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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 [-] 0.108
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.116 0.117 0.108 0.00852 0.0285 2.44 0.155 0.419 0.599 0.978 0.514
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.102 0.104 0.108 -0.00373 0.0210 2.76 0.276 0.419 0.540 0.979 0.526
CanESM2 [-] 0.132 0.133 0.108 0.0251 0.0350 3.11 0.138 0.377 0.474 0.939 0.461
CanESM5 [-] 0.123 0.123 0.108 0.0157 0.0254 2.82 0.305 0.408 0.523 0.965 0.522
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.105 0.105 0.108 -0.00303 0.0194 2.97 0.305 0.385 0.502 0.992 0.514
CESM2 [-] 0.110 0.110 0.108 0.00194 0.0187 3.08 0.310 0.387 0.483 0.992 0.512
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.124 0.125 0.108 0.0166 0.0313 3.15 0.298 0.364 0.467 0.974 0.493
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.123 0.122 0.108 0.0143 0.0249 2.93 0.181 0.402 0.510 0.961 0.491
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.133 0.139 0.108 0.0307 0.0375 2.65 0.0892 0.444 0.567 0.946 0.498
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.115 0.112 0.108 0.00405 0.0186 3.15 0.286 0.376 0.477 0.988 0.501
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.120 0.120 0.108 0.0897 0.0115 0.0213 3.06 0.363 0.434 0.487 0.991 0.542
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.115 0.115 0.108 0.00727 0.0166 3.06 0.429 0.462 0.479 0.995 0.565
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.107 0.108 0.108 0.000345 0.0256 2.99 0.323 0.411 0.492 0.976 0.523
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.0967 0.0971 0.108 -0.0104 0.0238 2.84 0.383 0.421 0.517 0.916 0.532
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.123 0.121 0.108 0.0123 0.0228 3.20 0.310 0.406 0.454 0.973 0.510
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.121 0.121 0.108 0.0130 0.0216 2.88 0.360 0.411 0.523 0.960 0.533
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.103 0.107 0.108 -0.00142 0.0206 3.01 0.313 0.393 0.495 0.989 0.517
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.110 0.113 0.108 0.00509 0.0198 2.98 0.333 0.383 0.508 0.987 0.519
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.120 0.118 0.108 0.0101 0.0198 2.70 0.278 0.440 0.557 0.987 0.541
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.131 0.133 0.108 0.0249 0.0321 3.14 0.273 0.415 0.461 0.922 0.497
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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 [-] 0.0660
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.0635 0.0637 0.0660 -0.00238 0.0143 1.96 0.187 0.515 0.667 0.976 0.572
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.0631 0.0633 0.0660 -0.00294 0.0134 1.88 0.178 0.518 0.692 0.982 0.578
CanESM2 [-] 0.0752 0.0755 0.0660 0.00953 0.0192 1.89 0.167 0.502 0.685 0.937 0.559
CanESM5 [-] 0.0683 0.0685 0.0660 0.00236 0.0135 1.93 0.326 0.560 0.682 0.906 0.607
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.0603 0.0608 0.0660 -0.00525 0.0122 1.92 0.189 0.533 0.683 0.984 0.584
CESM2 [-] 0.0633 0.0638 0.0660 -0.00221 0.0116 1.88 0.228 0.500 0.698 0.978 0.581
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.0766 0.0752 0.0660 0.00967 0.0167 1.94 0.280 0.493 0.676 0.883 0.565
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.0698 0.0698 0.0660 0.00377 0.0129 1.95 0.207 0.494 0.687 0.925 0.561
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.0752 0.0759 0.0660 0.00979 0.0177 2.07 0.124 0.518 0.653 0.971 0.557
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.0711 0.0714 0.0660 0.00552 0.0136 1.63 0.183 0.524 0.744 0.960 0.587
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.0678 0.0678 0.0660 0.00182 0.0100 1.85 0.481 0.518 0.689 0.979 0.637
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.0680 0.0680 0.0660 0.00200 0.00876 1.74 0.427 0.556 0.714 0.991 0.648
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.0603 0.0606 0.0660 -0.00563 0.0161 2.01 0.203 0.468 0.662 0.963 0.553
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.0630 0.0631 0.0660 -0.00307 0.0140 1.70 0.328 0.505 0.721 0.800 0.572
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.0666 0.0672 0.0660 0.00121 0.0151 2.00 0.376 0.451 0.678 0.929 0.577
