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	[-]	31.2
Fullgrid	[-]	40.4	40.9	30.6		10.3		10.7	12.3	1.81		0.209	0.729	0.732	0.974	0.675
Sparsegrid	[-]	42.1	42.6	31.6		10.4		11.0	13.8	2.46		0.185	0.640	0.614	0.885	0.593

	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	[-]	44.0
Fullgrid	[-]	47.5	48.0	43.2		13.0		4.71	10.2	1.34		0.417	0.677	0.821	0.945	0.707
Sparsegrid	[-]	50.6	51.2	44.1		13.1		7.09	12.3	2.40		0.364	0.589	0.630	0.983	0.631

	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	[-]	33.3
Fullgrid	[-]	40.8	40.7	33.1		14.7		7.56	9.28	1.36		0.407	0.761	0.806	0.904	0.728
Sparsegrid	[-]	41.3	41.1	33.8		14.8		7.34	11.7	1.88		0.352	0.610	0.711	0.804	0.618

	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	[-]	39.8
Fullgrid	[-]	32.6	32.5	39.6		34.6		-6.67	18.8	0.173		0.424	0.436	0.988	0.593	0.576
Sparsegrid	[-]	32.1	32.0	40.0		37.1		-8.02	20.8	0.270		0.373	0.399	0.982	0.854	0.601

	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	[-]	18.6
Fullgrid	[-]	41.3	41.2	18.7		12.9		22.9	23.1	2.46		0.00143	0.738	0.606	0.658	0.548
Sparsegrid	[-]	40.9	40.9	19.2		13.0		21.7	22.1	3.04		0.00813	0.614	0.488	0.535	0.452

	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	[-]	26.7
Fullgrid	[-]	25.8	25.6	26.4		26.2		-0.670	9.76	0.510		0.659	0.531	0.938	0.789	0.690
Sparsegrid	[-]	25.7	25.5	26.7		27.1		-1.25	11.2	0.520		0.622	0.469	0.934	0.767	0.652

	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	[-]	33.8
Fullgrid	[-]	37.0	37.0	34.4		8.74		2.02	10.9	0.976		0.424	0.526	0.872	0.831	0.636
Sparsegrid	[-]	35.8	35.8	34.0		8.83		1.73	12.2	1.16		0.370	0.482	0.844	0.785	0.593

	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	[-]	27.8
Fullgrid	[-]	41.4	41.6	27.5		12.8		13.5	15.7	0.851		0.118	0.598	0.904	0.800	0.603
Sparsegrid	[-]	41.5	41.9	28.1		12.9		13.7	17.4	1.63		0.117	0.515	0.753	0.873	0.555

	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	[-]	37.2
Fullgrid	[-]	31.2	30.9	35.3		41.5		-4.04	15.4	0.176		0.591	0.471	0.988	0.801	0.664
Sparsegrid	[-]	32.9	32.3	37.0		48.1		-4.74	17.9	0.240		0.514	0.414	0.984	0.923	0.650

	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	[-]	34.7
Fullgrid	[-]	44.6	44.7	36.0		13.0		7.62	9.55	0.572		0.528	0.827	0.956	0.679	0.764
Sparsegrid	[-]	42.0	42.0	35.5		13.1		6.41	12.0	1.25		0.461	0.712	0.838	0.776	0.700

	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	[-]	18.7
Fullgrid	[-]	27.4	27.5	19.2		8.30		8.10	10.9	0.536		0.313	0.572	0.944	0.889	0.658
Sparsegrid	[-]	27.3	27.4	18.8		8.24		8.56	11.6	0.687		0.307	0.544	0.919	0.962	0.655

	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	[-]	42.9
Fullgrid	[-]	48.0	48.0	43.1		18.3		3.90	13.6	0.830		0.406	0.622	0.894	0.979	0.705
Sparsegrid	[-]	42.6	42.6	37.4		88.8		5.10	15.1	1.37		0.343	0.526	0.802	0.930	0.626

	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	[-]	73.2
Fullgrid	[-]	80.8	81.3	72.1		12.5		6.56	15.2	0.707		0.461	0.675	0.928	0.978	0.743
Sparsegrid	[-]	80.6	80.9	73.7		12.4		7.15	20.4	0.897		0.319	0.568	0.899	0.971	0.665

	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	[-]	44.3
Fullgrid	[-]	37.6	37.5	43.3		37.1		-4.91	17.1	0.173		0.524	0.438	0.986	0.896	0.656
Sparsegrid	[-]	37.2	36.8	44.3		39.8		-7.55	21.6	0.222		0.413	0.330	0.982	0.858	0.583

	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	[-]	25.5
Fullgrid	[-]	39.1	39.1	26.0		13.4		12.7	15.3	1.13		0.265	0.718	0.855	0.436	0.598
Sparsegrid	[-]	42.1	42.4	26.2		13.4		16.0	20.8	3.24		0.179	0.374	0.460	0.813	0.440

	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	[-]	25.0
Fullgrid	[-]	32.3	32.3	25.6		12.5		6.40	8.77	0.749		0.333	0.616	0.897	0.371	0.567
Sparsegrid	[-]	32.4	32.7	25.2		12.5		7.45	10.2	1.03		0.278	0.531	0.860	0.507	0.542

	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	[-]	23.9
Fullgrid	[-]	28.9	29.0	24.2		10.1		4.61	10.4	0.536		0.470	0.490	0.941	0.858	0.650
Sparsegrid	[-]	28.1	28.2	24.1		10.3		4.09	11.5	0.684		0.397	0.431	0.927	0.801	0.597

	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	[-]	36.7
Fullgrid	[-]	36.6	36.6	37.1		16.3		-0.944	7.54	1.09		0.592	0.637	0.844	0.940	0.730
Sparsegrid	[-]	39.4	39.0	36.8		16.4		2.13	13.5	2.31		0.537	0.430	0.633	0.906	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	[-]	25.5
Fullgrid	[-]	34.4	34.5	25.7		11.6		8.93	9.75	1.52		0.236	0.730	0.786	0.944	0.685
Sparsegrid	[-]	35.9	35.9	25.7		11.7		10.2	11.2	2.38		0.182	0.636	0.630	0.985	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	[-]	29.1
Fullgrid	[-]	34.6	34.6	30.0		11.8		4.45	6.96	1.17		0.522	0.754	0.851	0.536	0.683
Sparsegrid	[-]	36.3	36.2	29.3		11.8		6.85	9.21	1.65		0.419	0.643	0.760	0.945	0.682

	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	[-]	28.8
Fullgrid	[-]	37.6	37.7	29.7		11.9		7.35	13.0	0.881		0.306	0.634	0.893	0.802	0.654
Sparsegrid	[-]	38.0	37.9	29.6		11.9		8.27	16.2	1.99		0.278	0.482	0.694	0.916	0.570

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-rsus-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