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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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	[-]	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]	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.	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

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-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