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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.137
CLM50	[-]	0.156	0.155	0.142		0.0565		0.0132	0.0268	3.55		0.399	0.425	0.397	0.966	0.522
CTSM51	[-]	0.179	0.178	0.142		0.0565		0.0364	0.0445	3.52		0.175	0.427	0.409	0.880	0.464
DeadVeg	[-]	0.196	0.196	0.141		0.0564		0.0546	0.0597	2.69		0.122	0.441	0.574	0.847	0.485

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.176
CLM50	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.178		0.0612		0.00896	0.0322	3.31		0.427	0.286	0.442	0.979	0.484
CTSM51	[-]	0.190	0.192	0.178		0.0612		0.0134	0.0341	3.29		0.340	0.302	0.444	0.954	0.468
DeadVeg	[-]	0.203	0.204	0.177		0.0610		0.0263	0.0403	3.00		0.240	0.351	0.486	0.931	0.472

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
CLM50	[-]	0.158	0.158	0.142		0.0662		0.0158	0.0305	3.18		0.371	0.354	0.467	0.933	0.496
CTSM51	[-]	0.169	0.169	0.142		0.0662		0.0260	0.0352	3.15		0.270	0.367	0.472	0.891	0.473
DeadVeg	[-]	0.183	0.183	0.142		0.0663		0.0410	0.0454	2.66		0.144	0.437	0.570	0.901	0.498

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.358
CLM50	[-]	0.326	0.326	0.360		0.331		-0.0352	0.113	0.616		0.760	0.718	0.931	0.974	0.820
CTSM51	[-]	0.367	0.367	0.360		0.331		0.00603	0.104	0.487		0.816	0.719	0.944	0.942	0.828
DeadVeg	[-]	0.330	0.330	0.360		0.326		-0.0307	0.114	0.485		0.791	0.691	0.946	0.853	0.794

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0879
CLM50	[-]	0.137	0.137	0.0967		0.0602		0.0403	0.0435	3.02		0.241	0.486	0.494	0.0267	0.347
CTSM51	[-]	0.170	0.170	0.0967		0.0602		0.0729	0.0737	2.61		0.0355	0.493	0.585	0.192	0.360
DeadVeg	[-]	0.187	0.187	0.0961		0.0601		0.0905	0.0910	2.71		0.0120	0.493	0.565	0.273	0.367

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.207
CLM50	[-]	0.193	0.192	0.208		0.156		-0.0161	0.0725	0.808		0.806	0.674	0.923	0.990	0.813
CTSM51	[-]	0.225	0.225	0.208		0.156		0.0166	0.0702	0.827		0.816	0.690	0.919	0.881	0.799
DeadVeg	[-]	0.218	0.218	0.207		0.154		0.0105	0.0649	0.888		0.831	0.694	0.913	0.769	0.780

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.192
CLM50	[-]	0.201	0.201	0.195		0.0588		0.00657	0.0458	1.20		0.653	0.608	0.824	0.967	0.732
CTSM51	[-]	0.212	0.213	0.195		0.0588		0.0181	0.0540	1.08		0.566	0.615	0.850	0.885	0.706
DeadVeg	[-]	0.211	0.212	0.194		0.0585		0.0170	0.0589	1.01		0.563	0.599	0.868	0.780	0.682

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.129
CLM50	[-]	0.158	0.158	0.135		0.0604		0.0226	0.0375	3.75		0.342	0.357	0.352	0.911	0.464
CTSM51	[-]	0.175	0.175	0.135		0.0604		0.0394	0.0499	3.21		0.176	0.375	0.462	0.816	0.441
DeadVeg	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.134		0.0603		0.0518	0.0601	2.62		0.117	0.418	0.576	0.757	0.457

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.361
CLM50	[-]	0.325	0.323	0.360		0.394		-0.0379	0.0909	0.378		0.798	0.740	0.966	0.979	0.844
CTSM51	[-]	0.382	0.379	0.360		0.394		0.0185	0.0882	0.467		0.840	0.753	0.958	0.982	0.857
DeadVeg	[-]	0.346	0.344	0.359		0.387		-0.0159	0.0951	0.581		0.833	0.714	0.949	0.970	0.836

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.147
CLM50	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.154		0.0622		0.0149	0.0261	2.40		0.411	0.499	0.619	0.831	0.572
CTSM51	[-]	0.182	0.182	0.154		0.0622		0.0281	0.0330	2.30		0.297	0.539	0.638	0.773	0.557
DeadVeg	[-]	0.188	0.188	0.154		0.0621		0.0344	0.0383	2.49		0.237	0.557	0.611	0.666	0.525

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.140
CLM50	[-]	0.164	0.164	0.147		0.0669		0.0173	0.0497	1.31		0.563	0.510	0.805	0.956	0.669
CTSM51	[-]	0.190	0.190	0.147		0.0669		0.0431	0.0651	1.31		0.462	0.507	0.808	0.958	0.649
DeadVeg	[-]	0.190	0.191	0.147		0.0669		0.0440	0.0630	1.35		0.437	0.548	0.795	0.857	0.637

