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) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	218.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	228.	228.		218.	219.		9.56	18.7	1.04		0.589	0.502	0.866	0.989	0.474	0.654
GSWP3v1	[-]	215.	215.		218.	219.		-2.67	17.1	0.845		0.743	0.489	0.903	0.937	0.819	0.730
WATCH	[-]	168.	167.		217.	220.		-47.6	55.0	1.80		0.150	0.382	0.730	0.921	0.580	0.524

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	243.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	245.	245.		243.	228.		2.40	20.3	0.724		0.586	0.543	0.930	0.972	0.739	0.719
GSWP3v1	[-]	240.	241.		243.	228.		-2.41	14.7	0.393		0.807	0.547	0.972	0.988	0.863	0.787
WATCH	[-]	198.	199.		243.	227.		-43.5	48.7	0.634		0.221	0.505	0.949	0.755	0.598	0.589

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	233.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	232.	232.		233.	234.		-0.895	18.3	0.994		0.735	0.586	0.860	0.887	0.534	0.698
GSWP3v1	[-]	232.	232.		233.	234.		-0.710	16.8	0.786		0.840	0.570	0.897	0.981	0.756	0.769
WATCH	[-]	212.	212.		228.	228.		-16.6	27.3	1.39		0.547	0.526	0.800	0.933	0.645	0.663

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	111.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	112.	112.		112.	108.		-0.236	22.5	0.895		0.956	0.783	0.937	0.976	0.589	0.837
GSWP3v1	[-]	106.	107.		112.	108.		-5.28	21.6	0.895		0.937	0.793	0.937	0.995	0.741	0.866
WATCH	[-]	98.6	98.6		118.	117.		-18.6	19.9	0.485		0.810	0.821	0.958	0.997	0.715	0.854

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	212.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	216.	216.		209.	219.		9.22	20.2	1.45		0.609	0.448	0.776	0.999	0.523	0.634
GSWP3v1	[-]	203.	202.		209.	219.		-2.31	17.6	1.09		0.708	0.437	0.829	0.964	0.778	0.692
WATCH	[-]	159.	159.		208.	214.		-39.7	47.7	2.03		0.240	0.326	0.674	0.341	0.554	0.410

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	126.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	134.	134.		126.	139.		8.17	22.1	0.380		0.887	0.785	0.969	0.987	0.676	0.848
GSWP3v1	[-]	126.	125.		126.	139.		-0.0545	14.7	0.342		0.956	0.833	0.972	0.964	0.643	0.867
WATCH	[-]	109.	109.		130.	142.		-21.0	21.2	0.437		0.760	0.809	0.965	0.993	0.712	0.842

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	174.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	188.	188.		175.	164.		12.5	26.7	0.468		0.744	0.758	0.960	0.817	0.673	0.785
GSWP3v1	[-]	171.	170.		175.	164.		-4.69	17.9	0.365		0.868	0.775	0.969	0.977	0.625	0.832
WATCH	[-]	166.	166.		180.	170.		-14.4	23.1	0.569		0.777	0.733	0.943	0.995	0.681	0.810

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	210.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	230.	231.		210.	218.		19.8	28.8	0.321		0.574	0.616	0.975	0.988	0.665	0.739
GSWP3v1	[-]	207.	207.		210.	218.		-1.45	19.3	0.328		0.807	0.623	0.973	0.937	0.745	0.784
WATCH	[-]	189.	189.		210.	216.		-20.7	32.5	0.664		0.565	0.525	0.928	0.858	0.722	0.687

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	98.9
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	103.	103.		99.3	90.5		3.33	23.2	0.920		0.944	0.784	0.920	0.950	0.605	0.831
GSWP3v1	[-]	96.0	96.3		99.3	90.5		-3.59	20.4	0.692		0.950	0.806	0.953	0.886	0.671	0.845
WATCH	[-]	82.5	82.7		107.	98.8		-24.1	26.0	0.477		0.763	0.799	0.968	0.981	0.695	0.834

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	235.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	237.	237.		237.	210.		-2.50	15.4	0.485		0.880	0.786	0.966	0.965	0.682	0.844
GSWP3v1	[-]	231.	231.		237.	210.		-7.53	17.8	0.369		0.855	0.773	0.971	0.996	0.727	0.849
WATCH	[-]	234.	234.		226.	202.		4.41	15.2	0.597		0.882	0.752	0.935	1.00	0.778	0.850

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	140.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	159.	159.		138.	155.		20.3	27.3	0.255		0.765	0.826	0.983	0.997	0.697	0.849
GSWP3v1	[-]	135.	135.		138.	155.		-0.611	14.4	0.228		0.939	0.844	0.985	0.998	0.646	0.876
WATCH	[-]	114.	114.		140.	160.		-22.8	22.9	0.463		0.749	0.820	0.966	0.967	0.707	0.838

