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	[-]	402.
I123	[-]	386.	386.	402.		419.		-15.1	16.8	1.71		0.218	0.483	0.746	0.998	0.586
post5.4	[-]	391.	391.	402.		419.		-10.1	11.9	1.67		0.344	0.537	0.754	0.988	0.632

	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	[-]	389.
I123	[-]	371.	370.	389.		417.		-17.8	21.8	1.23		0.525	0.670	0.845	0.999	0.742
post5.4	[-]	378.	378.	389.		417.		-10.5	14.4	0.573		0.663	0.745	0.946	0.997	0.819

	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.
I123	[-]	349.	349.	365.		385.		-12.5	16.3	1.36		0.569	0.719	0.817	0.985	0.762
post5.4	[-]	355.	355.	365.		385.		-7.07	12.0	1.06		0.659	0.768	0.864	0.981	0.808

	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	[-]	241.
I123	[-]	222.	222.	241.		257.		-16.0	20.0	0.114		0.755	0.828	0.992	0.998	0.880
post5.4	[-]	229.	229.	241.		257.		-8.82	11.7	0.114		0.849	0.886	0.992	0.994	0.921

	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	[-]	416.
I123	[-]	403.	403.	415.		423.		-11.1	13.0	1.60		0.168	0.598	0.752	0.929	0.609
post5.4	[-]	408.	408.	415.		423.		-6.16	9.34	1.31		0.271	0.657	0.792	0.939	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	[-]	264.
I123	[-]	251.	251.	264.		285.		-12.6	15.0	0.0408		0.811	0.888	0.997	0.978	0.912
post5.4	[-]	257.	257.	264.		285.		-6.48	10.2	0.0189		0.898	0.893	0.999	0.980	0.933

	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	[-]	295.
I123	[-]	279.	279.	295.		368.		-12.5	17.1	0.112		0.763	0.838	0.992	0.993	0.885
post5.4	[-]	282.	282.	295.		368.		-9.62	14.5	0.108		0.795	0.862	0.992	0.996	0.902

	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	[-]	386.
I123	[-]	368.	369.	386.		416.		-11.1	16.4	0.538		0.647	0.776	0.945	0.989	0.827
post5.4	[-]	371.	372.	386.		416.		-7.35	13.1	0.384		0.712	0.810	0.969	0.988	0.858

	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	[-]	244.
I123	[-]	227.	227.	244.		265.		-16.6	19.9	0.0929		0.742	0.824	0.994	0.999	0.877
post5.4	[-]	236.	236.	244.		265.		-6.76	9.59	0.0787		0.882	0.890	0.995	0.993	0.930

	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	[-]	352.
I123	[-]	341.	341.	351.		376.		-9.02	13.5	0.381		0.742	0.763	0.974	0.993	0.847
post5.4	[-]	345.	345.	351.		376.		-5.05	8.43	0.179		0.823	0.839	0.988	0.999	0.897

	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	[-]	312.
I123	[-]	299.	299.	312.		331.		-10.8	13.8	0.380		0.692	0.799	0.974	1.00	0.853
post5.4	[-]	302.	302.	312.		331.		-7.71	10.6	0.222		0.756	0.847	0.985	0.987	0.884

	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	[-]	316.
I123	[-]	298.	298.	315.		376.		-12.9	16.8	0.640		0.620	0.742	0.919	0.999	0.805
post5.4	[-]	304.	304.	315.		376.		-7.46	12.0	0.529		0.712	0.787	0.931	0.999	0.843

	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	[-]	344.
I123	[-]	330.	330.	344.		373.		-12.1	18.1	0.264		0.717	0.739	0.979	0.994	0.833
post5.4	[-]	337.	337.	344.		373.		-5.62	11.9	0.228		0.808	0.811	0.982	0.998	0.882

	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	[-]	245.
I123	[-]	229.	229.	245.		254.		-17.8	21.4	0.209		0.710	0.805	0.986	0.954	0.852
post5.4	[-]	237.	236.	245.		254.		-9.78	13.4	0.120		0.819	0.854	0.992	0.961	0.896

	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.
I123	[-]	355.	355.	376.		407.		-10.6	16.0	0.771		0.519	0.740	0.916	0.992	0.781
post5.4	[-]	358.	358.	376.		407.		-7.69	13.7	0.793		0.568	0.771	0.900	0.990	0.800

	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	[-]	332.
I123	[-]	315.	315.	332.		383.		-13.2	15.5	0.204		0.747	0.854	0.986	0.996	0.887
post5.4	[-]	323.	323.	332.		383.		-5.08	8.57	0.0995		0.881	0.882	0.993	0.999	0.928

	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	[-]	278.
I123	[-]	263.	263.	278.		310.		-13.1	15.7	0.144		0.744	0.837	0.990	0.999	0.882
post5.4	[-]	269.	269.	278.		310.		-7.10	9.58	0.0954		0.841	0.886	0.994	0.997	0.921

	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	[-]	295.
I123	[-]	282.	283.	295.		327.		-11.1	14.8	0.219		0.725	0.807	0.985	0.986	0.862
post5.4	[-]	287.	289.	295.		327.		-5.71	10.9	0.0902		0.800	0.835	0.994	0.993	0.891

	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	[-]	412.
I123	[-]	396.	397.	412.		417.		-14.8	16.1	2.64		0.196	0.515	0.578	0.948	0.550
post5.4	[-]	404.	404.	412.		417.		-7.09	9.61	2.65		0.438	0.591	0.573	0.982	0.635

	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	[-]	378.
I123	[-]	369.	368.	378.		374.		-9.34	12.4	1.62		0.634	0.748	0.759	0.998	0.778
post5.4	[-]	372.	371.	378.		374.		-6.51	9.39	1.29		0.712	0.801	0.796	1.00	0.822

	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	[-]	305.
I123	[-]	282.	282.	304.		350.		-12.9	20.3	0.489		0.477	0.668	0.960	0.996	0.754
post5.4	[-]	287.	287.	304.		350.		-7.84	17.3	0.499		0.510	0.686	0.960	0.998	0.768

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. Monthly Averages and 07/2005 to 06/2015 Climatology.

  Version:

Edition 4.2

Release Date February 10, 2023

  Institution:

NASA Langley Research Center

  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, J. Climate, 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, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Conventions:

CF-1.4

  Comment:

Climatology from 07/2005 to 06/2015

  Doi:

10.5067/TERRA-AQUA-NOAA20/CERES/EBAF_L3B004.2