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	[-]	449.
CLM50	[-]	463.	463.	448.		463.		15.0	16.5	1.16		0.178	0.803	0.848	1.00	0.726
CTSM51	[-]	462.	462.	448.		463.		14.3	16.0	1.12		0.188	0.802	0.856	0.999	0.730
DeadVeg	[-]	456.	456.	449.		463.		9.09	12.9	1.36		0.483	0.731	0.826	0.918	0.738

	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	[-]	466.
CLM50	[-]	483.	483.	466.		458.		16.9	20.0	0.379		0.241	0.660	0.969	0.966	0.699
CTSM51	[-]	481.	481.	466.		458.		14.7	18.5	0.395		0.287	0.638	0.968	0.964	0.699
DeadVeg	[-]	473.	474.	466.		458.		7.26	19.7	0.796		0.384	0.353	0.928	0.993	0.602

	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	[-]	439.
CLM50	[-]	450.	450.	438.		445.		11.9	15.5	0.889		0.277	0.632	0.888	0.996	0.685
CTSM51	[-]	449.	449.	438.		445.		11.1	15.2	0.880		0.306	0.624	0.891	0.998	0.688
DeadVeg	[-]	442.	442.	439.		445.		4.57	14.9	1.41		0.482	0.470	0.803	0.979	0.641

	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	[-]	285.
CLM50	[-]	278.	278.	283.		301.		-2.06	11.8	0.122		0.593	0.512	0.991	0.996	0.721
CTSM51	[-]	275.	275.	283.		301.		-4.48	11.9	0.125		0.541	0.507	0.991	0.996	0.709
DeadVeg	[-]	270.	270.	284.		302.		-11.0	16.1	0.128		0.227	0.424	0.990	0.997	0.613

	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	[-]	455.
CLM50	[-]	459.	459.	451.		467.		8.45	14.0	1.48		0.217	0.853	0.780	0.702	0.681
CTSM51	[-]	458.	458.	451.		467.		7.88	13.9	1.68		0.222	0.853	0.745	0.704	0.675
DeadVeg	[-]	455.	456.	451.		467.		6.76	14.4	2.13		0.253	0.794	0.668	0.992	0.700

	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	[-]	312.
CLM50	[-]	317.	317.	311.		337.		6.09	11.0	0.0363		0.412	0.669	0.998	0.998	0.749
CTSM51	[-]	313.	313.	311.		337.		2.08	9.14	0.0360		0.632	0.634	0.998	0.998	0.779
DeadVeg	[-]	308.	308.	312.		337.		-3.80	8.96	0.0414		0.563	0.658	0.997	0.971	0.769

	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	[-]	365.
CLM50	[-]	366.	365.	363.		410.		3.75	11.3	0.139		0.513	0.671	0.990	1.00	0.769
CTSM51	[-]	364.	364.	363.		410.		2.31	10.7	0.154		0.571	0.659	0.989	1.00	0.776
DeadVeg	[-]	359.	359.	364.		411.		-3.73	12.9	0.255		0.501	0.605	0.981	0.981	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	[-]	446.
CLM50	[-]	453.	453.	444.		466.		11.1	15.5	0.578		0.297	0.614	0.943	0.998	0.693
CTSM51	[-]	451.	452.	444.		466.		9.66	14.7	0.581		0.338	0.611	0.942	0.999	0.700
DeadVeg	[-]	454.	455.	445.		467.		12.1	19.2	0.711		0.238	0.481	0.929	0.977	0.621

	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	[-]	284.
CLM50	[-]	284.	285.	282.		294.		3.30	10.6	0.0865		0.521	0.631	0.994	0.986	0.753
CTSM51	[-]	281.	281.	282.		294.		-0.153	9.35	0.0874		0.667	0.615	0.994	0.990	0.776
DeadVeg	[-]	276.	277.	283.		295.		-5.78	10.9	0.0766		0.534	0.552	0.995	0.982	0.723

	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	[-]	441.
CLM50	[-]	449.	449.	441.		424.		4.43	9.72	0.261		0.614	0.743	0.979	0.999	0.815
CTSM51	[-]	447.	447.	441.		424.		3.26	9.42	0.289		0.644	0.733	0.976	0.999	0.817
DeadVeg	[-]	445.	446.	442.		425.		1.37	11.7	0.320		0.578	0.677	0.973	0.999	0.781

