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	[-]	449.
Fullgrid	[-]	453.	453.	449.		465.		6.27	11.6	1.32		0.511	0.729	0.834	0.957	0.752
Sparsegrid	[-]	458.	459.	449.		465.		9.78	17.7	2.56		0.392	0.591	0.591	0.852	0.603

	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	[-]	466.
Fullgrid	[-]	471.	471.	466.		462.		4.92	17.7	0.745		0.431	0.410	0.933	0.976	0.632
Sparsegrid	[-]	469.	469.	466.		462.		2.85	22.9	1.85		0.379	0.295	0.718	0.996	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	[-]	439.
Fullgrid	[-]	441.	441.	439.		443.		3.41	14.8	1.28		0.464	0.494	0.827	0.983	0.653
Sparsegrid	[-]	450.	449.	439.		442.		9.95	21.5	1.56		0.349	0.400	0.780	0.898	0.566

	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	[-]	284.
Fullgrid	[-]	271.	271.	284.		301.		-10.7	16.3	0.141		0.240	0.417	0.990	0.998	0.612
Sparsegrid	[-]	274.	274.	284.		299.		-9.41	18.8	0.141		0.288	0.335	0.990	0.998	0.589

	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	[-]	455.
Fullgrid	[-]	451.	451.	453.		467.		0.868	12.8	1.54		0.354	0.837	0.779	0.860	0.733
Sparsegrid	[-]	460.	459.	453.		467.		5.96	16.9	2.32		0.251	0.740	0.622	0.694	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	[-]	313.
Fullgrid	[-]	308.	309.	312.		326.		-3.01	9.66	0.0458		0.558	0.632	0.997	0.964	0.757
Sparsegrid	[-]	309.	309.	313.		325.		-3.65	14.0	0.0638		0.358	0.533	0.996	0.896	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	[-]	365.
Fullgrid	[-]	359.	358.	365.		412.		-4.11	13.2	0.117		0.498	0.610	0.992	0.990	0.740
Sparsegrid	[-]	361.	361.	365.		412.		-3.47	19.6	0.187		0.364	0.480	0.981	0.979	0.657

	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	[-]	446.
Fullgrid	[-]	447.	448.	446.		465.		5.49	16.6	0.492		0.370	0.512	0.955	0.983	0.666
Sparsegrid	[-]	456.	456.	446.		464.		10.7	27.1	1.45		0.243	0.355	0.783	0.992	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	[-]	283.
Fullgrid	[-]	276.	277.	284.		285.		-6.04	11.8	0.100		0.519	0.531	0.993	0.982	0.711
Sparsegrid	[-]	274.	275.	283.		281.		-7.35	17.7	0.162		0.276	0.386	0.988	0.961	0.599

	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	[-]	439.
Fullgrid	[-]	442.	443.	441.		425.		-1.08	11.8	0.334		0.582	0.692	0.970	0.999	0.787
Sparsegrid	[-]	437.	438.	440.		424.		-1.80	22.1	0.926		0.423	0.524	0.868	0.999	0.668

	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	[-]	366.
Fullgrid	[-]	359.	359.	365.		375.		-1.29	11.6	0.310		0.533	0.655	0.979	1.00	0.764
Sparsegrid	[-]	363.	364.	366.		376.		-2.76	16.0	0.395		0.463	0.492	0.967	0.992	0.681

	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	[-]	377.
Fullgrid	[-]	373.	373.	377.		411.		0.203	13.1	0.537		0.488	0.626	0.942	0.999	0.736
Sparsegrid	[-]	397.	396.	395.		227.		1.27	20.5	0.975		0.365	0.490	0.858	0.992	0.639

	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	[-]	451.
Fullgrid	[-]	448.	448.	452.		434.		-2.18	14.2	0.443		0.575	0.697	0.965	0.991	0.785
Sparsegrid	[-]	447.	447.	451.		433.		-4.20	20.4	0.603		0.444	0.597	0.931	0.990	0.712

	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	[-]	287.
Fullgrid	[-]	280.	280.	287.		303.		-7.51	15.1	0.172		0.419	0.473	0.987	0.942	0.659
Sparsegrid	[-]	279.	279.	287.		302.		-7.95	19.0	0.283		0.328	0.346	0.977	0.963	0.592

	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	[-]	442.
Fullgrid	[-]	439.	438.	441.		460.		4.33	15.7	1.05		0.413	0.596	0.864	0.999	0.693
Sparsegrid	[-]	456.	456.	441.		460.		14.9	38.8	2.97		0.239	0.276	0.512	0.998	0.460

	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	[-]	384.
Fullgrid	[-]	383.	382.	383.		425.		2.86	9.26	0.229		0.529	0.760	0.984	1.00	0.807
Sparsegrid	[-]	384.	384.	383.		424.		0.558	14.9	0.499		0.381	0.643	0.946	0.999	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	[-]	323.
Fullgrid	[-]	322.	322.	323.		352.		0.586	9.01	0.0955		0.650	0.657	0.994	1.00	0.791
Sparsegrid	[-]	324.	324.	323.		351.		1.00	14.3	0.113		0.433	0.532	0.992	0.945	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	[-]	376.
Fullgrid	[-]	374.	374.	376.		393.		-1.50	10.3	0.130		0.574	0.694	0.990	1.00	0.790
Sparsegrid	[-]	383.	383.	376.		392.		6.44	33.4	1.21		0.342	0.429	0.796	0.940	0.587

	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	[-]	446.
Fullgrid	[-]	450.	449.	443.		463.		6.55	11.2	1.41		0.405	0.773	0.818	0.957	0.745
Sparsegrid	[-]	453.	453.	446.		463.		7.88	12.6	2.03		0.525	0.685	0.688	0.939	0.705

	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	[-]	434.
Fullgrid	[-]	437.	437.	434.		441.		2.51	8.94	0.743		0.580	0.700	0.901	0.988	0.774
Sparsegrid	[-]	440.	440.	434.		441.		5.60	18.7	1.66		0.339	0.503	0.738	0.988	0.614

	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	[-]	381.
Fullgrid	[-]	381.	380.	381.		397.		2.35	19.9	0.653		0.314	0.636	0.929	0.976	0.698
Sparsegrid	[-]	406.	406.	381.		396.		25.2	42.4	1.70		0.132	0.437	0.734	0.842	0.516

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-rlus-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