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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 [-] 452.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 455. 455. 452. 9.58 13.0 0.983 0.344 0.562 0.886 1.00 0.671
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 460. 460. 448. 458. 12.5 15.0 0.854 0.314 0.612 0.885 0.977 0.680
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 450. 450. 448. 458. 2.04 10.1 0.899 0.504 0.577 0.881 1.00 0.708
CanESM5 [-] 455. 455. 452. 8.96 12.8 0.874 0.384 0.545 0.901 0.998 0.675
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 455. 455. 452. 8.63 11.7 0.776 0.425 0.521 0.918 0.959 0.669
MeanCMIP6 [-] 455. 455. 452. 8.09 10.5 0.769 0.421 0.624 0.923 0.999 0.718
MIROC-ES2L [-] 447. 447. 452. 2.22 10.7 1.02 0.466 0.580 0.874 0.985 0.697
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 463. 463. 452. 11.1 13.7 0.872 0.416 0.583 0.905 0.995 0.697
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 459. 459. 465. 7.76 9.13 2.30 0.251 0.517 0.647 0.952 0.577
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 457. 457. 454. 470. 2.71 11.4 1.86 0.225 0.567 0.727 0.732 0.564
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 454. 454. 454. 470. 0.312 9.11 2.04 0.309 0.575 0.688 0.941 0.618
CanESM5 [-] 464. 463. 465. 7.51 8.86 1.72 0.289 0.614 0.730 0.834 0.616
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 455. 455. 465. 5.41 6.61 1.34 0.321 0.642 0.802 0.998 0.681
MeanCMIP6 [-] 461. 461. 465. 5.74 6.66 1.63 0.392 0.648 0.745 0.863 0.659
MIROC-ES2L [-] 458. 458. 465. 2.03 8.55 2.40 0.360 0.417 0.623 0.879 0.539
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 462. 462. 465. 5.68 7.45 1.30 0.445 0.618 0.809 0.805 0.659
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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-CSM2-MR [-] 375. 375. 377. 2.27 14.2 0.561 0.684 0.736 0.934 0.999 0.818
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 378. 378. 374. 405. 3.65 11.7 0.442 0.716 0.796 0.952 0.999 0.852
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 377. 377. 374. 405. 2.57 14.2 0.476 0.718 0.755 0.950 0.999 0.835
CanESM5 [-] 375. 375. 377. 2.79 17.4 0.562 0.650 0.718 0.937 0.999 0.804
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 378. 378. 377. 5.51 13.4 0.463 0.716 0.729 0.953 0.999 0.825
MeanCMIP6 [-] 376. 376. 377. 2.99 11.6 0.392 0.712 0.787 0.958 0.998 0.848
MIROC-ES2L [-] 383. 383. 377. 8.43 18.2 0.556 0.634 0.725 0.936 0.984 0.801
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 376. 376. 377. 3.45 14.1 0.531 0.695 0.738 0.942 0.999 0.822
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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 [-] 305.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 295. 296. 305. -5.98 14.9 0.214 0.758 0.769 0.985 0.995 0.855
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 299. 299. 298. 315. 0.813 10.1 0.0736 0.889 0.865 0.995 0.995 0.922
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 310. 310. 298. 315. 11.9 17.3 0.0865 0.794 0.825 0.994 0.988 0.885
CanESM5 [-] 305. 305. 305. 2.32 13.0 0.178 0.781 0.813 0.986 0.997 0.878
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 306. 306. 305. 6.09 12.0 0.170 0.801 0.823 0.985 0.998 0.886
MeanCMIP6 [-] 299. 299. 306. -2.40 9.04 0.134 0.838 0.858 0.990 0.999 0.909
MIROC-ES2L [-] 308. 309. 305. 4.16 14.6 0.189 0.741 0.810 0.986 0.997 0.869
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 296. 296. 305. -4.66 11.9 0.180 0.810 0.821 0.987 0.985 0.885
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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 [-] 444.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 460. 460. 444. 16.1 18.8 1.62 0.164 0.454 0.757 0.933 0.553
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 453. 453. 443. 462. 9.48 12.4 1.47 0.250 0.578 0.802 0.966 0.635
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 445. 445. 443. 462. 1.65 7.29 1.27 0.560 0.583 0.830 0.995 0.710
CanESM5 [-] 470. 472. 444. 27.4 33.4 1.60 0.0965 0.238 0.768 0.650 0.398
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 459. 459. 444. 16.0 20.5 1.33 0.235 0.300 0.825 0.867 0.505
MeanCMIP6 [-] 460. 460. 444. 16.2 18.7 1.32 0.190 0.453 0.814 0.971 0.576
MIROC-ES2L [-] 449. 449. 444. 5.82 13.2 1.56 0.274 0.491 0.781 0.992 0.606
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 459. 459. 444. 15.5 18.9 2.14 0.201 0.384 0.686 0.979 0.527
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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 [-] 351.
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 332. 333. 351. -3.13 12.4 0.183 0.779 0.793 0.987 0.999 0.870
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 339. 339. 337. 372. 2.30 10.2 0.0980 0.884 0.874 0.993 1.00 0.925
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 343. 343. 337. 372. 6.90 15.5 0.157 0.825 0.830 0.989 0.992 0.893
CanESM5 [-] 336. 338. 351. 1.78 14.5 0.162 0.757 0.803 0.989 0.999 0.870
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 341. 341. 351. 4.62 10.9 0.126 0.807 0.834 0.992 0.996 0.893
MeanCMIP6 [-] 335. 335. 351. -1.13 8.90 0.0982 0.850 0.863 0.993 0.999 0.914
MIROC-ES2L [-] 344. 345. 351. 3.52 15.2 0.229 0.716 0.800 0.985 0.983 0.856
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 335. 335. 351. -0.0955 10.3 0.168 0.829 0.830 0.989 0.999 0.895

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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