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	[-]	184.
CLM50	[-]	181.	181.	183.		204.		-1.54	10.5	0.828		0.691	0.759	0.896	0.880	0.797
CTSM51	[-]	176.	176.	183.		204.		-6.25	11.7	0.861		0.615	0.761	0.892	0.941	0.794
DeadVeg	[-]	179.	179.	183.		204.		-5.07	24.7	2.23		0.455	0.289	0.662	0.948	0.528

	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	[-]	198.
CLM50	[-]	195.	195.	198.		216.		-3.11	11.0	0.922		0.608	0.708	0.873	0.934	0.766
CTSM51	[-]	194.	194.	198.		216.		-4.11	11.2	0.932		0.589	0.715	0.871	0.917	0.761
DeadVeg	[-]	194.	194.	198.		216.		-3.16	28.3	2.00		0.395	0.173	0.695	0.930	0.473

	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	[-]	201.
CLM50	[-]	196.	196.	200.		220.		-4.66	10.2	0.653		0.710	0.775	0.920	0.988	0.833
CTSM51	[-]	193.	193.	200.		220.		-7.00	11.1	0.653		0.652	0.771	0.920	0.986	0.820
DeadVeg	[-]	191.	191.	200.		219.		-8.55	19.2	1.50		0.437	0.525	0.782	0.999	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	[-]	71.2
CLM50	[-]	72.7	72.8	70.2		71.8		1.77	14.1	0.255		0.653	0.554	0.983	0.997	0.748
CTSM51	[-]	68.1	68.2	70.2		71.8		-2.62	13.0	0.267		0.719	0.571	0.982	0.994	0.768
DeadVeg	[-]	69.2	69.3	71.0		73.0		-2.25	13.6	0.189		0.733	0.538	0.987	0.922	0.744

	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	[-]	190.
CLM50	[-]	174.	174.	186.		204.		-7.25	11.6	1.13		0.686	0.810	0.826	0.933	0.813
CTSM51	[-]	168.	167.	186.		204.		-13.9	16.2	1.15		0.493	0.810	0.821	0.946	0.776
DeadVeg	[-]	188.	187.	186.		204.		4.05	18.2	1.81		0.499	0.653	0.729	0.995	0.706

	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	[-]	100.
CLM50	[-]	101.	101.	99.1		116.		2.38	10.7	0.184		0.692	0.645	0.988	0.983	0.791
CTSM51	[-]	97.2	97.2	99.1		116.		-1.62	8.57	0.194		0.773	0.692	0.987	0.981	0.825
DeadVeg	[-]	96.2	96.1	99.9		117.		-3.74	12.6	0.377		0.601	0.580	0.974	0.994	0.746

	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	[-]	140.
CLM50	[-]	135.	135.	139.		153.		-3.69	11.9	0.332		0.534	0.621	0.973	0.999	0.750
CTSM51	[-]	134.	134.	139.		153.		-5.45	12.3	0.324		0.518	0.611	0.974	0.998	0.742
DeadVeg	[-]	140.	140.	140.		154.		-0.289	15.0	0.554		0.529	0.530	0.947	0.946	0.696

	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	[-]	182.
CLM50	[-]	174.	174.	180.		205.		-4.53	13.5	0.346		0.589	0.670	0.970	0.930	0.766
CTSM51	[-]	171.	170.	180.		205.		-7.95	14.8	0.357		0.522	0.660	0.969	0.936	0.750
DeadVeg	[-]	179.	178.	180.		205.		-1.10	18.5	0.561		0.569	0.485	0.950	0.998	0.697

	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	[-]	63.6
CLM50	[-]	66.3	66.6	63.2		53.2		2.24	11.0	0.172		0.754	0.634	0.989	0.998	0.802
CTSM51	[-]	60.6	61.0	63.2		53.2		-3.12	11.2	0.155		0.768	0.605	0.990	0.998	0.793
DeadVeg	[-]	62.2	62.5	64.0		54.2		-2.50	11.5	0.178		0.725	0.608	0.988	0.992	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	[-]	199.
CLM50	[-]	192.	192.	200.		198.		-9.27	11.7	0.412		0.492	0.760	0.967	0.997	0.795
CTSM51	[-]	189.	189.	200.		198.		-12.2	14.3	0.411		0.357	0.741	0.966	0.996	0.760
DeadVeg	[-]	198.	198.	199.		197.		-2.86	12.0	0.696		0.605	0.635	0.942	0.981	0.760

