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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

	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	[-]	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

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 23:03:44 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