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	[-]	214.
CLM50	[-]	215.	215.	214.		216.		1.23	12.3	0.819		0.696	0.672	0.903	0.923	0.773
CTSM51	[-]	215.	215.	214.		216.		1.23	12.3	0.819		0.696	0.672	0.903	0.923	0.773
DeadVeg	[-]	223.	222.	214.		216.		7.83	26.8	2.04		0.593	0.359	0.699	0.959	0.594

	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	[-]	240.	241.	242.		230.		-1.38	10.9	0.449		0.759	0.697	0.964	0.944	0.812
CTSM51	[-]	240.	241.	242.		230.		-1.38	10.9	0.449		0.759	0.697	0.964	0.944	0.812
DeadVeg	[-]	244.	245.	242.		230.		3.67	31.2	1.39		0.519	0.365	0.816	0.932	0.600

	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	[-]	233.
CLM50	[-]	232.	232.	233.		236.		-1.38	11.1	0.767		0.827	0.731	0.904	0.963	0.831
CTSM51	[-]	232.	232.	233.		236.		-1.38	11.1	0.767		0.827	0.731	0.904	0.963	0.831
DeadVeg	[-]	234.	234.	233.		235.		0.977	18.5	1.32		0.722	0.616	0.812	0.995	0.752

	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	[-]	111.
CLM50	[-]	107.	107.	110.		106.		-3.13	15.9	0.775		0.952	0.840	0.947	0.980	0.912
CTSM51	[-]	107.	107.	110.		106.		-3.13	15.9	0.775		0.952	0.840	0.947	0.980	0.912
DeadVeg	[-]	102.	103.	111.		107.		-8.34	14.7	0.708		0.902	0.866	0.953	0.985	0.915

	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	[-]	208.
CLM50	[-]	202.	202.	205.		217.		1.40	9.76	1.10		0.736	0.725	0.829	0.989	0.801
CTSM51	[-]	202.	202.	205.		217.		1.40	9.76	1.10		0.736	0.725	0.829	0.989	0.801
DeadVeg	[-]	231.	231.	206.		217.		28.0	33.0	1.82		0.306	0.554	0.730	0.859	0.601

	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	[-]	127.
CLM50	[-]	126.	125.	125.		137.		0.391	9.17	0.240		0.958	0.902	0.982	0.972	0.943
CTSM51	[-]	126.	125.	125.		137.		0.391	9.17	0.240		0.958	0.902	0.982	0.972	0.943
DeadVeg	[-]	123.	123.	126.		138.		-3.32	15.9	0.344		0.905	0.843	0.975	0.989	0.911

	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	[-]	175.
CLM50	[-]	171.	170.	174.		162.		-3.85	12.8	0.306		0.875	0.866	0.974	0.985	0.913
CTSM51	[-]	171.	170.	174.		162.		-3.85	12.8	0.306		0.875	0.866	0.974	0.985	0.913
DeadVeg	[-]	178.	178.	175.		164.		2.72	18.9	0.486		0.835	0.795	0.955	0.917	0.859

	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	[-]	209.
CLM50	[-]	207.	207.	208.		218.		0.0189	13.8	0.359		0.809	0.761	0.971	0.907	0.841
CTSM51	[-]	207.	207.	208.		218.		0.0189	13.8	0.359		0.809	0.761	0.971	0.907	0.841
DeadVeg	[-]	220.	220.	208.		218.		11.7	23.0	0.487		0.700	0.638	0.960	0.986	0.784

	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	[-]	99.1
CLM50	[-]	96.4	96.6	98.3		88.4		-2.35	15.5	0.644		0.959	0.846	0.956	0.971	0.916
CTSM51	[-]	96.4	96.6	98.3		88.4		-2.35	15.5	0.644		0.959	0.846	0.956	0.971	0.916
DeadVeg	[-]	93.5	93.8	99.5		89.0		-6.33	13.5	0.650		0.926	0.872	0.955	0.998	0.925

	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	[-]	234.
CLM50	[-]	232.	232.	237.		211.		-7.40	11.6	0.340		0.861	0.901	0.974	0.999	0.927
CTSM51	[-]	232.	232.	237.		211.		-7.40	11.6	0.340		0.861	0.901	0.974	0.999	0.927
DeadVeg	[-]	244.	244.	236.		210.		5.87	13.0	0.612		0.869	0.858	0.954	0.955	0.899

	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	[-]	142.
CLM50	[-]	135.	135.	139.		157.		-1.26	8.17	0.203		0.941	0.925	0.986	0.997	0.955
CTSM51	[-]	135.	135.	139.		157.		-1.26	8.17	0.203		0.941	0.925	0.986	0.997	0.955
DeadVeg	[-]	151.	151.	140.		158.		11.7	20.7	0.217		0.852	0.833	0.986	0.999	0.900

