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
CON	[-]	0.154	0.156		0.140	0.0503		0.0160	0.0309	2.94		0.322	0.307	0.524	0.946	0.526	0.489
OP	[-]	0.175	0.178		0.140	0.0503		0.0373	0.0480	3.07		0.171	0.302	0.501	0.870	0.531	0.446

	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
CON	[-]	0.185	0.186		0.181	0.0606		0.00453	0.0342	2.93		0.428	0.264	0.520	0.963	0.628	0.511
OP	[-]	0.187	0.188		0.181	0.0606		0.00722	0.0360	2.91		0.384	0.256	0.523	0.947	0.644	0.502

	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
CON	[-]	0.158	0.157		0.144	0.0615		0.0132	0.0327	2.62		0.385	0.264	0.582	0.851	0.607	0.492
OP	[-]	0.167	0.167		0.144	0.0615		0.0223	0.0363	2.44		0.307	0.269	0.617	0.799	0.607	0.478

	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
CON	[-]	0.326	0.325		0.369	0.342		-0.0449	0.125	1.09		0.722	0.615	0.891	0.978	0.717	0.757
OP	[-]	0.346	0.345		0.369	0.342		-0.0248	0.124	1.13		0.760	0.613	0.885	0.945	0.714	0.755

	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
CON	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.0878	0.0554		0.0480	0.0527	3.08		0.190	0.346	0.476	0.171	0.427	0.326
OP	[-]	0.166	0.167		0.0878	0.0554		0.0792	0.0813	2.91		0.0286	0.345	0.519	0.369	0.433	0.340

	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
CON	[-]	0.197	0.196		0.221	0.204		-0.0251	0.0903	1.03		0.779	0.612	0.898	0.987	0.687	0.763
OP	[-]	0.223	0.223		0.221	0.204		0.00145	0.0897	1.03		0.846	0.603	0.898	0.878	0.677	0.751

	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
CON	[-]	0.202	0.202		0.202	0.0511		-0.000678	0.0628	1.08		0.672	0.488	0.846	0.940	0.698	0.689
OP	[-]	0.213	0.212		0.202	0.0511		0.00968	0.0674	1.11		0.590	0.489	0.842	0.836	0.697	0.657

	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
CON	[-]	0.155	0.156		0.140	0.0540		0.0156	0.0425	3.24		0.437	0.315	0.456	0.852	0.514	0.482
OP	[-]	0.171	0.172		0.140	0.0540		0.0312	0.0504	2.76		0.308	0.324	0.558	0.766	0.518	0.466

	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
CON	[-]	0.335	0.327		0.365	0.457		-0.0385	0.114	1.35		0.765	0.607	0.855	0.983	0.742	0.760
OP	[-]	0.354	0.346		0.365	0.457		-0.0192	0.115	1.45		0.794	0.607	0.837	0.967	0.738	0.758

	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
CON	[-]	0.166	0.166		0.157	0.0615		0.00926	0.0358	2.44		0.408	0.325	0.607	0.699	0.668	0.505
OP	[-]	0.177	0.177		0.157	0.0615		0.0203	0.0386	2.41		0.422	0.326	0.616	0.656	0.678	0.504

	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
CON	[-]	0.165	0.165		0.146	0.0629		0.0181	0.0660	1.54		0.547	0.402	0.774	0.912	0.656	0.615
OP	[-]	0.185	0.184		0.146	0.0629		0.0379	0.0720	1.53		0.503	0.416	0.773	0.887	0.655	0.608

	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
CON	[-]	0.265	0.266		0.251	0.0895		0.0146	0.0647	2.17		0.471	0.394	0.654	0.992	0.616	0.587
OP	[-]	0.279	0.279		0.251	0.0895		0.0278	0.0696	2.16		0.428	0.395	0.659	0.993	0.616	0.581

	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
CON	[-]	0.313	0.314		0.286	0.0541		0.0278	0.0603	3.36		0.277	0.276	0.429	0.974	0.669	0.483
OP	[-]	0.314	0.316		0.286	0.0541		0.0294	0.0605	3.36		0.276	0.278	0.430	0.969	0.669	0.483

	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
CON	[-]	0.368	0.367		0.400	0.345		-0.0333	0.117	1.18		0.769	0.629	0.854	0.992	0.723	0.766
OP	[-]	0.381	0.379		0.400	0.345		-0.0211	0.117	1.20		0.788	0.630	0.852	0.988	0.722	0.768

	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
CON	[-]	0.144	0.145		0.117	0.0574		0.0274	0.0483	2.99		0.246	0.303	0.500	0.361	0.569	0.380
OP	[-]	0.159	0.160		0.117	0.0574		0.0425	0.0562	2.66		0.203	0.315	0.564	0.333	0.565	0.382

	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
CON	[-]	0.156	0.159		0.156	0.0650		0.00274	0.0488	2.00		0.551	0.377	0.667	0.838	0.657	0.578
OP	[-]	0.176	0.177		0.156	0.0650		0.0213	0.0512	1.86		0.535	0.407	0.694	0.830	0.654	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	[-]	0.193
CON	[-]	0.181	0.181		0.194	0.0795		-0.0135	0.0826	0.709		0.745	0.594	0.933	0.976	0.660	0.750
OP	[-]	0.214	0.214		0.194	0.0795		0.0196	0.0859	0.725		0.753	0.590	0.933	0.892	0.643	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	[-]	0.192
CON	[-]	0.181	0.179		0.192	0.0684		-0.0126	0.0608	1.41		0.616	0.422	0.784	0.990	0.717	0.659
OP	[-]	0.189	0.188		0.192	0.0684		-0.00412	0.0616	1.42		0.629	0.420	0.782	0.945	0.717	0.652

	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
CON	[-]	0.136	0.136		0.136	0.0489		-9.29e-05	0.0215	2.94		0.512	0.349	0.519	0.254	0.412	0.399
OP	[-]	0.167	0.167		0.136	0.0489		0.0315	0.0375	2.98		0.196	0.353	0.513	0.553	0.416	0.397

	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
CON	[-]	0.148	0.148		0.146	0.0526		0.00195	0.0252	3.16		0.451	0.237	0.463	0.489	0.622	0.416
OP	[-]	0.159	0.158		0.146	0.0526		0.0126	0.0271	3.15		0.416	0.266	0.467	0.480	0.606	0.417

	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
CON	[-]	0.159	0.161		0.145	0.0672		0.0158	0.0509	2.03		0.403	0.333	0.687	0.896	0.618	0.545
OP	[-]	0.173	0.174		0.145	0.0672		0.0290	0.0558	2.41		0.332	0.323	0.614	0.854	0.627	0.512

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

  Title:

derived CERES EBAF Radiation

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly 1 degree CERES EBAF Radiation observations

  Conventions:

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

  Creation_date:

Wed May 14 11:10:39 PDT 2014

  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