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	[-]	-48.2
CLM50	[-]	-65.0	-65.0	-48.5		-46.8		-16.4	18.5	1.57		0.157	0.749	0.781	0.983	0.684
CTSM51	[-]	-64.4	-64.3	-48.5		-46.8		-15.8	18.0	1.59		0.172	0.742	0.776	0.979	0.682
DeadVeg	[-]	-66.1	-65.8	-48.3		-46.6		-17.9	19.5	2.37		0.220	0.682	0.610	0.936	0.626

	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	[-]	-74.6
CLM50	[-]	-96.8	-97.6	-75.6		-53.9		-21.6	23.8	0.368		0.148	0.652	0.960	0.851	0.653
CTSM51	[-]	-94.7	-95.4	-75.6		-53.9		-19.4	22.2	0.364		0.183	0.632	0.960	0.834	0.648
DeadVeg	[-]	-96.0	-96.7	-74.9		-53.6		-21.6	26.7	0.562		0.148	0.357	0.925	0.917	0.541

	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	[-]	-72.9
CLM50	[-]	-89.3	-89.4	-73.7		-61.6		-13.7	18.1	1.64		0.225	0.670	0.770	0.978	0.663
CTSM51	[-]	-88.5	-88.6	-73.7		-61.6		-12.9	17.6	1.66		0.247	0.659	0.767	0.968	0.660
DeadVeg	[-]	-87.2	-87.4	-73.4		-61.5		-12.8	19.6	1.87		0.283	0.477	0.718	0.930	0.577

	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	[-]	-43.9
CLM50	[-]	-41.0	-41.1	-43.5		-45.2		1.76	15.3	1.72		0.567	0.254	0.762	0.963	0.560
CTSM51	[-]	-38.7	-38.8	-43.5		-45.2		4.19	15.4	1.72		0.510	0.239	0.765	0.992	0.549
DeadVeg	[-]	-41.9	-42.0	-43.7		-45.3		1.53	10.9	1.84		0.613	0.427	0.739	0.915	0.624

	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	[-]	-42.1
CLM50	[-]	-46.7	-46.7	-40.6		-47.5		-5.53	11.4	2.00		0.371	0.822	0.699	0.837	0.710
CTSM51	[-]	-46.2	-46.2	-40.6		-47.5		-4.96	11.3	2.01		0.377	0.822	0.699	0.845	0.713
DeadVeg	[-]	-48.0	-48.0	-40.5		-47.5		-8.48	13.3	2.30		0.330	0.783	0.648	0.972	0.703

	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	[-]	-47.3
CLM50	[-]	-52.7	-52.7	-47.0		-56.4		-5.71	12.7	1.85		0.407	0.446	0.747	0.915	0.592
CTSM51	[-]	-48.7	-48.7	-47.0		-56.4		-1.71	11.5	1.71		0.571	0.409	0.770	0.923	0.616
DeadVeg	[-]	-51.0	-51.0	-47.2		-56.4		-3.81	10.1	1.26		0.559	0.480	0.846	0.957	0.664

	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	[-]	-66.9
CLM50	[-]	-72.7	-72.4	-66.7		-56.0		-4.85	13.3	1.24		0.452	0.597	0.832	0.977	0.691
CTSM51	[-]	-71.2	-71.0	-66.7		-56.0		-3.41	12.5	1.16		0.490	0.600	0.847	0.985	0.704
DeadVeg	[-]	-77.6	-77.3	-67.1		-56.1		-9.49	14.4	0.988		0.391	0.551	0.881	0.990	0.673

	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	[-]	-59.6
CLM50	[-]	-78.3	-78.5	-60.2		-51.1		-15.5	19.1	1.09		0.240	0.641	0.855	0.987	0.673
CTSM51	[-]	-76.8	-77.0	-60.2		-51.1		-14.0	18.0	1.06		0.269	0.643	0.859	0.986	0.680
DeadVeg	[-]	-83.0	-83.0	-60.3		-51.3		-20.1	23.5	1.27		0.154	0.508	0.818	0.978	0.593

	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	[-]	-40.4
CLM50	[-]	-42.1	-42.2	-40.2		-42.4		-1.96	14.9	2.24		0.576	0.242	0.676	0.860	0.519
CTSM51	[-]	-38.6	-38.6	-40.2		-42.4		1.50	14.4	2.21		0.646	0.233	0.682	0.956	0.550
DeadVeg	[-]	-41.4	-41.4	-40.3		-42.6		-0.911	9.84	1.98		0.712	0.467	0.727	0.959	0.666

	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	[-]	-88.1
CLM50	[-]	-97.6	-97.6	-89.3		-64.6		-4.95	10.8	1.02		0.527	0.735	0.868	0.997	0.772
CTSM51	[-]	-96.2	-96.3	-89.3		-64.6		-3.78	10.5	1.00		0.562	0.725	0.871	0.997	0.776
DeadVeg	[-]	-99.5	-99.6	-90.0		-64.8		-6.78	12.1	0.968		0.490	0.673	0.855	0.989	0.736

	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	[-]	-53.4
CLM50	[-]	-57.7	-57.7	-52.7		-61.2		-5.60	11.5	1.73		0.418	0.662	0.762	0.994	0.700
CTSM51	[-]	-54.7	-54.7	-52.7		-61.2		-2.73	10.2	1.70		0.535	0.655	0.769	0.994	0.722
DeadVeg	[-]	-60.3	-60.3	-52.7		-61.1		-8.65	15.6	1.45		0.327	0.434	0.804	0.948	0.589

