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	[-]	31.3
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.3	36.0		32.3	12.4		4.32	8.09	1.57		0.290	0.388	0.780	0.969	0.522	0.556
GSWP3v1	[-]	33.7	33.4		32.3	12.4		1.78	7.73	1.92		0.394	0.331	0.721	0.925	0.696	0.566
WATCH	[-]	26.8	26.4		32.5	12.5		-5.20	10.3	2.54		0.173	0.297	0.604	0.958	0.583	0.485

	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	[-]	44.7
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	46.8	47.3		45.1	13.9		2.00	8.70	1.03		0.462	0.397	0.876	0.974	0.723	0.638
GSWP3v1	[-]	45.2	45.7		45.1	13.9		0.386	8.71	0.894		0.533	0.344	0.891	0.972	0.720	0.634
WATCH	[-]	37.5	38.0		45.4	13.8		-7.51	12.2	1.42		0.320	0.354	0.808	0.956	0.602	0.566

	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	[-]	33.4
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.8	36.9		34.3	15.0		2.82	8.31	1.19		0.520	0.463	0.839	0.914	0.616	0.636
GSWP3v1	[-]	36.3	36.3		34.3	15.0		2.16	8.43	1.35		0.555	0.413	0.815	0.902	0.712	0.635
WATCH	[-]	32.6	32.6		33.3	14.8		-0.527	8.05	1.56		0.514	0.426	0.781	0.961	0.619	0.621

	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	[-]	40.8
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.1	36.0		41.2	35.6		-3.96	23.8	0.305		0.811	0.636	0.980	0.940	0.631	0.772
GSWP3v1	[-]	33.3	33.3		41.2	35.6		-7.13	23.8	0.214		0.810	0.637	0.986	0.925	0.656	0.775
WATCH	[-]	33.0	32.9		43.1	42.3		-9.36	21.1	0.278		0.777	0.677	0.981	0.956	0.596	0.777

	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	[-]	17.7
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	29.8	29.8		19.3	12.3		10.9	11.9	2.09		0.199	0.391	0.655	0.321	0.481	0.406
GSWP3v1	[-]	27.5	27.5		19.3	12.3		8.88	10.5	1.50		0.280	0.368	0.770	0.361	0.693	0.473
WATCH	[-]	21.6	21.5		18.7	11.9		4.05	9.21	2.07		0.209	0.292	0.683	0.890	0.496	0.477

	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	[-]	28.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	25.6	25.4		28.2	21.3		-2.84	11.5	0.326		0.799	0.624	0.976	0.966	0.640	0.772
GSWP3v1	[-]	25.2	25.1		28.2	21.3		-3.04	11.8	0.270		0.789	0.621	0.982	0.977	0.695	0.781
WATCH	[-]	21.3	21.2		27.9	23.3		-6.64	12.1	0.396		0.704	0.624	0.968	0.970	0.640	0.755

	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	[-]	35.8
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	39.1	39.1		36.5	15.2		1.84	12.6	1.01		0.611	0.516	0.865	0.898	0.678	0.680
GSWP3v1	[-]	35.1	35.1		36.5	15.2		-2.09	11.0	0.920		0.688	0.543	0.883	0.887	0.684	0.705
WATCH	[-]	34.8	34.7		36.6	14.8		-2.59	11.9	1.09		0.663	0.506	0.851	0.955	0.664	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	[-]	29.2
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	37.4	37.4		30.4	12.7		6.14	10.7	1.01		0.427	0.455	0.882	0.895	0.633	0.624
GSWP3v1	[-]	33.2	33.2		30.4	12.7		2.27	9.43	1.13		0.551	0.431	0.866	0.800	0.671	0.625
WATCH	[-]	30.4	30.3		30.9	12.6		-1.06	10.2	1.47		0.423	0.389	0.797	0.949	0.652	0.600

	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	[-]	36.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	34.3	34.2		36.1	36.1		-1.19	20.6	0.269		0.874	0.667	0.982	0.987	0.605	0.797
GSWP3v1	[-]	31.4	31.3		36.1	36.1		-4.28	20.1	0.202		0.869	0.678	0.986	0.863	0.703	0.796
WATCH	[-]	29.3	29.1		37.8	40.9		-8.14	18.5	0.269		0.829	0.692	0.982	0.818	0.608	0.770

	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	[-]	36.6
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	40.9	41.0		38.5	12.8		1.52	8.92	0.687		0.638	0.560	0.940	0.833	0.691	0.703
GSWP3v1	[-]	39.4	39.4		38.5	12.8		0.0558	9.10	0.622		0.616	0.565	0.942	0.799	0.693	0.696
WATCH	[-]	38.5	38.5		33.7	12.4		3.97	7.76	0.994		0.600	0.541	0.875	0.930	0.674	0.693

	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	[-]	19.6
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	26.8	26.8		20.5	10.1		5.68	9.91	0.850		0.609	0.562	0.907	0.967	0.687	0.715
GSWP3v1	[-]	22.3	22.3		20.5	10.1		1.68	8.97	0.854		0.691	0.559	0.896	0.842	0.668	0.703
WATCH	[-]	18.7	18.8		19.3	9.80		-0.517	8.59	0.790		0.642	0.558	0.911	0.833	0.667	0.695

