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Benchmark [-] 0.137
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.182 0.181 0.139 0.0501 0.0423 0.0491 3.11 0.167 0.434 0.491 0.903 0.486
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.179 0.141 0.0564 0.0381 0.0463 3.12 0.168 0.434 0.488 0.905 0.486
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.176
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.192 0.193 0.176 0.0564 0.0160 0.0356 3.10 0.317 0.310 0.480 0.932 0.470
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.191 0.192 0.177 0.0610 0.0142 0.0357 3.12 0.324 0.308 0.478 0.952 0.474
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.139
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.173 0.173 0.140 0.0595 0.0329 0.0393 3.16 0.217 0.384 0.464 0.850 0.460
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.172 0.172 0.142 0.0663 0.0300 0.0378 3.27 0.228 0.377 0.447 0.921 0.470
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.358
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.326 0.326 0.358 0.357 -0.0319 0.112 0.459 0.777 0.695 0.951 0.767 0.777
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.328 0.328 0.360 0.326 -0.0333 0.109 0.468 0.790 0.702 0.949 0.833 0.795
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.0879
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.172 0.172 0.0897 0.0556 0.0819 0.0826 3.14 0.0226 0.459 0.468 0.154 0.312
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.172 0.172 0.0961 0.0601 0.0756 0.0763 3.10 0.0279 0.482 0.477 0.196 0.333
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Benchmark [-] 0.207
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.209 0.209 0.207 0.169 0.00226 0.0624 0.910 0.850 0.704 0.914 0.806 0.796
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.209 0.209 0.207 0.154 0.00145 0.0643 0.906 0.852 0.697 0.914 0.864 0.805
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Benchmark [-] 0.192
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.204 0.204 0.192 0.0502 0.0114 0.0551 1.14 0.584 0.599 0.841 0.758 0.676
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.204 0.205 0.194 0.0585 0.0102 0.0559 1.15 0.581 0.595 0.838 0.827 0.687
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Benchmark [-] 0.129
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.179 0.179 0.130 0.0559 0.0485 0.0573 3.41 0.136 0.362 0.424 0.686 0.394
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.179 0.179 0.134 0.0603 0.0444 0.0545 3.36 0.146 0.365 0.431 0.782 0.418
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Benchmark [-] 0.361
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.346 0.343 0.361 0.272 -0.0181 0.0920 0.570 0.832 0.721 0.951 0.963 0.838
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.345 0.343 0.359 0.387 -0.0165 0.0917 0.580 0.836 0.721 0.950 0.978 0.841
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.147
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.149 0.0536 0.0313 0.0372 2.42 0.282 0.525 0.612 0.523 0.494
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.154 0.0621 0.0263 0.0333 2.49 0.297 0.522 0.602 0.680 0.525
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.140
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.183 0.183 0.141 0.0621 0.0425 0.0646 1.34 0.440 0.521 0.796 0.878 0.631
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.183 0.184 0.147 0.0669 0.0371 0.0607 1.34 0.475 0.535 0.798 0.876 0.644
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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
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.275 0.275 0.252 0.0933 0.0231 0.0558 2.09 0.416 0.505 0.667 0.995 0.618
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.277 0.277 0.257 0.119 0.0200 0.0541 2.10 0.425 0.505 0.665 0.996 0.619
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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
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.312 0.312 0.283 0.0527 0.0281 0.0481 2.53 0.265 0.452 0.598 0.936 0.541
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.314 0.314 0.290 0.0710 0.0243 0.0467 2.55 0.259 0.455 0.595 0.972 0.547
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.383
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.359 0.359 0.383 0.424 -0.0239 0.0951 0.598 0.811 0.728 0.940 0.971 0.836
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.361 0.361 0.384 0.366 -0.0231 0.0930 0.624 0.822 0.734 0.937 0.985 0.842
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.109
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.169 0.169 0.112 0.0487 0.0566 0.0601 2.86 0.117 0.450 0.524 0.459 0.400
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.168 0.168 0.120 0.0579 0.0475 0.0525 2.92 0.142 0.446 0.515 0.594 0.429
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.145
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.180 0.180 0.146 0.0527 0.0341 0.0461 1.94 0.380 0.547 0.680 0.754 0.582
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.181 0.181 0.149 0.0598 0.0321 0.0449 1.96 0.397 0.548 0.678 0.818 0.598
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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 [-] 0.177
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.204 0.204 0.178 0.0558 0.0277 0.0713 0.959 0.717 0.660 0.895 0.847 0.756
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.204 0.204 0.181 0.0855 0.0245 0.0707 0.987 0.740 0.663 0.891 0.920 0.775
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.183
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.192 0.192 0.183 0.0559 0.00775 0.0444 0.910 0.658 0.561 0.879 0.842 0.700
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.193 0.192 0.185 0.0729 0.00680 0.0460 0.955 0.652 0.558 0.870 0.938 0.715
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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 [-] 0.127
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.171 0.171 0.128 0.0453 0.0437 0.0454 3.70 0.115 0.506 0.388 0.555 0.414
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.171 0.171 0.129 0.0531 0.0425 0.0443 3.76 0.119 0.507 0.377 0.694 0.441
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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
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.163 0.163 0.140 0.0530 0.0233 0.0299 3.29 0.286 0.348 0.440 0.319 0.349
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.164 0.164 0.141 0.0569 0.0223 0.0293 3.30 0.287 0.344 0.441 0.552 0.393
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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
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
I68_CRUJRA [-] 0.173 0.174 0.137 0.0598 0.0368 0.0492 2.29 0.280 0.470 0.632 0.637 0.497
I69_CRUJRA [-] 0.176 0.176 0.143 0.0726 0.0327 0.0490 2.54 0.281 0.471 0.585 0.851 0.532

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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