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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 [-] 455.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 450. 450. 455. 1.75 12.5 0.978 0.476 0.546 0.884 0.994 0.689
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 459. 460. 455. 9.15 14.0 0.943 0.353 0.576 0.893 1.00 0.680
CanESM2 [-] 451. 451. 455. 1.29 11.9 1.02 0.456 0.540 0.879 0.998 0.683
CanESM5 [-] 456. 456. 455. 5.94 13.5 0.966 0.417 0.488 0.883 0.985 0.652
CESM1-BGC [-] 447. 447. 455. 1.43 13.1 0.922 0.481 0.548 0.904 0.983 0.693
CESM2 [-] 466. 466. 455. 12.4 15.6 0.882 0.273 0.541 0.902 1.00 0.651
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 452. 452. 455. 1.78 13.9 0.872 0.409 0.426 0.902 0.996 0.632
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 461. 461. 455. 6.64 11.3 0.732 0.511 0.558 0.918 0.974 0.704
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 448. 449. 455. 0.512 13.5 1.14 0.370 0.509 0.864 0.987 0.648
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 458. 457. 455. 4.38 11.7 0.893 0.367 0.584 0.896 0.987 0.683
MeanCMIP5 [-] 455. 455. 455. 458. 0.448 9.95 0.824 0.541 0.623 0.916 0.992 0.739
MeanCMIP6 [-] 461. 461. 455. 8.03 11.2 0.700 0.390 0.640 0.925 0.993 0.718
MIROC-ESM [-] 439. 439. 455. -7.20 14.4 1.13 0.342 0.527 0.863 0.997 0.651
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 453. 454. 455. 2.87 12.6 1.03 0.435 0.578 0.879 0.989 0.692
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 453. 452. 455. 1.98 12.1 0.977 0.502 0.489 0.885 0.998 0.673
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 457. 457. 455. 5.96 11.7 0.820 0.447 0.520 0.906 0.981 0.675
NorESM1-ME [-] 441. 442. 455. -3.97 13.6 1.10 0.366 0.512 0.872 0.985 0.650
NorESM2-LM [-] 466. 466. 455. 11.7 16.0 0.970 0.292 0.491 0.891 0.976 0.628
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 459. 459. 455. 4.62 11.6 0.932 0.370 0.554 0.899 0.994 0.674
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 470. 470. 455. 12.8 15.9 0.845 0.199 0.564 0.903 0.957 0.638
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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 [-] 465.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 461. 461. 465. 3.28 7.27 1.75 0.321 0.803 0.744 0.594 0.653
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 459. 459. 465. 7.80 9.31 2.12 0.272 0.815 0.683 0.930 0.703
CanESM2 [-] 450. 450. 465. 2.89 8.23 2.46 0.354 0.777 0.608 0.981 0.699
CanESM5 [-] 462. 462. 465. 6.28 8.02 1.86 0.266 0.855 0.705 0.785 0.693
CESM1-BGC [-] 450. 450. 465. 4.02 6.73 2.01 0.459 0.825 0.706 0.995 0.762
CESM2 [-] 460. 460. 465. 9.48 10.8 2.12 0.194 0.789 0.690 0.956 0.684
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 457. 457. 465. 2.53 7.05 1.92 0.371 0.827 0.698 0.859 0.716
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 468. 468. 465. 3.46 5.79 1.68 0.480 0.826 0.743 0.985 0.772
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 458. 458. 465. 3.19 7.03 2.19 0.366 0.827 0.653 0.866 0.708
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 457. 457. 465. 4.70 7.33 1.82 0.340 0.839 0.712 0.928 0.732
MeanCMIP5 [-] 467. 467. 465. 2.20 5.64 1.45 0.430 0.859 0.801 0.796 0.749
MeanCMIP6 [-] 460. 460. 465. 5.78 6.86 1.40 0.305 0.867 0.803 0.853 0.739
MIROC-ESM [-] 443. 443. 465. -3.52 9.50 2.43 0.421 0.782 0.618 0.919 0.705
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 459. 459. 465. 1.97 9.44 1.91 0.340 0.762 0.717 0.829 0.682
