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Benchmark [-] 187.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 192. 192. 186. 206. 5.24 16.6 1.20 0.628 0.484 0.844 0.971 0.483 0.649
GSWP3v1 [-] 182. 182. 186. 206. -4.45 15.1 0.823 0.728 0.493 0.901 0.939 0.801 0.726
WATCH [-] 141. 141. 185. 208. -42.4 48.5 1.82 0.165 0.390 0.727 0.870 0.581 0.520
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Benchmark [-] 198.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 198. 198. 198. 214. 0.401 18.8 1.49 0.568 0.466 0.781 0.946 0.742 0.661
GSWP3v1 [-] 195. 195. 198. 214. -2.80 14.2 0.767 0.714 0.516 0.906 0.964 0.852 0.745
WATCH [-] 160. 161. 198. 213. -36.0 40.6 1.02 0.230 0.480 0.877 0.904 0.594 0.594
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Benchmark [-] 199.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 195. 195. 198. 219. -3.72 17.4 1.18 0.705 0.553 0.828 0.866 0.535 0.673
GSWP3v1 [-] 196. 196. 198. 219. -2.87 15.6 0.787 0.797 0.569 0.893 0.996 0.748 0.762
WATCH [-] 179. 179. 195. 213. -16.1 25.4 1.42 0.518 0.522 0.796 0.944 0.643 0.657
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Benchmark [-] 70.7
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 75.8 75.9 70.5 72.8 3.73 21.2 0.340 0.867 0.756 0.977 0.971 0.680 0.835
GSWP3v1 [-] 73.1 73.3 70.5 72.8 1.86 18.4 0.331 0.906 0.772 0.978 0.996 0.741 0.861
WATCH [-] 65.6 65.7 74.7 74.7 -9.24 17.8 0.477 0.858 0.774 0.968 0.990 0.694 0.843
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Benchmark [-] 194.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 186. 186. 190. 207. -1.72 18.0 1.47 0.613 0.444 0.776 0.845 0.518 0.607
GSWP3v1 [-] 175. 175. 190. 207. -11.2 19.1 1.25 0.542 0.437 0.802 0.963 0.769 0.658
WATCH [-] 138. 137. 189. 203. -43.7 48.5 2.01 0.162 0.330 0.677 0.561 0.571 0.438
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Benchmark [-] 97.8
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 108. 108. 97.6 118. 11.0 20.9 0.266 0.846 0.793 0.982 0.998 0.724 0.856
GSWP3v1 [-] 100. 100. 97.6 118. 2.99 15.5 0.231 0.921 0.817 0.985 0.995 0.687 0.870
WATCH [-] 87.3 87.4 102. 119. -14.4 16.1 0.320 0.812 0.814 0.976 0.987 0.727 0.855
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Benchmark [-] 139.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 149. 149. 138. 149. 10.6 23.3 0.448 0.759 0.746 0.961 0.974 0.717 0.817
GSWP3v1 [-] 135. 135. 138. 149. -2.61 15.9 0.340 0.883 0.767 0.972 0.999 0.666 0.842
WATCH [-] 131. 131. 143. 155. -11.8 20.3 0.636 0.786 0.719 0.933 0.981 0.706 0.807
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Benchmark [-] 181.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 193. 193. 179. 205. 13.7 25.4 0.335 0.581 0.587 0.973 0.961 0.653 0.724
GSWP3v1 [-] 174. 174. 179. 205. -3.72 18.1 0.320 0.770 0.610 0.974 0.938 0.722 0.771
WATCH [-] 159. 159. 180. 203. -19.6 30.1 0.645 0.535 0.515 0.928 0.933 0.719 0.691
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Benchmark [-] 62.8
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 68.8 69.2 63.2 54.4 4.51 19.9 0.302 0.885 0.758 0.980 0.945 0.718 0.841
GSWP3v1 [-] 64.7 65.0 63.2 54.4 0.684 15.6 0.199 0.931 0.792 0.987 0.990 0.748 0.873
WATCH [-] 53.2 53.5 68.8 57.9 -16.0 19.4 0.173 0.786 0.789 0.989 0.959 0.685 0.833
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Benchmark [-] 198.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 196. 196. 198. 197. -4.02 14.4 0.511 0.855 0.775 0.965 0.977 0.660 0.834
GSWP3v1 [-] 192. 192. 198. 197. -7.59 15.6 0.385 0.846 0.765 0.971 0.999 0.718 0.844
WATCH [-] 195. 195. 193. 189. 0.443 14.4 0.589 0.861 0.755 0.939 0.999 0.793 0.850
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Benchmark [-] 120.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 132. 132. 118. 145. 14.6 24.3 0.228 0.771 0.802 0.985 0.992 0.729 0.847
GSWP3v1 [-] 113. 113. 118. 145. -2.30 13.6 0.227 0.921 0.839 0.985 0.990 0.660 0.872
WATCH [-] 95.7 95.7 121. 150. -22.2 21.7 0.452 0.727 0.816 0.966 0.949 0.710 0.831
