Global - Land

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	183.
Fullgrid	[-]	181.	181.	184.	213.	-3.55	25.3	2.18	0.501	0.274	0.673	0.961	0.537
Sparsegrid	[-]	187.	187.	183.	214.	3.72	29.6	2.27	0.378	0.224	0.657	0.995	0.495

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	199.
Fullgrid	[-]	198.	197.	198.	202.	-0.496	29.2	2.25	0.384	0.141	0.646	0.941	0.451
Sparsegrid	[-]	199.	199.	199.	201.	-0.230	30.3	2.94	0.376	0.181	0.515	0.975	0.446

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	200.
Fullgrid	[-]	194.	193.	200.	219.	-6.52	19.0	1.52	0.491	0.493	0.781	0.996	0.651
Sparsegrid	[-]	196.	196.	199.	220.	-3.50	24.7	1.64	0.436	0.401	0.755	0.996	0.598

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	71.6
Fullgrid	[-]	69.8	70.0	71.1	72.1	-1.45	14.3	0.187	0.731	0.510	0.988	0.874	0.723
Sparsegrid	[-]	69.9	70.4	71.5	71.9	-0.969	17.6	0.489	0.624	0.422	0.966	0.968	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]	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	[-]	191.
Fullgrid	[-]	191.	190.	189.	204.	5.78	18.1	1.68	0.490	0.662	0.759	0.998	0.714
Sparsegrid	[-]	195.	194.	190.	206.	4.89	27.3	2.95	0.374	0.443	0.513	0.997	0.554

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	97.9	97.5	100.	105.	-2.33	13.7	0.398	0.606	0.534	0.972	0.998	0.729
Sparsegrid	[-]	96.9	96.6	101.	105.	-4.03	17.6	0.383	0.471	0.454	0.973	0.996	0.670

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	141.	141.	140.	155.	1.16	16.4	0.591	0.470	0.492	0.943	0.918	0.663
Sparsegrid	[-]	139.	140.	141.	156.	-0.982	19.9	0.834	0.435	0.399	0.920	0.984	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]	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	[-]	183.
Fullgrid	[-]	178.	178.	181.	210.	-1.96	19.7	0.560	0.560	0.456	0.949	0.998	0.684
Sparsegrid	[-]	182.	182.	182.	211.	0.00825	28.7	1.31	0.471	0.315	0.823	0.984	0.582

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	63.8
Fullgrid	[-]	62.1	63.1	63.9	49.1	-2.08	12.0	0.195	0.718	0.589	0.987	0.995	0.776
Sparsegrid	[-]	62.9	64.2	64.0	46.7	0.180	15.5	0.264	0.615	0.505	0.982	0.994	0.720

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	200.
Fullgrid	[-]	200.	200.	199.	198.	-1.35	12.0	0.706	0.614	0.645	0.942	0.979	0.765
Sparsegrid	[-]	195.	195.	200.	198.	-4.69	26.9	1.26	0.454	0.479	0.837	0.981	0.646

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	122.
Fullgrid	[-]	123.	123.	123.	119.	2.30	17.2	0.200	0.415	0.462	0.987	0.979	0.661
Sparsegrid	[-]	123.	123.	122.	118.	0.947	21.4	0.398	0.377	0.392	0.966	0.972	0.620

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	144.
Fullgrid	[-]	138.	138.	143.	172.	-3.53	17.2	0.778	0.491	0.517	0.907	0.997	0.686
Sparsegrid	[-]	151.	151.	154.	54.4	-3.67	25.4	1.24	0.418	0.409	0.829	0.994	0.612

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	178.
Fullgrid	[-]	166.	165.	177.	217.	-10.4	19.6	0.712	0.351	0.573	0.926	0.986	0.682
Sparsegrid	[-]	163.	163.	178.	218.	-15.0	27.2	0.783	0.258	0.505	0.910	0.992	0.634

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	69.7
Fullgrid	[-]	72.2	72.0	70.1	74.3	0.797	12.8	0.146	0.694	0.587	0.990	0.997	0.771
Sparsegrid	[-]	69.0	69.0	69.6	72.8	-0.574	18.0	0.313	0.575	0.458	0.977	0.989	0.691

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	203.
Fullgrid	[-]	192.	192.	204.	211.	-10.9	26.1	1.18	0.281	0.464	0.849	0.873	0.586
Sparsegrid	[-]	196.	196.	203.	211.	-6.52	52.9	3.07	0.294	0.188	0.493	0.994	0.431

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	151.
Fullgrid	[-]	146.	146.	152.	186.	-3.67	13.2	0.521	0.714	0.551	0.965	0.937	0.744
Sparsegrid	[-]	147.	147.	150.	185.	-3.07	19.7	0.771	0.639	0.403	0.924	0.985	0.671

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	113.	113.	111.	118.	1.95	12.4	0.315	0.684	0.553	0.979	0.998	0.754
Sparsegrid	[-]	112.	112.	111.	118.	1.12	16.2	0.289	0.481	0.503	0.981	0.899	0.673

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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	[-]	165.
Fullgrid	[-]	153.	153.	164.	194.	-11.4	16.3	0.269	0.357	0.542	0.982	0.963	0.677
Sparsegrid	[-]	158.	158.	165.	191.	-6.82	39.7	1.60	0.359	0.325	0.768	0.985	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]	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	[-]	175.
Fullgrid	[-]	166.	166.	175.	221.	-8.26	21.9	1.50	0.313	0.625	0.783	0.987	0.666
Sparsegrid	[-]	168.	168.	174.	221.	-6.49	28.6	2.19	0.303	0.473	0.659	0.938	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]	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	[-]	183.
Fullgrid	[-]	176.	176.	184.	201.	-8.46	17.2	1.00	0.440	0.658	0.876	0.932	0.713
Sparsegrid	[-]	179.	178.	183.	200.	-4.63	24.8	1.87	0.438	0.471	0.720	0.994	0.619

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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.	177.	178.	172.	-4.06	27.9	0.720	0.307	0.377	0.931	0.810	0.560
Sparsegrid	[-]	171.	170.	176.	168.	-6.12	50.7	1.88	0.252	0.223	0.723	0.927	0.470

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SurfaceNetSWRadiation / CERESed4.1 / 2000-2019 / global / MNAME

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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-rsns-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

SurfaceNetSWRadiation / CERESed4.1 / 2000-2019 / global / Fullgrid

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