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	187.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	191.	191.		186.	187.		3.66	21.8	0.562		0.783	0.720	0.941	0.997	0.586	0.791
GSWP3v1	[-]	182.	182.		186.	187.		-5.34	18.5	0.425		0.855	0.726	0.958	0.998	0.726	0.831
WATCH	[-]	168.	168.		187.	186.		-19.3	27.9	0.679		0.658	0.694	0.919	0.985	0.664	0.769

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	249.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	249.	249.		250.	234.		-1.83	17.2	0.387		0.815	0.778	0.969	0.994	0.711	0.841
GSWP3v1	[-]	240.	240.		250.	234.		-10.3	17.6	0.354		0.803	0.771	0.971	0.999	0.707	0.837
WATCH	[-]	217.	217.		256.	239.		-39.4	37.1	0.416		0.479	0.779	0.967	0.994	0.634	0.772

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	116.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	118.	117.		116.	114.		0.677	23.1	0.623		0.950	0.788	0.955	0.960	0.448	0.815
GSWP3v1	[-]	108.	108.		116.	114.		-8.44	23.8	0.659		0.913	0.791	0.949	0.991	0.752	0.865
WATCH	[-]	105.	105.		122.	122.		-17.1	19.9	0.462		0.834	0.823	0.965	0.994	0.654	0.849

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	230.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	224.	224.		229.	232.		-4.21	25.5	0.839		0.652	0.657	0.920	0.695	0.677	0.710
GSWP3v1	[-]	225.	226.		229.	232.		-2.36	17.1	0.281		0.809	0.688	0.971	0.995	0.768	0.820
WATCH	[-]	213.	214.		232.	234.		-18.2	30.1	0.813		0.594	0.643	0.884	0.764	0.764	0.715

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	177.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	185.	185.		176.	204.		10.0	19.0	0.369		0.852	0.795	0.976	0.973	0.479	0.812
GSWP3v1	[-]	172.	172.		176.	204.		-2.36	14.9	0.261		0.946	0.798	0.983	0.996	0.649	0.862
WATCH	[-]	178.	177.		180.	210.		-1.83	15.8	0.315		0.903	0.792	0.977	0.995	0.664	0.854

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	136.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	149.	149.		137.	128.		12.1	23.2	0.321		0.851	0.791	0.977	0.980	0.488	0.813
GSWP3v1	[-]	135.	135.		137.	128.		-1.63	14.4	0.185		0.953	0.836	0.987	0.997	0.652	0.877
WATCH	[-]	131.	131.		141.	135.		-9.29	15.0	0.503		0.879	0.818	0.960	0.938	0.711	0.854

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	199.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	190.	190.		200.	176.		-10.0	19.6	0.240		0.867	0.816	0.984	0.929	0.522	0.822
GSWP3v1	[-]	194.	194.		200.	176.		-5.87	15.0	0.152		0.915	0.841	0.990	0.982	0.679	0.874
WATCH	[-]	201.	202.		208.	181.		-6.20	15.4	0.252		0.907	0.817	0.982	0.994	0.640	0.859

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	206.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	211.	211.		206.	229.		6.29	19.0	1.42		0.617	0.471	0.792	0.935	0.578	0.644
GSWP3v1	[-]	200.	200.		206.	229.		-4.44	16.2	0.734		0.705	0.471	0.906	0.999	0.806	0.726
WATCH	[-]	176.	176.		206.	231.		-29.8	37.6	1.64		0.278	0.385	0.766	0.870	0.555	0.540

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	216.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	219.	219.		216.	214.		2.76	22.3	0.857		0.708	0.635	0.904	0.824	0.515	0.704
GSWP3v1	[-]	211.	211.		216.	214.		-4.62	18.2	0.768		0.823	0.641	0.903	0.991	0.711	0.785
WATCH	[-]	190.	190.		210.	210.		-19.2	29.8	1.34		0.566	0.593	0.794	0.898	0.666	0.685

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W/m2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W/m2]		Bias [W/m2]	RMSE [W/m2]	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	[-]	208.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	212.	212.		211.	183.		-2.59	30.2	0.416		0.695	0.708	0.958	0.772	0.650	0.748
GSWP3v1	[-]	209.	208.		211.	183.		-7.33	23.1	0.365		0.791	0.729	0.961	0.997	0.704	0.818
WATCH	[-]	205.	205.		207.	176.		-5.79	30.4	0.507		0.698	0.713	0.945	0.994	0.686	0.792

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: Thu May 8 23:22:55 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: I simply read this variable (sfc_sw_down_all_mon: surface all-sky downward shortwave radiation) from original netcdf data file. 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