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Benchmark [-] 163.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 144. 144. 142. 173. 1.68 19.7 0.586 0.746 0.686 0.933 0.995 0.614 0.777
GSWP3v1 [-] 137. 137. 142. 173. -4.59 16.0 0.394 0.818 0.705 0.958 0.998 0.713 0.816
WATCH [-] 126. 126. 143. 172. -16.8 23.9 0.697 0.649 0.673 0.914 0.987 0.661 0.760
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Benchmark [-] 177.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 168. 168. 175. 217. -6.31 17.8 0.410 0.721 0.750 0.963 0.983 0.709 0.813
GSWP3v1 [-] 162. 162. 175. 217. -12.0 18.0 0.296 0.708 0.763 0.978 0.960 0.674 0.808
WATCH [-] 147. 147. 180. 222. -31.6 30.2 0.411 0.454 0.766 0.962 0.985 0.617 0.759
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Benchmark [-] 69.7
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 75.4 75.2 69.6 71.1 3.21 20.9 0.131 0.879 0.755 0.991 0.911 0.614 0.818
GSWP3v1 [-] 70.7 70.6 69.6 71.1 -0.616 17.1 0.0938 0.915 0.784 0.994 0.981 0.747 0.867
WATCH [-] 66.1 65.9 73.0 74.1 -8.19 18.5 0.207 0.858 0.767 0.986 0.995 0.691 0.844
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 204.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 190. 190. 201. 219. -9.17 24.0 0.944 0.610 0.642 0.906 0.791 0.668 0.710
GSWP3v1 [-] 192. 192. 201. 219. -6.91 16.8 0.470 0.768 0.678 0.943 0.986 0.754 0.801
WATCH [-] 181. 181. 202. 221. -20.1 29.1 0.893 0.546 0.638 0.873 0.850 0.766 0.718
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 150.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 155. 155. 148. 192. 7.59 17.9 0.415 0.842 0.782 0.973 0.982 0.576 0.823
GSWP3v1 [-] 145. 145. 148. 192. -2.06 13.6 0.274 0.938 0.797 0.982 0.987 0.700 0.867
WATCH [-] 147. 147. 151. 197. -3.24 15.9 0.399 0.883 0.771 0.968 0.983 0.683 0.843
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Benchmark [-] 110.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 122. 123. 110. 117. 12.7 21.6 0.262 0.827 0.803 0.983 0.975 0.557 0.825
GSWP3v1 [-] 111. 111. 110. 117. 1.63 13.7 0.114 0.925 0.840 0.992 0.999 0.676 0.879
WATCH [-] 109. 109. 114. 124. -5.43 13.5 0.374 0.905 0.816 0.971 0.988 0.727 0.871
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 161.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 154. 154. 161. 163. -6.92 17.1 0.227 0.880 0.811 0.984 0.951 0.614 0.842
GSWP3v1 [-] 159. 159. 161. 163. -1.43 14.3 0.202 0.931 0.822 0.986 0.985 0.698 0.874
WATCH [-] 163. 163. 167. 167. -3.13 16.2 0.273 0.904 0.797 0.978 0.981 0.712 0.861
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 179.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 182. 182. 178. 218. 5.20 17.0 1.48 0.611 0.453 0.778 0.816 0.579 0.615
GSWP3v1 [-] 173. 173. 178. 218. -3.71 14.5 0.798 0.732 0.449 0.896 0.956 0.805 0.714
WATCH [-] 152. 152. 178. 219. -25.8 32.8 1.74 0.269 0.368 0.752 0.950 0.551 0.543
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 185.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 186. 186. 184. 202. 1.52 20.3 0.964 0.685 0.616 0.885 0.846 0.536 0.697
GSWP3v1 [-] 180. 180. 184. 202. -4.33 15.8 0.702 0.816 0.642 0.912 0.970 0.717 0.783
WATCH [-] 162. 163. 179. 198. -16.6 25.5 1.34 0.570 0.597 0.793 0.848 0.667 0.679
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Bias Score [1]
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Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 178.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 178. 178. 179. 169. -4.32 27.3 0.588 0.684 0.689 0.942 0.801 0.637 0.740
GSWP3v1 [-] 176. 175. 179. 169. -8.13 21.0 0.401 0.784 0.713 0.958 0.998 0.686 0.808
WATCH [-] 173. 172. 174. 162. -5.80 26.3 0.513 0.709 0.702 0.944 0.994 0.687 0.790

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Data Information

  creation_date: Thu May 8 23:03:44 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_net_sw_all_mon: surface all-sky net 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