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 Global - Land 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 m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	401.
CLM50	[-]	397.	398.	400.		416.		-1.48	7.52	1.78		0.523	0.569	0.721	0.947	0.666
CTSM51	[-]	397.	398.	400.		416.		-1.48	7.52	1.78		0.523	0.569	0.721	0.947	0.666
DeadVeg	[-]	390.	390.	400.		416.		-8.81	12.2	1.40		0.356	0.508	0.812	0.955	0.628

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	392.
CLM50	[-]	386.	386.	391.		404.		-4.65	8.97	0.621		0.748	0.807	0.934	0.934	0.846
CTSM51	[-]	386.	386.	391.		404.		-4.65	8.97	0.621		0.748	0.807	0.934	0.934	0.846
DeadVeg	[-]	377.	377.	391.		404.		-14.4	17.2	0.711		0.571	0.718	0.923	0.999	0.786

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	366.
CLM50	[-]	361.	361.	365.		383.		-1.78	8.27	0.913		0.743	0.797	0.890	0.994	0.844
CTSM51	[-]	361.	361.	365.		383.		-1.78	8.27	0.913		0.743	0.797	0.890	0.994	0.844
DeadVeg	[-]	355.	355.	365.		384.		-8.23	12.9	1.05		0.637	0.766	0.866	0.998	0.807

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	241.
CLM50	[-]	237.	237.	239.		256.		-0.296	10.2	0.0815		0.925	0.864	0.995	0.994	0.928
CTSM51	[-]	237.	237.	239.		256.		-0.296	10.2	0.0815		0.925	0.864	0.995	0.994	0.928
DeadVeg	[-]	229.	229.	240.		257.		-9.47	11.9	0.0648		0.842	0.879	0.996	0.998	0.919

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	413.
CLM50	[-]	412.	412.	411.		419.		2.92	9.10	2.51		0.331	0.643	0.590	0.590	0.560
CTSM51	[-]	412.	412.	411.		419.		2.92	9.10	2.51		0.331	0.643	0.590	0.590	0.560
DeadVeg	[-]	407.	407.	411.		419.		-1.72	9.46	1.14		0.302	0.599	0.830	0.912	0.648

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	265.
CLM50	[-]	264.	264.	264.		280.		0.374	8.47	0.0136		0.930	0.892	0.999	0.980	0.939
CTSM51	[-]	264.	264.	264.		280.		0.374	8.47	0.0136		0.930	0.892	0.999	0.980	0.939
DeadVeg	[-]	257.	257.	265.		280.		-7.61	9.70	0.0151		0.881	0.905	0.999	0.978	0.934

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	298.
CLM50	[-]	293.	293.	297.		354.		-1.10	10.9	0.127		0.848	0.878	0.991	0.994	0.918
CTSM51	[-]	293.	293.	297.		354.		-1.10	10.9	0.127		0.848	0.878	0.991	0.994	0.918
DeadVeg	[-]	282.	281.	297.		355.		-13.2	16.8	0.0825		0.759	0.847	0.994	0.990	0.888

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	387.
CLM50	[-]	374.	375.	384.		415.		-4.37	11.3	0.399		0.728	0.827	0.963	0.998	0.869
CTSM51	[-]	374.	375.	384.		415.		-4.37	11.3	0.399		0.728	0.827	0.963	0.998	0.869
DeadVeg	[-]	371.	372.	384.		415.		-8.09	13.7	0.536		0.703	0.780	0.946	0.976	0.837

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	243.
CLM50	[-]	242.	243.	242.		251.		1.35	11.4	0.0466		0.936	0.838	0.997	0.994	0.920
CTSM51	[-]	242.	243.	242.		251.		1.35	11.4	0.0466		0.936	0.838	0.997	0.994	0.920
DeadVeg	[-]	235.	235.	243.		253.		-6.69	8.92	0.0544		0.885	0.896	0.996	0.979	0.930

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	352.
CLM50	[-]	351.	351.	352.		360.		-0.523	6.20	0.360		0.861	0.887	0.976	0.989	0.920
CTSM51	[-]	351.	351.	352.		360.		-0.523	6.20	0.360		0.861	0.887	0.976	0.989	0.920
DeadVeg	[-]	346.	346.	352.		360.		-5.41	9.23	0.391		0.826	0.838	0.973	1.00	0.895

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	312.
CLM50	[-]	307.	307.	310.		327.		-0.886	7.86	0.167		0.831	0.863	0.988	1.00	0.909
CTSM51	[-]	307.	307.	310.		327.		-0.886	7.86	0.167		0.831	0.863	0.988	1.00	0.909
DeadVeg	[-]	301.	301.	311.		328.		-7.38	10.3	0.200		0.762	0.848	0.987	0.986	0.886

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	316.
CLM50	[-]	309.	309.	314.		359.		-1.61	9.83	0.470		0.767	0.808	0.944	0.999	0.865
CTSM51	[-]	309.	309.	314.		359.		-1.61	9.83	0.470		0.767	0.808	0.944	0.999	0.865
DeadVeg	[-]	316.	316.	314.		359.		4.21	24.2	0.606		0.643	0.773	0.925	0.743	0.771

