Mean State

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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]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.36
CRUJRA [-] 1.24 1.17 1.37 1.61 0.319 -0.199 0.596 1.43 0.619 0.793 0.791 0.949 0.789
GSWP3 [-] 1.24 1.17 1.37 1.61 0.319 -0.199 0.596 1.43 0.619 0.793 0.791 0.949 0.789

Temporally integrated period mean

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BIAS
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SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA [-] 0.738 0.813 0.813
GSWP3 [-] 0.761 0.817 0.817

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

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All Models

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Data Information

  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