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Benchmark [-] 0.137
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.197 0.196 0.141 0.0564 0.0550 0.0601 2.58 0.116 0.446 0.597 0.841 0.489
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.197 0.196 0.141 0.0564 0.0550 0.0601 2.58 0.116 0.446 0.597 0.841 0.489
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.195 0.194 0.141 0.0564 0.0533 0.0589 2.69 0.120 0.439 0.572 0.839 0.482
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.181 0.180 0.139 0.0501 0.0406 0.0475 3.27 0.177 0.428 0.455 0.881 0.474
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.176
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.205 0.207 0.177 0.0610 0.0287 0.0418 2.88 0.224 0.356 0.515 0.940 0.478
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.205 0.207 0.177 0.0610 0.0287 0.0418 2.88 0.224 0.356 0.515 0.940 0.478
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.202 0.203 0.177 0.0610 0.0251 0.0411 2.86 0.240 0.329 0.522 0.923 0.469
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.189 0.191 0.176 0.0566 0.0133 0.0345 3.03 0.328 0.298 0.485 0.919 0.466
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.139
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.185 0.185 0.142 0.0663 0.0421 0.0464 2.76 0.139 0.440 0.546 0.879 0.489
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.185 0.185 0.142 0.0663 0.0421 0.0464 2.76 0.139 0.440 0.546 0.879 0.489
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.183 0.183 0.142 0.0663 0.0408 0.0457 2.72 0.148 0.427 0.553 0.860 0.483
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.166 0.167 0.140 0.0594 0.0263 0.0349 2.88 0.277 0.384 0.522 0.772 0.468
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.358
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.329 0.329 0.360 0.326 -0.0317 0.115 0.483 0.790 0.689 0.947 0.846 0.792
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.345 0.345 0.360 0.326 -0.0158 0.106 0.468 0.813 0.710 0.948 0.900 0.816
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.335 0.335 0.360 0.326 -0.0262 0.109 0.459 0.797 0.702 0.949 0.870 0.804
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.323 0.323 0.358 0.362 -0.0358 0.117 0.448 0.764 0.689 0.949 0.724 0.763
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RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.0879
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.188 0.188 0.0961 0.0601 0.0918 0.0924 2.85 0.0110 0.500 0.530 0.308 0.370
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.188 0.188 0.0961 0.0601 0.0918 0.0924 2.85 0.0110 0.500 0.530 0.308 0.370
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.186 0.186 0.0961 0.0601 0.0900 0.0906 2.88 0.0121 0.497 0.525 0.276 0.362
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.170 0.170 0.0901 0.0557 0.0801 0.0808 2.73 0.0272 0.464 0.560 0.160 0.335
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.207
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.217 0.217 0.207 0.154 0.00936 0.0653 0.912 0.833 0.692 0.910 0.759 0.777
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.220 0.220 0.207 0.154 0.0123 0.0647 0.868 0.826 0.698 0.917 0.810 0.790
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.214 0.213 0.207 0.154 0.00590 0.0648 0.911 0.844 0.697 0.912 0.861 0.802
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.210 0.209 0.207 0.171 0.00188 0.0650 0.902 0.849 0.689 0.912 0.697 0.767
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.192
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.210 0.210 0.194 0.0585 0.0156 0.0591 0.971 0.564 0.607 0.875 0.776 0.686
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.211 0.212 0.194 0.0585 0.0169 0.0585 0.974 0.564 0.609 0.874 0.790 0.689
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.210 0.210 0.194 0.0585 0.0153 0.0588 0.976 0.566 0.605 0.874 0.785 0.687
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.205 0.205 0.193 0.0504 0.0121 0.0547 1.16 0.572 0.613 0.835 0.758 0.678
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Benchmark [-] 0.129
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.134 0.0603 0.0542 0.0625 2.64 0.108 0.421 0.580 0.730 0.452
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.134 0.0603 0.0543 0.0624 2.63 0.108 0.421 0.580 0.742 0.455
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.188 0.188 0.134 0.0603 0.0538 0.0622 2.67 0.109 0.414 0.572 0.731 0.448
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.177 0.176 0.131 0.0559 0.0453 0.0547 3.38 0.144 0.354 0.426 0.665 0.388
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Benchmark [-] 0.361
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.344 0.342 0.359 0.387 -0.0173 0.0957 0.584 0.831 0.712 0.949 0.969 0.835
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.361 0.359 0.359 0.387 -0.000706 0.0906 0.582 0.841 0.729 0.949 0.988 0.847
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.350 0.347 0.359 0.387 -0.0120 0.0921 0.580 0.837 0.721 0.950 0.982 0.842
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.325 0.322 0.362 0.275 -0.0396 0.0958 0.457 0.801 0.710 0.959 0.859 0.808
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Benchmark [-] 0.147
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.188 0.188 0.154 0.0621 0.0345 0.0387 2.57 0.235 0.554 0.588 0.645 0.515
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.188 0.188 0.154 0.0621 0.0345 0.0387 2.58 0.235 0.554 0.586 0.645 0.515
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.187 0.187 0.154 0.0621 0.0333 0.0378 2.55 0.248 0.539 0.597 0.632 0.511
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.179 0.179 0.149 0.0537 0.0299 0.0357 2.25 0.314 0.541 0.647 0.553 0.519
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.140
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.190 0.191 0.147 0.0669 0.0440 0.0621 1.36 0.436 0.561 0.793 0.839 0.638
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.191 0.191 0.147 0.0669 0.0450 0.0628 1.36 0.433 0.557 0.793 0.875 0.643
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.147 0.0669 0.0426 0.0628 1.37 0.444 0.553 0.791 0.874 0.643