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 451. 451. 465. 4.49 7.54 1.62 0.366 0.782 0.761 0.917 0.722
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 446. 446. 465. 2.07 6.97 1.68 0.448 0.734 0.743 1.00 0.732
NorESM1-ME [-] 451. 451. 465. -1.93 7.14 2.65 0.466 0.826 0.573 0.876 0.713
NorESM2-LM [-] 467. 467. 465. 11.4 12.2 2.26 0.136 0.823 0.653 0.804 0.648
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 459. 459. 465. 4.83 8.14 1.91 0.276 0.778 0.714 0.823 0.674
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 462. 462. 465. 5.06 7.63 1.61 0.262 0.811 0.748 0.741 0.675
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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 [-] 377.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 375. 374. 377. 0.308 16.2 0.680 0.412 0.481 0.920 0.997 0.658
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 375. 375. 377. 1.70 14.1 0.601 0.458 0.536 0.931 0.999 0.692
CanESM2 [-] 376. 375. 377. 1.22 18.9 0.653 0.376 0.438 0.923 0.999 0.635
CanESM5 [-] 373. 373. 377. 0.231 17.5 0.609 0.350 0.495 0.931 0.999 0.654
CESM1-BGC [-] 373. 373. 377. -0.00686 14.5 0.643 0.397 0.555 0.930 0.999 0.687
CESM2 [-] 382. 382. 377. 8.30 15.8 0.696 0.325 0.533 0.927 0.999 0.663
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 376. 375. 377. 1.71 17.0 0.661 0.421 0.445 0.926 0.997 0.647
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 379. 379. 377. 1.99 13.4 0.556 0.481 0.529 0.944 0.999 0.697
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 370. 369. 377. -3.21 17.2 0.764 0.364 0.501 0.914 0.997 0.655
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 372. 372. 377. -0.145 15.2 0.691 0.411 0.506 0.926 0.999 0.670
MeanCMIP5 [-] 377. 377. 378. 417. -0.417 12.3 0.510 0.462 0.628 0.947 0.998 0.733
MeanCMIP6 [-] 377. 377. 377. 3.57 10.9 0.448 0.511 0.659 0.955 1.00 0.757
MIROC-ESM [-] 372. 372. 377. -1.38 20.1 0.651 0.297 0.427 0.924 0.994 0.614
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 383. 383. 377. 8.11 18.8 0.592 0.393 0.540 0.932 0.985 0.678
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 384. 372. 377. 0.0842 15.5 0.655 0.453 0.503 0.930 0.999 0.678
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 376. 376. 377. 2.55 12.7 0.596 0.508 0.577 0.938 1.00 0.720
NorESM1-ME [-] 370. 370. 377. -4.46 16.8 0.683 0.328 0.510 0.923 0.999 0.654
NorESM2-LM [-] 383. 383. 377. 7.51 17.4 0.700 0.345 0.476 0.927 0.999 0.644
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 376. 376. 378. 1.94 15.6 0.639 0.437 0.498 0.931 0.999 0.673
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 375. 375. 377. 1.93 14.1 0.542 0.423 0.564 0.944 0.999 0.699
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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 [-] 306.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 301. 302. 306. -4.91 17.9 0.282 0.440 0.381 0.976 0.975 0.631
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 297. 297. 306. -5.56 14.0 0.275 0.593 0.428 0.980 0.994 0.685
CanESM2 [-] 302. 302. 306. -0.532 17.1 0.286 0.415 0.275 0.974 0.996 0.587
CanESM5 [-] 302. 302. 306. -3.21 14.6 0.267 0.426 0.467 0.980 0.996 0.667
CESM1-BGC [-] 304. 304. 306. 0.129 13.5 0.258 0.347 0.481 0.981 0.984 0.655
CESM2 [-] 308. 308. 306. 5.85 14.9 0.323 0.282 0.402 0.974 1.00 0.612
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 298. 299. 306. -7.35 16.6 0.294 0.487 0.388 0.979 0.999 0.648
