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bcc-csm1-1
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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 [-] 400.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 385. 385. 400. -4.81 12.6 1.80 0.358 0.544 0.741 0.974 0.632
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 389. 389. 400. -0.503 12.2 1.55 0.505 0.525 0.779 0.946 0.656
CanESM2 [-] 387. 387. 400. -4.31 16.7 1.94 0.350 0.201 0.702 0.965 0.484
CanESM5 [-] 384. 384. 400. -4.32 20.1 2.08 0.295 0.200 0.678 0.880 0.450
CESM1-BGC [-] 385. 386. 400. -2.45 13.6 2.10 0.410 0.397 0.684 0.941 0.566
CESM2 [-] 398. 398. 400. 6.56 13.0 1.41 0.489 0.434 0.821 0.997 0.635
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 380. 380. 400. -9.03 15.3 1.80 0.250 0.423 0.727 0.981 0.561
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 397. 397. 400. -2.87 10.6 1.06 0.498 0.488 0.871 0.994 0.668
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 362. 361. 400. -26.2 28.7 2.69 0.0248 0.344 0.574 0.889 0.435
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 381. 382. 400. -6.09 13.4 2.52 0.308 0.461 0.599 0.941 0.554
MeanCMIP5 [-] 391. 391. 400. 410. -8.98 13.4 1.67 0.276 0.494 0.762 0.980 0.601
MeanCMIP6 [-] 389. 389. 400. -1.07 10.5 1.13 0.528 0.511 0.858 0.987 0.679
MIROC-ESM [-] 377. 377. 400. -12.2 16.2 1.85 0.210 0.542 0.736 0.991 0.604
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 394. 394. 400. 2.17 12.4 1.42 0.447 0.569 0.805 1.00 0.678
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 384. 385. 400. -6.35 13.7 1.79 0.416 0.419 0.732 0.992 0.596
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 387. 388. 400. -2.96 11.0 1.15 0.535 0.476 0.851 0.992 0.666
NorESM1-ME [-] 383. 382. 400. -5.88 14.9 2.30 0.296 0.393 0.638 0.941 0.532
NorESM2-LM [-] 394. 393. 400. 2.31 13.8 1.68 0.436 0.358 0.773 0.989 0.583
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 380. 380. 400. -10.2 13.7 1.66 0.285 0.482 0.760 0.971 0.596
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 385. 385. 400. -4.53 11.4 1.40 0.414 0.533 0.813 0.937 0.646
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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 [-] 419.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 416. 416. 419. -0.923 9.09 2.51 0.397 0.587 0.597 0.779 0.589
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 417. 417. 419. 6.39 9.84 2.51 0.337 0.711 0.601 0.916 0.655
CanESM2 [-] 422. 422. 419. 0.947 9.45 2.85 0.386 0.672 0.524 0.537 0.558
CanESM5 [-] 423. 423. 419. 6.54 9.16 3.01 0.291 0.746 0.493 0.489 0.553
CESM1-BGC [-] 417. 417. 419. 4.73 7.80 2.77 0.397 0.725 0.551 0.901 0.660
CESM2 [-] 423. 423. 419. 10.2 12.5 1.75 0.203 0.679 0.763 0.914 0.648
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 416. 416. 419. -0.806 8.09 2.82 0.449 0.702 0.530 0.634 0.603
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 417. 417. 419. -1.64 6.94 1.26 0.546 0.717 0.855 0.857 0.738
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 401. 401. 419. -14.8 16.7 2.84 0.251 0.757 0.540 0.807 0.622
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 417. 417. 419. 1.78 8.34 3.25 0.399 0.788 0.444 0.692 0.622
MeanCMIP5 [-] 416. 416. 419. -3.14 7.54 2.64 0.490 0.792 0.563 0.533 0.634
MeanCMIP6 [-] 418. 418. 419. 3.85 6.61 1.65 0.425 0.798 0.767 0.663 0.690
MIROC-ESM [-] 406. 406. 419. -10.8 15.1 3.14 0.291 0.664 0.486 0.403 0.502
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 422. 422. 419. 3.56 9.52 2.06 0.374 0.660 0.695 0.449 0.568
