Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	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	[-]	2.78
Control	[-]	2.96	2.92	2.79	2.06	1.36		0.101	0.895	2.71		0.266	0.459	0.566	0.971	0.544
Randomized	[-]	3.10	3.06	2.79	2.10	1.36		0.233	0.890	2.58		0.278	0.449	0.599	0.971	0.549

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.897
Control	[-]	0.522	0.500	0.897	0.552	0.871		-0.399	0.668	1.19		0.373	0.442	0.841	0.874	0.594
Randomized	[-]	0.548	0.525	0.897	0.567	0.871		-0.374	0.661	1.33		0.383	0.433	0.821	0.884	0.591

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.26
Control	[-]	0.925	0.907	1.26	1.38	1.12		-0.315	0.849	2.52		0.349	0.458	0.602	0.816	0.537
Randomized	[-]	0.957	0.939	1.26	1.41	1.12		-0.283	0.853	2.60		0.349	0.454	0.588	0.799	0.529

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.657
Control	[-]	0.908	0.922	0.657	0.336	0.657		0.218	1.38	2.05		0.356	0.241	0.727	0.262	0.365
Randomized	[-]	1.02	1.04	0.657	0.366	0.657		0.327	1.57	2.04		0.312	0.220	0.726	0.221	0.340

	Download Data	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	[-]	3.97
Control	[-]	4.22	4.24	4.00	3.98	3.69		0.158	1.11	3.07		0.333	0.688	0.495	0.968	0.635
Randomized	[-]	4.30	4.32	4.00	4.06	3.69		0.249	1.12	3.06		0.332	0.687	0.496	0.970	0.634

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.18
Control	[-]	2.03	2.04	1.18	2.01	1.28		0.866	1.48	1.68		0.449	0.389	0.773	0.296	0.459
Randomized	[-]	2.08	2.08	1.18	2.04	1.28		0.912	1.53	1.66		0.439	0.382	0.776	0.292	0.454

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.653
Control	[-]	1.44	1.44	0.652	1.46	1.07		0.841	1.22	1.43		0.261	0.272	0.822	0.474	0.420
Randomized	[-]	1.49	1.50	0.652	1.48	1.07		0.896	1.29	1.40		0.252	0.262	0.830	0.458	0.412

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.36
Control	[-]	1.76	1.73	1.35	2.69	2.10		0.511	0.834	2.58		0.366	0.448	0.591	0.868	0.544
Randomized	[-]	1.78	1.76	1.35	2.71	2.10		0.536	0.854	2.60		0.358	0.444	0.589	0.868	0.541

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.627
Control	[-]	0.421	0.448	0.629	0.108	0.402		-0.185	0.810	3.33		0.443	0.337	0.460	0.423	0.400
Randomized	[-]	0.456	0.483	0.629	0.115	0.402		-0.152	0.876	3.41		0.426	0.325	0.444	0.379	0.380

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.783
Control	[-]	0.904	0.856	0.765	2.64	1.83		0.249	0.481	1.95		0.448	0.441	0.717	0.815	0.572
Randomized	[-]	0.910	0.861	0.765	2.68	1.83		0.256	0.491	2.00		0.459	0.428	0.707	0.801	0.565

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.09
Control	[-]	2.29	2.27	1.10	2.94	0.892		1.24	1.53	1.40		0.223	0.338	0.831	0.392	0.425
Randomized	[-]	2.35	2.33	1.10	2.98	0.892		1.29	1.59	1.38		0.212	0.339	0.832	0.377	0.420

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.23
Control	[-]	1.39	1.53	1.22	0.247	1.72		0.350	0.963	2.15		0.322	0.412	0.678	0.875	0.540
Randomized	[-]	1.43	1.58	1.22	0.251	1.72		0.398	0.989	2.17		0.320	0.405	0.675	0.867	0.535

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.173
Control	[-]	0.235	0.232	0.173	0.524	0.233		0.0761	0.301	2.35		0.194	0.485	0.639	0.384	0.437
Randomized	[-]	0.237	0.235	0.173	0.514	0.233		0.0788	0.308	2.36		0.193	0.482	0.637	0.377	0.434

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.528
Control	[-]	1.01	1.03	0.530	0.340	0.380		0.431	1.14	3.24		0.297	0.311	0.486	0.206	0.322
Randomized	[-]	1.04	1.07	0.530	0.351	0.380		0.461	1.18	3.27		0.289	0.306	0.481	0.196	0.316

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.75
Control	[-]	1.69	1.68	1.73	1.94	2.17		0.0900	0.810	2.23		0.343	0.456	0.654	0.949	0.572
Randomized	[-]	1.74	1.73	1.73	1.99	2.17		0.139	0.833	2.22		0.335	0.446	0.655	0.948	0.566

