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
default	[-]	3.07	2.83	2.83	2.36	0.261		1.06	1.48	3.09		0.110	0.222	0.491	0.856	0.380
handtune0011	[-]	2.11	1.78	2.83	2.51	0.261		-0.490	1.26	2.94		0.143	0.217	0.523	0.942	0.409

	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
default	[-]	0.993	1.21	1.03	3.65			-0.0139	0.931	2.20		0.350	0.283	0.668	0.724	0.462
handtune0011	[-]	1.03	1.18	1.03	3.08			-0.0641	0.939	2.38		0.341	0.270	0.630	0.854	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	[-]	1.40
default	[-]	1.67	1.79	1.40	1.52	1.03		-0.0403	1.16	2.27		0.273	0.317	0.654	0.559	0.424
handtune0011	[-]	1.39	1.50	1.40	1.32	1.03		-0.269	1.10	2.40		0.266	0.333	0.637	0.674	0.449

	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	[-]	0.611
default	[-]	0.473	0.515	0.610	0.343	0.803		0.00205	0.716	0.601		0.617	0.413	0.942	0.639	0.605
handtune0011	[-]	0.271	0.312	0.610	0.135	0.803		-0.281	0.589	0.694		0.624	0.497	0.935	0.873	0.685

	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
default	[-]	6.31	6.24	4.01	6.33	3.89		2.41	2.48	2.85		0.00506	0.280	0.545	0.968	0.415
handtune0011	[-]	3.29	3.15	4.01	3.89	3.89		-0.294	0.936	2.87		0.113	0.291	0.540	0.774	0.402

	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
default	[-]	2.38	2.41	2.00	2.55	2.15		0.221	1.22	1.13		0.351	0.412	0.855	0.729	0.552
handtune0011	[-]	1.38	1.40	2.00	1.45	2.15		-0.705	1.19	0.768		0.352	0.447	0.926	0.929	0.620

	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
default	[-]	1.88	1.90	0.758	3.52	2.19		1.05	1.32	1.86		0.309	0.273	0.729	0.421	0.401
handtune0011	[-]	1.27	1.31	0.758	2.08	2.19		0.453	0.780	2.00		0.374	0.285	0.698	0.761	0.480

	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
default	[-]	4.76	4.45	1.71	5.69	3.26		1.92	2.26	2.11		0.109	0.206	0.667	0.762	0.390
handtune0011	[-]	2.84	2.59	1.71	3.38	3.26		0.513	1.25	2.48		0.222	0.175	0.600	0.925	0.419

	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
default	[-]	0.980	1.01	0.648	0.789	0.162		0.0152	0.600	1.15		0.667	0.475	0.854	0.812	0.657
handtune0011	[-]	0.471	0.480	0.648	0.304	0.162		-0.353	0.567	1.05		0.583	0.528	0.860	0.834	0.667

	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
default	[-]	1.33	1.08	0.758	3.55	2.14		0.255	0.615	2.61		0.274	0.210	0.581	0.545	0.364
handtune0011	[-]	1.20	0.975	0.758	3.18	2.14		0.172	0.581	2.60		0.260	0.204	0.589	0.612	0.374

	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
default	[-]	2.40	2.54	1.52	2.40	1.50		1.03	1.44	2.58		0.224	0.301	0.592	0.728	0.429
handtune0011	[-]	1.94	2.06	1.52	1.79	1.50		0.477	1.21	2.41		0.307	0.304	0.631	0.821	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	[-]	1.36
default	[-]	2.29	2.24	1.36	2.94	2.51		0.708	1.19	2.11		0.315	0.288	0.675	0.733	0.460
handtune0011	[-]	1.54	1.51	1.36	2.01	2.51		0.0289	0.892	2.15		0.346	0.299	0.666	0.903	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	[-]	0.0908
default	[-]	0.380	0.308	0.0908	0.746	0.0582		0.181	0.266	2.06		0.658	0.132	0.665	0.403	0.398
handtune0011	[-]	0.306	0.266	0.0908	0.419	0.0582		0.132	0.231	2.22		0.664	0.128	0.632	0.536	0.418

