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	[-]	2.83
Control	[-]	2.75	2.70	2.83	2.59	1.57		-0.151	0.920	3.05		0.178	0.292	0.494	0.959	0.443
Randomized	[-]	3.12	3.08	2.83	2.83	1.57		0.222	0.962	2.96		0.171	0.275	0.512	0.936	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	[-]	1.03
Control	[-]	0.404	0.385	1.03	0.430	1.90		-0.643	0.840	1.96		0.259	0.394	0.701	0.774	0.504
Randomized	[-]	0.544	0.521	1.03	0.506	1.90		-0.508	0.770	1.94		0.322	0.371	0.707	0.852	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	[-]	1.40
Control	[-]	0.869	0.843	1.40	1.33	1.48		-0.530	0.951	2.93		0.235	0.348	0.518	0.848	0.459
Randomized	[-]	0.954	0.928	1.40	1.37	1.48		-0.446	0.930	3.00		0.260	0.355	0.509	0.827	0.461

	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	[-]	0.602
Control	[-]	0.762	0.788	0.602	0.311	0.637		0.165	1.16	2.41		0.433	0.294	0.644	0.310	0.395
Randomized	[-]	0.997	1.03	0.602	0.402	0.637		0.393	1.42	2.02		0.365	0.243	0.717	0.256	0.365

	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	[-]	4.00
Control	[-]	4.22	4.26	4.01	4.07	3.77		0.190	1.08	3.59		0.110	0.292	0.385	0.834	0.383
Randomized	[-]	4.28	4.33	4.01	4.08	3.77		0.254	1.08	3.53		0.107	0.295	0.398	0.835	0.386

	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	[-]	2.00
Control	[-]	1.92	1.92	2.00	2.13	1.54		-0.0755	0.960	1.76		0.491	0.377	0.755	0.938	0.588
Randomized	[-]	2.08	2.08	2.00	2.24	1.54		0.0824	1.01	1.69		0.483	0.356	0.766	0.939	0.580

	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	[-]	0.758
Control	[-]	1.31	1.31	0.757	1.65	1.63		0.583	0.995	1.62		0.340	0.262	0.771	0.790	0.485
Randomized	[-]	1.48	1.48	0.757	1.68	1.63		0.748	1.16	1.54		0.286	0.221	0.785	0.789	0.460

	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	[-]	1.71
Control	[-]	1.73	1.66	1.71	2.80	2.93		0.0356	0.683	3.07		0.304	0.282	0.492	0.962	0.465
Randomized	[-]	1.78	1.72	1.71	2.82	2.93		0.0859	0.691	3.02		0.320	0.276	0.501	0.966	0.468

	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	[-]	0.648
Control	[-]	0.389	0.426	0.649	0.0820	0.394		-0.220	0.849	3.40		0.543	0.353	0.432	0.801	0.496
Randomized	[-]	0.478	0.517	0.649	0.0933	0.394		-0.130	0.908	3.29		0.518	0.335	0.454	0.723	0.473

	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	[-]	0.762
Control	[-]	0.872	0.791	0.754	2.48	2.06		0.152	0.468	2.08		0.259	0.214	0.684	0.814	0.437
Randomized	[-]	0.883	0.800	0.754	2.52	2.06		0.162	0.475	2.17		0.257	0.213	0.668	0.795	0.429

	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	[-]	1.52
Control	[-]	2.19	2.15	1.52	2.73	1.36		0.678	1.09	1.27		0.315	0.296	0.836	0.873	0.523
Randomized	[-]	2.36	2.32	1.52	2.85	1.36		0.843	1.20	1.27		0.271	0.302	0.837	0.854	0.513

	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	[-]	1.31	1.43	1.36	0.503	1.94		0.107	0.840	2.19		0.356	0.295	0.659	0.911	0.503
Randomized	[-]	1.43	1.56	1.36	0.516	1.94		0.235	0.885	2.17		0.347	0.282	0.663	0.904	0.496

	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	[-]	0.0908
Control	[-]	0.195	0.186	0.0905	0.571	0.212		0.106	0.198	1.85		0.680	0.0873	0.692	0.642	0.437
Randomized	[-]	0.244	0.235	0.0905	0.600	0.212		0.156	0.246	1.95		0.667	0.0745	0.674	0.541	0.406

	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	[-]	0.650
Control	[-]	0.954	1.01	0.650	0.358	0.453		0.317	0.944	3.39		0.367	0.295	0.452	0.493	0.380
Randomized	[-]	1.06	1.12	0.650	0.394	0.453		0.424	1.08	3.19		0.330	0.269	0.486	0.454	0.362