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	349.
CLM50	[-]	344.	344.	347.		371.		-1.79	9.82	0.411		0.839	0.837	0.961	0.993	0.894
CTSM51	[-]	344.	344.	347.		371.		-1.79	9.82	0.411		0.839	0.837	0.961	0.993	0.894
DeadVeg	[-]	336.	336.	348.		372.		-10.2	14.2	0.211		0.748	0.804	0.984	1.00	0.868

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	246.
CLM50	[-]	242.	242.	245.		258.		-2.80	10.7	0.0855		0.904	0.846	0.994	0.999	0.918
CTSM51	[-]	242.	242.	245.		258.		-2.80	10.7	0.0855		0.904	0.846	0.994	0.999	0.918
DeadVeg	[-]	235.	235.	245.		258.		-10.7	14.0	0.115		0.805	0.853	0.992	0.962	0.893

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	377.
CLM50	[-]	363.	363.	370.		403.		-0.397	12.1	0.717		0.624	0.819	0.912	0.984	0.831
CTSM51	[-]	363.	363.	370.		403.		-0.397	12.1	0.717		0.624	0.819	0.912	0.984	0.831
DeadVeg	[-]	357.	356.	371.		403.		-6.06	13.8	0.881		0.580	0.775	0.885	0.997	0.802

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	334.
CLM50	[-]	328.	328.	331.		372.		-0.508	6.72	0.0673		0.923	0.895	0.995	0.999	0.941
CTSM51	[-]	328.	328.	331.		372.		-0.508	6.72	0.0673		0.923	0.895	0.995	0.999	0.941
DeadVeg	[-]	323.	323.	332.		373.		-6.70	8.54	0.0496		0.862	0.898	0.997	0.995	0.930

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	278.
CLM50	[-]	274.	275.	277.		302.		-0.973	7.29	0.0824		0.910	0.886	0.994	0.996	0.934
CTSM51	[-]	274.	275.	277.		302.		-0.973	7.29	0.0824		0.910	0.886	0.994	0.996	0.934
DeadVeg	[-]	269.	269.	277.		302.		-7.09	9.70	0.0677		0.827	0.896	0.995	1.00	0.923

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	297.
CLM50	[-]	293.	294.	296.		323.		-0.811	8.90	0.119		0.826	0.868	0.992	0.998	0.910
CTSM51	[-]	293.	294.	296.		323.		-0.811	8.90	0.119		0.826	0.868	0.992	0.998	0.910
DeadVeg	[-]	287.	289.	297.		324.		-7.65	11.8	0.0871		0.756	0.854	0.994	0.989	0.889

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	411.
CLM50	[-]	406.	406.	411.		418.		-4.60	9.99	1.16		0.511	0.665	0.843	0.992	0.735
CTSM51	[-]	406.	406.	411.		418.		-4.60	9.99	1.16		0.511	0.665	0.843	0.992	0.735
DeadVeg	[-]	404.	404.	411.		418.		-6.55	11.2	2.87		0.501	0.600	0.522	0.977	0.640

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	379.
CLM50	[-]	377.	376.	379.		374.		-2.62	8.41	0.653		0.769	0.828	0.936	0.995	0.871
CTSM51	[-]	377.	376.	379.		374.		-2.62	8.41	0.653		0.769	0.828	0.936	0.995	0.871
DeadVeg	[-]	372.	371.	379.		374.		-7.77	11.7	1.51		0.704	0.782	0.775	0.995	0.808

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	304.
CLM50	[-]	301.	301.	299.		344.		5.37	17.3	0.505		0.498	0.763	0.956	0.940	0.784
CTSM51	[-]	301.	301.	299.		344.		5.37	17.3	0.505		0.498	0.763	0.956	0.940	0.784
DeadVeg	[-]	286.	285.	299.		345.		-7.24	21.4	0.371		0.461	0.692	0.973	0.982	0.760

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 Global - Land 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 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:

CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:

Ed4.1

  Institutions:

NASA Langley Research Center

  Source:

Monthly mean surface fluxes calculated by a radiative transfer model and constrained by the combined Terra and Aqua SSF1deg measurements

  History:

2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-08-13: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-llds-ceres.py

  References:

Loeb, N.G., D.R. Doelling, H. Wang, W. Su, C. Nguyen, J.G. Corbett, L. Liang, C. Mitrescu, F.G. Rose, and S. Kato (2018), Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Edition-4.0 Data Product, Journal of Climate, 31(2), 895-918, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0208.1

Kato, S., F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Thorsen, N. G. Loeb, D. R. Doelling, X. Huang, W. L. Smith, W. Su, and S.-H. Ham (2018), Surface irradiances of Edition 4.0 Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) data product, Journal of Climate, 31, 4501-4527, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 1 degree

original_units: W m-2

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: W m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.7