Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	Download Data	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	[-]	103.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	110.	110.	103.		89.8		7.23	21.6	0.196		0.831	0.771	0.986	0.989	0.869
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	104.	104.	103.		89.8		1.21	15.5	0.154		0.912	0.802	0.989	0.999	0.901
CLM-Princeton	[-]	103.	103.	103.		89.9		0.116	14.3	0.121		0.910	0.818	0.991	0.997	0.907
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	106.	107.	103.		81.5		3.99	23.0	0.181		0.820	0.760	0.987	0.976	0.861
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	102.	102.	103.		81.5		-0.318	16.4	0.162		0.901	0.794	0.989	0.997	0.895
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	101.	102.	103.		81.6		-1.11	15.7	0.142		0.905	0.802	0.989	0.993	0.898
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	104.	105.	104.		87.5		1.77	16.3	0.200		0.909	0.794	0.985	0.995	0.895
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	108.	110.	103.		87.5		6.79	20.4	0.172		0.832	0.786	0.988	0.981	0.874
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	102.	103.	103.		87.5		0.601	14.1	0.157		0.929	0.814	0.989	0.998	0.909
Mean-Princeton	[-]	103.	103.	103.		87.7		0.673	14.0	0.135		0.920	0.820	0.990	0.996	0.909

	Download Data	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	[-]	154.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	163.	156.	153.		179.		2.62	20.2	0.599		0.741	0.683	0.931	0.994	0.807
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	156.	149.	153.		179.		-4.24	16.6	0.406		0.822	0.702	0.957	0.996	0.836
CLM-Princeton	[-]	154.	148.	153.		179.		-5.46	15.8	0.403		0.788	0.734	0.955	0.993	0.841
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	155.	155.	154.		187.		1.30	20.9	0.546		0.731	0.689	0.941	0.993	0.808
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	149.	149.	154.		187.		-4.58	17.3	0.401		0.806	0.701	0.958	0.995	0.832
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	149.	149.	154.		187.		-5.06	16.7	0.416		0.785	0.724	0.955	0.994	0.837
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	152.	147.	152.		169.		-4.65	16.9	0.427		0.801	0.709	0.955	0.990	0.833
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	156.	156.	154.		183.		1.72	19.6	0.553		0.740	0.698	0.939	0.991	0.813
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	149.	149.	154.		183.		-5.01	15.9	0.361		0.821	0.716	0.963	0.994	0.842
Mean-Princeton	[-]	149.	149.	154.		183.		-5.42	15.5	0.376		0.796	0.742	0.960	0.990	0.846

	Download Data	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	[-]	189.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	182.	182.	188.		225.		-5.62	17.3	0.673		0.713	0.704	0.921	0.998	0.808
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	178.	178.	188.		225.		-10.1	17.3	0.415		0.720	0.714	0.954	0.998	0.820
CLM-Princeton	[-]	176.	176.	188.		225.		-11.6	17.2	0.403		0.688	0.750	0.953	0.998	0.828
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	185.	185.	189.		232.		-3.88	19.0	0.495		0.680	0.725	0.953	0.966	0.810
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	181.	181.	189.		232.		-7.65	18.9	0.369		0.690	0.712	0.962	0.948	0.805
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	181.	180.	188.		231.		-8.00	18.2	0.409		0.679	0.737	0.958	0.938	0.810
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	175.	174.	187.		212.		-12.7	17.6	0.375		0.682	0.733	0.960	0.986	0.819
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	182.	182.	189.		190.		-6.68	16.7	0.536		0.716	0.727	0.946	0.978	0.819
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	178.	178.	189.		190.		-10.7	16.9	0.319		0.710	0.732	0.968	0.968	0.822
Mean-Princeton	[-]	177.	177.	189.		190.		-11.3	16.3	0.358		0.698	0.761	0.963	0.966	0.830

