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	[-]	457.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	464.	464.		456.	465.		8.32	17.6	1.41		0.418	0.377	0.802	0.875	0.618	0.578
GSWP3v1	[-]	463.	463.		456.	465.		7.83	16.4	1.44		0.460	0.382	0.805	0.979	0.612	0.603
WATCH	[-]	455.	454.		454.	466.		1.45	12.5	2.20		0.491	0.316	0.682	0.999	0.666	0.579

	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	[-]	466.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	487.	487.		467.	458.		20.4	26.5	0.743		0.408	0.483	0.931	1.00	0.639	0.658
GSWP3v1	[-]	484.	484.		467.	458.		17.2	23.5	0.637		0.460	0.502	0.942	0.951	0.622	0.663
WATCH	[-]	465.	465.		467.	459.		-2.24	19.2	1.03		0.642	0.440	0.890	0.997	0.726	0.689

	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	[-]	443.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	450.	450.		443.	446.		7.78	19.3	1.24		0.555	0.474	0.846	0.990	0.625	0.661
GSWP3v1	[-]	452.	452.		443.	446.		9.13	18.8	1.38		0.570	0.463	0.814	1.00	0.603	0.652
WATCH	[-]	442.	442.		441.	445.		2.13	18.6	1.59		0.630	0.410	0.789	0.999	0.684	0.654

	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	[-]	279.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	268.	268.		278.	296.		-8.32	17.5	0.132		0.864	0.798	0.990	0.996	0.712	0.860
GSWP3v1	[-]	277.	278.		278.	296.		2.37	15.4	0.127		0.903	0.808	0.990	1.00	0.744	0.875
WATCH	[-]	267.	267.		279.	294.		-9.59	17.3	0.132		0.854	0.768	0.990	0.998	0.733	0.852

	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	[-]	457.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	457.	457.		454.	467.		3.95	14.6	1.88		0.299	0.374	0.709	0.916	0.540	0.535
GSWP3v1	[-]	459.	459.		454.	467.		5.54	14.6	1.55		0.286	0.378	0.766	0.648	0.579	0.506
WATCH	[-]	456.	456.		455.	468.		2.65	13.8	2.37		0.156	0.346	0.629	0.751	0.558	0.464

	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	[-]	312.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	311.	310.		311.	334.		-0.679	9.44	0.0515		0.942	0.887	0.997	0.995	0.858	0.928
GSWP3v1	[-]	317.	317.		311.	334.		5.51	11.6	0.0521		0.909	0.884	0.997	0.999	0.859	0.922
WATCH	[-]	309.	309.		315.	334.		-6.11	9.78	0.292		0.910	0.850	0.976	0.992	0.875	0.909

	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	[-]	364.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	363.	362.		363.	399.		0.922	14.0	0.225		0.861	0.822	0.982	0.999	0.799	0.881
GSWP3v1	[-]	366.	365.		363.	399.		4.07	14.2	0.164		0.858	0.822	0.988	0.996	0.762	0.875
WATCH	[-]	358.	358.		368.	403.		-8.30	15.0	0.285		0.799	0.779	0.979	0.999	0.801	0.856

	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	[-]	448.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	459.	459.		446.	467.		14.4	21.7	0.742		0.511	0.565	0.925	0.999	0.673	0.706
GSWP3v1	[-]	453.	454.		446.	467.		9.50	18.9	0.825		0.605	0.557	0.913	0.979	0.628	0.707
WATCH	[-]	449.	450.		449.	468.		3.35	20.2	1.20		0.573	0.489	0.859	0.990	0.632	0.672

	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	[-]	281.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	275.	276.		281.	288.		-4.81	13.7	0.101		0.908	0.810	0.992	0.990	0.775	0.881
GSWP3v1	[-]	284.	284.		281.	288.		4.17	13.2	0.0840		0.914	0.827	0.993	1.00	0.767	0.888
WATCH	[-]	277.	277.		282.	286.		-4.49	14.0	0.299		0.914	0.784	0.973	1.00	0.821	0.879

	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	[-]	441.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	449.	449.		443.	426.		3.69	13.5	0.384		0.781	0.695	0.968	0.978	0.802	0.820
GSWP3v1	[-]	449.	449.		443.	426.		3.62	13.2	0.381		0.797	0.692	0.969	0.990	0.739	0.813
WATCH	[-]	443.	443.		438.	425.		2.20	15.9	0.625		0.795	0.638	0.941	0.992	0.714	0.786

	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	[-]	368.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	362.	363.		366.	389.		-0.870	12.0	0.447		0.850	0.768	0.970	0.998	0.797	0.859
GSWP3v1	[-]	365.	365.		366.	389.		1.41	11.8	0.429		0.859	0.773	0.971	0.999	0.781	0.859
WATCH	[-]	360.	360.		370.	391.		-7.02	12.4	0.210		0.790	0.743	0.986	0.989	0.768	0.836

