.138	0.00	0.0928	0.0564		0.0454	0.0501	3.09		0.20	0.35	0.48	0.032	0.40	0.30
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.136	0.136	0.00	0.0928	0.0564		0.0432	0.0484	3.07		0.22	0.35	0.48	0.032	0.42	0.31
WATCH	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.0905	0.0556		0.0447	0.0483	3.01		0.15	0.34	0.49	0.029	0.45	0.30

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.190	0.189	0.00	0.222	0.157		-0.0335	0.0832	0.941		0.78	0.64	0.91	0.99	0.69	0.77
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.200	0.199	0.00	0.222	0.157		-0.0233	0.0930	1.07		0.78	0.61	0.89	0.98	0.69	0.76
WATCH	[-]	0.193	0.192	0.00	0.213	0.168		-0.0208	0.0747	0.984		0.80	0.67	0.90	0.99	0.65	0.78

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.205	0.205	0.00	0.204	0.0927		0.000464	0.0700	1.04		0.68	0.46	0.85	0.96	0.65	0.68
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.201	0.202	0.00	0.204	0.0927		-0.00305	0.0621	1.09		0.68	0.49	0.84	0.94	0.70	0.69
WATCH	[-]	0.203	0.203	0.00	0.199	0.0874		0.00410	0.0661	1.34		0.64	0.45	0.81	0.96	0.55	0.64

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.00	0.144	0.0587		0.0146	0.0411	3.28		0.47	0.31	0.45	0.86	0.52	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.157	0.157	0.00	0.144	0.0587		0.0127	0.0399	3.25		0.47	0.32	0.45	0.85	0.52	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.155	0.155	0.00	0.146	0.0585		0.00936	0.0402	3.17		0.44	0.33	0.47	0.89	0.46	0.48

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.348	0.345	0.00	0.366	0.392		-0.0207	0.117	1.26		0.77	0.62	0.87	0.98	0.69	0.76
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.339	0.337	0.00	0.366	0.392		-0.0292	0.111	1.40		0.79	0.62	0.85	0.98	0.76	0.77
WATCH	[-]	0.364	0.361	0.00	0.356	0.407		0.00576	0.0991	1.08		0.81	0.69	0.89	0.98	0.62	0.78

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.170	0.170	0.00	0.160	0.0616		0.00987	0.0342	2.46		0.44	0.32	0.61	0.78	0.66	0.52
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.167	0.167	0.00	0.160	0.0616		0.00755	0.0333	2.40		0.44	0.33	0.62	0.78	0.68	0.53
WATCH	[-]	0.162	0.162	0.00	0.147	0.0619		0.0152	0.0318	2.83		0.36	0.28	0.54	0.81	0.64	0.48

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.00	0.153	0.0665		0.0150	0.0649	1.36		0.58	0.41	0.81	0.97	0.67	0.64
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.164	0.165	0.00	0.153	0.0665		0.0115	0.0634	1.43		0.58	0.41	0.80	0.91	0.67	0.63
WATCH	[-]	0.164	0.165	0.00	0.143	0.0627		0.0217	0.0643	1.65		0.52	0.36	0.77	0.97	0.55	0.59

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.272	0.272	0.00	0.262	0.0914		0.00980	0.0619	2.23		0.50	0.40	0.65	0.99	0.60	0.59
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.268	0.268	0.00	0.262	0.0914		0.00606	0.0584	2.21		0.51	0.40	0.65	0.99	0.64	0.60
WATCH	[-]	0.270	0.270	0.00	0.261	0.0947		0.00918	0.0582	2.29		0.49	0.40	0.64	0.99	0.54	0.58

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.314	0.314	0.00	0.293	0.0694		0.0213	0.0510	3.48		0.31	0.30	0.41	0.98	0.63	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.313	0.313	0.00	0.293	0.0694		0.0202	0.0516	3.39		0.31	0.28	0.42	0.98	0.67	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.314	0.314	0.00	0.294	0.0700		0.0193	0.0505	3.42		0.29	0.29	0.42	0.97	0.54	0.47

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.380	0.380	0.00	0.400	0.375		-0.0199	0.136	1.28		0.75	0.61	0.84	0.93	0.66	0.73
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.363	0.363	0.00	0.400	0.375		-0.0369	0.118	1.19		0.77	0.63	0.85	0.99	0.72	0.77
WATCH	[-]	0.383	0.383	0.00	0.403	0.391		-0.0197	0.127	1.17		0.76	0.64	0.86	0.97	0.64	0.75

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.152	0.151	0.00	0.125	0.0569		0.0255	0.0437	3.10		0.31	0.29	0.48	0.63	0.61	0.43
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.148	0.148	0.00	0.125	0.0569		0.0222	0.0432	3.04		0.30	0.30	0.49	0.62	0.60	0.43
WATCH	[-]	0.149	0.148	0.00	0.128	0.0574		0.0197	0.0425	3.07		0.29	0.31	0.49	0.60	0.52	0.42

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.163	0.163	0.00	0.159	0.0605		0.00434	0.0495	2.07		0.59	0.36	0.65	0.95	0.71	0.60
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.00	0.159	0.0605		0.000121	0.0454	2.03		0.58	0.38	0.66	0.89	0.68	0.59
WATCH	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.00	0.159	0.0600		0.00900	0.0552	1.70		0.58	0.34	0.74	0.98	0.50	0.58

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.00	0.197	0.0857		-0.0193	0.0858	0.743		0.73	0.59	0.93	0.98	0.61	0.74
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.174	0.175	0.00	0.197	0.0857		-0.0213	0.0864	0.732		0.73	0.59	0.93	0.98	0.64	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.170	0.170	0.00	0.188	0.0826		-0.0167	0.0865	0.932		0.72	0.58	0.91	0.97	0.61	0.73

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.00	0.194	0.0720		-0.00582	0.0597	1.34		0.65	0.42	0.80	0.99	0.71	0.66
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.177	0.177	0.00	0.194	0.0720		-0.0170	0.0587	1.51		0.62	0.43	0.77	0.98	0.71	0.66
WATCH	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.00	0.196	0.0734		-0.00861	0.0641	1.38		0.61	0.40	0.80	0.98	0.52	0.62

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.137	0.137	0.00	0.136	0.0519		0.000639	0.0205	2.90		0.53	0.35	0.53	0.24	0.43	0.40
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.136	0.0519		-0.00112	0.0207	2.96		0.51	0.35	0.52	0.25	0.42	0.40
WATCH	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.136	0.0524		-0.000551	0.0203	2.99		0.51	0.34	0.51	0.18	0.40	0.38

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.152	0.151	0.00	0.147	0.0557		0.00397	0.0244	3.01		0.49	0.22	0.49	0.70	0.72	0.47
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.149	0.149	0.00	0.147	0.0557		0.00174	0.0238	3.18		0.47	0.23	0.46	0.65	0.64	0.45
WATCH	[-]	0.146	0.146	0.00	0.145	0.0562		0.000575	0.0227	3.10		0.46	0.26	0.48	0.62	0.54	0.43

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.161	0.161	0.00	0.149	0.0759		0.0125	0.0471	2.21		0.43	0.33	0.65	0.86	0.62	0.54
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.159	0.160	0.00	0.149	0.0759		0.0109	0.0468	2.09		0.44	0.33	0.68	0.85	0.63	0.55
WATCH	[-]	0.159	0.160	0.00	0.155	0.0796		0.00480	0.0484	2.01		0.44	0.35	0.69	0.81	0.58	0.54

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