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 Globe 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]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	3.61	3.46		3.36	2.78		0.125	0.967	3.00		0.204	0.164	0.531	0.982	0.409

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.28	1.18	0.484	1.19	1.01		-0.0117	1.28	1.99		0.278	0.339	0.589	0.687	0.446

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.812	0.807	2.58	1.44	1.40		-0.635	0.957	1.98		0.249	0.360	0.651	0.903	0.504

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.92	1.82		0.635	0.601		1.18	2.12	0.319		0.364	0.230	0.976	0.115	0.383

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	4.79	4.79		4.06	4.00		0.727	0.825	4.58		0.153	0.329	0.226	0.305	0.269

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.37	2.40	2.87	2.02	2.00		0.361	1.11	1.50		0.419	0.360	0.765	0.825	0.546

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.990	1.07	0.356	0.645	0.770		0.419	0.831	1.94		0.366	0.341	0.752	0.789	0.518

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.70	1.64		1.48	1.74		0.156	0.978	2.31		0.176	0.270	0.585	0.880	0.436

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.56	2.59		1.03	0.637		1.57	2.07	1.52		0.192	0.296	0.803	0.733	0.464

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.598	0.595	1.11	0.545	0.782		0.0491	0.421	2.39		0.314	0.122	0.547	0.960	0.413

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.85	2.83		1.78	1.50		1.05	1.46	3.11		0.260	0.255	0.531	0.953	0.451

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.71	1.72	0.845	1.42	1.35		0.304	0.910	2.12		0.281	0.292	0.633	0.915	0.482

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.162	0.162	0.151	0.0424	0.0961		0.116	0.210	1.95		0.0901	0.0689	0.780	0.303	0.262

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.57	2.51	2.82	1.56	0.637		0.957	1.60	2.04		0.285	0.127	0.746	0.521	0.361

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.41	1.56	0.395	2.04	2.09		-0.443	0.922	1.48		0.116	0.344	0.892	0.821	0.503

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.14	2.18	1.87	1.57	2.03		0.594	1.26	1.91		0.454	0.408	0.762	0.955	0.597

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.82	2.83	1.87	1.92	2.04		0.915	1.33	1.75		0.318	0.336	0.743	0.832	0.513

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.513	0.516		0.668	0.779		-0.158	0.639	2.24		0.173	0.274	0.633	0.589	0.388

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	4.53	4.57		4.10	3.85		0.477	0.807	2.64		0.270	0.291	0.572	0.837	0.452

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	3.02	3.04		2.08	1.90		0.957	1.60	2.51		0.243	0.184	0.598	0.604	0.363

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.15	1.60		0.698	0.692		0.947	1.08	2.54		0.0655	0.214	0.530	0.579	0.321

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 Globe 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 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.520		0.815	0.815

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.462		0.649	0.649

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.532		0.598	0.598

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.00		0.0407	0.0407

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.641		0.875	0.875

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.338		0.661	0.661

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.385		0.545	0.545

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.455		0.357	0.357

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.00		0.0108	0.0108

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.349		0.556	0.556

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.354		0.345	0.345

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.330		0.704	0.704

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.244		0.0634	0.0634

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.580		0.235	0.235

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.484		0.830	0.830

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.465		0.628	0.628

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.441		0.673	0.673

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.348		0.754	0.754

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.452		0.838	0.838

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.477		0.523	0.523

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.503		0.0263	0.0263

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 Globe 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 diff_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