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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 [-] 19.5
D104 [-] 59.0 37.9 76.3 0.508 0.190 0.550 0.966 0.175 0.486
LMBIRCH4 [-] 58.1 36.9 75.6 0.508 0.191 0.552 0.966 0.175 0.487
PHSParam [-] 59.6 37.1 75.9 0.508 0.191 0.550 0.966 0.175 0.486
PPE [-] 57.4 35.1 74.5 0.508 0.186 0.565 0.966 0.179 0.492
R15 [-] 58.7 37.3 75.9 0.508 0.190 0.551 0.966 0.175 0.487
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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 [-] 38.3
D104 [-] 64.4 6.23 34.3 0.583 0.264 0.616 0.953 0.331 0.556
LMBIRCH4 [-] 64.2 6.06 34.2 0.583 0.264 0.616 0.953 0.331 0.556
PHSParam [-] 64.5 6.11 34.1 0.583 0.264 0.616 0.953 0.331 0.556
PPE [-] 62.6 4.49 34.0 0.583 0.266 0.616 0.953 0.336 0.557
R15 [-] 64.4 6.13 34.2 0.583 0.264 0.616 0.953 0.331 0.556
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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 [-] 66.3
D104 [-] 51.4 -28.6 35.8 1.02 0.117 0.549 0.933 0.379 0.505
LMBIRCH4 [-] 51.4 -28.6 35.8 1.02 0.117 0.549 0.933 0.379 0.505
PHSParam [-] 51.9 -28.5 35.8 1.02 0.117 0.550 0.933 0.379 0.506
PPE [-] 51.7 -28.5 35.8 1.02 0.117 0.550 0.933 0.379 0.506
R15 [-] 51.4 -28.6 35.9 1.02 0.117 0.550 0.933 0.380 0.506
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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 [-] 80.3
D104 [-] 80.8 -3.66 18.4 0.203 0.634 0.775 0.987 0.654 0.765
LMBIRCH4 [-] 80.9 -3.58 18.3 0.203 0.634 0.775 0.987 0.655 0.765
PHSParam [-] 81.1 -3.43 18.3 0.203 0.634 0.776 0.987 0.655 0.765
PPE [-] 78.4 -5.98 18.6 0.203 0.645 0.768 0.987 0.636 0.761
R15 [-] 80.7 -3.75 18.4 0.203 0.635 0.775 0.987 0.654 0.765
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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 [-] 62.7
D104 [-] 66.1 3.41 14.6 0.762 0.929 0.773 0.920 0.962 0.872
LMBIRCH4 [-] 65.9 3.23 14.6 0.762 0.930 0.773 0.920 0.962 0.872
PHSParam [-] 65.8 3.10 14.5 0.762 0.930 0.775 0.920 0.963 0.872
PPE [-] 64.3 1.61 14.4 0.762 0.942 0.774 0.920 0.945 0.871
R15 [-] 66.1 3.49 14.6 0.762 0.930 0.774 0.920 0.961 0.872

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Data Information

  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 23:50:13 PDT 2014

  Approach:
First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract lwdn (surface downward longwave radiation), lwup (surface upward longwave radiation), swdn (surface downward shortwave radiation) and swup (surface upward shortwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I calculated surface net radation using lwdn, lwup, swdn and swup and organized all site data together for each month and year and saved them in netcdf files.

  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