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	[-]	2.66
Control	[-]	2.82	2.79	2.67	1.83	1.56		0.0962	1.03	2.39		0.364	0.430	0.632	0.933	0.558
Randomized	[-]	3.11	3.08	2.67	1.91	1.56		0.378	1.09	2.42		0.329	0.416	0.628	0.910	0.540

	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	[-]	1.13
Control	[-]	0.504	0.488	1.13	0.193	1.52		-0.644	0.863	1.35		0.330	0.451	0.810	0.808	0.570
Randomized	[-]	0.549	0.532	1.13	0.220	1.52		-0.600	0.832	1.49		0.350	0.444	0.788	0.832	0.572

	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	[-]	1.47
Control	[-]	0.885	0.874	1.47	0.995	1.44		-0.556	0.959	2.52		0.255	0.438	0.599	0.835	0.513
Randomized	[-]	0.965	0.953	1.47	1.05	1.44		-0.477	0.935	2.60		0.271	0.434	0.588	0.815	0.508

	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	[-]	0.882
Control	[-]	0.861	0.879	0.884	0.293	0.756		-0.0462	1.58	2.19		0.307	0.195	0.698	0.477	0.375
Randomized	[-]	1.01	1.03	0.884	0.324	0.756		0.0963	1.84	2.09		0.266	0.180	0.717	0.401	0.349

	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	[-]	3.82
Control	[-]	4.20	4.22	3.87	3.98	3.25		0.256	1.09	3.45		0.382	0.498	0.429	0.809	0.523
Randomized	[-]	4.30	4.33	3.87	4.08	3.25		0.380	1.12	3.47		0.369	0.498	0.431	0.811	0.521

	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	[-]	1.28
Control	[-]	2.02	2.02	1.28	2.04	1.36		0.750	1.39	1.76		0.505	0.424	0.759	0.366	0.496
Randomized	[-]	2.08	2.09	1.28	2.09	1.36		0.813	1.43	1.72		0.495	0.423	0.765	0.369	0.495

	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	[-]	0.905
Control	[-]	1.41	1.58	0.903	0.484	1.52		0.721	1.15	1.44		0.365	0.332	0.817	0.712	0.512
Randomized	[-]	1.49	1.66	0.903	0.538	1.52		0.800	1.23	1.37		0.352	0.324	0.829	0.693	0.505

	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	[-]	1.81
Control	[-]	1.76	1.82	1.80	0.849	2.31		0.156	0.820	2.78		0.465	0.430	0.551	0.930	0.561
Randomized	[-]	1.78	1.84	1.80	0.908	2.31		0.181	0.828	2.71		0.465	0.427	0.566	0.932	0.563

	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	[-]	0.849
Control	[-]	0.380	0.409	0.851	0.170	0.612		-0.445	0.904	3.21		0.352	0.313	0.474	0.694	0.429
Randomized	[-]	0.450	0.479	0.851	0.169	0.612		-0.377	1.01	3.20		0.353	0.300	0.472	0.624	0.410

	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	[-]	0.851
Control	[-]	0.902	0.856	0.832	2.44	1.90		0.179	0.476	2.32		0.374	0.341	0.642	0.855	0.511
Randomized	[-]	0.898	0.851	0.832	2.48	1.90		0.176	0.477	2.55		0.395	0.337	0.598	0.842	0.502

	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	[-]	1.41
Control	[-]	2.25	2.23	1.42	2.74	1.14		0.876	1.27	1.41		0.371	0.388	0.832	0.611	0.518
Randomized	[-]	2.34	2.32	1.42	2.82	1.14		0.967	1.33	1.38		0.344	0.395	0.834	0.583	0.510

	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	[-]	1.49
Control	[-]	1.36	1.70	1.48	0.170	1.87		0.261	1.06	2.13		0.359	0.380	0.681	0.860	0.532
Randomized	[-]	1.43	1.79	1.48	0.177	1.87		0.348	1.10	2.15		0.350	0.375	0.677	0.847	0.525

	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	[-]	0.369
Control	[-]	0.230	0.663	0.368	0.0334	0.395		0.319	0.671	2.36		0.214	0.168	0.627	0.681	0.372
Randomized	[-]	0.238	0.689	0.368	0.0332	0.395		0.343	0.701	2.33		0.200	0.166	0.630	0.658	0.364

	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	[-]	0.597
Control	[-]	0.993	1.06	0.599	0.284	0.464		0.408	1.20	3.17		0.222	0.285	0.495	0.223	0.302
Randomized	[-]	1.04	1.12	0.599	0.284	0.464		0.463	1.28	3.18		0.211	0.278	0.491	0.209	0.294