	Download Data	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	[-]	164.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	161.	160.	164.		191.		-4.26	17.9	0.340		0.858	0.804	0.976	0.897	0.868
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	155.	154.	164.		191.		-10.1	18.9	0.295		0.850	0.790	0.978	0.999	0.882
CLM-Princeton	[-]	157.	156.	164.		191.		-8.15	16.1	0.176		0.864	0.827	0.986	0.998	0.901
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	155.	155.	164.		192.		-9.63	22.3	0.333		0.815	0.774	0.977	0.944	0.857
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	153.	152.	164.		192.		-12.2	19.5	0.283		0.829	0.799	0.980	0.997	0.881
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	156.	155.	164.		191.		-8.71	17.0	0.210		0.853	0.822	0.983	0.999	0.896
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	156.	154.	164.		167.		-10.2	19.5	0.273		0.841	0.788	0.980	0.988	0.877
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	159.	158.	164.		177.		-5.77	17.5	0.327		0.851	0.817	0.978	0.869	0.866
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	154.	153.	164.		177.		-10.8	17.6	0.271		0.844	0.812	0.980	0.995	0.889
Mean-Princeton	[-]	157.	156.	164.		176.		-7.84	14.7	0.156		0.875	0.841	0.988	0.999	0.909

	Download Data	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	[-]	118.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	136.	141.	119.		108.		22.4	29.7	0.934		0.522	0.622	0.865	0.992	0.725
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	119.	125.	119.		108.		5.85	18.5	0.899		0.711	0.636	0.860	0.990	0.767
CLM-Princeton	[-]	120.	124.	119.		108.		6.03	16.8	0.562		0.716	0.679	0.929	0.996	0.800
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	132.	137.	118.		108.		19.1	27.5	0.714		0.578	0.653	0.898	0.985	0.753
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	114.	120.	118.		108.		2.07	17.6	0.622		0.763	0.662	0.915	0.986	0.798
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	114.	119.	117.		108.		2.05	16.2	0.505		0.775	0.697	0.937	0.991	0.819
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	126.	125.	119.		115.		5.61	18.8	0.773		0.692	0.606	0.882	0.997	0.757
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	140.	138.	118.		108.		20.3	27.5	0.645		0.571	0.656	0.914	0.994	0.758
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	122.	121.	118.		108.		3.48	16.1	0.520		0.779	0.676	0.926	0.993	0.810
Mean-Princeton	[-]	123.	121.	117.		108.		3.82	15.3	0.428		0.767	0.712	0.951	0.995	0.828

	Download Data	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	[-]	127.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	142.	142.	128.		122.		14.6	23.8	0.409		0.754	0.752	0.965	0.995	0.844
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	127.	127.	128.		122.		-0.218	15.1	0.301		0.902	0.778	0.973	0.999	0.886
CLM-Princeton	[-]	127.	127.	128.		122.		-0.494	12.9	0.262		0.890	0.816	0.975	0.999	0.899
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	141.	141.	127.		114.		13.7	23.0	0.391		0.760	0.763	0.967	0.996	0.850
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	126.	127.	127.		114.		-0.564	15.1	0.316		0.894	0.781	0.973	0.999	0.886
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	126.	127.	127.		114.		-0.423	13.5	0.266		0.884	0.811	0.975	0.997	0.896
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	127.	127.	127.		130.		0.388	15.6	0.407		0.904	0.770	0.965	0.999	0.881
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	141.	142.	127.		116.		14.7	22.7	0.408		0.754	0.772	0.965	0.994	0.851
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	126.	127.	127.		116.		-0.365	14.0	0.306		0.915	0.790	0.974	0.999	0.894
Mean-Princeton	[-]	127.	128.	128.		116.		0.231	12.2	0.241		0.903	0.823	0.978	0.999	0.905

	Download Data	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	[-]	173.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	184.	183.	172.		192.		11.3	19.7	1.35		0.513	0.452	0.805	0.859	0.616
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	170.	170.	172.		192.		-1.80	15.2	1.19		0.751	0.440	0.814	0.913	0.672
CLM-Princeton	[-]	164.	163.	171.		192.		-8.20	15.3	1.02		0.578	0.518	0.849	0.957	0.684
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	182.	182.	173.		201.		9.86	19.2	1.30		0.524	0.461	0.816	0.827	0.618
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	169.	170.	173.		201.		-2.90	15.4	1.11		0.718	0.446	0.834	0.941	0.677
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	163.	164.	172.		201.		-8.80	16.1	1.02		0.569	0.513	0.852	0.958	0.681
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	166.	167.	170.		183.		-2.66	14.2	1.26		0.729	0.459	0.809	0.888	0.669
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	183.	183.	173.		203.		10.1	19.1	1.33		0.524	0.461	0.813	0.773	0.606
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	170.	170.	173.		203.		-2.65	14.5	1.03		0.740	0.462	0.844	0.906	0.683
Mean-Princeton	[-]	164.	164.	172.		203.		-8.61	15.1	0.933		0.580	0.533	0.864	0.912	0.684

