Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - South Central Asia and China Australia Europe Globe Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	199.
CON	[-]	216.		17.6	30.2	0.00		0.526	0.415	1.00	0.943	0.660
OP	[-]	216.		17.6	30.2	0.00		0.526	0.415	1.00	0.943	0.660

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	242.
CON	[-]	237.		-5.42	15.2	0.00		0.926	0.797	1.00	0.972	0.898
OP	[-]	237.		-5.42	15.2	0.00		0.926	0.797	1.00	0.972	0.898

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	105.
CON	[-]	90.8		-14.4	15.0	1.02		0.840	0.763	0.933	0.961	0.852
OP	[-]	90.8		-14.4	15.0	1.02		0.840	0.763	0.933	0.961	0.852

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	153.
CON	[-]	161.		11.4	19.7	0.00		0.606	0.746	1.00	0.726	0.765
OP	[-]	161.		11.4	19.7	0.00		0.606	0.746	1.00	0.726	0.765

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	222.
CON	[-]	227.		5.04	30.6	0.258		0.703	0.597	0.983	0.839	0.744
OP	[-]	227.		5.04	30.6	0.258		0.703	0.597	0.983	0.839	0.744

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	135.
CON	[-]	136.		1.16	20.5	0.127		0.897	0.807	0.992	0.923	0.885
OP	[-]	136.		1.16	20.5	0.127		0.897	0.807	0.992	0.923	0.885

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	181.
CON	[-]	169.		-4.40	28.6	0.473		0.729	0.677	0.936	0.767	0.757
OP	[-]	169.		-4.40	28.6	0.473		0.729	0.677	0.936	0.767	0.757

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	249.
CON	[-]	239.		-16.8	20.1	0.00		0.518	0.836	1.00	0.636	0.765
OP	[-]	239.		-16.8	20.1	0.00		0.518	0.836	1.00	0.636	0.765

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	151.
CON	[-]	91.1		-60.2	28.4	0.508		0.467	0.421	0.966	0.495	0.554
OP	[-]	91.1		-60.2	28.4	0.508		0.467	0.421	0.966	0.495	0.554

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	187.
CON	[-]	174.		-12.7	28.4	0.145		0.892	0.753	0.990	0.883	0.854
OP	[-]	174.		-12.7	28.4	0.145		0.892	0.753	0.990	0.883	0.854

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	162.
CON	[-]	148.		-13.6	19.5	0.00		0.844	0.829	1.00	0.970	0.894
OP	[-]	148.		-13.6	19.5	0.00		0.844	0.829	1.00	0.970	0.894

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	193.
CON	[-]	187.		-6.47	16.6	0.00		0.926	0.830	1.00	0.954	0.908
OP	[-]	187.		-6.47	16.6	0.00		0.926	0.830	1.00	0.954	0.908

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	195.
CON	[-]	202.		6.43	26.5	3.07		0.627	0.167	0.494	0.893	0.470
OP	[-]	202.		6.43	26.5	3.07		0.627	0.167	0.494	0.893	0.470

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	208.
CON	[-]	219.		0.216	23.9	2.71		0.863	0.562	0.520	0.778	0.657
OP	[-]	219.		0.216	23.9	2.71		0.863	0.562	0.520	0.778	0.657

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 bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Interannual variability Interannual variability score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

derived WRMC BSRN

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly WRMC.BSRN observations

  Conventions:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Altitude:

BSRN

  Site_name:

ASP,BAR,BER,BIL,BON,BOS,BOU,BRB,CAB,CAM,CAR,CLH,CNR,COC,DAA,DAR,DOM,DRA,DWN,E13,EUR,FLO,FPE,FUA,GCR,GVN,ILO,ISH,IZA,KWA,LAU,LER,LIN,MAN,MNM,NAU,NYA,PAL,PAY,PSU,PTR,REG,RLM,SAP,SBO,SMS,SOV,SPO,SXF,SYO,TAM,TAT,TIK,TOR,XIA

  Creation_date:

Sun Jun 22 23:48:40 PDT 2014

  Approach:

First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract swdn (surface downward shortwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I organized all site data together for each month and year and saved them in a netcdf file.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from WRMC-BSRN radiation dataset.

  Spatial resolution:

site observations

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-WRMC.BSRN.ncl