	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	[-]	399.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	378.	378.		376.	409.		3.26	16.3	0.561		0.710	0.671	0.939	0.996	0.688	0.779
GSWP3v1	[-]	381.	381.		376.	409.		6.29	16.1	0.539		0.722	0.667	0.940	0.999	0.692	0.781
WATCH	[-]	374.	374.		378.	409.		-2.45	15.9	0.785		0.708	0.638	0.907	0.998	0.745	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	[-]	450.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	457.	457.		450.	446.		6.78	16.8	0.377		0.805	0.758	0.971	0.993	0.705	0.832
GSWP3v1	[-]	452.	452.		450.	446.		2.24	15.1	0.358		0.844	0.760	0.973	1.00	0.716	0.842
WATCH	[-]	437.	437.		453.	450.		-15.3	20.3	0.581		0.699	0.714	0.944	0.999	0.746	0.803

	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	[-]	281.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	278.	278.		281.	293.		-3.57	15.7	0.202		0.897	0.790	0.984	0.987	0.708	0.860
GSWP3v1	[-]	287.	286.		281.	293.		6.06	16.8	0.168		0.888	0.790	0.987	1.00	0.763	0.870
WATCH	[-]	283.	283.		284.	293.		-1.54	15.6	0.339		0.913	0.770	0.972	1.00	0.776	0.867

	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	[-]	442.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	446.	446.		439.	459.		11.3	19.0	0.815		0.506	0.547	0.900	0.996	0.695	0.699
GSWP3v1	[-]	447.	447.		439.	459.		12.0	18.6	0.885		0.510	0.561	0.893	0.950	0.672	0.691
WATCH	[-]	445.	445.		441.	459.		7.00	18.3	1.21		0.534	0.534	0.843	0.994	0.716	0.692

	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	[-]	386.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	388.	388.		384.	429.		6.07	11.6	0.309		0.860	0.847	0.979	0.988	0.872	0.899
GSWP3v1	[-]	391.	391.		384.	429.		8.89	13.0	0.112		0.823	0.856	0.992	0.993	0.853	0.896
WATCH	[-]	384.	384.		387.	429.		-1.29	10.5	0.525		0.884	0.817	0.964	0.992	0.867	0.890

	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	[-]	324.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	323.	323.		323.	347.		0.502	10.9	0.135		0.914	0.839	0.991	0.989	0.783	0.892
GSWP3v1	[-]	328.	328.		323.	347.		5.87	13.2	0.104		0.881	0.831	0.993	0.972	0.781	0.882
WATCH	[-]	325.	325.		328.	349.		-1.80	11.5	0.281		0.896	0.808	0.981	0.986	0.800	0.880

	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	[-]	377.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	378.	379.		377.	378.		2.18	14.4	0.110		0.837	0.809	0.993	0.983	0.796	0.871
GSWP3v1	[-]	381.	382.		377.	378.		5.35	14.1	0.110		0.842	0.814	0.992	1.00	0.743	0.867
WATCH	[-]	376.	377.		381.	380.		-3.78	16.2	0.425		0.819	0.778	0.968	0.991	0.767	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	[-]	449.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	456.	456.		449.	463.		7.54	14.0	1.07		0.347	0.406	0.861	0.951	0.666	0.606
GSWP3v1	[-]	458.	458.		449.	463.		9.09	14.8	1.21		0.318	0.399	0.836	0.991	0.625	0.595
WATCH	[-]	454.	454.		449.	461.		4.54	13.2	1.75		0.406	0.386	0.748	0.992	0.676	0.599

	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	[-]	443.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	449.	449.		443.	434.		4.97	13.9	0.865		0.701	0.569	0.878	0.995	0.694	0.734
GSWP3v1	[-]	449.	449.		443.	434.		5.44	14.2	0.895		0.695	0.564	0.868	0.992	0.663	0.724
WATCH	[-]	441.	440.		442.	433.		-2.57	14.2	1.41		0.656	0.541	0.803	0.991	0.734	0.711

	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	[-]	383.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	383.	383.		381.	396.		2.21	20.5	0.925		0.629	0.567	0.883	0.999	0.649	0.716
GSWP3v1	[-]	387.	386.		381.	396.		5.53	20.2	0.891		0.632	0.570	0.890	0.998	0.636	0.716
WATCH	[-]	385.	385.		380.	397.		5.97	20.7	1.19		0.549	0.526	0.851	0.994	0.715	0.693

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 23:13:11 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_lw_up_all_mon: surface all-sky upward longwave 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