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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0963
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.0953 0.0955 0.0964 -0.000736 0.0166 2.90 0.238 0.408 0.507 0.989 0.510
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.147 0.147 0.136 0.0505 0.0108 0.0260 3.83 0.469 0.336 0.342 0.995 0.496
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.153 0.153 0.136 0.0505 0.0169 0.0279 3.61 0.350 0.339 0.391 0.982 0.480
CanESM5 [-] 0.114 0.111 0.0963 0.0153 0.0222 2.70 0.354 0.402 0.540 0.930 0.526
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.110 0.110 0.0963 0.0138 0.0231 3.01 0.124 0.398 0.491 0.917 0.465
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.111 0.111 0.0963 0.0149 0.0197 2.93 0.140 0.410 0.495 0.988 0.489
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.0919 0.0899 0.0963 -0.00629 0.0173 2.96 0.351 0.412 0.494 0.955 0.525
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.122 0.121 0.0963 0.0248 0.0312 3.11 0.189 0.410 0.456 0.843 0.462
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0664
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.0642 0.0642 0.0663 -0.00222 0.0137 1.85 0.160 0.527 0.691 0.977 0.577
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.128 0.128 0.0942 0.0518 0.0334 0.0378 3.11 0.254 0.481 0.478 0.474 0.434
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.129 0.129 0.0942 0.0518 0.0352 0.0389 2.94 0.234 0.484 0.516 0.491 0.442
CanESM5 [-] 0.0683 0.0692 0.0663 0.00263 0.0130 1.87 0.369 0.559 0.688 0.932 0.621
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.0714 0.0714 0.0664 0.00485 0.0142 1.87 0.169 0.513 0.688 0.887 0.554
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.0772 0.0772 0.0663 0.0108 0.0147 1.82 0.142 0.524 0.696 0.985 0.574
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.0631 0.0637 0.0663 -0.00292 0.0138 1.82 0.252 0.502 0.707 0.840 0.561
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.0793 0.0791 0.0664 0.0125 0.0190 1.90 0.305 0.528 0.691 0.785 0.567
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.253
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.246 0.246 0.253 -0.00747 0.0600 2.27 0.450 0.473 0.637 0.990 0.605
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.264 0.264 0.262 0.139 0.00164 0.0471 2.19 0.506 0.516 0.652 0.995 0.637
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.270 0.270 0.262 0.139 0.00804 0.0498 2.04 0.496 0.501 0.680 0.996 0.635
CanESM5 [-] 0.268 0.269 0.253 0.0168 0.0582 2.33 0.417 0.514 0.630 0.993 0.614
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.261 0.261 0.253 0.00839 0.0635 2.11 0.378 0.463 0.669 0.991 0.593
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.257 0.257 0.253 0.00446 0.0473 2.08 0.460 0.527 0.671 0.993 0.636
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.219 0.220 0.253 -0.0329 0.0726 2.27 0.366 0.499 0.635 0.941 0.588
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.279 0.279 0.253 0.0254 0.0610 2.37 0.362 0.540 0.622 0.992 0.611
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.303
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.322 0.318 0.303 0.0150 0.109 1.24 0.664 0.560 0.831 0.966 0.716
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.287 0.287 0.313 0.290 -0.0253 0.0973 1.05 0.709 0.645 0.863 0.974 0.767
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.300 0.300 0.313 0.290 -0.0121 0.0930 0.938 0.728 0.665 0.889 0.988 0.787
CanESM5 [-] 0.319 0.317 0.303 0.0141 0.0913 1.45 0.713 0.623 0.801 0.990 0.750
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.268 0.268 0.303 -0.0352 0.105 0.932 0.672 0.574 0.885 0.988 0.739
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.325 0.325 0.302 0.0228 0.0878 0.949 0.636 0.608 0.885 0.985 0.744
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.278 0.276 0.303 -0.0268 0.0999 0.985 0.658 0.569 0.869 0.988 0.731
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.324 0.324 0.303 0.0207 0.0847 1.19 0.685 0.655 0.852 0.989 0.767
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.131
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.127 0.127 0.131 -0.00365 0.0163 2.98 0.452 0.503 0.506 0.979 0.589
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.132 0.132 0.134 0.0573 -0.00153 0.0167 3.93 0.490 0.484 0.343 0.535 0.467
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.138 0.138 0.134 0.0573 0.00418 0.0159 2.92 0.507 0.491 0.522 0.550 0.512
CanESM5 [-] 0.130 0.127 0.131 -0.00313 0.0167 3.19 0.455 0.459 0.467 0.982 0.564
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.159 0.159 0.131 0.0278 0.0344 2.60 0.205 0.307 0.594 0.896 0.462
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.140 0.140 0.131 0.00922 0.0160 2.36 0.455 0.512 0.635 0.975 0.618
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.104 0.102 0.131 -0.0283 0.0339 3.78 0.121 0.491 0.352 0.830 0.457
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.172 0.173 0.131 0.0416 0.0451 3.36 0.0577 0.504 0.427 0.892 0.477
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.161
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.165 0.164 0.161 0.00297 0.0598 0.925 0.672 0.502 0.881 0.977 0.707
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.211 0.211 0.220 0.0774 -0.00851 0.0739 1.20 0.662 0.608 0.841 0.983 0.740
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.228 0.228 0.220 0.0774 0.00879 0.0777 1.02 0.659 0.596 0.878 0.976 0.741
CanESM5 [-] 0.181 0.180 0.161 0.0192 0.0619 0.983 0.636 0.589 0.875 0.955 0.729
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.155 0.155 0.161 -0.00546 0.0653 0.799 0.667 0.515 0.905 0.917 0.704
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.173 0.173 0.160 0.0129 0.0529 0.769 0.530 0.525 0.909 0.975 0.693
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.151 0.149 0.161 -0.0119 0.0646 0.879 0.642 0.521 0.891 0.936 0.702
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.184 0.183 0.161 0.0219 0.0595 0.799 0.610 0.584 0.904 0.982 0.733

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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