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	[-]	136.
CLM50	[-]	116.	116.	134.		157.		-18.0	20.6	1.15		0.261	0.741	0.850	0.919	0.702
CTSM51	[-]	112.	112.	134.		157.		-22.0	24.0	1.13		0.160	0.740	0.849	0.803	0.658
DeadVeg	[-]	113.	113.	135.		158.		-23.0	31.6	2.04		0.193	0.303	0.677	0.892	0.474

	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	[-]	124.
CLM50	[-]	97.9	97.4	123.		162.		-24.7	27.1	1.59		0.159	0.679	0.754	0.889	0.632
CTSM51	[-]	99.0	98.6	123.		162.		-23.5	26.3	1.63		0.182	0.678	0.747	0.835	0.624
DeadVeg	[-]	98.2	97.8	123.		162.		-24.8	31.4	1.76		0.182	0.416	0.731	0.947	0.538

	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	[-]	128.
CLM50	[-]	106.	106.	126.		158.		-18.4	22.3	1.57		0.227	0.659	0.757	0.949	0.650
CTSM51	[-]	105.	105.	126.		158.		-19.9	23.7	1.41		0.199	0.651	0.787	0.927	0.643
DeadVeg	[-]	104.	104.	126.		158.		-21.3	26.4	1.28		0.226	0.602	0.823	0.926	0.636

	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	[-]	27.3
CLM50	[-]	31.7	31.7	26.7		26.6		3.53	17.3	0.195		0.551	0.452	0.987	0.955	0.679
CTSM51	[-]	29.3	29.4	26.7		26.6		1.57	17.3	0.217		0.630	0.409	0.986	0.975	0.682
DeadVeg	[-]	27.3	27.3	27.3		27.6		-0.719	12.4	0.129		0.706	0.587	0.991	0.924	0.759

	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	[-]	148.
CLM50	[-]	128.	128.	145.		156.		-12.8	17.7	1.31		0.355	0.793	0.797	0.990	0.746
CTSM51	[-]	121.	121.	145.		156.		-18.9	21.7	1.34		0.238	0.796	0.792	0.987	0.722
DeadVeg	[-]	140.	139.	146.		156.		-4.43	20.4	1.97		0.425	0.597	0.710	0.989	0.663

	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	[-]	52.8
CLM50	[-]	48.4	48.4	52.1		59.8		-3.34	11.9	0.209		0.570	0.631	0.986	0.968	0.757
CTSM51	[-]	48.5	48.5	52.1		59.8		-3.33	12.1	0.195		0.604	0.602	0.987	0.993	0.758
DeadVeg	[-]	45.2	45.1	52.7		61.0		-7.55	13.4	0.191		0.473	0.580	0.987	0.988	0.721

	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	[-]	73.5
CLM50	[-]	62.8	62.7	72.6		96.7		-8.54	15.0	0.413		0.392	0.651	0.965	0.986	0.729
CTSM51	[-]	62.6	62.6	72.6		96.7		-8.86	15.1	0.382		0.399	0.641	0.968	0.993	0.729
DeadVeg	[-]	62.4	62.3	73.1		97.9		-9.78	16.8	0.634		0.421	0.551	0.939	0.985	0.690

	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	[-]	122.
CLM50	[-]	95.7	95.3	120.		153.		-20.0	24.2	0.491		0.182	0.604	0.950	0.995	0.667
CTSM51	[-]	93.9	93.5	120.		153.		-22.0	25.5	0.548		0.147	0.608	0.940	0.993	0.659
DeadVeg	[-]	95.5	95.5	120.		154.		-21.3	27.1	0.575		0.194	0.464	0.946	0.987	0.611

	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	[-]	23.2
CLM50	[-]	24.1	24.5	23.0		10.8		0.288	13.9	0.196		0.732	0.496	0.987	0.965	0.735
CTSM51	[-]	22.1	22.4	23.0		10.8		-1.62	16.6	0.263		0.729	0.374	0.983	0.977	0.687
DeadVeg	[-]	20.8	21.1	23.7		11.6		-3.41	13.2	0.174		0.660	0.538	0.988	0.943	0.734

	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	[-]	94.3	94.3	110.		133.		-14.2	16.9	0.624		0.343	0.738	0.939	0.964	0.745
CTSM51	[-]	92.8	92.8	110.		133.		-16.0	18.6	0.665		0.288	0.717	0.934	0.954	0.722
DeadVeg	[-]	98.5	98.5	109.		132.		-9.64	16.9	0.792		0.490	0.601	0.921	0.934	0.709

	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	[-]	69.3
CLM50	[-]	55.1	55.1	66.4		85.4		-9.22	15.3	0.182		0.350	0.622	0.988	0.973	0.711
CTSM51	[-]	54.9	54.9	66.4		85.4		-9.65	15.8	0.214		0.343	0.594	0.986	0.975	0.698
DeadVeg	[-]	62.0	62.1	67.6		86.7		-5.52	15.9	0.279		0.512	0.504	0.981	0.914	0.683

