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	[-]	312.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	311.	312.	312.		326.		-0.397	12.1	0.106		0.869	0.835	0.992	1.00	0.906
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	317.	317.	312.		326.		5.27	12.6	0.0880		0.862	0.837	0.994	0.998	0.906
CLM-Princeton	[-]	317.	317.	312.		326.		5.11	12.3	0.0986		0.847	0.860	0.993	0.991	0.910
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	306.	306.	312.		332.		-5.83	13.3	0.103		0.841	0.833	0.993	0.988	0.898
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	310.	311.	312.		332.		-1.21	10.8	0.0943		0.875	0.851	0.993	1.00	0.914
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	311.	311.	312.		332.		-0.512	11.3	0.105		0.866	0.852	0.992	0.999	0.912
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	308.	309.	312.		340.		-3.42	11.5	0.110		0.865	0.845	0.992	0.999	0.909
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	313.	314.	312.		340.		1.77	10.3	0.0905		0.886	0.857	0.994	0.993	0.917
Mean-Princeton	[-]	313.	314.	312.		340.		1.81	11.0	0.105		0.868	0.857	0.992	0.980	0.911

	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	[-]	395.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	405.	396.	394.		419.		1.70	14.1	0.488		0.707	0.700	0.947	0.998	0.810
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	410.	401.	394.		419.		7.17	14.7	0.453		0.675	0.710	0.951	0.998	0.809
CLM-Princeton	[-]	410.	401.	394.		419.		7.02	14.4	0.467		0.675	0.723	0.947	0.999	0.813
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	388.	388.	394.		432.		-6.28	14.5	0.423		0.691	0.717	0.953	0.999	0.815
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	393.	392.	394.		432.		-1.85	13.0	0.432		0.710	0.720	0.953	0.999	0.821
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	394.	393.	394.		432.		-0.953	13.2	0.433		0.703	0.723	0.952	1.00	0.820
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	392.	392.	394.		438.		-2.42	12.9	0.442		0.717	0.716	0.952	0.999	0.820
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	397.	397.	394.		438.		2.48	12.3	0.420		0.711	0.725	0.955	0.999	0.823
Mean-Princeton	[-]	397.	397.	395.		438.		2.70	12.6	0.438		0.705	0.725	0.951	0.999	0.821

	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	[-]	458.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	456.	455.	458.		447.		-2.82	14.9	0.417		0.780	0.739	0.960	1.00	0.844
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	462.	462.	458.		447.		4.02	13.5	0.444		0.783	0.762	0.958	0.999	0.853
CLM-Princeton	[-]	461.	461.	458.		447.		3.48	12.9	0.415		0.788	0.773	0.960	1.00	0.859
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	445.	445.	458.		456.		-13.3	18.4	0.399		0.693	0.748	0.962	1.00	0.830
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	450.	449.	458.		456.		-8.43	15.2	0.449		0.760	0.758	0.958	0.999	0.847
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	450.	450.	458.		456.		-7.87	14.9	0.433		0.761	0.763	0.958	0.999	0.849
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	450.	450.	458.		462.		-7.89	15.2	0.407		0.758	0.753	0.961	1.00	0.845
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	456.	456.	458.		462.		-2.08	12.4	0.416		0.805	0.770	0.961	1.00	0.861
Mean-Princeton	[-]	455.	455.	458.		462.		-2.28	12.4	0.408		0.803	0.772	0.960	1.00	0.862

	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	[-]	380.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	376.	376.	380.		402.		-4.23	15.3	0.117		0.842	0.825	0.989	0.991	0.894
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	382.	382.	380.		402.		1.74	13.2	0.0883		0.864	0.840	0.992	1.00	0.907
CLM-Princeton	[-]	381.	381.	380.		401.		0.828	13.2	0.0887		0.855	0.851	0.992	0.994	0.909
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	365.	365.	380.		395.		-15.5	20.2	0.0944		0.756	0.830	0.991	0.963	0.874
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	371.	371.	380.		395.		-9.03	15.8	0.0876		0.815	0.840	0.992	0.994	0.896
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	371.	371.	380.		395.		-8.92	15.9	0.0881		0.808	0.846	0.992	0.983	0.895
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	370.	370.	380.		404.		-10.0	15.4	0.0991		0.823	0.839	0.990	0.987	0.896
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	376.	377.	380.		404.		-3.77	11.8	0.0765		0.880	0.853	0.994	1.00	0.916
Mean-Princeton	[-]	375.	376.	380.		404.		-4.35	12.0	0.0733		0.869	0.858	0.993	0.994	0.914

	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	[-]	367.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	362.	368.	367.		370.		1.51	17.6	0.787		0.520	0.566	0.899	0.996	0.709
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	365.	371.	367.		370.		5.14	17.3	0.735		0.524	0.567	0.909	0.989	0.711
CLM-Princeton	[-]	366.	372.	367.		370.		6.76	18.0	0.808		0.519	0.586	0.898	0.991	0.716
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	357.	364.	368.		364.		-2.66	16.8	0.911		0.490	0.574	0.874	0.999	0.702
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	357.	364.	368.		364.		-2.17	18.5	0.719		0.474	0.564	0.913	0.991	0.701
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	359.	366.	367.		363.		-0.132	18.7	0.754		0.465	0.571	0.904	0.995	0.702
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	365.	364.	368.		363.		-3.54	14.6	0.646		0.538	0.579	0.919	0.994	0.722
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	368.	367.	368.		363.		-0.573	14.8	0.520		0.554	0.580	0.944	0.999	0.731
Mean-Princeton	[-]	369.	368.	367.		363.		0.848	15.1	0.612		0.542	0.583	0.929	0.999	0.727

