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Benchmark [-] 0.225
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.158 0.154 0.225 -0.0716 0.127 0.961 0.562 0.570 0.901 0.925 0.706
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.252 0.252 0.225 0.0259 0.104 1.34 0.727 0.588 0.824 0.947 0.735
CanESM5 [-] 0.256 0.251 0.225 0.0256 0.110 1.19 0.665 0.603 0.857 0.817 0.709
CESM2 [-] 0.227 0.227 0.225 0.00114 0.0779 0.934 0.724 0.661 0.908 0.893 0.769
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.235 0.233 0.225 0.00746 0.101 1.16 0.680 0.615 0.859 0.977 0.749
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.224 0.221 0.225 -0.00422 0.0949 1.19 0.706 0.640 0.862 0.865 0.743
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.235 0.231 0.225 0.00602 0.0627 0.938 0.802 0.701 0.901 0.990 0.819
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.211 0.208 0.225 -0.0171 0.118 1.30 0.671 0.531 0.835 0.961 0.706
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.188 0.188 0.225 -0.0371 0.0915 0.914 0.705 0.624 0.902 0.964 0.764
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.234 0.232 0.225 0.00673 0.0851 0.957 0.721 0.650 0.904 0.864 0.758
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.245 0.245 0.225 0.0195 0.0851 1.29 0.704 0.652 0.832 0.969 0.762
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Benchmark [-] 0.251
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.237 0.235 0.251 -0.0155 0.0619 2.35 0.416 0.493 0.625 0.987 0.603
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.245 0.245 0.251 -0.00593 0.0580 2.32 0.460 0.465 0.626 0.992 0.601
CanESM5 [-] 0.270 0.271 0.251 0.0199 0.0590 2.32 0.411 0.507 0.630 0.993 0.610
CESM2 [-] 0.260 0.259 0.251 0.00848 0.0444 2.14 0.498 0.514 0.659 0.992 0.635
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.264 0.264 0.251 0.0136 0.0630 2.15 0.374 0.462 0.659 0.992 0.590
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.248 0.248 0.251 -0.00304 0.0513 2.39 0.490 0.524 0.617 0.992 0.629
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.257 0.257 0.251 0.00589 0.0382 2.12 0.512 0.553 0.660 0.997 0.655
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.219 0.220 0.251 -0.0310 0.0720 2.33 0.374 0.491 0.624 0.940 0.584
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.251 0.251 0.251 0.000354 0.0549 2.31 0.430 0.518 0.632 0.991 0.618
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.263 0.262 0.251 0.0107 0.0495 2.16 0.473 0.508 0.655 0.991 0.627
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.279 0.279 0.251 0.0277 0.0620 2.42 0.360 0.529 0.613 0.991 0.605
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.245
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.263 0.260 0.245 0.0144 0.0383 2.84 0.227 0.570 0.541 0.991 0.580
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.205 0.204 0.245 -0.0418 0.0637 2.88 0.174 0.415 0.529 0.721 0.451
CanESM5 [-] 0.261 0.262 0.245 0.0172 0.0419 2.55 0.198 0.561 0.583 0.988 0.578
CESM2 [-] 0.250 0.250 0.245 0.00401 0.0308 2.95 0.312 0.467 0.516 0.990 0.550
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.257 0.256 0.245 0.0107 0.0273 2.87 0.334 0.514 0.529 0.996 0.577
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.242 0.246 0.245 0.000731 0.0328 2.79 0.282 0.554 0.550 0.992 0.586
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.249 0.248 0.245 0.00275 0.0244 2.77 0.336 0.568 0.548 0.985 0.601
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.224 0.226 0.245 -0.0197 0.0488 3.21 0.176 0.571 0.472 0.946 0.547
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.271 0.271 0.245 0.0247 0.0370 2.79 0.212 0.569 0.556 0.991 0.579
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.252 0.251 0.245 0.00520 0.0362 2.77 0.277 0.490 0.551 0.982 0.558
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.265 0.267 0.245 0.0217 0.0425 3.09 0.190 0.569 0.496 0.988 0.562
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Benchmark [-] 0.208
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.210 0.211 0.209 0.00239 0.0539 1.35 0.547 0.527 0.802 0.982 0.677
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.207 0.205 0.209 -0.00432 0.0574 1.38 0.486 0.450 0.799 0.975 0.632
CanESM5 [-] 0.268 0.270 0.209 0.0607 0.0943 1.41 0.294 0.465 0.801 0.585 0.522
CESM2 [-] 0.209 0.209 0.209 -0.000789 0.0450 1.37 0.575 0.508 0.793 0.983 0.673
