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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 [-] 37.3
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 28.1 28.1 37.3 -9.16 19.2 0.448 0.764 0.687 0.966 0.922 0.805
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 27.8 27.8 37.3 -9.46 20.2 0.481 0.748 0.660 0.961 0.899 0.785
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 27.4 27.4 37.3 -9.91 20.5 0.461 0.756 0.664 0.964 0.883 0.786
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 28.4 28.4 37.3 -8.83 18.8 0.426 0.776 0.682 0.966 0.908 0.802
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 36.3 36.3 37.3 -0.949 14.5 0.353 0.803 0.698 0.969 0.989 0.831
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 33.9 33.9 37.3 -3.41 14.3 0.371 0.810 0.712 0.967 0.984 0.837
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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 [-] 18.6
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 18.9 19.2 18.6 0.584 2.85 1.10 0.671 0.592 0.881 0.991 0.745
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 18.6 18.8 18.6 0.232 2.87 1.06 0.669 0.578 0.886 0.988 0.740
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 18.5 18.7 18.6 0.132 2.87 0.934 0.675 0.575 0.904 0.985 0.743
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 17.7 18.0 18.6 -0.615 3.08 0.958 0.624 0.525 0.901 0.975 0.710
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 18.0 18.2 18.6 -0.391 2.92 0.970 0.647 0.549 0.904 0.981 0.726
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 17.8 18.1 18.6 -0.518 2.87 0.848 0.656 0.577 0.917 0.972 0.740
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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 [-] 25.2
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 25.8 25.8 25.2 0.655 4.97 1.03 0.723 0.679 0.870 0.990 0.788
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 24.9 24.9 25.2 -0.263 4.87 1.00 0.731 0.669 0.871 0.995 0.787
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 25.0 25.0 25.2 -0.143 4.37 0.873 0.732 0.698 0.897 0.995 0.804
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 25.7 25.7 25.2 0.524 5.82 1.04 0.695 0.621 0.868 0.988 0.759
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 28.5 28.5 25.2 3.33 8.98 1.32 0.655 0.566 0.814 0.913 0.703
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 27.4 27.4 25.2 2.22 7.67 1.22 0.678 0.590 0.832 0.942 0.726
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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 [-] 42.7
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 42.0 43.5 42.7 0.808 9.79 0.899 0.635 0.636 0.885 0.993 0.757
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 41.1 42.6 42.7 -0.0955 10.1 0.926 0.651 0.621 0.881 0.992 0.753
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 41.1 42.6 42.7 -0.0835 9.97 0.931 0.648 0.625 0.881 0.993 0.755
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 40.7 42.3 42.7 -0.371 9.95 0.913 0.653 0.609 0.882 0.992 0.749
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 42.0 45.0 42.7 2.27 10.4 0.933 0.632 0.603 0.876 0.993 0.741
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 41.3 44.0 42.7 1.26 9.89 0.949 0.642 0.609 0.875 0.994 0.746
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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 [-] 28.0
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 28.6 28.8 28.0 0.795 5.98 1.06 0.742 0.671 0.855 0.984 0.785
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 27.4 27.6 28.0 -0.398 5.80 1.05 0.754 0.665 0.854 0.994 0.787
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 27.6 27.8 28.0 -0.208 5.10 0.876 0.754 0.703 0.890 0.994 0.809
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 28.6 28.8 28.0 0.836 7.02 1.06 0.713 0.620 0.857 0.979 0.758
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 32.5 32.8 28.0 4.84 11.7 1.49 0.621 0.511 0.774 0.885 0.660
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 31.0 31.2 28.0 3.27 9.80 1.38 0.666 0.554 0.797 0.914 0.697

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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-rsus-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