	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	[-]	360.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	363.	364.	360.		365.		4.31	12.3	0.307		0.794	0.798	0.974	0.999	0.873
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	367.	367.	360.		365.		7.56	13.5	0.270		0.765	0.801	0.978	0.998	0.868
CLM-Princeton	[-]	367.	367.	360.		365.		7.91	13.5	0.278		0.758	0.821	0.976	0.998	0.875
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	357.	358.	360.		365.		-1.37	10.2	0.207		0.823	0.816	0.982	1.00	0.887
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	360.	361.	360.		365.		1.18	10.3	0.202		0.819	0.820	0.983	0.999	0.888
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	361.	361.	360.		365.		1.84	10.7	0.225		0.808	0.820	0.980	0.999	0.885
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	359.	361.	360.		367.		1.05	9.79	0.230		0.831	0.821	0.979	1.00	0.890
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	362.	364.	360.		367.		4.00	10.6	0.210		0.810	0.827	0.983	1.00	0.889
Mean-Princeton	[-]	363.	364.	360.		367.		4.28	11.0	0.224		0.799	0.826	0.980	1.00	0.886

	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	[-]	445.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	453.	452.	443.		468.		9.42	13.6	1.40		0.189	0.407	0.802	1.00	0.561
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	457.	456.	443.		468.		13.6	16.8	1.43		0.137	0.377	0.801	0.975	0.533
CLM-Princeton	[-]	458.	458.	443.		468.		14.8	17.5	1.34		0.127	0.415	0.808	0.982	0.550
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	449.	450.	444.		472.		5.36	12.4	1.33		0.205	0.434	0.819	0.969	0.572
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	451.	451.	444.		472.		7.06	13.8	1.41		0.183	0.407	0.803	0.986	0.557
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	453.	453.	444.		472.		8.52	14.8	1.31		0.168	0.423	0.815	0.990	0.564
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	451.	451.	444.		472.		6.86	12.1	1.31		0.197	0.433	0.818	0.951	0.566
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	454.	454.	444.		472.		9.78	14.4	1.31		0.153	0.406	0.821	0.917	0.541
Mean-Princeton	[-]	455.	455.	444.		472.		11.0	15.3	1.30		0.145	0.424	0.816	0.925	0.547

	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	[-]	445.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	454.	453.	444.		461.		8.85	14.6	0.928		0.468	0.511	0.889	0.978	0.671
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	460.	459.	444.		461.		15.1	18.4	0.822		0.345	0.521	0.901	0.987	0.655
CLM-Princeton	[-]	459.	459.	444.		461.		14.2	17.9	0.922		0.359	0.526	0.884	0.991	0.657
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	446.	446.	445.		462.		1.10	11.1	0.735		0.551	0.574	0.916	0.991	0.721
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	450.	450.	445.		462.		5.18	12.4	0.748		0.497	0.555	0.912	0.995	0.703
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	451.	451.	445.		462.		6.00	13.2	0.765		0.480	0.555	0.910	0.994	0.699
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	450.	449.	445.		463.		4.79	11.5	0.766		0.540	0.562	0.914	0.994	0.715
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	455.	455.	445.		463.		9.87	14.1	0.734		0.429	0.559	0.916	0.998	0.692
Mean-Princeton	[-]	455.	455.	445.		463.		9.75	14.3	0.792		0.431	0.552	0.906	0.999	0.688

	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	[-]	273.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	259.	268.	273.		275.		-4.97	13.8	0.0653		0.885	0.821	0.995	0.995	0.904
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	268.	273.	273.		275.		0.331	13.3	0.0669		0.896	0.826	0.995	0.999	0.908
CLM-Princeton	[-]	270.	275.	273.		275.		2.25	12.9	0.0561		0.889	0.840	0.996	1.00	0.913
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	261.	262.	273.		281.		-11.1	16.6	0.0688		0.820	0.821	0.995	1.00	0.892
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	267.	268.	273.		281.		-5.09	13.1	0.0731		0.874	0.838	0.995	0.997	0.908
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	270.	271.	273.		281.		-2.23	12.2	0.0656		0.886	0.845	0.995	0.989	0.912
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	264.	265.	273.		278.		-8.13	14.2	0.0711		0.858	0.829	0.995	0.999	0.902
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	270.	270.	273.		278.		-2.54	12.1	0.0733		0.898	0.840	0.995	1.00	0.915
Mean-Princeton	[-]	272.	273.	273.		277.		-0.269	12.0	0.0662		0.897	0.845	0.995	0.995	0.916

	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	[-]	371.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	373.	373.	371.		400.		2.19	13.0	0.349		0.822	0.807	0.973	0.987	0.879
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	378.	378.	371.		400.		6.75	13.2	0.298		0.806	0.816	0.977	0.996	0.882
CLM-Princeton	[-]	377.	377.	371.		400.		6.37	13.2	0.275		0.802	0.828	0.978	0.993	0.886
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	364.	363.	371.		403.		-7.66	13.4	0.189		0.802	0.824	0.984	0.983	0.883
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	369.	369.	371.		403.		-2.42	11.2	0.210		0.841	0.827	0.983	0.997	0.895
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	370.	369.	371.		403.		-1.89	11.5	0.189		0.832	0.829	0.985	0.994	0.894
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	369.	369.	371.		387.		-2.52	10.9	0.251		0.850	0.829	0.979	0.990	0.896
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	374.	374.	371.		387.		2.36	10.1	0.229		0.862	0.836	0.983	0.998	0.903
Mean-Princeton	[-]	374.	374.	371.		387.		2.31	10.6	0.201		0.851	0.837	0.984	0.996	0.901

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-rlus-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