	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	[-]	24.0
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	47.6	47.6		44.8	14.0		1.97	13.0	0.823		0.626	0.556	0.899	0.990	0.611	0.706
GSWP3v1	[-]	44.9	44.9		44.8	14.0		-0.748	12.7	0.768		0.650	0.548	0.906	0.990	0.686	0.722
WATCH	[-]	42.5	42.5		44.3	14.3		-2.50	13.2	0.974		0.576	0.535	0.872	0.972	0.611	0.683

	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	[-]	72.5
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	81.4	81.2		74.7	16.4		4.48	13.8	0.773		0.575	0.587	0.924	0.983	0.713	0.728
GSWP3v1	[-]	78.5	78.3		74.7	16.4		1.75	14.0	0.756		0.590	0.558	0.923	0.980	0.705	0.719
WATCH	[-]	70.9	70.8		77.0	17.0		-7.85	16.8	0.813		0.436	0.565	0.917	0.927	0.621	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	[-]	46.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	42.1	42.1		46.3	43.2		-2.53	24.8	0.356		0.844	0.636	0.973	0.968	0.587	0.774
GSWP3v1	[-]	37.3	37.3		46.3	43.2		-7.82	24.1	0.184		0.830	0.656	0.986	0.956	0.672	0.793
WATCH	[-]	38.9	38.8		49.1	48.0		-8.87	23.2	0.286		0.808	0.672	0.979	0.983	0.593	0.785

	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	[-]	26.3
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	34.4	34.4		28.9	13.2		4.96	11.3	1.06		0.403	0.496	0.871	0.540	0.674	0.580
GSWP3v1	[-]	33.9	33.9		28.9	13.2		4.55	10.7	0.760		0.435	0.490	0.907	0.620	0.695	0.606
WATCH	[-]	32.6	32.6		30.0	13.5		1.86	10.6	1.16		0.413	0.480	0.840	0.839	0.654	0.618

	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	[-]	26.9
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	30.5	30.4		27.6	12.3		2.41	8.69	1.29		0.728	0.524	0.817	0.928	0.652	0.695
GSWP3v1	[-]	27.6	27.5		27.6	12.3		-0.305	8.02	1.11		0.718	0.551	0.839	0.834	0.673	0.694
WATCH	[-]	30.3	30.1		28.3	12.6		1.41	9.20	1.11		0.712	0.503	0.834	0.979	0.550	0.680

	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	[-]	26.3
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	26.2	26.3		26.9	10.9		-0.571	13.1	0.486		0.740	0.547	0.949	0.982	0.573	0.723
GSWP3v1	[-]	23.6	23.7		26.9	10.9		-3.27	12.6	0.410		0.720	0.564	0.955	0.970	0.611	0.731
WATCH	[-]	22.4	22.5		26.3	11.0		-3.87	12.9	0.680		0.691	0.553	0.929	0.963	0.556	0.707

	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	[-]	38.3
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.0	36.1		38.7	12.8		-3.07	10.3	1.04		0.716	0.556	0.850	0.981	0.707	0.728
GSWP3v1	[-]	34.6	34.6		38.7	12.8		-4.44	10.2	1.05		0.683	0.577	0.846	0.967	0.725	0.729
WATCH	[-]	38.2	38.3		40.9	13.3		-3.07	10.3	0.911		0.690	0.553	0.879	0.994	0.594	0.710

	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	[-]	27.6
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	28.9	28.9		28.0	11.7		1.09	5.10	1.35		0.584	0.443	0.819	0.654	0.505	0.574
GSWP3v1	[-]	27.1	27.1		28.0	11.7		-0.726	5.09	1.15		0.546	0.448	0.858	0.746	0.627	0.612
WATCH	[-]	23.7	23.7		27.9	11.8		-4.05	7.10	1.52		0.364	0.400	0.791	0.845	0.615	0.569

	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	[-]	31.2
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	33.1	33.1		31.8	11.7		1.25	6.24	1.09		0.682	0.521	0.855	0.676	0.651	0.651
GSWP3v1	[-]	31.6	31.6		31.8	11.7		-0.285	6.44	1.08		0.672	0.494	0.855	0.802	0.725	0.674
WATCH	[-]	27.8	27.8		30.4	11.6		-2.60	7.18	1.68		0.506	0.480	0.744	0.757	0.653	0.603

	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	[-]	30.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	34.0	34.0		32.0	13.9		1.73	10.3	0.738		0.544	0.528	0.917	0.829	0.670	0.670
GSWP3v1	[-]	33.2	33.2		32.0	13.9		0.808	9.75	0.826		0.568	0.532	0.908	0.961	0.697	0.700
WATCH	[-]	32.8	32.8		32.4	14.1		0.0103	10.5	0.881		0.520	0.544	0.897	0.969	0.660	0.689

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 23:27:16 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_up_all_mon: surface all-sky upward 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