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 411. 411. 419. -2.26 8.85 2.75 0.462 0.678 0.556 0.776 0.630
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 405. 405. 419. -3.86 8.14 1.53 0.472 0.692 0.817 0.961 0.727
NorESM1-ME [-] 416. 416. 419. 0.253 6.78 2.96 0.474 0.722 0.510 0.707 0.627
NorESM2-LM [-] 426. 426. 419. 11.4 12.5 3.22 0.169 0.777 0.481 0.558 0.552
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 408. 408. 419. -4.43 9.49 2.33 0.471 0.657 0.636 0.843 0.653
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 414. 414. 419. 0.604 7.84 1.13 0.469 0.640 0.853 0.928 0.706
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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 [-] 317.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 309. 309. 317. -4.02 19.6 0.870 0.332 0.367 0.891 0.994 0.590
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 307. 307. 317. -4.97 15.4 0.805 0.414 0.453 0.899 0.998 0.643
CanESM2 [-] 305. 304. 317. -8.32 18.7 0.880 0.362 0.379 0.887 0.998 0.601
CanESM5 [-] 303. 302. 317. -8.59 19.9 0.933 0.333 0.393 0.883 0.999 0.600
CESM1-BGC [-] 304. 304. 317. -7.78 15.5 0.844 0.381 0.459 0.888 0.999 0.637
CESM2 [-] 313. 313. 317. 1.87 15.2 0.765 0.414 0.438 0.910 0.997 0.639
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 307. 307. 317. -5.02 17.2 0.792 0.388 0.423 0.897 0.998 0.626
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 313. 313. 317. -3.89 13.9 0.653 0.462 0.469 0.930 0.999 0.666
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 288. 288. 317. -23.1 28.2 0.986 0.105 0.342 0.871 0.998 0.531
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 303. 303. 317. -7.37 17.7 1.07 0.358 0.435 0.858 0.998 0.617
MeanCMIP5 [-] 309. 309. 317. 342. -8.56 15.0 0.758 0.378 0.536 0.901 0.999 0.670
MeanCMIP6 [-] 309. 309. 317. -3.03 12.3 0.668 0.462 0.584 0.919 0.999 0.710
MIROC-ESM [-] 306. 305. 317. -6.44 20.5 0.831 0.278 0.393 0.898 0.998 0.592
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 318. 317. 317. 3.81 17.3 0.719 0.396 0.490 0.910 0.994 0.656
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 317. 309. 317. -2.44 14.9 0.748 0.399 0.481 0.911 0.999 0.654
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 310. 310. 317. -1.35 13.8 0.675 0.423 0.494 0.922 0.999 0.666
NorESM1-ME [-] 302. 302. 317. -10.5 18.9 0.928 0.300 0.401 0.879 0.999 0.596
NorESM2-LM [-] 314. 314. 317. 0.861 17.3 0.829 0.339 0.424 0.897 0.998 0.617
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 303. 303. 317. -9.06 16.1 0.770 0.333 0.491 0.906 0.998 0.644
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 303. 303. 317. -7.78 14.8 0.790 0.360 0.506 0.914 0.999 0.657
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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 [-] 264.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 264. 264. 264. -0.0890 19.9 0.321 0.327 0.175 0.978 0.984 0.528
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 257. 258. 264. -2.13 14.5 0.276 0.506 0.308 0.981 0.993 0.619
CanESM2 [-] 256. 256. 264. -2.41 15.5 0.232 0.529 0.349 0.984 0.997 0.641
CanESM5 [-] 256. 256. 264. -4.06 14.7 0.308 0.510 0.398 0.979 0.997 0.656
CESM1-BGC [-] 251. 251. 264. -7.55 13.3 0.294 0.467 0.438 0.980 0.996 0.664
CESM2 [-] 266. 266. 264. 9.98 16.7 0.304 0.262 0.359 0.979 0.999 0.592
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 255. 256. 264. -6.08 16.5 0.350 0.534 0.340 0.976 0.995 0.637
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 266. 266. 264. 1.68 14.2 0.328 0.469 0.369 0.978 0.999 0.637