	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	[-]	82.9
CLM50	[-]	64.8	64.8	80.6		119.		-13.9	19.4	0.655		0.337	0.651	0.921	0.980	0.708
CTSM51	[-]	63.4	63.4	80.6		119.		-15.3	20.6	0.645		0.314	0.632	0.923	0.980	0.696
DeadVeg	[-]	71.1	71.0	81.0		120.		-8.56	25.7	0.813		0.345	0.561	0.905	0.779	0.630

	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	[-]	74.5
CLM50	[-]	53.9	53.9	71.0		149.		-14.8	20.1	0.950		0.376	0.664	0.891	0.902	0.699
CTSM51	[-]	53.8	53.9	71.0		149.		-14.9	20.1	0.948		0.376	0.666	0.891	0.899	0.700
DeadVeg	[-]	52.5	52.6	71.5		149.		-17.3	22.0	0.929		0.373	0.608	0.894	0.794	0.655

	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	[-]	28.9
CLM50	[-]	26.0	25.8	28.3		28.3		-4.24	14.2	0.0844		0.583	0.558	0.994	0.971	0.733
CTSM51	[-]	25.1	25.0	28.3		28.3		-4.84	15.2	0.0947		0.578	0.505	0.994	0.965	0.709
DeadVeg	[-]	26.5	26.4	28.9		29.2		-3.75	12.2	0.112		0.652	0.595	0.993	0.976	0.762

	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	[-]	139.
CLM50	[-]	108.	108.	133.		162.		-19.7	24.2	1.04		0.232	0.668	0.866	0.995	0.686
CTSM51	[-]	104.	105.	133.		162.		-22.9	26.5	1.01		0.184	0.652	0.871	0.992	0.670
DeadVeg	[-]	105.	105.	134.		163.		-24.3	32.5	1.25		0.122	0.524	0.846	0.979	0.599

	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	[-]	102.
CLM50	[-]	82.7	82.9	99.5		131.		-15.0	17.1	0.466		0.135	0.625	0.965	0.997	0.669
CTSM51	[-]	79.6	79.7	99.5		131.		-18.2	20.3	0.431		0.0484	0.577	0.968	0.993	0.633
DeadVeg	[-]	81.4	81.6	100.		132.		-17.8	19.8	0.684		0.0596	0.548	0.955	0.968	0.616

	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	[-]	66.1
CLM50	[-]	57.3	57.4	64.8		70.2		-7.27	12.2	0.144		0.453	0.652	0.990	0.990	0.747
CTSM51	[-]	54.5	54.6	64.8		70.2		-10.1	15.3	0.143		0.317	0.559	0.991	0.945	0.674
DeadVeg	[-]	58.8	58.9	66.0		71.5		-6.96	12.5	0.304		0.431	0.628	0.980	0.961	0.726

	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	[-]	86.0
CLM50	[-]	71.6	71.8	84.4		111.		-12.1	15.7	0.465		0.270	0.666	0.959	0.996	0.711
CTSM51	[-]	70.8	71.0	84.4		111.		-12.9	16.0	0.443		0.256	0.663	0.961	0.996	0.708
DeadVeg	[-]	66.5	66.9	85.6		113.		-18.3	19.8	0.438		0.125	0.651	0.970	0.996	0.679

	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	[-]	144.
CLM50	[-]	122.	122.	142.		173.		-19.7	23.0	0.875		0.150	0.772	0.884	0.960	0.708
CTSM51	[-]	115.	115.	142.		173.		-26.2	28.8	0.820		0.0694	0.786	0.893	0.951	0.697
DeadVeg	[-]	117.	117.	143.		174.		-25.4	30.9	1.13		0.142	0.646	0.855	0.976	0.653

	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	[-]	130.
CLM50	[-]	108.	108.	130.		146.		-20.8	23.5	0.945		0.130	0.658	0.883	0.857	0.637
CTSM51	[-]	107.	107.	130.		146.		-22.6	25.3	0.908		0.112	0.647	0.890	0.836	0.626
DeadVeg	[-]	105.	105.	129.		146.		-24.7	27.1	1.22		0.130	0.669	0.842	0.824	0.627

	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	[-]	99.6
CLM50	[-]	90.6	90.0	97.8		120.		-9.00	22.7	0.473		0.256	0.601	0.952	0.987	0.679
CTSM51	[-]	88.1	87.5	97.8		120.		-11.4	24.8	0.491		0.216	0.537	0.948	0.986	0.645
DeadVeg	[-]	83.4	83.1	97.3		120.		-13.2	31.4	0.923		0.178	0.372	0.893	0.923	0.548

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:

Mon Sep 19 16:05:52 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,W m-2 rns.nc Mon Sep 19 16:05:18 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,1 rns.nc 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-rns-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