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	[-]	2.78
default	[-]	3.10	2.81	2.79	2.06	0.160		1.07	1.44	3.12		0.297	0.356	0.484	0.919	0.482
handtune0011	[-]	2.14	1.77	2.79	2.06	0.160		-0.461	1.57	2.70		0.239	0.355	0.581	0.864	0.479

	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	[-]	0.898
default	[-]	0.997	1.23	0.897	3.52	0.817		0.118	0.872	1.81		0.397	0.315	0.724	0.658	0.482
handtune0011	[-]	1.03	1.19	0.898	2.96	0.811		0.0381	0.866	1.83		0.382	0.303	0.719	0.809	0.503

	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	[-]	1.26
default	[-]	1.72	1.86	1.27	1.37	1.16		0.140	1.13	2.68		0.349	0.377	0.575	0.503	0.436
handtune0011	[-]	1.40	1.54	1.26	1.18	1.16		-0.102	1.03	2.10		0.345	0.402	0.691	0.612	0.491

	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	[-]	0.660
default	[-]	0.439	0.475	0.661	0.420	0.523		-0.0758	0.717	0.763		0.571	0.389	0.926	0.559	0.567
handtune0011	[-]	0.258	0.293	0.661	0.177	0.522		-0.345	0.511	0.724		0.522	0.494	0.927	0.846	0.656

	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	[-]	3.99
default	[-]	6.14	6.07	4.00	6.22	3.72		2.26	2.36	3.08		0.0994	0.615	0.490	0.763	0.517
handtune0011	[-]	3.16	3.08	4.00	3.93	3.72		-0.353	1.51	2.97		0.237	0.611	0.512	0.436	0.482

	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	[-]	1.17
default	[-]	2.35	2.39	1.17	2.57	1.19		1.04	1.65	0.993		0.351	0.461	0.882	0.167	0.465
handtune0011	[-]	1.36	1.38	1.16	1.50	1.19		0.118	0.956	0.781		0.602	0.489	0.922	0.402	0.581

	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	[-]	0.645
default	[-]	1.89	1.94	0.646	2.90	1.27		1.21	1.49	1.47		0.313	0.311	0.814	0.189	0.388
handtune0011	[-]	1.27	1.33	0.644	1.87	1.27		0.591	0.897	1.54		0.381	0.333	0.797	0.429	0.454

	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
default	[-]	4.65	4.39	1.36	5.66	2.44		2.30	2.53	2.13		0.101	0.328	0.679	0.630	0.413
handtune0011	[-]	2.88	2.67	1.36	3.54	2.43		0.969	1.42	2.23		0.234	0.285	0.656	0.840	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	[-]	0.619
default	[-]	0.951	0.975	0.618	0.658	0.463		-0.00479	0.658	1.39		0.539	0.403	0.825	0.395	0.513
handtune0011	[-]	0.455	0.460	0.619	0.265	0.462		-0.344	0.420	1.29		0.485	0.533	0.832	0.840	0.644

	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	[-]	0.784
default	[-]	1.35	1.17	0.779	3.77	1.59		0.339	0.672	2.55		0.434	0.430	0.591	0.564	0.490
handtune0011	[-]	1.23	1.07	0.777	3.47	1.58		0.244	0.622	2.56		0.457	0.418	0.589	0.629	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	[-]	1.07
default	[-]	2.37	2.47	1.08	2.67	0.763		1.50	1.79	2.21		0.230	0.354	0.672	0.267	0.375
handtune0011	[-]	1.90	1.99	1.07	1.90	0.759		0.924	1.34	2.48		0.318	0.346	0.620	0.358	0.398

	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	[-]	1.23
default	[-]	2.28	2.26	1.23	2.83	2.00		0.872	1.30	2.17		0.289	0.400	0.670	0.695	0.491
handtune0011	[-]	1.55	1.53	1.22	1.98	2.00		0.188	0.989	2.11		0.337	0.413	0.681	0.871	0.543

	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	[-]	0.172
default	[-]	0.389	0.329	0.173	0.666	0.262		0.117	0.343	2.79		0.189	0.504	0.552	0.251	0.400
handtune0011	[-]	0.330	0.293	0.172	0.359	0.261		0.0733	0.312	2.85		0.196	0.503	0.539	0.335	0.415

