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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 [-] 227.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 230. 230. 227. 5.23 23.3 1.81 0.601 0.442 0.731 0.996 0.642
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 223. 223. 220. 237. 2.52 11.5 0.836 0.740 0.660 0.898 0.933 0.778
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 218. 218. 220. 237. -2.62 22.6 1.19 0.545 0.479 0.833 0.926 0.653
CanESM5 [-] 233. 231. 227. 6.16 26.6 1.78 0.570 0.393 0.739 0.970 0.613
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 221. 221. 227. -1.52 23.0 1.62 0.643 0.413 0.767 0.966 0.640
MeanCMIP6 [-] 226. 226. 227. -15.6 30.3 1.58 0.453 0.530 0.777 0.989 0.656
MIROC-ES2L [-] 221. 219. 227. -6.77 28.2 2.06 0.493 0.453 0.683 0.864 0.589
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 243. 243. 227. 14.2 25.2 1.24 0.493 0.500 0.824 0.789 0.621
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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 [-] 215.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 215. 215. 215. 8.81 18.8 1.59 0.642 0.573 0.758 0.959 0.701
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 215. 215. 208. 219. 6.64 11.2 1.07 0.708 0.732 0.845 0.973 0.798
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 214. 214. 208. 219. 6.16 20.7 1.62 0.540 0.536 0.758 0.759 0.626
CanESM5 [-] 202. 201. 215. 1.96 19.8 1.50 0.627 0.572 0.777 0.905 0.690
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 197. 197. 215. -5.47 18.1 1.30 0.692 0.573 0.810 0.996 0.729
MeanCMIP6 [-] 199. 199. 216. -25.3 30.1 1.22 0.401 0.678 0.815 0.975 0.710
MIROC-ES2L [-] 199. 198. 215. -10.4 23.0 1.75 0.585 0.521 0.719 0.987 0.667
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 217. 217. 215. 9.29 18.1 1.27 0.648 0.613 0.818 0.984 0.735
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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.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 188. 188. 186. 0.998 23.3 0.739 0.749 0.730 0.919 0.963 0.818
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 182. 182. 186. 188. -3.85 14.0 0.427 0.857 0.827 0.959 0.998 0.894
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 185. 185. 186. 188. -1.32 20.8 0.646 0.786 0.737 0.933 0.972 0.833
CanESM5 [-] 195. 195. 186. 7.75 20.8 0.710 0.762 0.729 0.921 0.988 0.826
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 186. 186. 186. -0.379 17.5 0.685 0.823 0.739 0.928 0.993 0.845
MeanCMIP6 [-] 189. 189. 187. 0.799 15.8 0.568 0.797 0.799 0.941 0.993 0.866
MIROC-ES2L [-] 187. 187. 186. 0.127 19.0 0.686 0.799 0.742 0.920 0.996 0.840
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 198. 198. 186. 10.8 18.9 0.653 0.745 0.776 0.930 0.984 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 [-] 110.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 101. 102. 110. -16.1 26.2 0.530 0.823 0.793 0.960 0.996 0.873
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 116. 116. 118. 98.2 -1.77 14.7 0.418 0.947 0.863 0.971 0.997 0.928
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 99.7 99.7 118. 98.2 -18.3 29.5 0.610 0.811 0.776 0.951 0.916 0.846
CanESM5 [-] 121. 121. 110. 0.860 14.5 0.324 0.920 0.862 0.977 0.980 0.920
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 109. 109. 110. -7.32 17.0 0.377 0.900 0.856 0.973 0.985 0.914
MeanCMIP6 [-] 108. 108. 110. -15.6 17.9 0.286 0.832 0.858 0.980 0.960 0.898
MIROC-ES2L [-] 118. 118. 110. 1.87 14.6 0.337 0.914 0.867 0.977 0.995 0.924
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 121. 121. 110. 2.24 12.8 0.445 0.938 0.870 0.967 0.997 0.929
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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 [-] 201.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 244. 244. 201. 42.7 47.1 2.50 0.163 0.435 0.609 0.998 0.528
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 203. 203. 200. 227. 2.17 8.56 0.752 0.784 0.733 0.902 0.980 0.827
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 208. 208. 200. 227. 8.08 25.0 1.76 0.524 0.462 0.749 0.951 0.630
CanESM5 [-] 237. 238. 201. 36.5 45.3 2.05 0.203 0.346 0.699 0.933 0.505
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 222. 222. 201. 22.5 31.0 1.48 0.373 0.387 0.793 0.966 0.581
MeanCMIP6 [-] 227. 227. 202. 25.1 31.2 1.67 0.269 0.526 0.757 0.940 0.603
MIROC-ES2L [-] 209. 209. 201. 8.05 22.2 1.64 0.523 0.465 0.754 0.946 0.631
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 235. 235. 201. 33.8 38.2 2.42 0.211 0.441 0.626 0.937 0.531
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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 [-] 143.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 140. 140. 143. -10.9 21.9 0.656 0.839 0.797 0.944 0.958 0.867
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 147. 147. 150. 134. -2.35 12.2 0.348 0.930 0.883 0.976 0.990 0.932
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 142. 142. 150. 134. -7.22 22.8 0.578 0.857 0.796 0.956 0.927 0.866
CanESM5 [-] 152. 155. 143. 1.72 17.0 0.506 0.878 0.834 0.958 0.992 0.899
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 144. 144. 143. -3.20 13.5 0.467 0.913 0.862 0.963 0.997 0.919
MeanCMIP6 [-] 144. 144. 144. -15.8 19.3 0.414 0.793 0.851 0.966 0.981 0.888
MIROC-ES2L [-] 150. 152. 143. 0.916 15.5 0.504 0.891 0.843 0.955 0.998 0.906
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 155. 156. 143. 3.54 15.0 0.506 0.899 0.845 0.962 0.990 0.908

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Data Information

  Title:
CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes. Monthly Averages and 07/2005 to 06/2015 Climatology.

  Version:
Edition 4.2
Release Date February 10, 2023

  Institution:
NASA Langley Research Center

  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, J. Climate, 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, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0523.1

  Conventions:
CF-1.4

  Comment:
Climatology from 07/2005 to 06/2015

  Doi:
10.5067/TERRA-AQUA-NOAA20/CERES/EBAF_L3B004.2