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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.138
CLM4	[-]	0.159	0.158		0.143	0.0572		0.0153	0.0291	2.99		0.308	0.313	0.513	0.980	0.506	0.489
CLM4.5	[-]	0.158	0.157		0.143	0.0572		0.0146	0.0303	3.03		0.312	0.297	0.507	0.977	0.527	0.486
CLM5	[-]	0.157	0.157		0.143	0.0572		0.0140	0.0297	3.11		0.288	0.309	0.486	0.945	0.517	0.476

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.181
CLM4	[-]	0.196	0.197		0.182	0.0612		0.0139	0.0333	3.24		0.381	0.265	0.464	0.988	0.731	0.516
CLM4.5	[-]	0.191	0.193		0.182	0.0612		0.00959	0.0337	3.33		0.415	0.252	0.445	0.983	0.749	0.516
CLM5	[-]	0.189	0.191		0.182	0.0612		0.00745	0.0324	3.11		0.420	0.271	0.484	0.978	0.690	0.519

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.142
CLM4	[-]	0.161	0.161		0.146	0.0640		0.0153	0.0336	2.91		0.393	0.241	0.524	0.931	0.649	0.497
CLM4.5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.146	0.0640		0.0133	0.0339	2.96		0.430	0.223	0.516	0.944	0.664	0.500
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.146	0.0640		0.0134	0.0325	2.77		0.387	0.261	0.549	0.911	0.611	0.497

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.368
CLM4	[-]	0.402	0.401		0.370	0.336		0.0303	0.166	1.68		0.767	0.538	0.778	0.989	0.764	0.729
CLM4.5	[-]	0.360	0.360		0.370	0.336		-0.0109	0.152	1.63		0.741	0.565	0.788	0.921	0.732	0.719
CLM5	[-]	0.336	0.336		0.370	0.336		-0.0349	0.142	1.17		0.705	0.603	0.877	0.931	0.705	0.737

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.0844
CLM4	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.0928	0.0564		0.0432	0.0486	2.99		0.225	0.337	0.497	0.0463	0.443	0.314
CLM4.5	[-]	0.137	0.136		0.0928	0.0564		0.0435	0.0489	3.04		0.220	0.342	0.488	0.0610	0.428	0.313
CLM5	[-]	0.139	0.138		0.0928	0.0564		0.0454	0.0501	3.09		0.204	0.348	0.478	0.0316	0.396	0.301

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.221
CLM4	[-]	0.196	0.195		0.222	0.157		-0.0273	0.0975	1.19		0.758	0.589	0.861	0.955	0.705	0.743
CLM4.5	[-]	0.210	0.209		0.222	0.157		-0.0130	0.108	1.30		0.758	0.569	0.844	0.877	0.682	0.717
CLM5	[-]	0.190	0.189		0.222	0.157		-0.0335	0.0832	0.941		0.779	0.641	0.908	0.986	0.688	0.774

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.201
CLM4	[-]	0.210	0.211		0.204	0.0927		0.00582	0.0711	1.11		0.674	0.451	0.848	0.987	0.658	0.678
CLM4.5	[-]	0.214	0.214		0.204	0.0927		0.00948	0.0712	1.08		0.663	0.450	0.855	0.989	0.661	0.678
CLM5	[-]	0.205	0.205		0.204	0.0927		0.000464	0.0700	1.04		0.681	0.457	0.853	0.955	0.652	0.676

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.138
CLM4	[-]	0.164	0.164		0.144	0.0587		0.0198	0.0436	2.96		0.454	0.276	0.513	0.961	0.659	0.523
CLM4.5	[-]	0.161	0.162		0.144	0.0587		0.0172	0.0438	3.25		0.435	0.276	0.464	0.951	0.629	0.505
CLM5	[-]	0.159	0.159		0.144	0.0587		0.0146	0.0411	3.28		0.467	0.312	0.447	0.863	0.519	0.487

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.367
CLM4	[-]	0.405	0.402		0.366	0.392		0.0364	0.166	1.92		0.782	0.526	0.746	0.993	0.780	0.725
CLM4.5	[-]	0.394	0.391		0.366	0.392		0.0254	0.158	1.87		0.756	0.549	0.758	0.941	0.735	0.714
CLM5	[-]	0.348	0.345		0.366	0.392		-0.0207	0.117	1.26		0.772	0.625	0.867	0.977	0.687	0.759

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.153
CLM4	[-]	0.174	0.174		0.160	0.0616		0.0141	0.0331	2.58		0.447	0.340	0.585	0.841	0.594	0.525
CLM4.5	[-]	0.173	0.174		0.160	0.0616		0.0137	0.0334	2.54		0.439	0.330	0.590	0.849	0.586	0.521
CLM5	[-]	0.170	0.170		0.160	0.0616		0.00987	0.0342	2.46		0.442	0.317	0.608	0.779	0.664	0.521

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.146
CLM4	[-]	0.176	0.176		0.153	0.0665		0.0233	0.0792	1.41		0.545	0.367	0.798	0.885	0.673	0.606
CLM4.5	[-]	0.168	0.169		0.153	0.0665		0.0160	0.0713	1.42		0.572	0.371	0.798	0.976	0.679	0.628
CLM5	[-]	0.168	0.168		0.153	0.0665		0.0150	0.0649	1.36		0.577	0.406	0.808	0.973	0.668	0.640

