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	[-]	0.175
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.158	0.157	0.00	0.181	0.0670		-0.0242	0.0508	4.06		0.28	0.34	0.30	0.99	0.46	0.45
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.155	0.154	0.00	0.181	0.0670		-0.0265	0.0522	3.97		0.26	0.33	0.31	0.99	0.47	0.45
WATCH	[-]	0.153	0.152	0.00	0.182	0.0658		-0.0294	0.0537	3.63		0.21	0.34	0.39	0.98	0.45	0.45

	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	[-]	0.215
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.190	0.192	0.00	0.217	0.0596		-0.0250	0.0531	3.82		0.36	0.31	0.34	0.99	0.52	0.47
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.186	0.188	0.00	0.217	0.0596		-0.0293	0.0559	3.74		0.33	0.31	0.36	0.99	0.49	0.46
WATCH	[-]	0.183	0.184	0.00	0.218	0.0594		-0.0341	0.0589	3.69		0.28	0.32	0.37	0.99	0.48	0.46

	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	[-]	0.168
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.160	0.160	0.00	0.173	0.0703		-0.0135	0.0496	4.17		0.32	0.29	0.27	0.87	0.53	0.43
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.157	0.157	0.00	0.173	0.0703		-0.0161	0.0509	3.99		0.29	0.29	0.30	0.88	0.53	0.43
WATCH	[-]	0.155	0.155	0.00	0.174	0.0700		-0.0190	0.0518	3.83		0.26	0.31	0.34	0.88	0.50	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	[-]	0.281
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.342	0.341	0.00	0.281	0.273		0.0606	0.194	1.49		0.66	0.36	0.84	0.80	0.74	0.63
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.330	0.330	0.00	0.281	0.273		0.0483	0.189	1.54		0.69	0.34	0.83	0.96	0.78	0.66
WATCH	[-]	0.348	0.348	0.00	0.283	0.279		0.0643	0.178	1.40		0.65	0.38	0.86	0.93	0.76	0.66

	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	[-]	0.138	0.138	0.00	0.126	0.0694		0.0118	0.0538	3.13		0.36	0.36	0.48	0.017	0.38	0.33
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.136	0.136	0.00	0.126	0.0694		0.00949	0.0536	3.13		0.34	0.36	0.48	0.018	0.40	0.33
WATCH	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.124	0.0692		0.0115	0.0509	3.10		0.36	0.36	0.48	0.015	0.39	0.33

	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	[-]	0.170
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.190	0.189	0.00	0.170	0.125		0.0184	0.118	1.32		0.68	0.26	0.85	0.84	0.72	0.60
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.201	0.200	0.00	0.170	0.125		0.0295	0.145	1.53		0.64	0.23	0.82	0.73	0.70	0.56
WATCH	[-]	0.195	0.194	0.00	0.168	0.126		0.0255	0.122	1.34		0.65	0.25	0.85	0.78	0.71	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	[-]	0.176
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.206	0.206	0.00	0.179	0.0902		0.0271	0.0900	1.39		0.64	0.36	0.79	0.95	0.63	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.202	0.203	0.00	0.179	0.0902		0.0239	0.0841	1.49		0.65	0.38	0.78	0.96	0.65	0.63
WATCH	[-]	0.204	0.205	0.00	0.174	0.0916		0.0307	0.0972	1.61		0.61	0.32	0.76	0.94	0.65	0.60

	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	0.148	0.0636		0.0115	0.0562	4.04		0.55	0.34	0.30	0.97	0.44	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.157	0.158	0.00	0.148	0.0636		0.00953	0.0556	3.96		0.54	0.34	0.31	0.97	0.44	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.156	0.156	0.00	0.141	0.0633		0.0149	0.0538	3.87		0.54	0.34	0.33	0.98	0.44	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	[-]	0.307
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.354	0.352	0.00	0.306	0.330		0.0450	0.169	1.72		0.67	0.41	0.79	0.91	0.72	0.65
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.347	0.345	0.00	0.306	0.330		0.0384	0.172	1.85		0.70	0.39	0.77	0.98	0.76	0.66
WATCH	[-]	0.379	0.376	0.00	0.308	0.333		0.0684	0.168	1.91		0.64	0.42	0.76	0.95	0.74	0.65

	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	[-]	0.152
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.170	0.170	0.00	0.159	0.0651		0.0119	0.0473	2.80		0.45	0.32	0.55	0.82	0.54	0.50
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.00	0.159	0.0651		0.00995	0.0467	2.64		0.44	0.32	0.58	0.82	0.56	0.51
WATCH	[-]	0.166	0.166	0.00	0.156	0.0648		0.0106	0.0458	2.85		0.42	0.32	0.53	0.82	0.56	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	[-]	0.146
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.169	0.170	0.00	0.154	0.0654		0.0161	0.0827	1.96		0.60	0.32	0.70	0.96	0.65	0.59
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.166	0.167	0.00	0.154	0.0654		0.0131	0.0829	1.98		0.60	0.32	0.70	0.97	0.66	0.59
WATCH	[-]	0.168	0.169	0.00	0.156	0.0664		0.0125	0.0878	2.14		0.57	0.28	0.67	0.97	0.64	0.57