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 247. 246. 264. -9.78 19.3 0.272 0.232 0.199 0.981 0.983 0.519
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 259. 259. 264. 3.93 15.4 0.361 0.458 0.351 0.975 0.985 0.624
MeanCMIP5 [-] 261. 261. 265. 305. -3.06 11.0 0.203 0.642 0.500 0.986 0.998 0.725
MeanCMIP6 [-] 261. 261. 264. 2.00 10.5 0.185 0.517 0.538 0.988 1.00 0.716
MIROC-ESM [-] 264. 264. 264. 7.22 17.2 0.257 0.326 0.295 0.983 0.990 0.578
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 261. 261. 264. -0.123 15.5 0.234 0.356 0.404 0.984 0.993 0.628
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 266. 263. 264. 5.68 13.8 0.310 0.327 0.403 0.978 1.00 0.622
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 265. 265. 264. 7.06 15.6 0.277 0.264 0.375 0.981 0.988 0.597
NorESM1-ME [-] 251. 250. 264. -9.21 15.8 0.272 0.354 0.303 0.981 0.989 0.586
NorESM2-LM [-] 267. 266. 264. 7.59 16.3 0.327 0.289 0.281 0.978 0.993 0.564
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 253. 254. 265. -5.90 13.4 0.294 0.497 0.478 0.979 0.991 0.685
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 251. 251. 264. -6.06 13.5 0.331 0.443 0.429 0.977 0.968 0.649
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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 [-] 414.
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 402. 403. 414. -11.1 18.3 2.99 0.319 0.498 0.502 0.999 0.563
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 404. 404. 414. -9.04 14.9 3.22 0.408 0.517 0.461 0.997 0.580
CanESM2 [-] 404. 406. 414. -7.61 20.0 2.91 0.348 0.306 0.519 0.919 0.480
CanESM5 [-] 407. 408. 414. -4.96 19.8 2.52 0.349 0.309 0.611 0.916 0.499
CESM1-BGC [-] 404. 404. 414. -9.68 17.1 2.90 0.330 0.387 0.532 0.998 0.527
CESM2 [-] 411. 411. 414. -2.22 16.9 2.93 0.309 0.353 0.515 0.977 0.501
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 396. 396. 414. -17.4 23.6 2.30 0.174 0.343 0.641 0.983 0.497
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 405. 405. 414. -8.79 15.8 2.03 0.308 0.489 0.688 0.968 0.588
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 384. 383. 414. -29.9 34.2 3.29 0.0213 0.194 0.446 0.999 0.371
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 403. 403. 414. -10.2 17.2 3.65 0.291 0.482 0.379 0.953 0.518
MeanCMIP5 [-] 398. 398. 414. -15.2 20.0 2.93 0.208 0.439 0.511 0.981 0.516
MeanCMIP6 [-] 407. 407. 414. -5.83 14.3 3.14 0.393 0.530 0.478 0.969 0.580
MIROC-ESM [-] 392. 393. 414. -20.7 25.4 2.33 0.122 0.448 0.636 0.999 0.531
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 414. 415. 414. 1.66 17.1 2.94 0.338 0.565 0.523 0.999 0.598
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 403. 403. 414. -10.2 16.7 1.74 0.295 0.531 0.750 0.994 0.620
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 406. 406. 414. -6.72 13.3 2.50 0.325 0.639 0.591 0.985 0.636
NorESM1-ME [-] 396. 396. 414. -17.4 24.3 2.66 0.207 0.296 0.581 0.999 0.476
NorESM2-LM [-] 409. 408. 414. -4.67 18.7 3.07 0.290 0.357 0.481 0.973 0.492
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 401. 401. 414. -12.1 16.1 2.68 0.222 0.579 0.565 0.920 0.573
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 406. 406. 414. -7.62 14.0 2.17 0.401 0.548 0.670 0.989 0.631

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SurfaceDownwardLWRadiation / CERESed4.1 / 2000-2019 / global / MNAME

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Data Information

  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-llds-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

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