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.250
CLM50	[-]	0.267	0.267	0.258		0.120		0.00950	0.0464	2.15		0.511	0.509	0.654	0.996	0.636
CTSM51	[-]	0.284	0.284	0.258		0.120		0.0264	0.0531	2.07		0.421	0.522	0.670	0.997	0.626
DeadVeg	[-]	0.253	0.254	0.257		0.119		-0.00356	0.0867	1.87		0.345	0.516	0.711	0.633	0.544

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.282
CLM50	[-]	0.313	0.313	0.291		0.0709		0.0218	0.0456	2.59		0.270	0.438	0.590	0.978	0.543
CTSM51	[-]	0.315	0.315	0.291		0.0709		0.0235	0.0456	2.59		0.266	0.446	0.590	0.973	0.544
DeadVeg	[-]	0.316	0.316	0.290		0.0710		0.0258	0.0471	2.52		0.256	0.452	0.599	0.969	0.546

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.383
CLM50	[-]	0.369	0.370	0.386		0.369		-0.0167	0.0975	0.694		0.800	0.739	0.928	0.989	0.839
CTSM51	[-]	0.395	0.395	0.386		0.369		0.00890	0.0979	0.692		0.808	0.744	0.929	0.991	0.843
DeadVeg	[-]	0.370	0.370	0.384		0.366		-0.0141	0.0937	0.616		0.822	0.738	0.939	0.984	0.844

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.109
CLM50	[-]	0.149	0.149	0.121		0.0580		0.0277	0.0391	2.94		0.274	0.405	0.509	0.678	0.454
CTSM51	[-]	0.166	0.166	0.121		0.0580		0.0445	0.0502	2.70		0.161	0.433	0.561	0.623	0.442
DeadVeg	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.120		0.0579		0.0551	0.0588	2.57		0.104	0.474	0.585	0.613	0.450

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.145
CLM50	[-]	0.159	0.159	0.150		0.0598		0.00933	0.0356	2.01		0.609	0.492	0.664	0.941	0.640
CTSM51	[-]	0.184	0.184	0.150		0.0598		0.0341	0.0495	1.96		0.394	0.516	0.674	0.921	0.604
DeadVeg	[-]	0.191	0.191	0.149		0.0598		0.0419	0.0540	1.59		0.325	0.559	0.753	0.794	0.598

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.177
CLM50	[-]	0.181	0.181	0.182		0.0854		0.000370	0.0661	0.873		0.754	0.659	0.906	0.981	0.792
CTSM51	[-]	0.221	0.221	0.182		0.0854		0.0398	0.0774	0.905		0.680	0.660	0.902	0.975	0.775
DeadVeg	[-]	0.219	0.219	0.181		0.0855		0.0389	0.0744	0.960		0.678	0.673	0.893	0.912	0.766

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.183
CLM50	[-]	0.179	0.179	0.186		0.0734		-0.00710	0.0407	1.28		0.634	0.571	0.816	0.989	0.716
CTSM51	[-]	0.193	0.193	0.186		0.0734		0.00646	0.0402	1.19		0.649	0.588	0.831	0.923	0.716
DeadVeg	[-]	0.201	0.201	0.185		0.0729		0.0156	0.0470	0.901		0.616	0.571	0.879	0.916	0.711

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.127
CLM50	[-]	0.137	0.136	0.129		0.0533		0.00732	0.0166	3.86		0.532	0.494	0.356	0.291	0.433
CTSM51	[-]	0.170	0.170	0.129		0.0533		0.0410	0.0427	3.72		0.117	0.501	0.384	0.658	0.432
DeadVeg	[-]	0.189	0.189	0.129		0.0531		0.0600	0.0609	2.22		0.0480	0.560	0.646	0.792	0.521

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.139
CLM50	[-]	0.150	0.150	0.141		0.0570		0.00906	0.0211	3.45		0.471	0.305	0.408	0.673	0.432
CTSM51	[-]	0.163	0.163	0.141		0.0570		0.0215	0.0279	3.31		0.272	0.364	0.438	0.517	0.391
DeadVeg	[-]	0.175	0.175	0.141		0.0569		0.0338	0.0366	2.96		0.120	0.450	0.517	0.546	0.417

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.136
CLM50	[-]	0.161	0.161	0.143		0.0725		0.0175	0.0390	2.35		0.388	0.454	0.626	0.893	0.563
CTSM51	[-]	0.175	0.176	0.143		0.0725		0.0322	0.0474	2.46		0.277	0.460	0.605	0.834	0.527
DeadVeg	[-]	0.180	0.180	0.143		0.0726		0.0372	0.0513	2.38		0.261	0.487	0.618	0.840	0.539

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:

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

  History:

Mon Sep 19 16:06:36 2022: ncatted -a units,albedo,o,c,1 albedo.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF

2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-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: unitless

  Convention:

CF-1.7