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	[-]	215.
I123	[-]	232.	232.	215.		217.		17.1	27.5	2.01		0.441	0.416	0.697	0.971	0.588
post5.4	[-]	223.	223.	215.		217.		8.31	27.5	1.99		0.577	0.361	0.709	0.939	0.590

	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	[-]	242.
I123	[-]	246.	247.	242.		209.		4.82	30.2	1.18		0.536	0.378	0.860	0.954	0.621
post5.4	[-]	245.	246.	242.		209.		3.41	31.2	1.29		0.531	0.370	0.831	0.927	0.606

	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	[-]	234.
I123	[-]	238.	239.	234.		234.		5.03	17.1	1.24		0.721	0.652	0.824	0.926	0.755
post5.4	[-]	234.	234.	234.		234.		0.551	18.2	1.32		0.725	0.623	0.817	0.989	0.755

	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	[-]	109.
I123	[-]	104.	104.	109.		105.		-5.28	15.0	0.659		0.930	0.858	0.956	0.993	0.919
post5.4	[-]	104.	104.	109.		105.		-5.73	14.4	0.675		0.926	0.865	0.955	0.986	0.919

	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	[-]	209.
I123	[-]	246.	246.	208.		221.		38.0	40.0	1.49		0.211	0.617	0.778	0.993	0.643
post5.4	[-]	232.	232.	208.		221.		27.0	31.4	1.78		0.330	0.575	0.733	0.913	0.625

	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	[-]	125.
I123	[-]	125.	125.	125.		141.		0.130	15.9	0.276		0.922	0.832	0.982	0.994	0.912
post5.4	[-]	125.	124.	125.		141.		-0.477	15.7	0.267		0.908	0.844	0.982	0.983	0.912

	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	[-]	174.
I123	[-]	183.	183.	174.		166.		8.70	21.9	0.530		0.790	0.786	0.952	0.909	0.844
post5.4	[-]	180.	179.	174.		166.		5.05	19.2	0.504		0.828	0.790	0.953	0.907	0.854

	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	[-]	208.
I123	[-]	227.	227.	208.		224.		19.1	28.2	0.570		0.601	0.609	0.949	0.998	0.753
post5.4	[-]	220.	220.	208.		224.		12.1	23.1	0.531		0.697	0.634	0.954	0.988	0.781

	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	[-]	97.3
I123	[-]	94.8	95.1	97.4		79.6		-3.47	13.1	0.576		0.950	0.872	0.961	0.999	0.931
post5.4	[-]	94.9	95.2	97.4		79.6		-3.36	13.1	0.583		0.949	0.873	0.961	0.999	0.931

	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	[-]	236.
I123	[-]	245.	245.	236.		225.		5.65	14.1	0.561		0.859	0.851	0.950	0.960	0.894
post5.4	[-]	243.	243.	236.		225.		4.27	12.9	0.610		0.871	0.863	0.956	0.957	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	[-]	141.
I123	[-]	149.	149.	141.		165.		9.73	18.4	0.252		0.856	0.844	0.982	0.998	0.905
post5.4	[-]	153.	153.	141.		165.		13.1	20.2	0.241		0.837	0.837	0.984	0.998	0.899

	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	[-]	187.
I123	[-]	189.	189.	186.		205.		3.17	21.1	0.638		0.766	0.749	0.930	0.990	0.837
post5.4	[-]	187.	187.	186.		205.		0.760	20.5	0.675		0.776	0.746	0.925	0.993	0.837

	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	[-]	249.
I123	[-]	248.	248.	249.		240.		-2.08	17.2	0.572		0.800	0.801	0.952	0.994	0.870
post5.4	[-]	247.	247.	249.		240.		-3.20	17.0	0.524		0.798	0.805	0.957	0.999	0.873

	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	[-]	113.
I123	[-]	113.	112.	113.		108.		-0.674	17.0	0.478		0.943	0.842	0.967	0.974	0.914
post5.4	[-]	111.	111.	113.		108.		-1.97	16.5	0.480		0.945	0.847	0.967	0.975	0.916

	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	[-]	230.
I123	[-]	235.	235.	230.		231.		6.04	28.0	0.833		0.636	0.658	0.909	0.887	0.749
post5.4	[-]	232.	233.	230.		231.		3.18	26.9	1.17		0.659	0.652	0.850	0.873	0.737

	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	[-]	177.
I123	[-]	177.	177.	177.		209.		1.76	15.2	0.502		0.898	0.820	0.967	0.893	0.879
post5.4	[-]	180.	180.	177.		209.		4.40	14.9	0.478		0.908	0.817	0.968	0.948	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	[-]	135.
I123	[-]	146.	146.	135.		144.		10.4	19.1	0.430		0.872	0.825	0.971	0.999	0.899
post5.4	[-]	143.	143.	135.		144.		8.20	17.5	0.426		0.892	0.835	0.972	0.998	0.906

	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	[-]	202.
I123	[-]	192.	192.	202.		185.		-9.79	16.7	0.324		0.867	0.868	0.978	0.940	0.904
post5.4	[-]	191.	191.	202.		185.		-11.3	17.3	0.296		0.859	0.870	0.980	0.949	0.906

	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	[-]	201.
I123	[-]	209.	209.	201.		238.		8.61	20.5	1.08		0.540	0.556	0.844	0.982	0.695
post5.4	[-]	200.	200.	201.		238.		-0.388	22.1	1.32		0.475	0.539	0.813	0.946	0.662

	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	[-]	215.
I123	[-]	209.	209.	215.		224.		-6.19	15.4	0.766		0.746	0.771	0.911	0.944	0.829
post5.4	[-]	209.	210.	215.		224.		-5.69	18.4	0.944		0.681	0.756	0.887	0.940	0.804

	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	[-]	209.
I123	[-]	212.	211.	209.		201.		-0.239	31.7	0.565		0.686	0.738	0.946	0.789	0.779
post5.4	[-]	214.	214.	209.		201.		1.65	31.5	0.624		0.685	0.742	0.944	0.773	0.777

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