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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.142
Fullgrid	[-]	0.182	0.183	0.139		0.0467		0.0442	0.0517	3.45		0.140	0.421	0.419	0.862	0.453
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.182	0.184	0.143		0.0469		0.0402	0.0506	2.87		0.150	0.414	0.533	0.634	0.429

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.178
Fullgrid	[-]	0.191	0.193	0.176		0.0605		0.0170	0.0393	3.22		0.296	0.293	0.464	0.919	0.453
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.199	0.201	0.178		0.0613		0.0228	0.0450	2.92		0.273	0.319	0.520	0.950	0.476

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.141
Fullgrid	[-]	0.173	0.173	0.141		0.0629		0.0323	0.0395	3.25		0.212	0.372	0.449	0.855	0.452
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.173	0.173	0.143		0.0633		0.0295	0.0415	3.18		0.224	0.361	0.465	0.685	0.419

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.359
Fullgrid	[-]	0.323	0.322	0.359		0.332		-0.0378	0.111	0.454		0.781	0.696	0.950	0.736	0.772
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.315	0.313	0.359		0.347		-0.0477	0.121	0.503		0.762	0.678	0.945	0.899	0.792

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0897
Fullgrid	[-]	0.176	0.177	0.0911		0.0598		0.0852	0.0860	3.08		0.0179	0.496	0.482	0.118	0.322
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.174	0.174	0.0932		0.0595		0.0808	0.0818	2.99		0.0290	0.461	0.509	0.102	0.312

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.208
Fullgrid	[-]	0.209	0.208	0.207		0.200		0.000929	0.0653	0.911		0.844	0.692	0.914	0.799	0.788
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.210	0.209	0.208		0.205		0.000518	0.0734	0.878		0.834	0.668	0.915	0.901	0.797

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.190
Fullgrid	[-]	0.204	0.204	0.193		0.0532		0.0106	0.0598	1.21		0.567	0.573	0.830	0.767	0.662
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.203	0.203	0.191		0.0535		0.0122	0.0715	1.37		0.534	0.499	0.803	0.680	0.603

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.131
Fullgrid	[-]	0.186	0.186	0.131		0.0574		0.0551	0.0650	3.65		0.109	0.353	0.375	0.673	0.372
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.185	0.186	0.133		0.0573		0.0536	0.0656	3.43		0.103	0.360	0.420	0.688	0.386

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.371
Fullgrid	[-]	0.350	0.341	0.359		0.457		-0.0184	0.0957	0.532		0.820	0.715	0.954	0.971	0.835
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.347	0.338	0.369		0.505		-0.0315	0.105	0.668		0.800	0.688	0.929	0.969	0.815

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.145
Fullgrid	[-]	0.181	0.181	0.151		0.0616		0.0300	0.0377	2.51		0.267	0.522	0.600	0.574	0.497
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.177	0.177	0.149		0.0620		0.0279	0.0429	2.85		0.223	0.467	0.532	0.677	0.473

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.138
Fullgrid	[-]	0.182	0.182	0.140		0.0647		0.0412	0.0650	1.53		0.441	0.516	0.766	0.804	0.608
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.184	0.184	0.139		0.0646		0.0455	0.0719	1.72		0.411	0.468	0.747	0.927	0.604

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.252
Fullgrid	[-]	0.276	0.276	0.253		0.124		0.0230	0.0589	2.15		0.403	0.496	0.655	0.994	0.609
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.227	0.227	0.203		0.666		0.0244	0.0679	2.24		0.362	0.470	0.645	0.948	0.579

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.285
Fullgrid	[-]	0.314	0.316	0.283		0.0536		0.0318	0.0567	2.55		0.231	0.447	0.594	0.970	0.537
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.325	0.326	0.287		0.0534		0.0391	0.0742	2.95		0.164	0.392	0.517	0.963	0.485

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.391
Fullgrid	[-]	0.358	0.356	0.384		0.334		-0.0283	0.0996	0.627		0.799	0.718	0.938	0.969	0.828
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.355	0.352	0.392		0.354		-0.0400	0.118	0.679		0.748	0.672	0.930	0.950	0.794

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.111
Fullgrid	[-]	0.167	0.168	0.112		0.0598		0.0548	0.0617	2.86		0.115	0.448	0.521	0.447	0.396
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.177	0.178	0.114		0.0600		0.0632	0.0682	2.98		0.0879	0.390	0.512	0.677	0.411

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.144
Fullgrid	[-]	0.178	0.180	0.146		0.0634		0.0329	0.0505	2.00		0.382	0.520	0.667	0.659	0.550
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.181	0.183	0.145		0.0636		0.0375	0.0545	1.99		0.351	0.480	0.684	0.591	0.517

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	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
Fullgrid	[-]	0.203	0.204	0.179		0.0797		0.0248	0.0754	0.948		0.721	0.650	0.894	0.854	0.754
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.201	0.202	0.178		0.0806		0.0240	0.0829	0.799		0.689	0.624	0.926	0.881	0.749

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.181
Fullgrid	[-]	0.192	0.191	0.184		0.0764		0.00739	0.0504	1.03		0.623	0.539	0.855	0.937	0.699
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.198	0.196	0.182		0.0781		0.0141	0.0579	1.51		0.561	0.520	0.775	0.984	0.672

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.128
Fullgrid	[-]	0.172	0.172	0.128		0.0508		0.0436	0.0454	3.72		0.107	0.505	0.384	0.534	0.407
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.176	0.176	0.129		0.0510		0.0472	0.0489	3.37		0.0736	0.460	0.447	0.470	0.382

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.137
Fullgrid	[-]	0.164	0.164	0.140		0.0556		0.0243	0.0316	3.32		0.268	0.333	0.432	0.455	0.364
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.168	0.168	0.138		0.0558		0.0304	0.0361	3.55		0.190	0.312	0.391	0.502	0.341

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.136
Fullgrid	[-]	0.175	0.176	0.139		0.0650		0.0367	0.0537	2.56		0.258	0.455	0.580	0.873	0.524
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.181	0.181	0.140		0.0657		0.0413	0.0592	2.58		0.239	0.417	0.585	0.887	0.509

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:

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