Australia Boreal Asia Boreal North America Central America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Northern Hemisphere South America Southeast Asia Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America

	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	[-]	0.676
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.781	0.701	2.42	0.674	2.03		0.100	0.536	2.20		0.32	0.12	0.65	0.83	0.41
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.777	0.690	2.62	0.674	2.03		0.0991	0.540	2.17		0.30	0.13	0.66	0.82	0.41
WATCH	[-]	0.923	0.840	2.67	0.674	2.03		0.251	0.559	2.48		0.27	0.20	0.59	0.70	0.39

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.29	2.30	1.98	1.41	0.790		0.883	1.71	1.23		0.26	0.27	0.81	0.73	0.47
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.70	1.70	1.73	1.41	0.790		0.294	1.19	0.997		0.38	0.35	0.84	0.87	0.56
WATCH	[-]	1.55	1.55	1.37	1.41	0.790		0.136	1.07	1.10		0.48	0.38	0.82	0.90	0.59

	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	[-]	1.08
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.08	2.16	0.982	1.09	0.749		1.03	1.60	2.23		0.18	0.18	0.67	0.62	0.37
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.75	1.82	0.790	1.09	0.749		0.688	1.25	1.95		0.24	0.23	0.74	0.74	0.44
WATCH	[-]	1.52	1.57	0.727	1.09	0.749		0.446	1.04	2.02		0.31	0.26	0.73	0.86	0.48

	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	[-]	2.01
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.01	1.94	2.58	2.03	1.93		0.0275	1.06	2.52		0.22	0.23	0.53	0.91	0.42
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.72	1.65	2.23	2.03	1.93		-0.272	0.965	2.44		0.23	0.27	0.55	0.95	0.45
WATCH	[-]	1.74	1.69	2.10	2.03	1.93		-0.246	0.900	2.69		0.26	0.30	0.50	0.96	0.47

	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	[-]	0.700
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.03	0.997	2.31	0.689	0.452		0.335	0.849	1.53		0.35	0.32	0.87	0.87	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.978	0.952	1.96	0.689	0.452		0.281	0.804	1.58		0.40	0.35	0.88	0.88	0.57
WATCH	[-]	1.16	1.14	1.86	0.689	0.452		0.461	0.945	1.55		0.43	0.33	0.88	0.88	0.57

	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	[-]	3.93
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.30	5.38	5.08	3.94	3.64		1.33	1.57	3.61		0.080	0.24	0.38	0.89	0.36
GSWP3v1	[-]	4.35	4.39	4.30	3.94	3.64		0.413	1.02	3.69		0.13	0.23	0.36	0.98	0.39
WATCH	[-]	4.00	4.01	4.09	3.94	3.64		0.0848	0.862	3.88		0.14	0.27	0.33	0.99	0.40

	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	[-]	1.49
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.88	2.88	3.18	1.49	1.35		1.41	1.87	1.07		0.19	0.20	0.86	0.56	0.40
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.24	2.24	2.54	1.49	1.35		0.770	1.29	0.975		0.30	0.26	0.88	0.79	0.50
WATCH	[-]	1.73	1.71	2.10	1.49	1.35		0.250	0.883	0.934		0.46	0.35	0.89	0.97	0.60

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.66	1.80	0.718	1.36	1.80		0.481	1.08	2.02		0.21	0.26	0.64	0.83	0.44
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.39	1.51	0.620	1.36	1.80		0.190	0.880	2.04		0.28	0.29	0.64	0.91	0.48
WATCH	[-]	1.41	1.53	0.583	1.36	1.80		0.204	0.828	2.10		0.30	0.33	0.61	0.94	0.50

	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	[-]	0.146
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.284	0.277	0.984	0.144	0.557		0.158	0.323	1.84		0.19	0.053	0.77	0.71	0.36
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.262	0.254	0.977	0.144	0.557		0.138	0.286	2.13		0.20	0.067	0.77	0.74	0.37
WATCH	[-]	0.257	0.250	0.909	0.144	0.557		0.129	0.274	1.94		0.21	0.10	0.73	0.74	0.38

	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	[-]	1.13
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.973	0.886	1.86	1.13	0.935		-0.239	0.662	2.13		0.26	0.27	0.54	0.95	0.46
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.941	0.857	1.85	1.13	0.935		-0.266	0.657	2.31		0.27	0.30	0.52	0.95	0.47
WATCH	[-]	1.04	0.958	1.73	1.13	0.935		-0.168	0.624	2.28		0.32	0.34	0.49	0.96	0.49

