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

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Benchmark	[-]	-49.5
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-51.1	-50.9	-49.4				-0.813	10.2	1.50		0.652	0.537	0.797	0.979	0.701
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-44.7	-44.8	-49.4				4.93	12.5	1.72		0.602	0.474	0.740	0.986	0.655
CanESM5	[-]	-54.0	-53.4	-49.4				-3.48	13.8	1.93		0.526	0.461	0.723	0.990	0.632
CESM2	[-]	-48.9	-49.2	-49.4				0.736	10.3	1.47		0.609	0.548	0.810	0.964	0.696
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-45.0	-45.0	-49.4				4.36	10.9	1.59		0.619	0.521	0.770	0.992	0.685
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-48.1	-48.1	-49.4				1.61	15.0	2.12		0.615	0.366	0.683	0.990	0.604
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-47.4	-47.8	-49.5				2.09	9.02	1.58		0.669	0.571	0.789	0.995	0.719
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-52.4	-51.7	-49.4				-2.02	11.5	1.47		0.577	0.528	0.801	0.962	0.679
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-45.8	-45.9	-49.4				3.74	12.6	2.26		0.564	0.452	0.649	0.975	0.618
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-47.9	-48.0	-49.4				2.15	10.9	1.69		0.601	0.521	0.777	0.948	0.673
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-48.0	-48.3	-49.4				1.57	10.8	1.46		0.618	0.513	0.801	0.992	0.687

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Benchmark	[-]	-60.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-72.2	-72.3	-60.9				-9.43	16.9	1.60		0.498	0.516	0.767	0.962	0.652
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-68.0	-68.0	-60.9				-6.03	15.5	1.56		0.503	0.531	0.772	0.983	0.664
CanESM5	[-]	-70.5	-70.6	-60.9				-8.03	17.1	1.60		0.507	0.500	0.774	0.982	0.652
CESM2	[-]	-68.3	-68.3	-60.9				-5.68	14.2	1.49		0.526	0.566	0.789	0.984	0.686
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-66.2	-66.2	-60.9				-5.24	14.0	1.56		0.557	0.541	0.777	0.987	0.681
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-68.8	-68.8	-60.9				-6.60	16.7	1.67		0.494	0.517	0.759	0.981	0.654
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-68.0	-68.0	-60.9				-5.77	12.5	1.37		0.553	0.617	0.810	0.987	0.717
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-66.0	-66.1	-60.9				-3.96	14.9	1.65		0.539	0.541	0.763	0.970	0.671
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-65.3	-65.3	-60.9				-3.27	13.1	1.57		0.565	0.552	0.773	0.986	0.686
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-69.2	-69.4	-60.9				-6.21	15.4	1.64		0.501	0.550	0.762	0.977	0.668
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-71.4	-71.4	-60.9				-9.14	16.1	1.53		0.492	0.555	0.782	0.964	0.669

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Benchmark	[-]	-100.
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-118.	-118.	-100.				-15.2	21.9	1.32		0.442	0.524	0.810	0.949	0.650
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-110.	-109.	-100.				-7.86	15.2	1.09		0.556	0.643	0.853	0.993	0.738
CanESM5	[-]	-112.	-112.	-100.				-9.86	17.8	1.29		0.548	0.565	0.827	0.995	0.700
CESM2	[-]	-104.	-105.	-100.				-2.82	11.8	0.935		0.664	0.663	0.876	0.979	0.769
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-107.	-107.	-100.				-6.59	13.3	0.963		0.648	0.606	0.866	0.955	0.736
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-107.	-108.	-100.				-6.52	16.4	1.10		0.534	0.622	0.851	0.987	0.723
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-108.	-108.	-100.				-6.53	11.8	0.838		0.634	0.721	0.890	0.981	0.790
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-104.	-104.	-100.				-2.34	16.6	1.16		0.559	0.594	0.842	0.978	0.713
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-107.	-107.	-100.				-4.35	11.8	1.04		0.677	0.659	0.856	0.991	0.768
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-106.	-107.	-100.				-5.25	14.6	1.15		0.596	0.641	0.847	0.994	0.744
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-118.	-118.	-100.				-16.4	21.0	1.18		0.457	0.593	0.831	0.982	0.691