	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	[-]	-61.0
CLM50	[-]	-71.7	-71.7	-61.3		-53.9		-9.38	15.5	1.53		0.364	0.627	0.781	0.974	0.674
CTSM51	[-]	-70.4	-70.4	-61.3		-53.9		-8.08	14.9	1.50		0.407	0.617	0.786	0.975	0.681
DeadVeg	[-]	-69.9	-69.9	-61.3		-54.0		-7.94	16.4	1.71		0.373	0.561	0.740	0.940	0.635

	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	[-]	-103.
CLM50	[-]	-108.	-108.	-104.		-72.7		-2.50	11.1	0.918		0.584	0.704	0.862	0.973	0.765
CTSM51	[-]	-108.	-108.	-104.		-72.7		-2.21	11.0	0.918		0.589	0.699	0.862	0.982	0.766
DeadVeg	[-]	-113.	-113.	-104.		-72.7		-8.13	14.5	1.00		0.511	0.608	0.848	0.975	0.710

	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	[-]	-41.2
CLM50	[-]	-44.2	-44.2	-41.1		-42.0		-3.47	12.3	2.19		0.487	0.402	0.662	0.839	0.558
CTSM51	[-]	-41.9	-41.9	-41.1		-42.0		-1.21	12.1	2.16		0.557	0.359	0.672	0.929	0.575
DeadVeg	[-]	-43.9	-43.9	-41.2		-42.0		-2.89	10.3	1.99		0.514	0.521	0.700	0.991	0.649

	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	[-]	-65.4
CLM50	[-]	-83.7	-83.7	-67.7		-55.6		-12.4	17.6	1.81		0.296	0.661	0.701	0.990	0.662
CTSM51	[-]	-83.1	-83.1	-67.7		-55.6		-11.9	17.4	1.76		0.312	0.645	0.710	0.989	0.660
DeadVeg	[-]	-85.3	-85.5	-67.3		-55.6		-14.9	20.5	2.32		0.292	0.523	0.608	0.952	0.580

	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	[-]	-50.4
CLM50	[-]	-61.5	-61.4	-50.0		-60.4		-11.3	13.9	2.72		0.173	0.623	0.544	0.998	0.592
CTSM51	[-]	-60.5	-60.4	-50.0		-60.4		-10.3	13.0	2.78		0.219	0.634	0.542	0.998	0.605
DeadVeg	[-]	-62.9	-62.8	-50.0		-60.2		-12.9	15.8	2.84		0.121	0.552	0.508	0.982	0.543

	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	[-]	-45.2
CLM50	[-]	-53.2	-53.2	-45.2		-45.8		-7.86	11.1	1.66		0.315	0.595	0.784	0.990	0.656
CTSM51	[-]	-50.6	-50.7	-45.2		-45.8		-5.41	10.0	1.65		0.477	0.554	0.787	0.958	0.666
DeadVeg	[-]	-52.0	-52.0	-45.2		-45.8		-6.72	11.1	1.44		0.367	0.564	0.823	0.979	0.660

	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	[-]	-78.6
CLM50	[-]	-87.3	-87.1	-79.3		-54.7		-7.48	12.7	0.698		0.393	0.660	0.922	0.971	0.721
CTSM51	[-]	-85.5	-85.4	-79.3		-54.7		-5.75	11.7	0.740		0.451	0.663	0.923	0.987	0.737
DeadVeg	[-]	-85.0	-84.7	-79.0		-54.6		-5.50	12.8	0.816		0.468	0.586	0.921	0.988	0.710

	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	[-]	-32.5
CLM50	[-]	-51.1	-51.0	-32.2		-44.6		-18.8	20.5	1.64		0.0887	0.824	0.775	0.973	0.697
CTSM51	[-]	-51.0	-50.8	-32.2		-44.6		-18.6	20.3	1.62		0.0897	0.828	0.778	0.973	0.700
DeadVeg	[-]	-46.0	-45.9	-32.2		-44.6		-14.0	15.8	2.06		0.227	0.778	0.679	0.979	0.688

	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	[-]	-54.8
CLM50	[-]	-71.0	-71.3	-54.6		-57.4		-16.1	17.7	1.91		0.173	0.723	0.714	0.991	0.665
CTSM51	[-]	-70.1	-70.5	-54.6		-57.4		-15.3	17.0	1.81		0.206	0.731	0.728	0.992	0.678
DeadVeg	[-]	-68.7	-69.2	-54.7		-57.4		-14.2	16.4	1.78		0.250	0.653	0.743	0.982	0.656

	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	[-]	-78.0
CLM50	[-]	-85.3	-84.9	-81.2		-49.3		-0.791	18.7	1.21		0.325	0.654	0.839	0.837	0.662
CTSM51	[-]	-85.2	-84.8	-81.2		-49.3		-0.616	18.7	1.17		0.322	0.640	0.846	0.865	0.663
DeadVeg	[-]	-94.3	-94.0	-81.2		-49.6		-8.64	20.5	1.16		0.241	0.602	0.848	0.961	0.651

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-rlns-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