	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	[-]	186.
CLM50	[-]	182.	182.	186.		192.		-4.26	13.4	0.384		0.860	0.833	0.962	0.998	0.897
CTSM51	[-]	182.	182.	186.		192.		-4.26	13.4	0.384		0.860	0.833	0.962	0.998	0.897
DeadVeg	[-]	186.	186.	186.		192.		0.0656	24.3	0.707		0.778	0.726	0.921	0.987	0.828

	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	[-]	249.
CLM50	[-]	240.	240.	249.		239.		-9.87	14.3	0.242		0.807	0.858	0.982	0.999	0.901
CTSM51	[-]	240.	240.	249.		239.		-9.87	14.3	0.242		0.807	0.858	0.982	0.999	0.901
DeadVeg	[-]	246.	246.	250.		239.		-4.23	17.2	0.522		0.796	0.803	0.955	0.998	0.871

	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	[-]	113.
CLM50	[-]	108.	108.	113.		111.		-4.75	17.8	0.477		0.943	0.836	0.965	0.970	0.910
CTSM51	[-]	108.	108.	113.		111.		-4.75	17.8	0.477		0.943	0.836	0.965	0.970	0.910
DeadVeg	[-]	110.	109.	113.		112.		-4.24	15.9	0.433		0.933	0.852	0.971	0.957	0.913

	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	[-]	229.
CLM50	[-]	225.	226.	228.		232.		-1.38	11.7	0.337		0.797	0.840	0.966	0.968	0.882
CTSM51	[-]	225.	226.	228.		232.		-1.38	11.7	0.337		0.797	0.840	0.966	0.968	0.882
DeadVeg	[-]	231.	232.	229.		232.		3.55	27.4	1.17		0.660	0.649	0.846	0.873	0.735

	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	[-]	178.
CLM50	[-]	172.	172.	175.		203.		-2.48	6.84	0.237		0.938	0.918	0.984	0.989	0.950
CTSM51	[-]	172.	172.	175.		203.		-2.48	6.84	0.237		0.938	0.918	0.984	0.989	0.950
DeadVeg	[-]	179.	179.	176.		204.		3.02	14.7	0.525		0.922	0.820	0.965	0.956	0.897

	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	[-]	135.
CLM50	[-]	135.	135.	134.		127.		0.725	8.16	0.177		0.949	0.921	0.988	0.988	0.954
CTSM51	[-]	135.	135.	134.		127.		0.725	8.16	0.177		0.949	0.921	0.988	0.988	0.954
DeadVeg	[-]	142.	142.	136.		128.		6.38	16.7	0.398		0.907	0.841	0.974	0.992	0.911

	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	[-]	202.
CLM50	[-]	194.	194.	201.		179.		-7.44	10.9	0.127		0.896	0.920	0.991	0.963	0.938
CTSM51	[-]	194.	194.	201.		179.		-7.44	10.9	0.127		0.896	0.920	0.991	0.963	0.938
DeadVeg	[-]	190.	190.	202.		180.		-12.2	16.3	0.316		0.854	0.875	0.979	0.953	0.907

	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	[-]	202.
CLM50	[-]	200.	200.	200.		230.		0.796	8.96	0.728		0.780	0.718	0.905	0.970	0.818
CTSM51	[-]	200.	200.	200.		230.		0.796	8.96	0.728		0.780	0.718	0.905	0.970	0.818
DeadVeg	[-]	201.	201.	201.		230.		0.802	22.8	1.47		0.487	0.521	0.791	0.936	0.651

	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	[-]	214.
CLM50	[-]	211.	211.	215.		216.		-3.30	10.5	0.614		0.860	0.806	0.924	0.992	0.877
CTSM51	[-]	211.	211.	215.		216.		-3.30	10.5	0.614		0.860	0.806	0.924	0.992	0.877
DeadVeg	[-]	210.	211.	214.		215.		-4.00	18.5	0.957		0.686	0.747	0.889	0.943	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	[-]	207.
CLM50	[-]	209.	208.	210.		183.		-6.10	18.6	0.338		0.781	0.830	0.966	0.994	0.880
CTSM51	[-]	209.	208.	210.		183.		-6.10	18.6	0.338		0.781	0.830	0.966	0.994	0.880
DeadVeg	[-]	216.	216.	209.		183.		2.90	31.9	0.677		0.669	0.748	0.941	0.763	0.774

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-rsds-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