	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	[-]	-89.5
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-104.	-103.	-89.5				-13.0	22.5	1.00		0.533	0.538	0.880	0.945	0.687
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-87.9	-87.9	-89.5				1.65	13.9	0.737		0.693	0.655	0.919	0.948	0.774
CanESM5	[-]	-91.1	-90.5	-89.5				-0.327	15.9	1.05		0.677	0.607	0.874	0.992	0.751
CESM2	[-]	-99.1	-98.7	-89.5				-8.59	17.0	1.06		0.624	0.633	0.859	0.973	0.744
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-93.3	-93.2	-89.5				-3.71	15.1	1.20		0.662	0.639	0.855	0.885	0.736
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-91.0	-90.2	-89.5				-0.462	17.5	1.15		0.602	0.640	0.867	0.986	0.747
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-92.3	-92.8	-89.5				-2.97	11.9	0.699		0.721	0.736	0.928	0.931	0.811
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-91.8	-92.1	-89.5				-2.04	16.1	1.09		0.647	0.656	0.872	0.966	0.759
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-96.4	-95.8	-89.5				-5.27	14.7	0.869		0.657	0.675	0.902	0.985	0.779
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-99.7	-99.1	-89.5				-8.83	16.8	1.03		0.613	0.657	0.876	0.964	0.753
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-99.4	-99.5	-89.5				-9.45	17.2	0.764		0.587	0.675	0.920	0.961	0.764

	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	[-]	-49.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-44.2	-47.3	-49.7				1.81	11.4	1.94		0.476	0.471	0.717	0.921	0.611
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-51.1	-47.7	-49.7				1.36	13.5	1.98		0.426	0.463	0.701	0.960	0.603
CanESM5	[-]	-41.0	-49.2	-49.7				0.565	15.4	2.40		0.457	0.366	0.629	0.951	0.554
CESM2	[-]	-39.3	-42.7	-49.7				5.62	12.7	1.96		0.453	0.455	0.702	0.986	0.610
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-47.4	-47.2	-49.7				2.54	12.8	2.21		0.442	0.473	0.666	0.976	0.606
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-37.6	-40.2	-49.7				6.07	17.1	2.42		0.363	0.442	0.612	0.797	0.531
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-45.4	-45.2	-49.7				3.22	10.5	2.00		0.490	0.541	0.700	0.978	0.650
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-44.6	-44.1	-49.7				2.50	14.9	2.11		0.418	0.423	0.676	0.984	0.585
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-38.8	-39.4	-49.7				7.05	14.4	2.14		0.389	0.454	0.668	0.973	0.588
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-44.2	-45.5	-49.7				2.82	12.0	1.82		0.465	0.466	0.731	0.976	0.621
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-46.4	-46.8	-49.7				0.595	12.1	2.37		0.482	0.433	0.637	0.985	0.594

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Benchmark	[-]	-49.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-54.2	-54.6	-49.9				-4.87	13.8	1.51		0.559	0.441	0.779	0.990	0.642
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-55.2	-55.3	-49.9				-5.38	15.5	1.60		0.511	0.423	0.760	0.989	0.621
CanESM5	[-]	-56.6	-56.6	-49.9				-6.85	13.9	1.28		0.472	0.520	0.833	0.986	0.666
CESM2	[-]	-58.8	-58.8	-49.9				-8.19	14.4	1.31		0.435	0.556	0.828	0.972	0.670
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-49.1	-49.5	-49.9				0.450	10.9	1.66		0.644	0.531	0.766	0.988	0.692
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-53.3	-54.4	-49.9				-4.11	17.0	2.00		0.504	0.395	0.700	0.975	0.594
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-53.7	-54.1	-49.9				-4.11	11.1	1.37		0.572	0.570	0.816	0.988	0.703
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-54.2	-54.2	-49.9				-4.31	12.4	1.39		0.531	0.534	0.810	0.988	0.680
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-49.3	-49.1	-49.9				0.0943	11.7	1.65		0.595	0.510	0.762	0.979	0.671
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-59.2	-58.8	-49.9				-8.35	14.6	1.44		0.454	0.545	0.806	0.954	0.661
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-54.0	-53.9	-49.9				-4.02	13.9	1.79		0.544	0.437	0.731	0.991	0.628

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Benchmark	[-]	-35.4
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-50.2	-49.6	-35.3				-14.9	17.3	2.18		0.168	0.448	0.656	0.844	0.513
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-47.3	-47.3	-35.3				-12.3	16.1	2.30		0.235	0.355	0.636	0.959	0.508
CanESM5	[-]	-43.8	-46.0	-35.3				-10.6	18.3	2.31		0.230	0.297	0.648	0.917	0.478
CESM2	[-]	-38.3	-38.0	-35.3				-3.97	11.1	2.04		0.322	0.417	0.687	0.861	0.541
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-43.4	-43.3	-35.3				-7.98	13.2	1.88		0.248	0.421	0.721	0.970	0.556
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-44.1	-44.6	-35.3				-10.3	16.0	2.20		0.219	0.418	0.660	0.966	0.536
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-42.1	-41.8	-35.4				-7.54	12.0	2.10		0.280	0.476	0.681	0.891	0.561
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-29.5	-31.2	-35.3				1.13	11.9	2.28		0.327	0.399	0.647	0.971	0.548
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-37.4	-37.6	-35.3				-5.62	11.5	2.21		0.301	0.431	0.656	0.979	0.560
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-41.8	-41.5	-35.3				-7.07	12.5	2.13		0.275	0.416	0.680	0.835	0.524
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-46.9	-47.0	-35.3				-12.8	15.4	2.22		0.197	0.450	0.654	0.740	0.498