	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	[-]	366.
CLM50	[-]	365.	365.	363.		389.		4.72	11.1	0.400		0.427	0.715	0.973	0.997	0.766
CTSM51	[-]	361.	362.	363.		389.		1.84	10.2	0.442		0.531	0.672	0.970	0.995	0.768
DeadVeg	[-]	362.	362.	363.		389.		1.27	11.9	0.347		0.497	0.597	0.977	0.992	0.732

	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	[-]	377.
CLM50	[-]	381.	381.	375.		413.		7.77	13.5	0.449		0.407	0.694	0.953	0.999	0.750
CTSM51	[-]	380.	380.	375.		413.		6.47	12.9	0.457		0.459	0.682	0.952	0.999	0.755
DeadVeg	[-]	386.	386.	376.		413.		12.2	23.5	0.662		0.475	0.614	0.925	0.834	0.692

	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	[-]	452.
CLM50	[-]	452.	452.	451.		444.		0.705	11.0	0.438		0.676	0.707	0.964	1.00	0.811
CTSM51	[-]	452.	452.	451.		444.		0.418	11.0	0.462		0.680	0.702	0.962	1.00	0.809
DeadVeg	[-]	449.	449.	452.		444.		-2.05	12.5	0.426		0.622	0.696	0.967	0.996	0.795

	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	[-]	287.
CLM50	[-]	286.	286.	286.		300.		0.675	11.7	0.160		0.501	0.558	0.988	0.964	0.714
CTSM51	[-]	284.	284.	286.		300.		-1.58	11.3	0.166		0.567	0.536	0.988	0.979	0.721
DeadVeg	[-]	279.	279.	287.		300.		-7.79	14.3	0.138		0.420	0.477	0.989	0.943	0.661

	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	[-]	442.
CLM50	[-]	446.	446.	438.		458.		12.0	15.8	0.792		0.294	0.695	0.905	0.987	0.715
CTSM51	[-]	446.	446.	438.		458.		11.5	15.6	0.775		0.306	0.680	0.905	0.986	0.712
DeadVeg	[-]	442.	442.	439.		459.		8.88	15.8	1.03		0.372	0.587	0.870	0.981	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	[-]	384.
CLM50	[-]	389.	389.	381.		433.		10.8	13.8	0.236		0.165	0.796	0.984	1.00	0.748
CTSM51	[-]	388.	388.	381.		433.		9.81	13.1	0.222		0.207	0.788	0.985	1.00	0.753
DeadVeg	[-]	386.	386.	382.		433.		6.18	11.3	0.293		0.385	0.703	0.980	0.999	0.754

	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	[-]	323.
CLM50	[-]	328.	328.	322.		348.		6.89	10.5	0.126		0.390	0.745	0.992	0.995	0.773
CTSM51	[-]	325.	325.	322.		348.		4.43	9.32	0.123		0.533	0.702	0.992	0.999	0.786
DeadVeg	[-]	321.	321.	323.		348.		-0.372	8.23	0.218		0.688	0.657	0.985	0.999	0.797

	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	[-]	376.
CLM50	[-]	380.	381.	375.		378.		6.67	10.9	0.129		0.461	0.756	0.991	0.996	0.792
CTSM51	[-]	379.	380.	375.		378.		4.94	9.85	0.129		0.529	0.749	0.991	0.999	0.804
DeadVeg	[-]	372.	373.	376.		379.		-2.16	9.23	0.149		0.609	0.701	0.989	1.00	0.800

	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	[-]	444.
CLM50	[-]	457.	457.	443.		462.		14.2	16.0	1.19		0.121	0.809	0.854	0.980	0.714
CTSM51	[-]	457.	457.	443.		462.		14.0	15.9	1.18		0.123	0.814	0.854	0.974	0.716
DeadVeg	[-]	450.	450.	443.		462.		7.45	10.7	1.45		0.395	0.776	0.810	0.953	0.742

	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	[-]	434.
CLM50	[-]	448.	448.	434.		431.		13.4	14.9	0.698		0.219	0.724	0.908	0.984	0.712
CTSM51	[-]	447.	447.	434.		431.		12.6	14.1	0.651		0.246	0.728	0.916	0.979	0.719
DeadVeg	[-]	441.	440.	434.		431.		6.43	10.2	0.850		0.486	0.662	0.880	0.993	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	[-]	382.
CLM50	[-]	387.	386.	381.		394.		6.16	14.4	0.492		0.364	0.725	0.949	0.999	0.752
CTSM51	[-]	387.	386.	381.		394.		5.99	14.3	0.501		0.375	0.711	0.951	0.999	0.749
DeadVeg	[-]	380.	379.	381.		394.		1.40	17.8	0.624		0.334	0.638	0.929	0.986	0.705

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-rlus-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