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.0687 0.0690 0.0660 0.00283 0.0134 2.05 0.519 0.434 0.675 0.907 0.594
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.0609 0.0617 0.0660 -0.00435 0.0124 1.82 0.214 0.530 0.714 0.967 0.591
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0644 0.0653 0.0660 -0.000759 0.0120 1.84 0.256 0.533 0.701 0.981 0.601
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.0724 0.0725 0.0660 0.00655 0.0135 1.92 0.262 0.482 0.690 0.967 0.576
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.0773 0.0775 0.0660 0.0116 0.0178 1.87 0.403 0.516 0.694 0.823 0.590
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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 [-] 0.252
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.236 0.237 0.252 -0.0147 0.0679 2.40 0.409 0.452 0.610 0.992 0.583
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.245 0.245 0.252 -0.00651 0.0595 2.42 0.459 0.442 0.608 0.993 0.589
CanESM2 [-] 0.272 0.272 0.252 0.0205 0.0686 2.56 0.367 0.473 0.590 0.992 0.579
CanESM5 [-] 0.271 0.272 0.252 0.0199 0.0605 2.36 0.398 0.482 0.624 0.992 0.596
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.255 0.255 0.252 0.00317 0.0495 2.27 0.481 0.480 0.635 0.992 0.614
CESM2 [-] 0.261 0.260 0.252 0.00831 0.0459 2.22 0.491 0.486 0.646 0.993 0.620
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.265 0.264 0.252 0.0127 0.0730 2.56 0.339 0.432 0.585 0.986 0.555
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.265 0.265 0.252 0.0131 0.0642 2.19 0.368 0.444 0.652 0.992 0.580
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.262 0.259 0.252 0.00699 0.0770 2.41 0.338 0.493 0.620 0.981 0.585
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.250 0.249 0.252 -0.00266 0.0531 2.44 0.484 0.497 0.613 0.992 0.617
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.260 0.260 0.252 0.282 0.00871 0.0462 2.29 0.456 0.519 0.631 0.996 0.624
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.257 0.257 0.252 0.00528 0.0394 2.22 0.505 0.527 0.642 0.997 0.640
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.267 0.268 0.252 0.0162 0.0777 2.35 0.383 0.452 0.623 0.987 0.579
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.221 0.221 0.252 -0.0307 0.0735 2.41 0.367 0.466 0.608 0.940 0.569
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.270 0.269 0.252 0.0172 0.0604 2.42 0.382 0.504 0.609 0.989 0.597
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.251 0.252 0.252 0.000242 0.0553 2.37 0.430 0.496 0.622 0.991 0.607
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.261 0.261 0.252 0.00857 0.0586 2.29 0.450 0.470 0.632 0.988 0.602
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.264 0.264 0.252 0.0115 0.0510 2.21 0.468 0.481 0.648 0.991 0.614
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.249 0.248 0.252 -0.00367 0.0570 2.15 0.405 0.510 0.663 0.990 0.615
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.279 0.279 0.252 0.0273 0.0621 2.45 0.351 0.507 0.610 0.991 0.593
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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 [-] 0.306
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.280 0.279 0.306 -0.0265 0.143 1.11 0.578 0.495 0.859 0.905 0.666
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.316 0.313 0.306 0.00687 0.103 1.27 0.659 0.557 0.826 0.969 0.714
CanESM2 [-] 0.319 0.317 0.306 0.0117 0.111 1.45 0.626 0.538 0.807 0.983 0.698
CanESM5 [-] 0.335 0.333 0.306 0.0271 0.0994 1.50 0.676 0.587 0.789 0.989 0.726
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.318 0.319 0.306 0.0131 0.0893 0.915 0.659 0.576 0.879 0.990 0.736
CESM2 [-] 0.310 0.311 0.306 0.00491 0.0868 0.784 0.721 0.654 0.910 0.988 0.785
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.327 0.323 0.306 0.0179 0.127 1.23 0.604 0.547 0.837 0.978 0.703
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.281 0.281 0.306 -0.0244 0.108 0.959 0.650 0.554 0.877 0.988 0.725
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.274 0.278 0.306 -0.0279 0.122 1.16 0.607 0.536 0.855 0.958 0.699
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.282 0.281 0.306 -0.0246 0.0967 1.21 0.676 0.588 0.849 0.991 0.739