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Benchmark	[-]	-51.2
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-69.0	-69.1	-51.3				-16.2	20.7	1.83		0.355	0.490	0.717	0.987	0.608
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-66.5	-66.5	-51.3				-14.4	18.2	1.66		0.374	0.502	0.757	0.979	0.623
CanESM5	[-]	-66.3	-66.4	-51.3				-13.2	22.4	1.65		0.414	0.391	0.765	0.963	0.585
CESM2	[-]	-64.1	-64.1	-51.3				-11.4	16.2	1.50		0.444	0.515	0.788	0.989	0.650
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-64.4	-64.3	-51.3				-13.0	18.1	1.59		0.392	0.468	0.771	0.978	0.616
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-65.9	-66.6	-51.3				-14.0	19.4	1.58		0.353	0.500	0.767	0.970	0.618
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-63.8	-63.8	-51.2				-11.6	15.3	1.50		0.424	0.561	0.781	0.970	0.659
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-53.9	-54.2	-51.3				-2.85	15.2	1.75		0.487	0.506	0.745	0.980	0.645
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-58.7	-58.8	-51.3				-7.72	13.8	1.57		0.485	0.527	0.770	0.983	0.658
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-65.1	-65.4	-51.3				-12.3	18.1	1.72		0.409	0.491	0.744	0.984	0.624
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-68.1	-68.7	-51.3				-16.2	19.2	1.52		0.366	0.536	0.777	0.977	0.639

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Benchmark	[-]	-42.4
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-40.2	-40.4	-42.3				2.33	11.1	2.06		0.646	0.504	0.697	0.973	0.665
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-35.3	-35.3	-42.3				7.29	13.4	2.38		0.514	0.487	0.627	0.987	0.621
CanESM5	[-]	-42.0	-41.7	-42.3				1.08	11.6	2.16		0.668	0.476	0.683	0.988	0.658
CESM2	[-]	-35.5	-35.8	-42.3				7.16	13.8	2.37		0.495	0.507	0.621	0.851	0.596
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-38.3	-38.4	-42.3				3.91	11.3	2.57		0.624	0.505	0.594	0.989	0.644
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-41.0	-41.2	-42.3				0.998	13.2	2.26		0.628	0.433	0.665	0.988	0.629
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-37.8	-37.9	-42.4				4.93	10.1	1.96		0.598	0.577	0.720	0.983	0.691
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-43.9	-43.9	-42.3				-1.18	11.3	2.39		0.680	0.486	0.631	0.939	0.644
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-35.7	-35.7	-42.3				7.15	14.6	2.47		0.498	0.442	0.619	0.967	0.593
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-33.2	-34.0	-42.3				9.24	14.8	2.72		0.462	0.482	0.555	0.931	0.582
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-38.4	-38.3	-42.3				4.18	10.4	1.91		0.614	0.556	0.733	0.989	0.690

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Benchmark	[-]	-66.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	-75.2	-75.7	-66.7				-8.72	17.6	1.18		0.536	0.493	0.846	0.987	0.671
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	-71.0	-71.1	-66.7				-4.78	16.0	1.29		0.542	0.537	0.829	0.905	0.670
CanESM5	[-]	-71.2	-72.4	-66.7				-5.92	16.7	1.10		0.512	0.567	0.862	0.978	0.697
CESM2	[-]	-77.3	-77.5	-66.7				-10.5	17.5	1.10		0.460	0.587	0.864	0.968	0.693
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	-68.8	-69.0	-66.7				-2.35	13.1	1.17		0.627	0.588	0.855	0.970	0.726
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	-69.4	-69.7	-66.7				-3.08	17.9	1.31		0.527	0.536	0.829	0.958	0.677
MeanCMIP6	[-]	-71.0	-71.4	-66.7				-4.79	12.8	0.905		0.584	0.655	0.895	0.940	0.746
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	-69.8	-70.4	-66.7				-3.37	15.3	1.27		0.566	0.601	0.844	0.988	0.720
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	-70.6	-70.5	-66.7				-3.85	13.1	1.20		0.616	0.590	0.844	0.989	0.726
NorESM2-LM	[-]	-77.1	-77.3	-66.7				-10.6	17.8	1.17		0.465	0.581	0.853	0.977	0.692
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	-72.2	-72.0	-66.7				-5.54	15.8	1.50		0.559	0.536	0.793	0.986	0.682

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-rlns-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