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 307. 307. 306. 0.400 12.2 0.259 0.512 0.452 0.980 0.997 0.679
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 303. 302. 306. -2.72 15.0 0.253 0.445 0.474 0.981 0.999 0.674
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 303. 303. 306. 3.35 14.9 0.290 0.455 0.352 0.974 1.00 0.626
MeanCMIP5 [-] 305. 305. 307. 349. -1.89 10.4 0.230 0.533 0.611 0.983 0.999 0.747
MeanCMIP6 [-] 303. 303. 306. -0.175 9.05 0.203 0.601 0.621 0.985 1.00 0.766
MIROC-ESM [-] 308. 309. 306. 7.03 17.0 0.282 0.303 0.325 0.979 0.998 0.586
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 307. 307. 306. 1.65 15.2 0.260 0.367 0.459 0.980 0.997 0.652
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 305. 300. 306. -0.693 12.0 0.316 0.562 0.441 0.975 1.00 0.684
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 304. 304. 306. 1.17 12.0 0.263 0.509 0.499 0.979 0.996 0.696
NorESM1-ME [-] 301. 299. 306. -5.31 15.7 0.376 0.308 0.419 0.974 0.975 0.619
NorESM2-LM [-] 307. 305. 306. 2.72 14.8 0.391 0.426 0.293 0.972 1.00 0.597
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 300. 301. 307. -3.12 14.6 0.371 0.495 0.376 0.965 0.991 0.641
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 293. 293. 306. -7.93 12.7 0.243 0.400 0.502 0.982 0.986 0.675
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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 [-] 446.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 457. 458. 446. 12.1 18.3 2.14 0.188 0.587 0.669 0.967 0.599
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 460. 460. 446. 14.0 17.3 1.53 0.174 0.655 0.789 0.928 0.640
CanESM2 [-] 476. 478. 446. 31.0 38.9 1.58 0.0689 0.353 0.777 0.425 0.396
CanESM5 [-] 468. 470. 446. 23.5 30.6 1.57 0.0830 0.330 0.779 0.636 0.432
CESM1-BGC [-] 451. 451. 446. 5.57 10.6 1.92 0.489 0.698 0.715 0.938 0.708
CESM2 [-] 458. 458. 446. 12.4 14.7 1.60 0.189 0.713 0.779 0.977 0.674
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 460. 460. 446. 14.1 22.8 1.80 0.145 0.256 0.733 0.925 0.463
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 459. 459. 446. 13.3 19.6 1.49 0.290 0.420 0.796 0.810 0.547
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 457. 457. 446. 11.0 17.3 1.76 0.237 0.585 0.750 0.955 0.622
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 455. 455. 446. 9.44 13.2 1.76 0.241 0.750 0.744 0.988 0.695
MeanCMIP5 [-] 456. 456. 446. 9.84 14.7 1.63 0.245 0.694 0.771 0.976 0.676
MeanCMIP6 [-] 457. 457. 446. 11.6 14.4 1.24 0.211 0.722 0.846 0.989 0.698
MIROC-ESM [-] 446. 446. 446. 0.786 14.4 1.66 0.397 0.614 0.764 0.927 0.663
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 450. 451. 446. 5.58 13.6 2.11 0.303 0.661 0.687 0.990 0.661
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 456. 456. 446. 11.0 18.2 1.83 0.242 0.517 0.737 0.854 0.573
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 449. 449. 446. 3.81 12.4 1.42 0.441 0.677 0.804 0.869 0.694
NorESM1-ME [-] 446. 446. 446. 0.622 11.3 1.63 0.467 0.713 0.763 0.953 0.722
NorESM2-LM [-] 455. 455. 446. 10.3 14.3 1.43 0.251 0.684 0.811 0.995 0.685
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 448. 448. 446. 2.99 12.0 1.59 0.421 0.653 0.777 0.964 0.694
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 459. 458. 446. 13.0 17.0 1.43 0.210 0.591 0.807 0.977 0.635

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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-rlus-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