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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 199.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 243. 44.1 50.7 0.983 0.200 0.395 0.937 0.482
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 200. 0.908 30.0 0.983 0.967 0.335 0.937 0.644
BGCLND [-] 215. 16.3 28.9 0.00 0.552 0.415 1.00 0.595
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 189. -9.87 36.6 0.983 0.698 0.280 0.937 0.549
CanESM5 [-] 227. 28.1 46.7 0.983 0.359 0.269 0.937 0.459
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 226. 27.5 41.0 0.983 0.367 0.340 0.937 0.496
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 225. 25.8 33.3 1.02 0.390 0.473 0.933 0.567
MeanCMIP6 [-] 218. 19.6 33.1 0.983 0.489 0.384 0.937 0.549
MIROC-ES2L [-] 230. 31.0 43.1 0.983 0.323 0.373 0.937 0.502
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 244. 44.9 50.1 0.00 0.195 0.453 1.00 0.525
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 234. 35.2 45.7 0.983 0.277 0.372 0.937 0.489
NorESM2-LM [-] 218. 18.9 37.5 0.00 0.502 0.320 1.00 0.535
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 233. 33.8 41.6 0.00 0.292 0.433 1.00 0.539
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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 214.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 241. 26.4 43.5 6.05 0.396 0.295 7.41e-05 0.246
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 230. 15.6 37.3 6.05 0.579 0.304 7.41e-05 0.297
BGCLND [-] 221. 6.96 28.2 0.00 0.783 0.383 1.00 0.638
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 202. -13.0 39.9 6.05 0.634 0.265 7.41e-05 0.291
CanESM5 [-] 241. 26.9 44.9 0.00 0.389 0.272 1.00 0.483
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 222. 8.02 43.2 6.05 0.755 0.222 7.41e-05 0.299
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 210. -3.97 33.7 2.03 0.870 0.312 0.749 0.561
MeanCMIP6 [-] 186. -28.3 39.2 1.02 0.370 0.379 0.933 0.515
MIROC-ES2L [-] 197. -17.1 36.8 1.02 0.548 0.319 0.933 0.530
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 247. 32.1 48.9 6.05 0.324 0.265 7.41e-05 0.213
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 234. 19.1 49.8 6.05 0.511 0.202 7.41e-05 0.229
NorESM2-LM [-] 210. -4.77 40.7 1.02 0.846 0.243 0.933 0.566
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 243. 29.0 43.3 0.00 0.361 0.335 1.00 0.508
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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 177.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 186. 9.23 41.3 0.646 0.734 0.619 0.931 0.725
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 173. -2.75 35.2 0.570 0.807 0.603 0.937 0.737
BGCLND [-] 172. -5.08 30.3 0.612 0.833 0.671 0.922 0.774
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 177. -1.08 38.8 0.510 0.783 0.630 0.941 0.746
CanESM5 [-] 183. 6.87 37.8 0.721 0.778 0.615 0.929 0.734
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 184. 7.93 37.7 0.968 0.768 0.626 0.884 0.726
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 180. 3.40 34.2 0.547 0.819 0.637 0.937 0.758
MeanCMIP6 [-] 179. 2.88 29.7 0.572 0.802 0.668 0.923 0.765
MIROC-ES2L [-] 176. 0.770 37.2 0.844 0.790 0.623 0.896 0.733
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 176. -0.834 36.0 0.522 0.791 0.616 0.939 0.740
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 189. 13.1 38.7 0.720 0.727 0.631 0.930 0.730
NorESM2-LM [-] 181. 4.67 39.5 0.473 0.761 0.631 0.939 0.741
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 185. 8.79 35.7 0.648 0.743 0.632 0.928 0.734
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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 122.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 113. -9.07 26.5 0.307 0.800 0.656 0.968 0.770
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 105. -17.5 25.0 0.713 0.820 0.635 0.941 0.758
BGCLND [-] 106. -19.1 28.7 0.637 0.773 0.668 0.943 0.763
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 95.7 -29.8 31.8 0.383 0.750 0.632 0.960 0.743
CanESM5 [-] 117. -5.54 25.0 0.510 0.817 0.648 0.954 0.767
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 130. 7.38 36.3 0.612 0.707 0.647 0.929 0.732
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 118. -3.99 28.8 0.307 0.807 0.675 0.968 0.781
MeanCMIP6 [-] 109. -13.1 16.7 0.408 0.825 0.709 0.961 0.801
MIROC-ES2L [-] 116. -6.58 27.6 0.713 0.768 0.656 0.941 0.755
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 106. -16.6 31.7 0.510 0.792 0.651 0.954 0.762
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 120. -1.87 31.2 0.510 0.794 0.665 0.954 0.770
NorESM2-LM [-] 107. -15.1 22.4 0.307 0.801 0.675 0.949 0.775
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 119. -3.42 29.8 0.307 0.798 0.663 0.968 0.773
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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 195.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 243. 47.6 46.1 3.07 0.0317 0.280 0.494 0.271
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 230. 34.5 23.2 2.05 0.0816 0.0627 0.745 0.238
BGCLND [-] 201. 5.33 32.5 3.07 0.679 0.100 0.494 0.343
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 219. 23.5 24.5 3.07 0.182 0.923 0.494 0.631
CanESM5 [-] 218. 22.3 25.9 2.05 0.198 0.0883 0.745 0.280
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 210. 14.6 5.07 5.10 0.345 0.374 0.0631 0.289
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 214. 18.7 48.7 3.07 0.257 0.0405 0.494 0.208
MeanCMIP6 [-] 222. 26.1 19.6 5.10 0.151 0.140 0.0631 0.123
MIROC-ES2L [-] 221. 25.3 31.2 5.10 0.159 0.110 0.0631 0.111
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 204. 8.29 40.1 3.07 0.548 0.0857 0.494 0.303
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 242. 46.7 37.6 3.07 0.0337 0.0740 0.494 0.169
NorESM2-LM [-] 223. 27.7 30.0 5.10 0.134 0.671 0.0631 0.385
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 225. 29.1 3.54 3.07 0.121 0.155 0.494 0.231
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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]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 161.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 169. 8.62 34.3 0.277 0.822 0.680 0.982 0.791
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 157. -4.10 31.8 0.370 0.888 0.679 0.976 0.805
BGCLND [-] 161. -5.11 25.1 0.254 0.887 0.755 0.983 0.845
BGCLNDATM_progCO2 [-] 164. -1.69 31.5 0.152 0.867 0.686 0.990 0.807
CanESM5 [-] 169. 8.82 30.8 0.462 0.842 0.698 0.969 0.802
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 173. 11.8 34.1 0.601 0.779 0.697 0.960 0.784
EC-Earth3-CC [-] 166. 4.88 28.8 0.277 0.861 0.723 0.982 0.822
MeanCMIP6 [-] 163. 2.40 24.7 0.0924 0.871 0.753 0.994 0.842
MIROC-ES2L [-] 162. 1.94 30.5 0.508 0.857 0.702 0.966 0.807
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 160. -0.353 28.4 0.139 0.887 0.711 0.991 0.825
MRI-ESM2-0 [-] 173. 11.8 32.0 0.416 0.810 0.710 0.972 0.801
NorESM2-LM [-] 169. 9.08 31.5 0.231 0.838 0.703 0.985 0.807
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 168. 7.96 30.8 0.277 0.838 0.704 0.982 0.807

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Data Information

  Title:
derived WRMC BSRN

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

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

  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

  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