	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	[-]	0.522
default	[-]	0.656	0.695	0.523	0.389	0.473		0.133	0.653	1.76		0.393	0.424	0.756	0.452	0.490
handtune0011	[-]	0.239	0.257	0.522	0.120	0.473		-0.252	0.381	1.71		0.460	0.489	0.757	0.899	0.619

	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	[-]	1.74
default	[-]	4.88	5.00	1.73	4.12	3.13		1.05	1.57	3.17		0.243	0.310	0.474	0.715	0.410
handtune0011	[-]	3.54	3.71	1.72	2.63	3.13		0.328	1.15	3.31		0.312	0.298	0.446	0.927	0.456

	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	[-]	1.53
default	[-]	3.52	3.46	1.53	4.12	1.15		1.92	2.23	1.66		0.192	0.417	0.782	0.639	0.489
handtune0011	[-]	3.08	2.98	1.53	3.59	1.15		1.69	2.04	1.43		0.226	0.408	0.826	0.697	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	[-]	1.17
default	[-]	3.26	3.36	1.17	1.93	1.19		1.88	2.21	1.14		0.197	0.449	0.877	0.266	0.448
handtune0011	[-]	1.66	1.73	1.17	1.12	1.19		0.507	1.02	1.03		0.482	0.479	0.895	0.637	0.594

	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	[-]	0.592
default	[-]	1.60	1.63	0.594	6.37	0.715		0.682	0.969	2.57		0.270	0.277	0.582	0.285	0.338
handtune0011	[-]	1.08	1.08	0.592	3.59	0.708		0.335	0.680	2.59		0.320	0.288	0.578	0.628	0.420

	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	[-]	4.43
default	[-]	5.87	5.92	4.44	4.97	3.27		1.23	1.48	3.14		0.208	0.538	0.484	0.969	0.547
handtune0011	[-]	3.11	3.10	4.43	3.71	3.26		-1.39	2.08	3.08		0.0912	0.538	0.495	0.612	0.455

	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	[-]	1.82
default	[-]	3.10	3.15	1.82	2.30	2.34		1.23	1.99	2.61		0.198	0.366	0.590	0.516	0.407
handtune0011	[-]	2.71	2.74	1.82	2.12	2.35		0.768	1.65	2.44		0.213	0.379	0.630	0.632	0.446

	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	[-]	0.622
default	[-]	1.05	1.09	0.614	0.775	1.59		1.00	1.31	2.22		0.146	0.233	0.664	0.434	0.342
handtune0011	[-]	0.832	0.864	0.613	0.657	1.59		0.557	0.933	2.26		0.194	0.247	0.658	0.723	0.414

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]
default	[-]	0.594		0.491	0.491
handtune0011	[-]	0.584		0.724	0.724

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.520		0.562	0.562
handtune0011	[-]	0.537		0.605	0.605

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.673		0.384	0.384
handtune0011	[-]	0.642		0.460	0.460

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.571		0.682	0.682
handtune0011	[-]	0.497		0.527	0.527

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.555		0.549	0.549
handtune0011	[-]	0.470		0.852	0.852

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.608		0.238	0.238
handtune0011	[-]	0.558		0.618	0.618

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.709		0.0503	0.0503
handtune0011	[-]	0.708		0.198	0.198

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.787		0.163	0.163
handtune0011	[-]	0.551		0.388	0.388

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.672		0.454	0.454
handtune0011	[-]	0.523		0.539	0.539

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.679		0.303	0.303
handtune0011	[-]	0.717		0.428	0.428

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.682		0.150	0.150
handtune0011	[-]	0.685		0.333	0.333

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.608		0.453	0.453
handtune0011	[-]	0.641		0.710	0.710

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.718		0.0836	0.0836
handtune0011	[-]	0.709		0.124	0.124

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.670		0.393	0.393
handtune0011	[-]	0.690		0.574	0.574

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.656		0.428	0.428
handtune0011	[-]	0.628		0.653	0.653

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.864		0.249	0.249
handtune0011	[-]	0.853		0.317	0.317

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.808		0.141	0.141
handtune0011	[-]	0.629		0.500	0.500

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.571		0.116	0.116
handtune0011	[-]	0.644		0.463	0.463

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.564		0.587	0.587
handtune0011	[-]	0.498		0.702	0.702

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.513		0.323	0.323
handtune0011	[-]	0.490		0.408	0.408

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.619		0.0320	0.0320
handtune0011	[-]	0.650		0.138	0.138

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:

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