	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	[-]	0.135
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.273	0.273	0.00	0.240	0.0836		0.0330	0.0913	2.40		0.50	0.35	0.61	0.97	0.54	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.269	0.269	0.00	0.240	0.0836		0.0298	0.0901	2.41		0.50	0.35	0.61	0.97	0.56	0.56
WATCH	[-]	0.271	0.271	0.00	0.238	0.0834		0.0336	0.0926	2.40		0.47	0.34	0.62	0.96	0.56	0.55

	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	[-]	0.263
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.315	0.314	0.00	0.271	0.0684		0.0431	0.0761	1.60		0.34	0.36	0.78	0.99	0.49	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.313	0.313	0.00	0.271	0.0684		0.0416	0.0747	1.65		0.35	0.36	0.78	0.99	0.52	0.56
WATCH	[-]	0.311	0.311	0.00	0.267	0.0664		0.0441	0.0766	1.53		0.33	0.35	0.79	0.98	0.51	0.55

	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	[-]	0.300
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.379	0.380	0.00	0.301	0.293		0.0791	0.203	1.70		0.60	0.39	0.77	0.85	0.71	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.366	0.366	0.00	0.301	0.293		0.0650	0.196	1.68		0.65	0.38	0.79	0.94	0.77	0.65
WATCH	[-]	0.381	0.382	0.00	0.302	0.296		0.0800	0.197	1.76		0.59	0.38	0.77	0.92	0.80	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	[-]	0.110
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.151	0.151	0.00	0.120	0.0597		0.0305	0.0505	3.61		0.44	0.33	0.40	0.77	0.49	0.46
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.148	0.148	0.00	0.120	0.0597		0.0275	0.0493	3.63		0.46	0.33	0.39	0.76	0.50	0.46
WATCH	[-]	0.148	0.147	0.00	0.123	0.0616		0.0237	0.0482	3.57		0.48	0.33	0.41	0.75	0.48	0.46

	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	[-]	0.121
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.163	0.163	0.00	0.124	0.0591		0.0390	0.0740	2.23		0.50	0.36	0.65	0.92	0.66	0.57
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.00	0.124	0.0591		0.0348	0.0683	2.18		0.53	0.37	0.65	0.96	0.64	0.59
WATCH	[-]	0.169	0.169	0.00	0.130	0.0608		0.0389	0.0874	2.18		0.52	0.29	0.64	0.82	0.67	0.54

	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	[-]	0.151
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.00	0.154	0.0803		0.0235	0.0993	1.12		0.67	0.42	0.88	0.92	0.64	0.66
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.174	0.175	0.00	0.154	0.0803		0.0219	0.0997	1.05		0.67	0.42	0.89	0.93	0.65	0.67
WATCH	[-]	0.177	0.177	0.00	0.155	0.0843		0.0228	0.102	0.985		0.65	0.41	0.90	0.90	0.66	0.66

	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	[-]	0.159
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.187	0.187	0.00	0.161	0.0596		0.0258	0.0703	1.04		0.60	0.41	0.84	0.95	0.67	0.65
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.00	0.161	0.0596		0.0147	0.0589	1.10		0.67	0.44	0.83	0.99	0.68	0.67
WATCH	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.00	0.162	0.0614		0.0255	0.0798	0.906		0.61	0.36	0.86	0.87	0.65	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	[-]	0.133
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.137	0.137	0.00	0.135	0.0638		0.00184	0.0419	3.82		0.74	0.36	0.34	0.28	0.39	0.41
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.135	0.0638		-5.25e-05	0.0419	3.87		0.73	0.36	0.33	0.30	0.39	0.41
WATCH	[-]	0.135	0.135	0.00	0.142	0.0650		-0.00756	0.0439	4.01		0.70	0.36	0.32	0.18	0.38	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	[-]	0.139
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.151	0.151	0.00	0.141	0.0683		0.00976	0.0447	4.65		0.68	0.32	0.19	0.81	0.47	0.46
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.149	0.149	0.00	0.141	0.0683		0.00773	0.0441	4.69		0.69	0.32	0.18	0.76	0.45	0.45
WATCH	[-]	0.146	0.146	0.00	0.148	0.0699		-0.00180	0.0441	4.92		0.66	0.33	0.15	0.67	0.43	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	[-]	0.133
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.160	0.161	0.00	0.140	0.0680		0.0202	0.0625	3.51		0.46	0.31	0.41	0.86	0.53	0.48
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.00	0.140	0.0680		0.0185	0.0624	3.37		0.46	0.31	0.44	0.85	0.54	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.159	0.160	0.00	0.142	0.0696		0.0169	0.0615	3.39		0.48	0.32	0.43	0.87	0.54	0.49

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: Mon Jun 30 23:00:33 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 GEWEX SRB Radiation observations

  title: derived GEWEX SRB Radiation

  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