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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.329
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.288 0.288 0.329 -0.0408 0.0955 0.713 0.725 0.662 0.916 0.992 0.791
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.265 0.265 0.329 -0.0643 0.115 0.693 0.686 0.632 0.920 0.961 0.766
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.273 0.273 0.329 -0.0559 0.109 0.676 0.701 0.645 0.922 0.978 0.778
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.290 0.290 0.329 -0.0394 0.0990 0.678 0.717 0.646 0.921 0.987 0.783
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.355 0.355 0.329 0.0254 0.0955 0.813 0.711 0.652 0.897 0.985 0.780
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.340 0.340 0.329 0.0111 0.0839 0.768 0.733 0.677 0.905 0.987 0.796
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0816
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.0796 0.0809 0.0816 -0.000745 0.0106 1.89 0.570 0.436 0.677 0.984 0.620
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.0793 0.0805 0.0816 -0.00111 0.0106 1.72 0.581 0.436 0.705 0.982 0.628
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.0794 0.0807 0.0816 -0.000924 0.0105 1.71 0.578 0.441 0.706 0.983 0.630
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.0793 0.0806 0.0816 -0.00104 0.0106 1.88 0.576 0.429 0.678 0.981 0.619
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.0793 0.0805 0.0816 -0.00108 0.0107 2.03 0.578 0.427 0.650 0.982 0.613
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.0789 0.0801 0.0816 -0.00147 0.0106 1.85 0.584 0.431 0.681 0.981 0.621
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.132
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.134 0.134 0.132 0.00155 0.0280 1.36 0.641 0.509 0.786 0.987 0.686
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.130 0.130 0.132 -0.00254 0.0256 1.29 0.646 0.522 0.798 0.994 0.696
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.130 0.130 0.132 -0.00243 0.0234 1.33 0.647 0.545 0.797 0.994 0.706
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.135 0.135 0.132 0.00332 0.0315 1.26 0.624 0.475 0.802 0.977 0.670
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.150 0.150 0.132 0.0180 0.0516 1.38 0.573 0.397 0.784 0.892 0.608
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.145 0.145 0.132 0.0130 0.0440 1.35 0.597 0.422 0.788 0.919 0.630
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.251
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.248 0.248 0.251 -0.00298 0.0432 2.03 0.506 0.504 0.678 0.996 0.637
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.242 0.242 0.251 -0.00889 0.0452 1.99 0.504 0.500 0.683 0.995 0.637
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.244 0.244 0.251 -0.00708 0.0440 2.03 0.504 0.505 0.678 0.996 0.638
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.246 0.246 0.251 -0.00452 0.0434 2.01 0.502 0.498 0.680 0.996 0.635
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.264 0.264 0.251 0.0130 0.0505 2.02 0.478 0.475 0.679 0.994 0.620
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.259 0.259 0.251 0.00801 0.0465 2.02 0.489 0.484 0.679 0.995 0.626
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.153
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.154 0.155 0.153 0.00249 0.0353 1.22 0.651 0.521 0.821 0.975 0.698
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.148 0.149 0.153 -0.00307 0.0319 1.18 0.649 0.540 0.827 0.987 0.709
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.148 0.150 0.153 -0.00295 0.0287 1.25 0.651 0.572 0.822 0.988 0.721
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.156 0.158 0.153 0.00515 0.0400 1.13 0.625 0.485 0.832 0.958 0.677
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.176 0.178 0.153 0.0258 0.0686 1.25 0.556 0.362 0.816 0.854 0.590
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.170 0.171 0.153 0.0189 0.0577 1.20 0.587 0.404 0.823 0.883 0.620

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Data Information

  Title:
CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:
Ed4.1

  Institutions:
NASA Langley Research Center

  Source:
Monhtly 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
2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-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: unitless

  Convention:
CF-1.7