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.186 0.186 0.141 0.0619 0.0445 0.0661 1.36 0.440 0.512 0.800 0.905 0.634
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.250
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.253 0.253 0.257 0.119 -0.00368 0.0869 1.89 0.344 0.519 0.707 0.633 0.544
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.255 0.256 0.257 0.119 -0.00135 0.0867 1.89 0.344 0.520 0.707 0.650 0.548
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.252 0.253 0.257 0.119 -0.00453 0.0863 1.89 0.350 0.513 0.707 0.639 0.545
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.273 0.273 0.252 0.0938 0.0206 0.0552 2.06 0.416 0.504 0.673 0.994 0.618
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Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.282
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.316 0.315 0.290 0.0710 0.0254 0.0470 2.54 0.257 0.455 0.597 0.969 0.547
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.316 0.315 0.290 0.0710 0.0255 0.0469 2.54 0.257 0.456 0.596 0.969 0.547
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.315 0.315 0.290 0.0710 0.0253 0.0470 2.55 0.257 0.455 0.595 0.969 0.546
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.309 0.309 0.284 0.0527 0.0242 0.0485 2.58 0.265 0.432 0.591 0.911 0.526
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.383
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.368 0.368 0.384 0.366 -0.0162 0.0936 0.613 0.821 0.738 0.940 0.986 0.845
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.384 0.384 0.384 0.366 8.33e-05 0.0933 0.617 0.823 0.745 0.939 0.994 0.849
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.370 0.370 0.384 0.366 -0.0137 0.0941 0.630 0.827 0.735 0.939 0.988 0.845
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.353 0.353 0.385 0.431 -0.0322 0.0974 0.558 0.786 0.727 0.942 0.939 0.824
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.109
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.178 0.178 0.120 0.0579 0.0571 0.0607 2.66 0.101 0.482 0.568 0.583 0.443
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.178 0.178 0.120 0.0579 0.0571 0.0607 2.67 0.101 0.481 0.567 0.583 0.443
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.177 0.177 0.120 0.0579 0.0561 0.0598 2.73 0.104 0.476 0.558 0.562 0.435
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.167 0.167 0.112 0.0486 0.0541 0.0579 2.66 0.130 0.434 0.567 0.482 0.410
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.145
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.191 0.191 0.149 0.0598 0.0419 0.0522 1.49 0.324 0.576 0.776 0.773 0.605
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.192 0.192 0.149 0.0598 0.0427 0.0537 1.48 0.319 0.567 0.778 0.803 0.607
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.149 0.0598 0.0399 0.0504 1.50 0.336 0.575 0.776 0.794 0.611
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.179 0.179 0.146 0.0527 0.0326 0.0454 1.97 0.394 0.544 0.670 0.779 0.586
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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
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.217 0.217 0.181 0.0855 0.0371 0.0731 0.975 0.685 0.676 0.890 0.896 0.765
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.219 0.219 0.181 0.0855 0.0393 0.0746 0.991 0.677 0.674 0.887 0.922 0.767
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.211 0.211 0.181 0.0855 0.0310 0.0727 0.955 0.712 0.669 0.894 0.917 0.772
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.210 0.210 0.179 0.0559 0.0322 0.0698 1.01 0.700 0.664 0.890 0.845 0.752
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.183
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.201 0.201 0.185 0.0729 0.0150 0.0451 0.922 0.617 0.581 0.877 0.897 0.710
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.203 0.202 0.185 0.0729 0.0168 0.0477 0.921 0.609 0.572 0.878 0.927 0.712
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.198 0.198 0.185 0.0729 0.0124 0.0467 0.929 0.634 0.570 0.875 0.925 0.715
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.190 0.189 0.184 0.0560 0.00461 0.0366 1.11 0.651 0.606 0.849 0.777 0.698
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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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
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.129 0.0531 0.0602 0.0611 2.42 0.0472 0.557 0.611 0.783 0.511
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.189 0.189 0.129 0.0531 0.0602 0.0611 2.42 0.0472 0.557 0.611 0.783 0.511
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.187 0.187 0.129 0.0531 0.0584 0.0593 2.42 0.0497 0.552 0.614 0.752 0.504
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.171 0.171 0.128 0.0455 0.0434 0.0449 3.66 0.106 0.500 0.395 0.498 0.400
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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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
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.175 0.175 0.141 0.0569 0.0336 0.0367 3.10 0.123 0.435 0.484 0.501 0.396
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.175 0.175 0.141 0.0569 0.0336 0.0367 3.10 0.123 0.435 0.484 0.501 0.396
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.174 0.174 0.141 0.0569 0.0321 0.0357 3.00 0.135 0.411 0.502 0.452 0.382
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.164 0.164 0.139 0.0530 0.0243 0.0299 3.26 0.256 0.372 0.444 0.347 0.358
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.136
I62_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.143 0.0726 0.0371 0.0514 2.37 0.262 0.486 0.616 0.841 0.538
I63_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.143 0.0726 0.0374 0.0519 2.37 0.261 0.486 0.616 0.850 0.540
I65_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.143 0.0726 0.0370 0.0514 2.41 0.261 0.484 0.609 0.839 0.535
I67_GSWP3 [-] 0.173 0.174 0.137 0.0598 0.0366 0.0483 2.31 0.276 0.478 0.630 0.609 0.494

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Data Information

  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