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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 [-] 36.0
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 38.0 38.0 36.0 2.01 14.3 0.240 0.914 0.804 0.984 0.980 0.897
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 42.8 42.8 36.0 6.85 18.4 0.264 0.864 0.768 0.983 0.971 0.871
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 40.4 40.4 36.0 4.40 16.1 0.278 0.889 0.788 0.982 0.975 0.884
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 36.0 36.0 36.0 -0.0297 15.7 0.267 0.906 0.786 0.982 0.961 0.884
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 31.9 31.9 36.0 -4.09 14.8 0.190 0.905 0.806 0.987 0.978 0.896
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 32.5 32.5 36.0 -3.51 14.7 0.136 0.908 0.806 0.991 0.976 0.897
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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 [-] 148.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 151. 150. 148. 1.51 14.9 0.833 0.787 0.719 0.917 0.915 0.812
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 150. 150. 148. 1.10 14.6 0.857 0.790 0.721 0.918 0.906 0.811
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 151. 150. 148. 1.79 13.5 0.791 0.806 0.737 0.918 0.944 0.828
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 143. 142. 148. -6.43 17.5 0.917 0.722 0.684 0.903 0.877 0.774
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 142. 141. 148. -7.22 18.9 0.876 0.702 0.669 0.909 0.823 0.755
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 144. 143. 148. -5.01 15.0 0.876 0.756 0.726 0.899 0.912 0.804
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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 [-] 105.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 105. 105. 105. 0.394 10.6 0.525 0.900 0.862 0.960 0.998 0.916
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 107. 107. 105. 2.09 10.4 0.558 0.891 0.871 0.959 0.997 0.918
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 107. 107. 105. 1.97 10.2 0.532 0.897 0.872 0.960 0.999 0.920
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 102. 102. 105. -2.54 10.4 0.603 0.894 0.871 0.955 0.998 0.918
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 98.7 98.7 105. -5.85 12.8 0.531 0.860 0.854 0.960 0.998 0.905
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 99.5 99.5 105. -5.07 11.7 0.541 0.872 0.864 0.960 0.998 0.911
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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 [-] 82.5
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 92.5 83.4 82.5 0.847 14.1 0.794 0.761 0.730 0.907 0.992 0.824
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 92.7 84.1 82.5 1.57 14.3 0.841 0.750 0.730 0.900 0.991 0.820
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 92.0 83.3 82.5 0.784 14.1 0.813 0.754 0.734 0.903 0.992 0.823
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 87.9 79.3 82.5 -3.28 15.0 0.836 0.738 0.724 0.898 0.993 0.815
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 86.8 77.8 82.5 -4.80 15.3 0.807 0.733 0.725 0.902 0.993 0.816
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 87.1 78.1 82.5 -4.48 14.9 0.781 0.737 0.730 0.908 0.993 0.820
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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 [-] 92.2
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 93.5 92.6 92.2 0.467 10.1 0.408 0.913 0.874 0.972 0.998 0.926
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 95.4 94.5 92.2 2.38 9.64 0.497 0.908 0.885 0.966 0.999 0.929
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 94.8 93.9 92.2 1.77 9.52 0.453 0.909 0.885 0.969 0.997 0.929
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 90.6 89.7 92.2 -2.44 9.59 0.547 0.912 0.883 0.963 0.999 0.928
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 87.3 86.4 92.2 -5.78 12.3 0.482 0.882 0.857 0.967 0.995 0.911
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 87.6 86.7 92.2 -5.51 11.6 0.500 0.884 0.866 0.966 0.995 0.915

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Data Information

  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-rns-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