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.212 0.212 0.209 0.00290 0.0424 1.44 0.571 0.556 0.792 0.936 0.682
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.228 0.226 0.209 0.0178 0.0621 1.35 0.508 0.498 0.798 0.603 0.581
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.222 0.222 0.208 0.0131 0.0371 1.21 0.604 0.573 0.817 0.980 0.709
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.205 0.204 0.209 -0.00515 0.0791 1.35 0.421 0.457 0.800 0.819 0.591
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.220 0.217 0.209 0.00875 0.0483 1.46 0.557 0.545 0.778 0.982 0.682
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.212 0.209 0.209 0.000531 0.0512 1.50 0.545 0.478 0.768 0.968 0.648
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.232 0.230 0.209 0.0212 0.0600 1.35 0.464 0.515 0.804 0.967 0.653
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RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.133
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.115 0.106 0.133 -0.0279 0.0549 2.02 0.381 0.453 0.705 0.788 0.556
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.146 0.136 0.133 0.00127 0.0521 2.06 0.427 0.457 0.693 0.940 0.595
CanESM5 [-] 0.222 0.143 0.133 0.00839 0.0658 2.26 0.400 0.447 0.646 0.717 0.531
CESM2 [-] 0.143 0.125 0.133 -0.00669 0.0454 2.31 0.483 0.494 0.643 0.963 0.616
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.164 0.158 0.133 0.0234 0.0551 2.19 0.347 0.442 0.657 0.962 0.570
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.162 0.137 0.133 0.00513 0.0532 2.12 0.425 0.446 0.675 0.912 0.581
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.143 0.137 0.133 0.00361 0.0380 1.98 0.517 0.505 0.707 0.961 0.639
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.112 0.102 0.133 -0.0313 0.0593 2.26 0.341 0.463 0.657 0.327 0.450
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.140 0.141 0.133 0.00933 0.0525 2.30 0.409 0.479 0.648 0.885 0.580
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.145 0.128 0.133 -0.00571 0.0465 2.13 0.464 0.480 0.679 0.943 0.609
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.142 0.145 0.133 0.0113 0.0626 2.14 0.301 0.484 0.673 0.908 0.570
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Bias [1]
RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.152
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.113 0.113 0.152 -0.0391 0.0809 2.03 0.454 0.449 0.684 0.732 0.553
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.148 0.148 0.152 -0.00440 0.0561 1.84 0.570 0.456 0.733 0.978 0.639
CanESM5 [-] 0.158 0.163 0.152 0.0109 0.0490 1.68 0.565 0.545 0.755 0.903 0.663
CESM2 [-] 0.152 0.151 0.152 -0.000614 0.0422 1.64 0.637 0.531 0.755 0.989 0.689
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.203 0.202 0.152 0.0499 0.0811 1.72 0.395 0.413 0.750 0.965 0.587
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.153 0.152 0.152 -0.000330 0.0480 1.60 0.602 0.527 0.763 0.970 0.678
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.165 0.163 0.152 0.0112 0.0388 1.66 0.621 0.546 0.754 0.990 0.691
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.139 0.142 0.152 -0.0104 0.0588 1.87 0.572 0.444 0.723 0.957 0.628
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.145 0.145 0.152 -0.00660 0.0579 1.74 0.576 0.494 0.744 0.968 0.655
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.151 0.151 0.152 -0.00114 0.0448 1.71 0.628 0.519 0.740 0.990 0.679
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.198 0.199 0.152 0.0472 0.0793 1.67 0.398 0.474 0.753 0.917 0.603
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RMSE [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.116
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.106 0.104 0.116 -0.0121 0.0230 3.58 0.286 0.445 0.388 0.969 0.507
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.116 0.115 0.116 -0.00153 0.0179 3.05 0.453 0.511 0.490 0.987 0.591
CanESM5 [-] 0.113 0.111 0.116 -0.00564 0.0187 3.21 0.428 0.515 0.464 0.982 0.581
CESM2 [-] 0.117 0.118 0.116 0.00137 0.0161 2.93 0.477 0.548 0.518 0.976 0.613
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.137 0.136 0.116 0.0202 0.0264 3.01 0.238 0.440 0.499 0.894 0.502
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.115 0.114 0.116 -0.00188 0.0159 3.36 0.488 0.539 0.430 0.992 0.598
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.120 0.120 0.116 0.00435 0.0137 3.14 0.494 0.539 0.475 0.995 0.608