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.312 0.312 0.306 0.128 0.00587 0.0797 0.867 0.681 0.612 0.893 0.984 0.756
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.305 0.305 0.306 -0.000697 0.0689 0.779 0.734 0.648 0.901 0.991 0.785
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.332 0.330 0.306 0.0250 0.118 0.887 0.630 0.535 0.894 0.990 0.717
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.285 0.283 0.306 -0.0226 0.102 1.01 0.655 0.549 0.867 0.989 0.722
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.327 0.324 0.306 0.0178 0.0887 0.923 0.659 0.606 0.879 0.991 0.748
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.275 0.278 0.306 -0.0275 0.0959 0.884 0.642 0.593 0.888 0.991 0.741
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.329 0.335 0.306 0.0296 0.107 1.00 0.638 0.554 0.869 0.984 0.720
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.323 0.329 0.306 0.0229 0.0841 0.752 0.715 0.649 0.915 0.992 0.784
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.288 0.284 0.306 -0.0214 0.0985 0.752 0.621 0.566 0.913 0.974 0.728
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.329 0.329 0.306 0.0232 0.0855 1.19 0.668 0.640 0.857 0.987 0.758
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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 [-] 0.128
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.142 0.139 0.128 0.0114 0.0214 3.60 0.377 0.433 0.396 0.991 0.526
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.127 0.127 0.128 -0.000843 0.0165 3.40 0.500 0.451 0.425 0.987 0.563
CanESM2 [-] 0.135 0.133 0.128 0.00528 0.0200 3.47 0.461 0.448 0.411 0.980 0.549
CanESM5 [-] 0.130 0.127 0.128 -0.000525 0.0174 3.10 0.503 0.421 0.485 0.991 0.564
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.120 0.120 0.128 -0.00769 0.0175 3.63 0.449 0.452 0.385 0.985 0.544
CESM2 [-] 0.128 0.128 0.128 0.000468 0.0151 2.99 0.537 0.470 0.515 0.991 0.597
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.170 0.168 0.128 0.0406 0.0445 3.66 0.0827 0.409 0.374 0.924 0.440
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.161 0.161 0.128 0.0330 0.0387 2.65 0.162 0.294 0.578 0.840 0.433
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.141 0.141 0.128 0.0132 0.0245 3.23 0.394 0.474 0.458 0.863 0.533
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.128 0.128 0.128 0.000161 0.0148 3.37 0.546 0.469 0.436 0.991 0.582
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.138 0.138 0.128 0.00980 0.0179 3.51 0.434 0.451 0.408 0.990 0.547
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.135 0.135 0.128 0.00709 0.0154 2.85 0.511 0.468 0.532 0.989 0.594
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.125 0.122 0.128 -0.00523 0.0215 3.69 0.378 0.442 0.376 0.990 0.526
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.103 0.102 0.128 -0.0259 0.0321 3.70 0.146 0.447 0.371 0.852 0.453
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.150 0.150 0.128 0.0214 0.0304 3.33 0.231 0.446 0.436 0.863 0.484
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.136 0.137 0.128 0.00912 0.0212 3.13 0.465 0.422 0.476 0.910 0.539
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.120 0.121 0.128 -0.00749 0.0182 3.35 0.455 0.446 0.439 0.967 0.550
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.128 0.129 0.128 0.000419 0.0158 3.35 0.530 0.462 0.446 0.971 0.574
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.142 0.144 0.128 0.0155 0.0218 2.88 0.303 0.482 0.530 0.975 0.554
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.172 0.173 0.128 0.0447 0.0484 3.37 0.0615 0.452 0.434 0.858 0.451

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Data Information

  Title:
CERES EBAF TOA and Surface Fluxes

  Version:
Ed4.1

  Institutions:
NASA Langley Research Center

  Source:
Monhtly mean surface fluxes calculated by a radiative transfer model and constrained by the combined Terra and Aqua SSF1deg measurements

  History:
Mon Sep 19 16:06:36 2022: ncatted -a units,albedo,o,c,1 albedo.nc 2019-06-25: downloaded source from https://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/products-info.php?product=EBAF
2019-06-26: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-albedo-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: unitless

  Convention:
CF-1.7