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.147
CLM4	[-]	0.281	0.281		0.262	0.0914		0.0185	0.0661	2.26		0.488	0.391	0.643	0.990	0.601	0.584
CLM4.5	[-]	0.277	0.277		0.262	0.0914		0.0146	0.0652	2.30		0.508	0.378	0.636	0.993	0.596	0.582
CLM5	[-]	0.272	0.272		0.262	0.0914		0.00980	0.0619	2.23		0.503	0.396	0.645	0.990	0.598	0.588

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.284
CLM4	[-]	0.322	0.322		0.293	0.0694		0.0293	0.0523	3.44		0.285	0.351	0.419	0.973	0.504	0.481
CLM4.5	[-]	0.320	0.320		0.293	0.0694		0.0265	0.0506	3.42		0.292	0.354	0.427	0.975	0.498	0.483
CLM5	[-]	0.314	0.314		0.293	0.0694		0.0213	0.0510	3.48		0.310	0.296	0.415	0.979	0.634	0.488

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.399
CLM4	[-]	0.401	0.402		0.400	0.375		0.00192	0.144	1.69		0.758	0.592	0.768	0.933	0.709	0.725
CLM4.5	[-]	0.388	0.389		0.400	0.375		-0.0117	0.145	1.78		0.752	0.589	0.747	0.916	0.670	0.711
CLM5	[-]	0.380	0.380		0.400	0.375		-0.0199	0.136	1.28		0.751	0.612	0.835	0.926	0.659	0.733

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.113
CLM4	[-]	0.149	0.149		0.125	0.0569		0.0229	0.0419	2.91		0.303	0.287	0.522	0.777	0.638	0.469
CLM4.5	[-]	0.152	0.152		0.125	0.0569		0.0259	0.0441	3.07		0.315	0.273	0.494	0.692	0.643	0.448
CLM5	[-]	0.152	0.151		0.125	0.0569		0.0255	0.0437	3.10		0.307	0.290	0.485	0.627	0.610	0.435

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.154
CLM4	[-]	0.156	0.155		0.159	0.0605		-0.00351	0.0531	2.14		0.501	0.368	0.643	0.894	0.710	0.581
CLM4.5	[-]	0.160	0.159		0.159	0.0605		0.000613	0.0521	2.10		0.542	0.338	0.649	0.932	0.706	0.584
CLM5	[-]	0.163	0.163		0.159	0.0605		0.00434	0.0495	2.07		0.588	0.356	0.652	0.946	0.708	0.601

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.193
CLM4	[-]	0.181	0.182		0.197	0.0857		-0.0137	0.0976	1.18		0.708	0.560	0.870	0.938	0.643	0.713
CLM4.5	[-]	0.175	0.175		0.197	0.0857		-0.0205	0.0925	1.16		0.720	0.569	0.877	0.979	0.616	0.721
CLM5	[-]	0.176	0.176		0.197	0.0857		-0.0193	0.0858	0.743		0.733	0.590	0.927	0.981	0.611	0.739

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.192
CLM4	[-]	0.195	0.195		0.194	0.0720		0.000806	0.0608	1.42		0.658	0.415	0.795	0.973	0.628	0.647
CLM4.5	[-]	0.201	0.201		0.194	0.0720		0.00693	0.0632	1.22		0.632	0.419	0.825	0.945	0.681	0.653
CLM5	[-]	0.188	0.188		0.194	0.0720		-0.00582	0.0597	1.34		0.652	0.417	0.798	0.995	0.707	0.664

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.134
CLM4	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.136	0.0519		-0.000177	0.0205	2.68		0.527	0.344	0.570	0.324	0.467	0.429
CLM4.5	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.136	0.0519		-0.000211	0.0212	2.52		0.517	0.342	0.607	0.339	0.477	0.437
CLM5	[-]	0.137	0.137		0.136	0.0519		0.000639	0.0205	2.90		0.534	0.348	0.528	0.243	0.427	0.405

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.144
CLM4	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.147	0.0557		0.000217	0.0272	3.07		0.400	0.192	0.492	0.725	0.690	0.449
CLM4.5	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.147	0.0557		0.000724	0.0270	3.15		0.445	0.184	0.476	0.718	0.712	0.453
CLM5	[-]	0.152	0.151		0.147	0.0557		0.00397	0.0244	3.01		0.493	0.217	0.486	0.699	0.722	0.472

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	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	[-]	0.141
CLM4	[-]	0.169	0.170		0.149	0.0759		0.0213	0.0509	2.26		0.411	0.334	0.641	0.979	0.559	0.543
CLM4.5	[-]	0.167	0.168		0.149	0.0759		0.0189	0.0496	2.12		0.408	0.336	0.664	0.958	0.583	0.547
CLM5	[-]	0.161	0.161		0.149	0.0759		0.0125	0.0471	2.21		0.433	0.326	0.653	0.861	0.621	0.537

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: Wed May 14 11:10:39 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: To obtain albedo from CERES EBAF radiation data, I divided total surface upward shortwave (sfc_sw_down_all_mon) by total sky surface downward shortwave (sfc_sw_up_all_mon). 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