Australia Boreal North America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	244.
default	[-]	253.		9.05	33.8	0.00		0.68	0.53	1.0	0.81	0.71
default_v11	[-]	253.		9.05	33.8	0.00		0.68	0.53	1.0	0.81	0.71
vbe	[-]	253.		9.05	33.8	0.00		0.68	0.53	1.0	0.81	0.71
vbe_v11	[-]	253.		9.05	33.8	0.00		0.68	0.53	1.0	0.81	0.71

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	184.
default	[-]	124.		-60.7	28.1	0.508		0.44	0.42	0.97	0.55	0.56
default_v11	[-]	124.		-60.7	28.1	0.508		0.44	0.42	0.97	0.55	0.56
vbe	[-]	124.		-60.7	28.1	0.508		0.44	0.42	0.97	0.55	0.56
vbe_v11	[-]	124.		-60.7	28.1	0.508		0.44	0.42	0.97	0.55	0.56

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	180.
default	[-]	175.		0.937	18.9	0.767		0.70	0.76	0.87	0.77	0.77
default_v11	[-]	175.		0.937	18.9	0.767		0.70	0.76	0.87	0.77	0.77
vbe	[-]	175.		0.937	18.9	0.767		0.70	0.76	0.87	0.77	0.77
vbe_v11	[-]	175.		0.937	18.9	0.767		0.70	0.76	0.87	0.77	0.77

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	215.
default	[-]	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
default_v11	[-]	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vbe	[-]	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vbe_v11	[-]	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	130.
default	[-]	135.		0.617	20.9	0.127		0.89	0.81	0.99	0.92	0.88
default_v11	[-]	135.		0.617	20.9	0.127		0.89	0.81	0.99	0.92	0.88
vbe	[-]	135.		0.617	20.9	0.127		0.89	0.81	0.99	0.92	0.88
vbe_v11	[-]	135.		0.617	20.9	0.127		0.89	0.81	0.99	0.92	0.88

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	181.
default	[-]	169.		-4.60	28.5	0.572		0.73	0.68	0.92	0.77	0.76
default_v11	[-]	169.		-4.60	28.5	0.572		0.73	0.68	0.92	0.77	0.76
vbe	[-]	169.		-4.60	28.5	0.572		0.73	0.68	0.92	0.77	0.76
vbe_v11	[-]	169.		-4.60	28.5	0.572		0.73	0.68	0.92	0.77	0.76

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	249.
default	[-]	239.		-15.6	19.3	0.00		0.53	0.83	1.0	0.63	0.76
default_v11	[-]	239.		-15.6	19.3	0.00		0.53	0.83	1.0	0.63	0.76
vbe	[-]	239.		-15.6	19.3	0.00		0.53	0.83	1.0	0.63	0.76
vbe_v11	[-]	239.		-15.6	19.3	0.00		0.53	0.83	1.0	0.63	0.76

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	199.
default	[-]	218.		19.2	31.0	0.00		0.50	0.42	1.0	0.94	0.66
default_v11	[-]	218.		19.2	31.0	0.00		0.50	0.42	1.0	0.94	0.66
vbe	[-]	218.		19.2	31.0	0.00		0.50	0.42	1.0	0.94	0.66
vbe_v11	[-]	218.		19.2	31.0	0.00		0.50	0.42	1.0	0.94	0.66

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	242.
default	[-]	237.		-4.45	15.4	0.00		0.94	0.79	1.0	0.99	0.90
default_v11	[-]	237.		-4.45	15.4	0.00		0.94	0.79	1.0	0.99	0.90
vbe	[-]	237.		-4.45	15.4	0.00		0.94	0.79	1.0	0.99	0.90
vbe_v11	[-]	237.		-4.45	15.4	0.00		0.94	0.79	1.0	0.99	0.90

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	206.
default	[-]	215.		2.36	21.1	3.05		0.78	0.50	0.50	0.84	0.62
default_v11	[-]	215.		2.36	21.1	3.05		0.78	0.50	0.50	0.84	0.62
vbe	[-]	215.		2.36	21.1	3.05		0.78	0.50	0.50	0.84	0.62
vbe_v11	[-]	215.		2.36	21.1	3.05		0.78	0.50	0.50	0.84	0.62

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	189.
default	[-]	178.		-10.4	23.9	0.185		0.90	0.78	0.99	0.91	0.87
default_v11	[-]	178.		-10.4	23.9	0.185		0.90	0.78	0.99	0.91	0.87
vbe	[-]	178.		-10.4	23.9	0.185		0.90	0.78	0.99	0.91	0.87
vbe_v11	[-]	178.		-10.4	23.9	0.185		0.90	0.78	0.99	0.91	0.87

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  altitude: BSRN

  site_name: ASP,BAR,BER,BIL,BON,BOS,BOU,BRB,CAB,CAM,CAR,CLH,CNR,COC,DAA,DAR,DOM,DRA,DWN,E13,EUR,FLO,FPE,FUA,GCR,GVN,ILO,ISH,IZA,KWA,LAU,LER,LIN,MAN,MNM,NAU,NYA,PAL,PAY,PSU,PTR,REG,RLM,SAP,SBO,SMS,SOV,SPO,SXF,SYO,TAM,TAT,TIK,TOR,XIA

  creation_date: Sun Jun 22 23:48:40 PDT 2014

  Conventions: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  source_file: This product is generated from monthly WRMC.BSRN observations

  title: derived WRMC BSRN

  Approach: First I used BSRN Toolbox to extract swdn (surface downward shortwave radiation) from raw data files, and saved the data in ascii format, then I organized all site data together for each month and year and saved them in a netcdf file.

  Temporal resolution: monthly

  General information: This product was derived from WRMC-BSRN radiation dataset.

  Spatial resolution: site observations

  Derived data code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-WRMC.BSRN.ncl