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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 [-] 115.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 103. 103. 115. -12.0 21.3 0.406 0.867 0.830 0.973 0.925 0.885
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 110. 110. 115. -5.46 17.4 0.404 0.895 0.845 0.970 0.970 0.905
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 106. 106. 115. -9.54 20.3 0.444 0.884 0.827 0.968 0.918 0.885
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 103. 103. 115. -12.7 21.0 0.378 0.864 0.833 0.974 0.929 0.886
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 105. 105. 115. -10.3 20.2 0.414 0.880 0.826 0.970 0.988 0.898
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 103. 103. 115. -12.3 21.6 0.460 0.866 0.821 0.967 0.982 0.891
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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 [-] 228.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 236. 235. 228. 7.08 19.7 0.829 0.800 0.683 0.927 0.919 0.802
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 233. 232. 228. 4.11 19.2 0.853 0.806 0.676 0.928 0.945 0.806
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 232. 231. 228. 3.22 17.3 0.623 0.808 0.702 0.949 0.889 0.810
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 223. 222. 228. -5.71 21.1 0.703 0.759 0.645 0.942 0.942 0.786
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 225. 225. 228. -3.20 20.8 0.742 0.783 0.640 0.943 0.897 0.781
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 226. 226. 228. -2.15 16.7 0.584 0.805 0.708 0.955 0.948 0.825
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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 [-] 192.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 196. 196. 192. 3.42 15.5 0.556 0.884 0.833 0.956 0.999 0.901
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 195. 195. 192. 2.58 15.6 0.554 0.872 0.834 0.959 0.997 0.899
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 196. 196. 192. 3.36 14.9 0.537 0.875 0.841 0.960 0.996 0.902
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 193. 193. 192. 1.03 14.7 0.564 0.883 0.840 0.957 0.998 0.904
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 192. 192. 192. -0.246 15.6 0.560 0.894 0.825 0.957 0.999 0.900
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 192. 192. 192. -0.585 14.2 0.532 0.900 0.840 0.961 0.999 0.908
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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 [-] 186.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 203. 191. 186. 5.11 19.3 0.700 0.790 0.746 0.925 0.985 0.838
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 200. 190. 186. 3.45 18.2 0.714 0.815 0.744 0.923 0.993 0.844
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 200. 189. 186. 2.71 18.3 0.705 0.814 0.747 0.924 0.993 0.845
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 195. 184. 186. -1.83 19.4 0.671 0.794 0.734 0.928 0.994 0.837
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 196. 186. 186. -0.405 18.6 0.644 0.807 0.742 0.933 0.996 0.844
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 195. 185. 186. -1.41 18.7 0.667 0.803 0.741 0.931 0.996 0.842
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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 [-] 182.
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 185. 184. 182. 2.37 15.6 0.417 0.891 0.844 0.971 0.999 0.910
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 184. 184. 182. 1.66 15.4 0.473 0.884 0.853 0.968 0.991 0.910
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 186. 185. 182. 2.75 14.7 0.484 0.885 0.860 0.967 0.991 0.913
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 183. 182. 182. 0.0161 13.7 0.490 0.909 0.860 0.966 0.994 0.918
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 183. 182. 182. 0.150 16.6 0.495 0.895 0.831 0.964 0.999 0.904
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 181. 181. 182. -1.30 15.1 0.512 0.908 0.841 0.965 0.999 0.911

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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-rsds-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