	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	[-]	2.08
Control	[-]	1.64	1.61	2.08	1.94	2.33		-0.376	0.921	2.36		0.227	0.297	0.627	0.951	0.480
Randomized	[-]	1.72	1.68	2.08	2.08	2.33		-0.291	0.941	2.33		0.218	0.275	0.629	0.951	0.470

	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	[-]	1.99
Control	[-]	1.73	1.75	1.99	1.73	1.63		-0.183	0.950	1.36		0.512	0.420	0.825	0.952	0.626
Randomized	[-]	1.81	1.83	1.99	1.79	1.63		-0.109	0.951	1.31		0.523	0.418	0.836	0.963	0.632

	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	[-]	2.03
Control	[-]	2.75	2.76	2.03	2.04	2.79		0.721	1.22	2.09		0.276	0.301	0.689	0.805	0.475
Randomized	[-]	2.78	2.80	2.03	2.03	2.79		0.753	1.28	2.07		0.264	0.290	0.695	0.824	0.473

	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	[-]	0.769
Control	[-]	0.751	0.746	0.767	2.06	2.81		0.00679	0.646	1.40		0.224	0.175	0.803	0.858	0.447
Randomized	[-]	0.887	0.880	0.767	2.13	2.81		0.141	0.744	1.54		0.169	0.156	0.781	0.854	0.423

	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	[-]	3.88
Control	[-]	4.20	4.21	3.88	3.75	2.76		0.326	1.15	2.44		0.178	0.353	0.620	0.819	0.465
Randomized	[-]	4.50	4.52	3.88	3.86	2.76		0.628	1.15	2.36		0.159	0.356	0.639	0.867	0.475

	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	[-]	1.92
Control	[-]	1.65	1.63	1.92	3.04	1.61		-0.241	1.16	2.44		0.211	0.339	0.620	0.716	0.445
Randomized	[-]	1.95	1.94	1.92	3.09	1.61		0.0540	1.05	2.64		0.277	0.353	0.580	0.742	0.461

	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	[-]	0.692
Control	[-]	1.42	1.42	0.687	1.43	1.18		0.747	1.21	2.28		0.123	0.135	0.656	0.747	0.359
Randomized	[-]	1.39	1.38	0.687	1.40	1.18		0.716	1.14	2.03		0.130	0.144	0.702	0.741	0.372

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	[-]	0.697		0.712	0.712
Randomized	[-]	0.694		0.709	0.709

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.607		0.579	0.579
Randomized	[-]	0.626		0.632	0.632

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.587		0.698	0.698
Randomized	[-]	0.616		0.752	0.752

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.461		0.510	0.510
Randomized	[-]	0.411		0.411	0.411

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.761		0.849	0.849
Randomized	[-]	0.751		0.842	0.842

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.608		0.747	0.747
Randomized	[-]	0.624		0.835	0.835

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.732		0.676	0.676
Randomized	[-]	0.651		0.628	0.628

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.713		0.750	0.750
Randomized	[-]	0.727		0.733	0.733

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.547		0.550	0.550
Randomized	[-]	0.542		0.576	0.576

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.750		0.607	0.607
Randomized	[-]	0.748		0.575	0.575

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.677		0.506	0.506
Randomized	[-]	0.653		0.491	0.491

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.702		0.911	0.911
Randomized	[-]	0.704		0.918	0.918

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.715		0.400	0.400
Randomized	[-]	0.669		0.298	0.298

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.475		0.703	0.703
Randomized	[-]	0.502		0.712	0.712

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.755		0.752	0.752
Randomized	[-]	0.735		0.742	0.742

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.628		0.879	0.879
Randomized	[-]	0.646		0.895	0.895

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.673		0.678	0.678
Randomized	[-]	0.674		0.622	0.622

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.640		0.626	0.626
Randomized	[-]	0.568		0.612	0.612

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.695		0.796	0.796
Randomized	[-]	0.685		0.758	0.758

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.706		0.815	0.815
Randomized	[-]	0.687		0.826	0.826

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Control	[-]	0.693		0.377	0.377
Randomized	[-]	0.620		0.372	0.372

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 MODIS total leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly climatology MODIS total 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:

Wed Mar 5 15:35:03 PST 2014

  Approach:

I simply read this variable from original hdf file, and save the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from MODIS Climatology Leaf Area Index (LAI) from NCAR group.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

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