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	[-]	135.
Fullgrid	[-]	118.	118.	136.		163.		-18.8	29.8	2.01		0.278	0.292	0.680	0.919	0.492
Sparsegrid	[-]	120.	119.	135.		165.		-15.6	31.2	2.35		0.299	0.259	0.629	0.967	0.483

	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	[-]	125.
Fullgrid	[-]	103.	103.	124.		153.		-19.8	30.5	1.72		0.245	0.314	0.740	0.951	0.513
Sparsegrid	[-]	102.	102.	125.		153.		-22.1	34.5	1.84		0.209	0.287	0.711	0.852	0.469

	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	[-]	126.
Fullgrid	[-]	107.	107.	127.		159.		-17.6	23.6	1.12		0.291	0.607	0.854	0.930	0.658
Sparsegrid	[-]	111.	111.	125.		159.		-14.6	27.2	1.57		0.356	0.450	0.774	0.810	0.568

	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	[-]	28.4
Fullgrid	[-]	27.5	27.7	27.3		27.6		-0.355	13.0	0.119		0.706	0.562	0.992	0.878	0.740
Sparsegrid	[-]	25.7	26.1	28.4		28.1		-2.24	16.3	0.309		0.589	0.471	0.980	0.953	0.693

	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	[-]	149.
Fullgrid	[-]	148.	148.	147.		157.		3.25	18.8	2.20		0.481	0.610	0.665	0.996	0.673
Sparsegrid	[-]	148.	147.	148.		158.		-0.473	25.3	2.61		0.389	0.451	0.574	0.989	0.571

	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	[-]	54.0
Fullgrid	[-]	45.5	45.4	52.8		55.6		-7.20	13.5	0.209		0.494	0.571	0.986	0.987	0.722
Sparsegrid	[-]	45.5	45.5	54.0		56.4		-8.55	15.5	0.281		0.438	0.520	0.981	0.976	0.687

	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	[-]	75.0
Fullgrid	[-]	64.2	64.3	73.4		97.3		-7.78	16.1	0.651		0.467	0.562	0.939	0.989	0.704
Sparsegrid	[-]	65.2	65.1	74.8		98.4		-9.68	18.1	0.845		0.426	0.492	0.921	0.983	0.663

	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	[-]	123.
Fullgrid	[-]	102.	101.	121.		157.		-15.5	24.9	0.996		0.303	0.384	0.889	0.995	0.591
Sparsegrid	[-]	108.	108.	123.		159.		-14.8	32.9	1.82		0.253	0.270	0.729	0.993	0.503

	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	[-]	23.8
Fullgrid	[-]	20.8	21.6	23.4		6.84		-2.84	13.6	0.169		0.664	0.524	0.989	0.934	0.727
Sparsegrid	[-]	20.7	21.6	24.1		5.69		-2.48	15.2	0.209		0.603	0.478	0.986	0.961	0.701

	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	[-]	103.	103.	110.		133.		-5.72	15.0	0.833		0.610	0.630	0.919	0.893	0.736
Sparsegrid	[-]	98.7	98.4	113.		133.		-15.1	29.2	1.19		0.341	0.525	0.845	0.898	0.627

	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	[-]	68.5
Fullgrid	[-]	64.5	65.0	69.3		67.2		-4.05	15.8	0.357		0.544	0.523	0.976	0.936	0.700
Sparsegrid	[-]	61.7	61.7	68.5		65.8		-6.83	20.6	0.369		0.442	0.456	0.966	0.912	0.647

	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	[-]	83.3
Fullgrid	[-]	67.5	67.4	82.2		120.		-12.0	20.1	0.820		0.395	0.553	0.904	0.984	0.678
Sparsegrid	[-]	78.3	77.8	91.1		17.2		-13.2	26.3	1.21		0.342	0.448	0.835	0.973	0.609

	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	[-]	74.5
Fullgrid	[-]	53.6	53.0	73.9		143.		-18.2	24.0	0.889		0.357	0.610	0.900	0.797	0.655
Sparsegrid	[-]	51.7	51.3	73.9		144.		-22.4	30.5	1.11		0.269	0.516	0.871	0.838	0.602

	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	[-]	29.4
Fullgrid	[-]	28.0	27.8	28.9		32.0		-2.42	13.1	0.163		0.679	0.556	0.989	0.970	0.750
Sparsegrid	[-]	25.0	25.0	29.4		31.0		-4.40	17.5	0.225		0.564	0.452	0.983	0.946	0.680

	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	[-]	138.
Fullgrid	[-]	110.	110.	138.		160.		-21.5	31.3	1.25		0.143	0.511	0.839	0.985	0.598
Sparsegrid	[-]	120.	119.	137.		160.		-17.3	50.8	3.25		0.300	0.178	0.466	0.989	0.422

	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	[-]	86.5	86.3	101.		125.		-13.3	16.1	0.689		0.244	0.573	0.954	0.976	0.664
Sparsegrid	[-]	86.7	86.0	101.		125.		-14.8	22.2	0.975		0.199	0.458	0.912	0.997	0.605

	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	[-]	66.1
Fullgrid	[-]	60.1	60.0	66.1		71.2		-5.71	12.0	0.281		0.490	0.622	0.981	0.964	0.736
Sparsegrid	[-]	59.2	59.0	66.0		71.2		-6.94	15.0	0.242		0.379	0.569	0.984	0.990	0.698

	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	[-]	85.4
Fullgrid	[-]	67.9	68.0	85.8		130.		-17.3	18.6	0.456		0.154	0.668	0.968	0.996	0.691
Sparsegrid	[-]	72.6	72.9	85.2		127.		-12.3	33.5	1.51		0.218	0.435	0.771	0.899	0.552

	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	[-]	143.
Fullgrid	[-]	121.	121.	143.		176.		-21.5	27.9	1.22		0.174	0.633	0.841	0.990	0.654
Sparsegrid	[-]	121.	121.	142.		176.		-21.7	34.2	1.97		0.168	0.465	0.700	0.946	0.549

	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	[-]	129.
Fullgrid	[-]	111.	110.	130.		145.		-18.8	22.3	1.17		0.270	0.669	0.844	0.804	0.651
Sparsegrid	[-]	111.	110.	129.		144.		-18.2	29.1	1.66		0.210	0.480	0.753	0.943	0.573

	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	[-]	98.9
Fullgrid	[-]	86.1	85.0	98.4		125.		-12.4	31.5	0.898		0.188	0.385	0.894	0.928	0.556
Sparsegrid	[-]	86.3	85.9	97.8		122.		-11.9	46.7	1.65		0.246	0.290	0.747	0.904	0.495

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:

Mon Sep 19 16:05:52 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,W m-2 rns.nc Mon Sep 19 16:05:18 2022: ncatted -a units,rns,o,c,1 rns.nc 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-rns-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