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	[-]	215.
Fullgrid	[-]	221.	222.	214.		223.		7.17	27.5	2.05		0.576	0.359	0.695	0.949	0.587
Sparsegrid	[-]	229.	229.	214.		225.		14.7	34.8	2.23		0.463	0.304	0.663	0.997	0.546

	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	[-]	246.	245.	242.		215.		4.21	31.6	1.38		0.501	0.366	0.816	0.925	0.595
Sparsegrid	[-]	249.	250.	243.		214.		6.86	33.5	1.92		0.494	0.346	0.736	0.880	0.561

	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	[-]	233.
Fullgrid	[-]	235.	234.	233.		234.		1.05	18.7	1.32		0.718	0.616	0.815	0.996	0.752
Sparsegrid	[-]	237.	237.	233.		235.		3.84	28.6	1.64		0.634	0.521	0.751	0.996	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	[-]	111.
Fullgrid	[-]	102.	103.	111.		107.		-8.12	14.7	0.696		0.904	0.866	0.953	0.980	0.914
Sparsegrid	[-]	102.	102.	111.		109.		-8.98	18.7	0.704		0.883	0.834	0.949	0.967	0.894

	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	[-]	210.
Fullgrid	[-]	232.	231.	207.		217.		28.6	32.9	1.83		0.310	0.569	0.728	0.870	0.609
Sparsegrid	[-]	236.	235.	209.		219.		26.5	38.9	2.96		0.330	0.375	0.505	0.894	0.496

	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	[-]	127.
Fullgrid	[-]	124.	123.	127.		132.		-3.00	16.2	0.362		0.903	0.841	0.973	0.995	0.910
Sparsegrid	[-]	123.	122.	127.		132.		-5.28	21.9	0.451		0.859	0.803	0.969	0.990	0.885

	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	[-]	174.
Fullgrid	[-]	178.	178.	175.		164.		3.18	19.5	0.525		0.830	0.792	0.952	0.901	0.854
Sparsegrid	[-]	175.	175.	175.		165.		0.749	23.7	0.766		0.804	0.760	0.930	0.972	0.845

	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	[-]	210.
Fullgrid	[-]	219.	220.	209.		223.		11.6	23.2	0.480		0.697	0.636	0.961	0.986	0.783
Sparsegrid	[-]	223.	224.	210.		224.		13.7	35.4	1.26		0.622	0.512	0.829	0.943	0.684

	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	[-]	101.
Fullgrid	[-]	93.3	93.9	99.2		90.6		-6.13	13.6	0.630		0.927	0.872	0.957	0.999	0.925
Sparsegrid	[-]	95.8	96.6	101.		94.8		-4.56	17.0	0.629		0.895	0.859	0.958	0.937	0.902

	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	[-]	234.
Fullgrid	[-]	244.	245.	235.		211.		6.27	13.3	0.596		0.863	0.856	0.956	0.955	0.897
Sparsegrid	[-]	237.	237.	235.		211.		1.73	30.4	1.27		0.815	0.724	0.836	0.969	0.814

	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	[-]	141.
Fullgrid	[-]	150.	151.	142.		127.		10.4	20.3	0.213		0.855	0.837	0.986	0.998	0.903
Sparsegrid	[-]	150.	150.	141.		127.		9.50	24.8	0.392		0.835	0.807	0.967	0.994	0.882

	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	[-]	187.
Fullgrid	[-]	186.	186.	186.		190.		0.365	20.8	0.688		0.774	0.744	0.923	0.992	0.835
Sparsegrid	[-]	193.	193.	192.		143.		1.43	29.3	1.18		0.717	0.653	0.843	0.990	0.771

	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	[-]	252.
Fullgrid	[-]	246.	246.	249.		230.		-3.81	17.3	0.524		0.795	0.802	0.956	0.998	0.870
Sparsegrid	[-]	244.	244.	252.		231.		-7.82	25.3	0.655		0.737	0.750	0.936	0.982	0.831

	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	[-]	114.
Fullgrid	[-]	110.	110.	113.		111.		-4.11	16.0	0.424		0.931	0.852	0.972	0.954	0.912
Sparsegrid	[-]	106.	106.	114.		113.		-8.13	20.0	0.439		0.892	0.835	0.968	0.940	0.894

	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	[-]	229.
Fullgrid	[-]	231.	231.	230.		225.		1.78	26.4	1.12		0.668	0.661	0.855	0.886	0.746
Sparsegrid	[-]	238.	238.	229.		224.		9.50	60.8	3.06		0.612	0.382	0.493	0.979	0.569

	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.
Fullgrid	[-]	178.	179.	177.		198.		2.73	14.8	0.523		0.919	0.819	0.965	0.958	0.896
Sparsegrid	[-]	180.	180.	176.		197.		4.38	23.4	0.759		0.889	0.741	0.925	0.999	0.859

	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	[-]	135.
Fullgrid	[-]	142.	142.	136.		128.		6.57	16.8	0.383		0.905	0.841	0.975	0.989	0.910
Sparsegrid	[-]	140.	140.	135.		129.		5.21	20.2	0.338		0.867	0.827	0.978	0.842	0.868

	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	[-]	202.
Fullgrid	[-]	190.	190.	202.		211.		-12.4	16.5	0.294		0.853	0.874	0.980	0.963	0.909
Sparsegrid	[-]	197.	197.	202.		207.		-4.69	44.8	1.62		0.840	0.702	0.768	0.970	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	[-]	201.
Fullgrid	[-]	200.	201.	201.		233.		0.669	23.0	1.41		0.478	0.517	0.800	0.947	0.652
Sparsegrid	[-]	204.	204.	200.		233.		3.67	31.9	2.11		0.392	0.381	0.675	0.855	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	[-]	212.
Fullgrid	[-]	210.	211.	214.		213.		-4.00	18.7	0.942		0.686	0.745	0.890	0.933	0.800
Sparsegrid	[-]	215.	214.	212.		212.		2.22	28.3	1.74		0.673	0.613	0.742	0.970	0.722

	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.
Fullgrid	[-]	216.	215.	208.		184.		3.29	32.5	0.702		0.675	0.736	0.934	0.764	0.769
Sparsegrid	[-]	209.	208.	206.		180.		2.16	59.6	1.82		0.662	0.574	0.728	0.920	0.692

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-rsds-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