	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	[-]	123.
CLM50	[-]	113.	113.	119.		147.		-3.61	9.05	0.245		0.635	0.739	0.984	0.989	0.817
CTSM51	[-]	110.	110.	119.		147.		-6.92	10.5	0.240		0.550	0.712	0.984	0.991	0.790
DeadVeg	[-]	122.	122.	120.		148.		3.13	15.6	0.236		0.464	0.497	0.984	0.991	0.687

	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	[-]	136.	136.	142.		173.		-4.51	11.7	0.368		0.599	0.696	0.961	0.998	0.790
CTSM51	[-]	134.	134.	142.		173.		-7.22	12.6	0.370		0.544	0.689	0.961	0.998	0.776
DeadVeg	[-]	141.	141.	142.		174.		-0.620	20.1	0.775		0.494	0.540	0.908	0.942	0.685

	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	[-]	162.	162.	175.		222.		-12.3	16.5	0.268		0.356	0.697	0.979	0.948	0.736
CTSM51	[-]	162.	162.	175.		222.		-12.7	16.7	0.261		0.344	0.698	0.979	0.947	0.733
DeadVeg	[-]	166.	166.	176.		222.		-9.16	17.8	0.713		0.384	0.581	0.925	0.983	0.691

	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	[-]	70.2
CLM50	[-]	70.1	70.0	69.4		70.3		-0.771	13.1	0.0821		0.674	0.576	0.995	0.987	0.761
CTSM51	[-]	67.0	66.9	69.4		70.3		-3.63	13.4	0.0867		0.658	0.559	0.994	0.997	0.753
DeadVeg	[-]	70.5	70.3	70.1		71.1		-0.853	11.3	0.110		0.715	0.631	0.993	0.997	0.793

	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	[-]	204.
CLM50	[-]	191.	192.	201.		218.		-7.27	12.7	0.412		0.559	0.763	0.956	0.970	0.802
CTSM51	[-]	187.	188.	201.		218.		-11.0	14.5	0.408		0.471	0.768	0.955	0.974	0.787
DeadVeg	[-]	190.	190.	201.		219.		-9.39	25.6	1.24		0.265	0.474	0.835	0.908	0.591

	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	[-]	152.
CLM50	[-]	144.	144.	149.		191.		-3.70	7.09	0.255		0.744	0.783	0.983	0.989	0.856
CTSM51	[-]	140.	140.	149.		191.		-7.91	10.1	0.272		0.522	0.737	0.982	0.991	0.794
DeadVeg	[-]	144.	144.	150.		192.		-4.96	12.5	0.515		0.682	0.573	0.965	0.950	0.748

	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	[-]	110.	111.	110.		116.		0.593	9.42	0.111		0.652	0.699	0.993	0.999	0.808
CTSM51	[-]	105.	105.	110.		116.		-4.73	10.4	0.113		0.589	0.656	0.993	0.994	0.777
DeadVeg	[-]	111.	111.	111.		117.		-0.239	10.7	0.315		0.712	0.610	0.979	0.999	0.782

	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	[-]	165.
CLM50	[-]	159.	159.	164.		166.		-4.61	10.4	0.133		0.582	0.672	0.991	0.975	0.779
CTSM51	[-]	156.	156.	164.		166.		-7.18	11.5	0.134		0.508	0.663	0.991	0.973	0.759
DeadVeg	[-]	151.	152.	165.		167.		-12.8	16.5	0.294		0.295	0.563	0.980	0.964	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	[-]	176.
CLM50	[-]	173.	173.	175.		218.		-0.890	8.42	0.734		0.783	0.808	0.906	0.898	0.840
CTSM51	[-]	166.	166.	175.		218.		-7.59	11.5	0.723		0.588	0.818	0.907	0.932	0.813
DeadVeg	[-]	163.	163.	175.		218.		-11.4	22.9	1.45		0.272	0.643	0.791	0.977	0.665

	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	[-]	185.
CLM50	[-]	179.	180.	184.		204.		-4.72	9.62	0.517		0.730	0.774	0.940	0.982	0.840
CTSM51	[-]	177.	177.	184.		204.		-7.31	11.5	0.536		0.627	0.751	0.939	0.986	0.811
DeadVeg	[-]	173.	174.	184.		203.		-10.5	17.9	1.04		0.397	0.673	0.873	0.938	0.711

	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	[-]	176.	175.	179.		170.		-8.21	17.3	0.392		0.366	0.593	0.959	0.997	0.702
CTSM51	[-]	173.	172.	179.		170.		-10.8	18.8	0.394		0.302	0.564	0.959	0.998	0.677
DeadVeg	[-]	178.	177.	179.		170.		-4.58	27.0	0.698		0.309	0.396	0.938	0.806	0.569

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-rsns-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