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.0964 0.0931 0.116 -0.0230 0.0295 3.40 0.164 0.528 0.426 0.873 0.504
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.127 0.125 0.116 0.00862 0.0244 3.24 0.394 0.489 0.450 0.850 0.534
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.121 0.116 0.116 -0.000532 0.0164 3.12 0.467 0.536 0.484 0.987 0.602
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.152 0.153 0.116 0.0369 0.0449 3.23 0.0958 0.529 0.452 0.730 0.467
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Benchmark [-] 0.125
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.123 0.122 0.125 -0.00266 0.0247 3.48 0.365 0.364 0.409 0.986 0.498
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.127 0.126 0.125 0.00119 0.0239 3.53 0.372 0.359 0.398 0.991 0.496
CanESM5 [-] 0.140 0.138 0.125 0.0129 0.0287 3.51 0.293 0.375 0.400 0.909 0.470
CESM2 [-] 0.131 0.131 0.125 0.00608 0.0219 3.48 0.407 0.385 0.411 0.980 0.514
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.164 0.163 0.125 0.0385 0.0456 2.97 0.145 0.273 0.511 0.824 0.405
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.126 0.127 0.125 0.00268 0.0202 3.57 0.425 0.456 0.392 0.990 0.544
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.138 0.138 0.125 0.0135 0.0220 3.45 0.350 0.413 0.412 0.992 0.516
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.116 0.114 0.125 -0.0104 0.0259 3.87 0.320 0.401 0.333 0.985 0.488
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.146 0.146 0.125 0.0205 0.0323 3.23 0.261 0.419 0.457 0.861 0.483
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.128 0.129 0.125 0.00401 0.0225 3.51 0.400 0.383 0.405 0.984 0.511
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.169 0.168 0.125 0.0428 0.0500 3.66 0.101 0.421 0.365 0.830 0.428
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Benchmark [-] 0.424
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.350 0.349 0.425 -0.0757 0.147 1.01 0.628 0.643 0.881 0.898 0.739
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.449 0.448 0.425 0.0221 0.115 1.65 0.758 0.628 0.742 0.965 0.744
CanESM5 [-] 0.471 0.466 0.425 0.0413 0.119 2.16 0.715 0.617 0.685 0.986 0.724
CESM2 [-] 0.463 0.462 0.425 0.0361 0.105 0.763 0.735 0.686 0.917 0.965 0.798
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.340 0.338 0.425 -0.0864 0.161 1.03 0.645 0.588 0.854 0.934 0.722
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.372 0.371 0.425 -0.0544 0.131 1.80 0.674 0.631 0.754 0.918 0.722
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.419 0.416 0.424 -0.00818 0.0863 0.808 0.800 0.714 0.898 0.992 0.823
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.366 0.363 0.425 -0.0613 0.127 0.825 0.665 0.644 0.886 0.915 0.751
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.363 0.363 0.425 -0.0625 0.118 1.22 0.684 0.659 0.837 0.943 0.756
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.488 0.483 0.425 0.0572 0.119 0.754 0.692 0.664 0.914 0.964 0.780
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.447 0.448 0.425 0.0231 0.110 1.59 0.707 0.670 0.791 0.991 0.766
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.175
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.146 0.148 0.175 -0.0282 0.0770 1.70 0.508 0.466 0.744 0.910 0.619
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.167 0.166 0.175 -0.00956 0.0519 1.57 0.564 0.496 0.770 0.977 0.661
CanESM5 [-] 0.215 0.218 0.175 0.0428 0.0718 1.67 0.438 0.502 0.759 0.687 0.578
CESM2 [-] 0.181 0.180 0.175 0.00425 0.0489 1.52 0.625 0.496 0.777 0.994 0.677
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.205 0.205 0.175 0.0291 0.0672 1.54 0.454 0.475 0.778 0.971 0.631
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.183 0.185 0.175 0.00830 0.0558 1.49 0.574 0.555 0.783 0.792 0.652
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.190 0.190 0.175 0.0145 0.0405 1.44 0.601 0.567 0.787 0.989 0.702
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.158 0.163 0.175 -0.0131 0.0633 1.58 0.528 0.495 0.770 0.977 0.653
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.178 0.176 0.175 0.000572 0.0602 1.85 0.579 0.505 0.717 0.990 0.659
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.181 0.179 0.175 0.00355 0.0513 1.70 0.608 0.490 0.742 0.992 0.664
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.224 0.220 0.175 0.0445 0.0750 1.46 0.399 0.515 0.784 0.973 0.637

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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