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
CON	[-]	2.68	2.69	2.94	2.83	0.261		-0.141	0.895	2.89		0.227	0.255	0.517	0.968	0.445
OP	[-]	2.75	2.75	2.98	2.83	0.261		-0.0744	0.903	2.91		0.237	0.258	0.510	0.964	0.445

	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
CON	[-]	0.564	0.603	1.19	1.03			-0.421	0.803	2.23		0.306	0.361	0.522	0.772	0.464
OP	[-]	0.564	0.605	1.20	1.03			-0.418	0.803	2.24		0.306	0.361	0.514	0.782	0.465

	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
CON	[-]	1.03	1.01	1.56	1.40	1.03		-0.344	0.990	3.02		0.254	0.297	0.415	0.840	0.420
OP	[-]	1.05	1.02	1.57	1.40	1.03		-0.331	0.987	3.02		0.256	0.298	0.414	0.838	0.421

	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
CON	[-]	1.12	1.10	1.33	0.602	0.693		0.502	1.29	0.965		0.473	0.326	0.887	0.297	0.462
OP	[-]	1.14	1.12	1.32	0.602	0.693		0.521	1.32	0.980		0.465	0.318	0.884	0.298	0.457

	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
CON	[-]	4.59	4.64	4.47	4.01	3.89		0.601	1.09	3.75		0.115	0.223	0.351	0.982	0.379
OP	[-]	4.69	4.75	4.57	4.01	3.89		0.705	1.15	3.75		0.108	0.223	0.351	0.977	0.376

	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
CON	[-]	2.10	2.12	2.89	2.00	2.15		0.132	1.22	1.02		0.342	0.364	0.853	0.717	0.528
OP	[-]	2.13	2.16	2.92	2.00	2.15		0.166	1.24	1.03		0.333	0.366	0.851	0.706	0.525

	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
CON	[-]	1.26	1.24	1.75	0.758	2.19		0.537	0.943	1.70		0.374	0.357	0.823	0.779	0.538
OP	[-]	1.27	1.25	1.77	0.758	2.19		0.547	0.946	1.70		0.368	0.359	0.819	0.775	0.536

	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
CON	[-]	1.85	1.72	2.68	1.71	3.26		0.125	0.991	3.56		0.221	0.244	0.366	0.902	0.395
OP	[-]	1.87	1.74	2.73	1.71	3.26		0.144	0.988	3.53		0.226	0.245	0.371	0.898	0.397

	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
CON	[-]	1.37	1.43	0.935	0.648	0.162		0.742	1.44	1.05		0.409	0.279	0.860	0.617	0.489
OP	[-]	1.38	1.44	0.925	0.648	0.162		0.753	1.46	1.07		0.406	0.279	0.859	0.607	0.486

	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
CON	[-]	0.965	0.825	2.63	0.758	2.14		0.268	0.696	2.18		0.246	0.134	0.639	0.653	0.361
OP	[-]	0.973	0.831	2.65	0.758	2.14		0.276	0.699	2.17		0.245	0.134	0.637	0.646	0.359

	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
CON	[-]	2.37	2.36	2.45	1.52	1.50		0.851	1.34	1.01		0.286	0.262	0.886	0.822	0.504
OP	[-]	2.38	2.37	2.46	1.52	1.50		0.856	1.33	0.991		0.284	0.268	0.889	0.816	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	[-]	1.36
CON	[-]	1.46	1.57	0.833	1.36	2.52		0.275	0.928	2.08		0.270	0.293	0.642	0.898	0.479
OP	[-]	1.48	1.59	0.841	1.36	2.52		0.295	0.935	2.09		0.266	0.295	0.641	0.893	0.478

	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
CON	[-]	0.204	0.185	0.523	0.0908	0.0582		0.113	0.229	2.34		0.209	0.111	0.834	0.692	0.391
OP	[-]	0.204	0.185	0.522	0.0908	0.0582		0.113	0.227	2.36		0.208	0.115	0.830	0.687	0.391