	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
default	[-]	0.656	0.721	0.650	0.308	0.748		0.0360	0.584	1.86		0.469	0.386	0.715	0.837	0.559
handtune0011	[-]	0.245	0.275	0.650	0.0960	0.748		-0.362	0.526	1.93		0.440	0.446	0.699	0.723	0.551

	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
default	[-]	5.05	5.16	2.08	4.65	3.36		0.647	1.45	3.16		0.189	0.190	0.473	0.772	0.363
handtune0011	[-]	3.71	3.92	2.08	3.12	3.36		-0.0633	1.13	3.38		0.243	0.181	0.432	0.954	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	[-]	1.99
default	[-]	3.52	3.52	1.99	3.05	2.44		1.49	1.79	1.71		0.220	0.375	0.770	0.949	0.538
handtune0011	[-]	3.04	2.98	1.99	2.73	2.44		1.24	1.64	1.66		0.287	0.360	0.781	0.932	0.544

	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
default	[-]	3.26	3.37	2.03	2.41	2.48		1.02	1.47	1.28		0.163	0.341	0.850	0.745	0.488
handtune0011	[-]	1.67	1.73	2.03	1.37	2.48		-0.336	0.937	1.03		0.290	0.392	0.898	0.944	0.583

	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
default	[-]	1.58	1.60	0.769	6.26	1.19		0.460	0.892	2.44		0.151	0.185	0.616	0.728	0.373
handtune0011	[-]	1.05	1.05	0.769	3.33	1.19		0.108	0.673	2.56		0.193	0.188	0.593	0.895	0.412

	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
default	[-]	5.95	6.02	3.88	5.33	3.83		1.92	2.16	2.82		0.0371	0.295	0.547	0.876	0.410
handtune0011	[-]	3.20	3.17	3.88	3.97	3.83		-0.758	1.36	2.82		0.0871	0.290	0.535	0.909	0.422

	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
default	[-]	2.99	3.03	1.92	2.78	3.46		1.03	1.82	2.75		0.136	0.292	0.559	0.468	0.350
handtune0011	[-]	2.63	2.65	1.92	2.49	3.46		0.592	1.54	2.89		0.173	0.296	0.530	0.569	0.373

	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
default	[-]	1.14	1.18	0.682	1.07	2.62		0.998	1.31	2.94		0.142	0.116	0.524	0.507	0.281
handtune0011	[-]	0.889	0.920	0.682	0.834	2.62		0.527	0.909	2.91		0.162	0.117	0.529	0.801	0.345

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	[-]	0.529		0.570	0.570
handtune0011	[-]	0.589		0.809	0.809

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.533		0.650	0.650
handtune0011	[-]	0.534		0.667	0.667

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.639		0.435	0.435
handtune0011	[-]	0.636		0.498	0.498

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.581		0.728	0.728
handtune0011	[-]	0.479		0.524	0.524

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.623		0.547	0.547
handtune0011	[-]	0.528		0.881	0.881

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.656		0.591	0.591
handtune0011	[-]	0.580		0.742	0.742

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.579		0.169	0.169
handtune0011	[-]	0.615		0.385	0.385

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.534		0.314	0.314
handtune0011	[-]	0.550		0.606	0.606

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.748		0.471	0.471
handtune0011	[-]	0.582		0.552	0.552

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.669		0.349	0.349
handtune0011	[-]	0.698		0.470	0.470

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.694		0.318	0.318
handtune0011	[-]	0.648		0.582	0.582

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.688		0.479	0.479
handtune0011	[-]	0.701		0.783	0.783

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.729		0.134	0.134
handtune0011	[-]	0.690		0.195	0.195

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.677		0.659	0.659
handtune0011	[-]	0.702		0.522	0.522

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.596		0.555	0.555
handtune0011	[-]	0.603		0.728	0.728

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.686		0.376	0.376
handtune0011	[-]	0.685		0.470	0.470

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.715		0.460	0.460
handtune0011	[-]	0.576		0.723	0.723

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.551		0.388	0.388
handtune0011	[-]	0.585		0.653	0.653

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.463		0.510	0.510
handtune0011	[-]	0.501		0.720	0.720

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.590		0.365	0.365
handtune0011	[-]	0.542		0.445	0.445

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
default	[-]	0.680		0.0429	0.0429
handtune0011	[-]	0.689		0.161	0.161

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