	Download Data	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	[-]	188.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	190.	190.	187.		211.		3.13	20.0	1.04		0.646	0.524	0.864	0.854	0.683
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	184.	184.	187.		211.		-2.25	15.2	0.645		0.796	0.559	0.927	0.984	0.765
CLM-Princeton	[-]	181.	181.	187.		210.		-5.50	14.8	0.707		0.724	0.603	0.913	0.980	0.765
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	189.	189.	187.		214.		2.09	19.5	0.962		0.647	0.542	0.876	0.838	0.689
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	184.	185.	187.		214.		-2.72	15.5	0.645		0.785	0.559	0.925	0.986	0.763
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	182.	183.	187.		214.		-4.47	15.2	0.682		0.732	0.591	0.917	0.987	0.764
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	180.	180.	185.		200.		-5.34	15.5	0.682		0.743	0.564	0.921	0.973	0.753
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	189.	189.	187.		212.		1.59	19.4	0.971		0.652	0.538	0.874	0.812	0.683
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	184.	184.	187.		212.		-3.57	14.7	0.574		0.796	0.574	0.936	0.975	0.771
Mean-Princeton	[-]	182.	182.	187.		212.		-5.57	14.2	0.634		0.743	0.613	0.924	0.970	0.772

	Download Data	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	[-]	65.4
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	84.5	69.0	65.6		52.2		3.47	19.8	0.189		0.863	0.755	0.987	0.948	0.862
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	91.7	65.5	65.6		52.2		-0.0696	17.6	0.147		0.900	0.771	0.990	0.971	0.881
CLM-Princeton	[-]	90.5	67.4	65.7		52.3		1.76	17.6	0.205		0.891	0.765	0.986	0.988	0.879
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	66.8	67.0	65.4		47.8		1.69	19.2	0.210		0.870	0.757	0.986	0.971	0.868
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	64.4	64.6	65.4		47.8		-0.719	16.9	0.191		0.903	0.776	0.987	0.979	0.884
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	65.1	65.3	65.5		48.0		-0.102	17.6	0.313		0.900	0.762	0.979	0.990	0.879
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	81.7	70.0	66.7		52.3		3.30	17.7	0.197		0.884	0.779	0.987	0.962	0.878
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	69.4	69.9	65.4		41.6		4.45	18.7	0.185		0.852	0.772	0.988	0.953	0.867
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	65.6	66.1	65.4		41.6		0.641	15.5	0.162		0.909	0.795	0.989	0.974	0.893
Mean-Princeton	[-]	67.3	67.8	65.5		41.7		2.31	17.4	0.282		0.894	0.769	0.981	0.985	0.880

	Download Data	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	[-]	149.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	154.	154.	149.		170.		5.55	20.0	0.369		0.819	0.785	0.972	0.967	0.866
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	145.	145.	149.		170.		-3.85	15.9	0.288		0.892	0.793	0.978	0.999	0.891
CLM-Princeton	[-]	145.	145.	149.		170.		-3.64	14.6	0.281		0.884	0.819	0.977	0.999	0.899
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	153.	152.	149.		161.		2.95	20.9	0.372		0.817	0.778	0.973	0.982	0.866
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	144.	143.	149.		161.		-5.52	16.6	0.279		0.875	0.792	0.979	0.999	0.888
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	146.	145.	149.		161.		-4.06	15.1	0.239		0.879	0.815	0.981	0.999	0.898
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	146.	146.	148.		162.		-1.78	16.8	0.323		0.897	0.780	0.975	0.995	0.885
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	155.	155.	149.		144.		5.88	19.2	0.349		0.818	0.801	0.974	0.953	0.870
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	145.	145.	149.		144.		-4.06	14.8	0.259		0.901	0.805	0.981	0.999	0.898
Mean-Princeton	[-]	146.	147.	149.		144.		-2.50	13.4	0.215		0.901	0.830	0.984	0.998	0.908

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  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-rsns-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