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	[-]	401.
Fullgrid	[-]	391.	390.	401.		416.		-8.97	12.9	1.30		0.349	0.508	0.832	0.950	0.629
Sparsegrid	[-]	391.	391.	401.		416.		-9.57	19.4	1.98		0.274	0.321	0.716	0.942	0.515

	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	[-]	392.
Fullgrid	[-]	376.	377.	392.		413.		-14.4	17.8	0.817		0.570	0.710	0.909	1.00	0.780
Sparsegrid	[-]	372.	373.	392.		413.		-19.0	31.0	2.14		0.470	0.497	0.689	0.992	0.629

	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.
Fullgrid	[-]	355.	355.	366.		383.		-7.68	13.2	1.09		0.638	0.763	0.861	0.999	0.805
Sparsegrid	[-]	365.	364.	365.		381.		-1.12	19.9	1.41		0.548	0.635	0.808	0.997	0.725

	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	[-]	241.
Fullgrid	[-]	228.	228.	240.		256.		-9.65	12.4	0.0856		0.837	0.874	0.994	0.998	0.915
Sparsegrid	[-]	230.	230.	240.		255.		-10.7	16.4	0.110		0.802	0.818	0.993	1.00	0.886

	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	[-]	413.
Fullgrid	[-]	409.	409.	412.		420.		-1.67	10.0	1.09		0.327	0.611	0.834	0.810	0.638
Sparsegrid	[-]	412.	413.	412.		420.		0.600	13.4	2.26		0.250	0.399	0.650	0.521	0.444

	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	[-]	266.
Fullgrid	[-]	256.	257.	265.		276.		-7.88	9.96	0.0205		0.877	0.904	0.999	0.976	0.932
Sparsegrid	[-]	257.	258.	266.		276.		-8.17	13.9	0.0288		0.846	0.857	0.998	0.938	0.899

	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	[-]	299.
Fullgrid	[-]	282.	281.	298.		355.		-13.1	17.2	0.0927		0.752	0.846	0.993	0.991	0.886
Sparsegrid	[-]	287.	287.	299.		355.		-12.2	22.9	0.207		0.697	0.796	0.979	0.981	0.850

	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	[-]	387.
Fullgrid	[-]	371.	370.	386.		411.		-8.00	14.9	0.529		0.681	0.775	0.947	0.973	0.831
Sparsegrid	[-]	383.	382.	386.		412.		-4.15	25.9	1.34		0.614	0.598	0.797	0.989	0.719

	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	[-]	243.
Fullgrid	[-]	235.	235.	243.		243.		-6.80	9.22	0.0701		0.880	0.890	0.995	0.981	0.927
Sparsegrid	[-]	232.	233.	243.		240.		-10.0	16.7	0.235		0.797	0.816	0.984	0.968	0.876

	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	[-]	354.
Fullgrid	[-]	346.	346.	352.		359.		-5.45	9.61	0.383		0.812	0.831	0.973	1.00	0.889
Sparsegrid	[-]	341.	341.	354.		359.		-12.2	22.0	1.23		0.642	0.701	0.831	0.999	0.775

	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	[-]	313.
Fullgrid	[-]	301.	301.	312.		324.		-7.63	10.8	0.188		0.750	0.842	0.987	0.989	0.882
Sparsegrid	[-]	302.	302.	313.		323.		-10.5	15.3	0.297		0.672	0.778	0.973	1.00	0.840

	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	[-]	317.
Fullgrid	[-]	303.	302.	316.		359.		-8.29	13.7	0.552		0.687	0.777	0.928	0.999	0.834
Sparsegrid	[-]	324.	324.	332.		189.		-8.28	21.4	1.01		0.608	0.673	0.854	0.997	0.761

	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	[-]	347.
Fullgrid	[-]	336.	336.	348.		360.		-10.1	15.0	0.212		0.738	0.800	0.984	1.00	0.864
Sparsegrid	[-]	336.	335.	347.		359.		-11.7	22.5	0.500		0.645	0.720	0.942	0.999	0.805

	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	[-]	247.
Fullgrid	[-]	235.	235.	246.		260.		-10.7	14.6	0.126		0.796	0.847	0.991	0.963	0.889
Sparsegrid	[-]	235.	235.	247.		261.		-11.8	18.1	0.150		0.760	0.791	0.988	0.960	0.858

	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.
Fullgrid	[-]	357.	356.	375.		409.		-6.23	15.3	1.10		0.557	0.766	0.847	0.997	0.787
Sparsegrid	[-]	380.	379.	375.		409.		4.12	36.4	3.30		0.493	0.394	0.431	0.975	0.537

	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	[-]	334.
Fullgrid	[-]	323.	323.	333.		365.		-6.77	8.98	0.0572		0.853	0.895	0.996	0.995	0.927
Sparsegrid	[-]	324.	322.	333.		364.		-11.2	17.3	0.484		0.741	0.825	0.943	0.990	0.865

	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	[-]	278.
Fullgrid	[-]	269.	269.	278.		305.		-7.08	9.96	0.0676		0.821	0.891	0.995	1.00	0.920
Sparsegrid	[-]	271.	271.	278.		304.		-7.06	13.4	0.106		0.783	0.840	0.993	0.960	0.883

	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	[-]	297.
Fullgrid	[-]	288.	288.	297.		328.		-7.41	12.6	0.106		0.746	0.847	0.993	0.983	0.883
Sparsegrid	[-]	297.	298.	297.		328.		0.913	29.8	1.27		0.601	0.664	0.791	0.887	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	[-]	414.
Fullgrid	[-]	405.	404.	411.		418.		-6.69	12.2	2.77		0.489	0.598	0.543	0.964	0.638
Sparsegrid	[-]	406.	406.	413.		418.		-7.34	17.8	2.71		0.316	0.428	0.568	0.872	0.522

	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	[-]	380.
Fullgrid	[-]	372.	371.	379.		385.		-7.83	12.3	1.44		0.686	0.779	0.786	0.996	0.805
Sparsegrid	[-]	372.	372.	380.		386.		-7.98	20.1	1.78		0.569	0.659	0.729	0.999	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	[-]	304.
Fullgrid	[-]	289.	288.	302.		350.		-5.98	24.2	0.437		0.438	0.683	0.968	0.984	0.751
Sparsegrid	[-]	322.	322.	302.		350.		19.4	40.0	1.74		0.336	0.493	0.741	0.961	0.605

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-llds-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