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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]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 1.28
norman_atkin_ball-berry_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_atkin_medlyn_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_ryan_ball-berry-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_ryan_medlyn-no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
norman_ryan_medlyn_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0784 0.526 1.55 0.645 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.788
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_atkin_medlyn_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_no-acclim [-] 1.24 1.21 1.28 1.53 1.06 -0.0783 0.526 1.55 0.646 0.783 0.770 0.961 0.789

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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norman_atkin_ball-berry_acclim
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norman_atkin_medlyn_acclim
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norman_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim
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norman_ryan_ball-berry-acclim
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norman_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim
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norman_ryan_medlyn-no-acclim
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norman_ryan_medlyn_acclim
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two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_acclim
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two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim
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two-stream_atkin_medlyn_acclim
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two-stream_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim
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two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_acclim
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two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim
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two-stream_ryan_medlyn_acclim
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two-stream_ryan_medlyn_no-acclim
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Data Information

  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