	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	[-]	3.38
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	4.94	4.92	4.24	3.38	2.82		1.55	1.92	2.93		0.063	0.19	0.53	0.91	0.38
GSWP3v1	[-]	4.16	4.15	3.82	3.38	2.82		0.777	1.24	2.98		0.13	0.26	0.52	0.94	0.42
WATCH	[-]	3.86	3.80	3.63	3.38	2.82		0.433	1.15	3.41		0.11	0.30	0.42	0.93	0.41

	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	[-]	1.79
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.29	2.26	2.93	1.81	3.09		0.494	1.27	3.06		0.18	0.24	0.46	0.84	0.39
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.09	2.07	2.62	1.81	3.09		0.293	1.13	3.27		0.23	0.29	0.43	0.86	0.42
WATCH	[-]	1.90	1.87	2.52	1.81	3.09		0.101	0.955	3.36		0.26	0.32	0.40	0.93	0.45

	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	[-]	1.70
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.62	1.67	1.42	1.70	1.56		-0.0461	0.944	2.87		0.26	0.27	0.44	0.87	0.42
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.22	1.26	1.28	1.70	1.56		-0.443	0.955	2.95		0.22	0.29	0.45	0.93	0.44
WATCH	[-]	1.48	1.52	1.37	1.70	1.56		-0.183	0.812	3.26		0.31	0.34	0.38	0.95	0.46

	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	[-]	2.47
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.15	3.19	2.89	2.47	1.28		0.713	1.29	2.36		0.16	0.27	0.65	0.91	0.45
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.69	2.73	2.57	2.47	1.28		0.248	0.963	2.38		0.27	0.29	0.64	0.96	0.49
WATCH	[-]	2.89	2.93	2.32	2.47	1.28		0.436	0.957	2.55		0.21	0.32	0.59	0.97	0.48

	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	[-]	1.48
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.90	1.89	1.93	1.47	2.68		0.433	1.07	1.30		0.35	0.37	0.84	0.84	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.47	1.46	1.48	1.47	2.68		0.0141	0.869	1.09		0.46	0.42	0.88	0.95	0.63
WATCH	[-]	1.61	1.62	1.45	1.47	2.68		0.163	0.905	1.19		0.46	0.43	0.86	0.95	0.63

Australia Boreal Asia Boreal North America Central America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Northern Hemisphere South America Southeast Asia Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.274		0.55	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.272		0.52	0.52
WATCH	[-]	0.341		0.50	0.50

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.436		0.35	0.35
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.341		0.70	0.70
WATCH	[-]	0.392		0.71	0.71

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.334		0.27	0.27
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.289		0.50	0.50
WATCH	[-]	0.310		0.61	0.61

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.261		0.73	0.73
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.236		0.77	0.77
WATCH	[-]	0.270		0.82	0.82

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.393		0.40	0.40
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.368		0.55	0.55
WATCH	[-]	0.368		0.55	0.55

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.218		0.74	0.74
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.259		0.87	0.87
WATCH	[-]	0.247		0.91	0.91

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.439		0.24	0.24
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.345		0.49	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.366		0.68	0.68

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.310		0.66	0.66
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.270		0.85	0.85
WATCH	[-]	0.274		0.90	0.90

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.365		0.31	0.31
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.302		0.47	0.47
WATCH	[-]	0.295		0.50	0.50

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.316		0.75	0.75
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.329		0.82	0.82
WATCH	[-]	0.326		0.83	0.83

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.226		0.61	0.61
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.241		0.74	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.230		0.80	0.80

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.303		0.61	0.61
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.279		0.69	0.69
WATCH	[-]	0.260		0.72	0.72

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.340		0.69	0.69
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.406		0.84	0.84
WATCH	[-]	0.374		0.91	0.91

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.329		0.66	0.66
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.318		0.82	0.82
WATCH	[-]	0.343		0.80	0.80

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.346		0.55	0.55
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.333		0.85	0.85
WATCH	[-]	0.323		0.84	0.84

Australia Boreal Asia Boreal North America Central America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Northern Hemisphere South America Southeast Asia Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America 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

  creation_date: Wed Mar 5 15:35:03 PST 2014

  Conventions: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  source_file: This product is generated from monthly climatology MODIS total leaf area index observations

  title: derived MODIS total leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  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