	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	[-]	1.98
Control	[-]	1.65	1.64	1.98	1.97	2.00		-0.209	0.965	2.48		0.343	0.420	0.613	0.940	0.547
Randomized	[-]	1.74	1.72	1.98	2.03	2.00		-0.125	0.972	2.54		0.334	0.403	0.604	0.941	0.537

	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	[-]	1.79
Control	[-]	1.86	1.88	1.79	1.83	1.29		0.166	0.938	1.11		0.652	0.517	0.860	0.881	0.685
Randomized	[-]	1.87	1.89	1.79	1.85	1.29		0.172	0.960	1.13		0.642	0.512	0.857	0.878	0.680

	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	[-]	1.27
Control	[-]	2.75	2.75	1.27	1.58	1.31		1.47	1.90	1.88		0.288	0.377	0.729	0.389	0.432
Randomized	[-]	2.76	2.76	1.27	1.58	1.31		1.49	1.92	1.89		0.283	0.373	0.727	0.396	0.431

	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	[-]	0.744
Control	[-]	0.802	0.801	0.741	2.28	2.25		0.0928	0.647	1.45		0.399	0.300	0.797	0.884	0.536
Randomized	[-]	0.856	0.856	0.741	2.41	2.25		0.149	0.698	1.36		0.359	0.283	0.820	0.877	0.524

	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	[-]	3.93
Control	[-]	4.26	4.26	3.94	4.24	2.06		0.310	1.15	2.17		0.439	0.490	0.668	0.896	0.597
Randomized	[-]	4.54	4.55	3.94	4.38	2.06		0.594	1.23	2.29		0.381	0.489	0.638	0.894	0.578

	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	[-]	1.97
Control	[-]	1.75	1.74	1.97	2.96	2.23		-0.179	1.08	2.34		0.300	0.453	0.644	0.686	0.507
Randomized	[-]	1.94	1.94	1.97	3.07	2.23		0.00931	1.07	2.42		0.321	0.456	0.630	0.671	0.507

	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	[-]	0.781
Control	[-]	1.39	1.45	0.772	0.737	1.13		0.722	1.24	2.56		0.171	0.223	0.598	0.728	0.389
Randomized	[-]	1.40	1.46	0.772	0.746	1.13		0.733	1.23	2.57		0.171	0.221	0.597	0.724	0.387

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	[-]	0.755		0.689	0.689
Randomized	[-]	0.705		0.673	0.673

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.547		0.602	0.602
Randomized	[-]	0.586		0.609	0.609

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.578		0.694	0.694
Randomized	[-]	0.581		0.755	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.558		0.546	0.546
Randomized	[-]	0.510		0.485	0.485

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.746		0.823	0.823
Randomized	[-]	0.749		0.792	0.792

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.584		0.655	0.655
Randomized	[-]	0.592		0.639	0.639

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.670		0.645	0.645
Randomized	[-]	0.672		0.609	0.609

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.679		0.761	0.761
Randomized	[-]	0.715		0.741	0.741

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.444		0.508	0.508
Randomized	[-]	0.434		0.528	0.528

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.752		0.648	0.648
Randomized	[-]	0.771		0.608	0.608

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.585		0.445	0.445
Randomized	[-]	0.591		0.448	0.448

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.543		0.909	0.909
Randomized	[-]	0.539		0.897	0.897

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.558		0.398	0.398
Randomized	[-]	0.552		0.371	0.371

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.455		0.677	0.677
Randomized	[-]	0.452		0.566	0.566

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.729		0.770	0.770
Randomized	[-]	0.701		0.755	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.671		0.853	0.853
Randomized	[-]	0.676		0.862	0.862

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.704		0.353	0.353
Randomized	[-]	0.671		0.320	0.320

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.668		0.627	0.627
Randomized	[-]	0.628		0.609	0.609

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.677		0.829	0.829
Randomized	[-]	0.693		0.756	0.756

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.631		0.803	0.803
Randomized	[-]	0.640		0.801	0.801

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.626		0.364	0.364
Randomized	[-]	0.547		0.367	0.367

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:

derived AVHRR BU leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly 1/12 degree AVHRR BU leaf area index observations

  Conventions:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Creation_date:

Tue Mar 25 17:04:13 PDT 2014

  Approach:

I read this variable from original abl files using matlab and simply averaged 15-day (half monthly) data to get monthly data. I also interpolated data from 1/12 (0.0833) degree into 0.5 degree and saved the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from half monthly AVHRR BU leaf area index from Boston University.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-lai-avhrr.ncl