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	[-]	450.
I123	[-]	454.	454.	450.		463.		6.23	11.3	1.35		0.524	0.733	0.823	0.949	0.752
post5.4	[-]	456.	456.	450.		463.		8.27	12.3	1.34		0.482	0.730	0.828	0.950	0.744

	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	[-]	468.
I123	[-]	466.	467.	468.		463.		-1.22	18.2	0.707		0.436	0.403	0.938	0.905	0.617
post5.4	[-]	472.	472.	468.		463.		4.58	17.5	0.676		0.437	0.433	0.940	0.952	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	[-]	439.
I123	[-]	437.	437.	439.		441.		-0.00844	13.0	1.21		0.517	0.562	0.845	0.994	0.696
post5.4	[-]	441.	441.	439.		441.		3.55	13.2	1.19		0.514	0.551	0.846	0.998	0.692

	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.
I123	[-]	264.	264.	283.		298.		-16.7	22.6	0.152		0.0714	0.382	0.990	0.999	0.565
post5.4	[-]	271.	271.	283.		298.		-9.24	16.2	0.141		0.336	0.440	0.990	1.00	0.641

	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	[-]	456.
I123	[-]	454.	454.	456.		470.		0.694	14.1	2.43		0.284	0.787	0.624	0.981	0.693
post5.4	[-]	456.	456.	456.		470.		2.26	14.4	2.14		0.266	0.808	0.675	0.990	0.709

	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	[-]	311.
I123	[-]	303.	303.	311.		338.		-7.28	12.2	0.0336		0.456	0.544	0.998	0.981	0.705
post5.4	[-]	310.	310.	311.		338.		-0.737	9.10	0.0437		0.611	0.630	0.997	0.972	0.768

	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	[-]	363.
I123	[-]	355.	355.	363.		419.		-5.60	13.0	0.144		0.463	0.633	0.990	0.995	0.743
post5.4	[-]	361.	360.	363.		419.		6.53e-05	11.7	0.157		0.499	0.652	0.989	0.997	0.758

	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.
I123	[-]	451.	451.	446.		467.		8.62	16.2	0.500		0.291	0.562	0.958	0.996	0.674
post5.4	[-]	454.	454.	446.		467.		11.7	17.3	0.437		0.243	0.595	0.962	0.994	0.678

	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.
I123	[-]	269.	269.	284.		308.		-14.3	19.4	0.101		0.130	0.409	0.993	0.983	0.585
post5.4	[-]	277.	278.	284.		308.		-5.58	11.8	0.0989		0.548	0.534	0.993	0.985	0.719

	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.
I123	[-]	438.	438.	442.		441.		-6.08	13.9	0.403		0.529	0.636	0.965	1.00	0.753
post5.4	[-]	443.	443.	442.		441.		-1.39	11.9	0.349		0.582	0.689	0.969	1.00	0.786

	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.
I123	[-]	356.	356.	365.		393.		-6.19	12.4	0.452		0.522	0.602	0.970	0.998	0.739
post5.4	[-]	363.	363.	365.		393.		0.980	11.9	0.347		0.479	0.627	0.977	0.999	0.742

	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	[-]	369.	369.	377.		429.		-4.73	14.2	0.581		0.437	0.601	0.935	0.998	0.714
post5.4	[-]	375.	375.	377.		429.		1.28	12.5	0.554		0.484	0.642	0.941	1.00	0.742

	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	[-]	453.
I123	[-]	443.	443.	453.		443.		-9.87	17.6	0.442		0.402	0.642	0.966	1.00	0.730
post5.4	[-]	450.	450.	453.		443.		-2.84	13.2	0.424		0.589	0.715	0.967	1.00	0.797

	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	[-]	286.
I123	[-]	273.	273.	286.		292.		-14.1	20.0	0.179		0.220	0.392	0.988	0.938	0.586
post5.4	[-]	280.	280.	286.		292.		-7.01	15.0	0.168		0.435	0.455	0.989	0.943	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	[-]	443.
I123	[-]	437.	437.	443.		460.		0.502	13.5	0.901		0.407	0.654	0.886	0.999	0.720
post5.4	[-]	441.	441.	443.		460.		4.85	13.8	0.922		0.386	0.658	0.882	0.999	0.716

	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.
I123	[-]	380.	380.	383.		442.		0.521	8.66	0.248		0.647	0.688	0.983	0.999	0.801
post5.4	[-]	386.	386.	383.		442.		6.52	10.7	0.466		0.394	0.710	0.968	1.00	0.756

	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	[-]	322.
I123	[-]	316.	316.	322.		356.		-4.35	9.82	0.222		0.580	0.611	0.985	0.999	0.757
post5.4	[-]	322.	323.	322.		356.		1.69	8.12	0.124		0.653	0.685	0.992	0.998	0.803

	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	[-]	375.
I123	[-]	366.	367.	375.		380.		-8.03	12.1	0.184		0.476	0.637	0.987	0.991	0.745
post5.4	[-]	373.	374.	375.		380.		-1.47	8.90	0.149		0.588	0.718	0.988	0.989	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	[-]	444.
I123	[-]	446.	446.	444.		462.		2.73	8.05	1.67		0.578	0.760	0.762	0.999	0.772
post5.4	[-]	450.	450.	444.		462.		6.78	10.0	1.39		0.410	0.785	0.820	0.999	0.760

	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	[-]	435.
I123	[-]	436.	436.	435.		432.		1.26	9.03	0.863		0.602	0.643	0.892	0.999	0.756
post5.4	[-]	440.	440.	435.		432.		5.05	9.36	0.700		0.504	0.698	0.923	0.999	0.765

	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	[-]	383.
I123	[-]	377.	376.	383.		400.		-2.10	15.7	0.631		0.367	0.688	0.927	0.999	0.734
post5.4	[-]	380.	379.	383.		400.		0.482	15.3	0.552		0.370	0.689	0.943	0.999	0.738

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