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.54
Control	[-]	1.85	1.88	1.54	1.59	1.05		0.415	1.02	1.33		0.558	0.486	0.829	0.781	0.628
Randomized	[-]	1.88	1.90	1.54	1.61	1.05		0.436	1.04	1.33		0.552	0.486	0.829	0.767	0.624

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.18
Control	[-]	2.77	2.76	1.17	1.74	1.32		1.58	2.02	1.90		0.250	0.369	0.728	0.299	0.403
Randomized	[-]	2.78	2.77	1.17	1.74	1.32		1.59	2.03	1.90		0.249	0.366	0.727	0.297	0.401

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.596
Control	[-]	0.834	0.833	0.595	2.33	1.10		0.270	0.651	1.38		0.329	0.280	0.818	0.664	0.474
Randomized	[-]	0.859	0.859	0.595	2.39	1.10		0.296	0.684	1.34		0.314	0.268	0.827	0.650	0.465

	Download Data	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	[-]	4.42
Control	[-]	4.37	4.38	4.43	4.04	2.12		-0.0712	0.985	3.15		0.289	0.626	0.478	0.974	0.599
Randomized	[-]	4.54	4.55	4.43	4.15	2.12		0.0974	0.947	3.29		0.325	0.624	0.450	0.977	0.600

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.82
Control	[-]	1.83	1.83	1.82	2.99	1.68		0.0452	1.12	2.28		0.324	0.455	0.658	0.805	0.539
Randomized	[-]	1.94	1.94	1.82	3.04	1.68		0.156	1.14	2.33		0.324	0.450	0.649	0.797	0.534

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.624
Control	[-]	1.38	1.37	0.618	1.56	0.860		0.775	1.19	2.08		0.152	0.255	0.686	0.654	0.400
Randomized	[-]	1.42	1.40	0.618	1.60	0.860		0.808	1.22	2.07		0.147	0.249	0.693	0.641	0.396

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.670		0.661	0.661
Randomized	[-]	0.670		0.670	0.670

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.590		0.651	0.651
Randomized	[-]	0.610		0.657	0.657

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.602		0.757	0.757
Randomized	[-]	0.605		0.805	0.805

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.473		0.573	0.573
Randomized	[-]	0.414		0.441	0.441

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.704		0.814	0.814
Randomized	[-]	0.720		0.796	0.796

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.584		0.593	0.593
Randomized	[-]	0.597		0.583	0.583

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.670		0.348	0.348
Randomized	[-]	0.672		0.325	0.325

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.694		0.694	0.694
Randomized	[-]	0.723		0.660	0.660

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.490		0.570	0.570
Randomized	[-]	0.483		0.575	0.575

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.753		0.529	0.529
Randomized	[-]	0.764		0.495	0.495

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.610		0.254	0.254
Randomized	[-]	0.573		0.256	0.256

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.634		0.880	0.880
Randomized	[-]	0.632		0.873	0.873

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.659		0.245	0.245
Randomized	[-]	0.658		0.237	0.237

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.454		0.547	0.547
Randomized	[-]	0.442		0.474	0.474

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.728		0.835	0.835
Randomized	[-]	0.712		0.761	0.761

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.646		0.670	0.670
Randomized	[-]	0.654		0.670	0.670

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.638		0.239	0.239
Randomized	[-]	0.632		0.214	0.214

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.628		0.595	0.595
Randomized	[-]	0.627		0.546	0.546

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.639		0.846	0.846
Randomized	[-]	0.640		0.788	0.788

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.640		0.791	0.791
Randomized	[-]	0.620		0.786	0.786

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.664		0.263	0.263
Randomized	[-]	0.612		0.346	0.346

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest 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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation

  Title:

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), AVH15C1

  Version:

5

  Institutions:

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, USA

University of Maryland (UMD), USA

Climate Data Record (CDR), NOAA, USA

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

  Source:

This daily gridded Leaf Area Index (LAI) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Surface Reflectance.

  History:

2019-08-23: downloaded source from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C01559/html

2019-09-12: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-lai-avh15c1.py

  References:

Vermote, Eric (2019), NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) Version 5, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, , , doi:10.7289/V5TT4P69

Claverie, M., Matthews, J., Vermote, E., and Justice, C. (2016), A 30+ Year AVHRR LAI and FAPAR Climate Data Record: Algorithm Description and Validation, Remote Sensing, 8, 263, doi:10.3390/rs8030263

  Comments:

time_period: 1981-01 through 2019-12

original_temporal_resolution: daily

original_spatial_resolution: 0.05 degree

original_units: 1

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: 1

  Convention:

CF-1.7