	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
CON	[-]	1.25	1.32	0.658	0.650	0.748		0.596	1.20	2.18		0.287	0.186	0.749	0.526	0.387
OP	[-]	1.26	1.34	0.655	0.650	0.748		0.611	1.22	2.20		0.285	0.187	0.746	0.511	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	[-]	2.08
CON	[-]	1.84	1.71	2.35	2.08	3.36		-0.170	0.937	2.51		0.226	0.255	0.537	0.962	0.447
OP	[-]	1.87	1.74	2.38	2.08	3.36		-0.141	0.931	2.48		0.228	0.255	0.552	0.963	0.450

	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
CON	[-]	2.10	2.07	1.99	1.99	2.44		0.131	1.08	1.10		0.506	0.470	0.879	0.933	0.651
OP	[-]	2.11	2.08	2.00	1.99	2.44		0.139	1.07	1.09		0.505	0.478	0.879	0.938	0.655

	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
CON	[-]	2.88	2.88	2.54	2.03	2.48		0.878	1.37	1.44		0.296	0.319	0.794	0.837	0.513
OP	[-]	2.93	2.93	2.56	2.03	2.48		0.925	1.40	1.46		0.289	0.323	0.789	0.827	0.510

	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
CON	[-]	0.776	0.775	2.58	0.769	1.19		0.0482	0.764	1.29		0.205	0.257	0.879	0.884	0.496
OP	[-]	0.780	0.780	2.61	0.769	1.19		0.0535	0.760	1.31		0.208	0.260	0.874	0.884	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
CON	[-]	4.36	4.39	3.82	3.88	3.83		0.499	0.958	2.48		0.221	0.304	0.629	0.967	0.485
OP	[-]	4.44	4.48	3.87	3.88	3.83		0.585	1.00	2.47		0.209	0.304	0.631	0.961	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	[-]	1.92
CON	[-]	2.26	2.20	2.89	1.92	3.46		0.327	1.22	2.76		0.243	0.275	0.532	0.751	0.415
OP	[-]	2.27	2.20	2.88	1.92	3.46		0.331	1.21	2.77		0.243	0.282	0.530	0.751	0.417

	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
CON	[-]	1.51	1.52	1.28	0.682	2.62		0.915	1.25	1.89		0.0980	0.112	0.718	0.633	0.335
OP	[-]	1.53	1.54	1.29	0.682	2.62		0.933	1.26	1.93		0.0942	0.113	0.709	0.630	0.332

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]
CON	[-]	0.306		0.755	0.755
OP	[-]	0.306		0.749	0.749

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.376		0.588	0.588
OP	[-]	0.381		0.590	0.590

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.390		0.627	0.627
OP	[-]	0.373		0.629	0.629

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.425		0.398	0.398
OP	[-]	0.437		0.393	0.393

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.363		0.824	0.824
OP	[-]	0.365		0.809	0.809

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.378		0.684	0.684
OP	[-]	0.364		0.676	0.676

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.370		0.542	0.542
OP	[-]	0.344		0.535	0.535

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.315		0.682	0.682
OP	[-]	0.308		0.674	0.674

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.330		0.230	0.230
OP	[-]	0.338		0.230	0.230

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.231		0.630	0.630
OP	[-]	0.243		0.622	0.622

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.297		0.455	0.455
OP	[-]	0.293		0.454	0.454

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.251		0.819	0.819
OP	[-]	0.255		0.804	0.804

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.278		0.438	0.438
OP	[-]	0.277		0.434	0.434

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.315		0.389	0.389
OP	[-]	0.325		0.387	0.387

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.352		0.870	0.870
OP	[-]	0.364		0.871	0.871

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.360		0.705	0.705
OP	[-]	0.358		0.702	0.702

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.248		0.636	0.636
OP	[-]	0.266		0.626	0.626

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.277		0.525	0.525
OP	[-]	0.290		0.527	0.527

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.285		0.784	0.784
OP	[-]	0.290		0.773	0.773

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.317		0.615	0.615
OP	[-]	0.310		0.620	0.620

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CON	[-]	0.386		0.137	0.137
OP	[-]	0.382		0.133	0.133

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