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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	3.16	3.11	2.98	2.83	1.57		0.267	1.16	3.07		0.107	0.204	0.478	0.884	0.375
CLM5PHSON	[-]	2.78	2.74	2.73	2.83	1.57		-0.105	0.880	2.94		0.223	0.239	0.510	0.975	0.437

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.497	0.478	0.428	1.03	1.90		-0.553	0.797	2.09		0.263	0.378	0.538	0.703	0.452
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.602	0.578	0.733	1.03	1.90		-0.451	0.810	2.23		0.289	0.358	0.526	0.781	0.462

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.818	0.742	1.43	1.40	1.48		-0.656	1.07	2.87		0.167	0.298	0.433	0.854	0.410
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.950	0.922	1.50	1.40	1.48		-0.445	0.984	2.93		0.235	0.305	0.435	0.870	0.430

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.854	0.887	0.629	0.602	0.637		0.282	1.12	1.47		0.477	0.330	0.820	0.422	0.476
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.00	1.00	1.02	0.602	0.637		0.392	1.15	0.821		0.497	0.344	0.901	0.379	0.493

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	5.38	5.40	5.34	4.01	3.77		1.39	1.73	3.81		0.0730	0.221	0.343	0.812	0.334
CLM5PHSON	[-]	4.41	4.42	4.37	4.01	3.77		0.392	1.03	3.74		0.126	0.230	0.354	0.972	0.382

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.55	1.53	2.40	2.00	1.54		-0.471	1.31	1.08		0.314	0.376	0.822	0.719	0.521
CLM5PHSON	[-]	2.05	2.05	2.62	2.00	1.54		0.0517	1.20	1.09		0.348	0.370	0.835	0.715	0.528

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.02	0.964	2.20	0.761	0.432		0.204	0.829	1.54		0.402	0.364	0.814	0.777	0.544
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.19	1.18	2.18	0.761	0.432		0.447	0.874	1.65		0.398	0.366	0.815	0.804	0.550

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.79	1.54	3.16	1.71	2.93		-0.181	1.02	2.90		0.173	0.227	0.491	0.874	0.398
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.72	1.63	2.73	1.71	2.93		-0.00890	0.919	3.52		0.209	0.239	0.382	0.922	0.398

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.11	1.18	0.643	0.649	0.394		0.531	1.20	1.23		0.482	0.309	0.857	0.716	0.534
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.26	1.31	0.798	0.649	0.394		0.655	1.33	0.997		0.446	0.292	0.871	0.634	0.507

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.08	0.813	3.05	0.754	2.06		0.0633	0.647	2.05		0.202	0.151	0.628	0.664	0.359
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.928	0.826	2.98	0.754	2.06		0.213	0.643	2.20		0.266	0.146	0.637	0.696	0.378

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.94	1.83	2.41	1.52	1.36		0.311	1.18	1.03		0.308	0.316	0.871	0.682	0.499
CLM5PHSON	[-]	2.34	2.31	2.66	1.52	1.36		0.822	1.34	1.01		0.290	0.259	0.878	0.791	0.495

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.34	1.37	1.20	1.36	1.80		0.0187	0.938	2.01		0.216	0.282	0.632	0.867	0.456
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.39	1.51	0.620	1.36	1.80		0.190	0.880	2.04		0.279	0.293	0.643	0.911	0.483

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.0948	0.0698	0.457	0.0904	0.233		-0.0195	0.117	1.91		0.200	0.240	0.795	0.805	0.456
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.180	0.173	0.547	0.0904	0.233		0.0949	0.207	2.09		0.225	0.111	0.819	0.738	0.401

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.893	0.938	0.624	0.650	0.453		0.292	0.953	2.45		0.385	0.215	0.759	0.688	0.452
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.15	1.19	0.692	0.650	0.453		0.512	1.12	2.13		0.322	0.200	0.759	0.572	0.411

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.94	1.77	2.48	2.08	2.33		-0.303	1.11	1.93		0.175	0.232	0.686	0.902	0.445
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.74	1.69	2.19	2.08	2.33		-0.254	0.946	2.41		0.209	0.258	0.536	0.958	0.444

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.41	1.33	2.13	1.99	1.63		-0.639	1.28	1.14		0.377	0.426	0.872	0.910	0.602
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.97	2.00	1.77	1.99	1.63		0.0511	1.05	1.12		0.515	0.465	0.873	0.945	0.653

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	2.05	2.02	2.37	2.03	2.79		-0.0270	1.39	1.48		0.233	0.328	0.764	0.738	0.478
CLM5PHSON	[-]	2.78	2.80	2.09	2.03	2.79		0.777	1.34	1.55		0.304	0.313	0.765	0.830	0.505

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.410	0.373	2.92	0.767	2.81		-0.392	0.729	1.34		0.155	0.318	0.859	0.647	0.459
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.706	0.703	2.76	0.767	2.81		-0.0308	0.714	1.23		0.211	0.265	0.865	0.877	0.497

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	4.75	4.78	4.35	3.88	2.76		0.895	1.57	2.88		0.0862	0.238	0.552	0.692	0.361
CLM5PHSON	[-]	4.20	4.22	3.56	3.88	2.76		0.326	0.874	2.46		0.242	0.296	0.638	0.975	0.489

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.72	1.65	3.11	1.92	1.61		-0.267	1.13	2.81		0.250	0.249	0.521	0.734	0.401
CLM5PHSON	[-]	2.07	2.04	3.26	1.92	1.61		0.151	1.13	2.71		0.269	0.271	0.549	0.754	0.423

	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
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	1.30	1.26	1.72	0.687	1.18		0.586	0.977	2.04		0.105	0.166	0.710	0.628	0.355
CLM5PHSON	[-]	1.32	1.31	1.56	0.687	1.18		0.718	1.08	2.02		0.115	0.122	0.692	0.700	0.350

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]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.258		0.676	0.676
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.282		0.789	0.789

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.354		0.616	0.616
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.398		0.628	0.628

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.475		0.688	0.688
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.419		0.769	0.769

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.524		0.490	0.490
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.463		0.454	0.454

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.228		0.700	0.700
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.274		0.835	0.835

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.423		0.768	0.768
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.421		0.680	0.680

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.236		0.734	0.734
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.347		0.561	0.561

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.350		0.756	0.756
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.280		0.783	0.783

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.444		0.409	0.409
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.414		0.315	0.315

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.223		0.525	0.525
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.258		0.468	0.468

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.292		0.563	0.563
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.324		0.441	0.441

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.305		0.767	0.767
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.270		0.858	0.858

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.125		0.648	0.648
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.294		0.442	0.442

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.332		0.745	0.745
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.339		0.662	0.662

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.249		0.728	0.728
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.253		0.791	0.791

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.348		0.673	0.673
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.394		0.797	0.797

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.320		0.652	0.652
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.273		0.555	0.555

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.280		0.420	0.420
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.286		0.541	0.541

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.274		0.718	0.718
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.266		0.855	0.855

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.402		0.763	0.763
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.346		0.726	0.726

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5PHSOFF	[-]	0.305		0.292	0.292
CLM5PHSON	[-]	0.275		0.323	0.323

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

  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