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	[-]	2.77
Fullgrid	[-]	3.71	3.63	2.78	3.11	0.157		0.827	1.29	3.14		0.220	0.423	0.467	0.939	0.495
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.27	3.27	2.78	2.53	0.167		0.478	1.16	2.91		0.280	0.428	0.508	0.954	0.520

	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	[-]	0.890
Fullgrid	[-]	0.842	0.934	0.897	1.78	0.824		0.0458	0.792	1.85		0.410	0.331	0.720	0.788	0.516
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.868	0.896	0.890	2.16	0.822		0.00250	0.763	2.13		0.456	0.337	0.669	0.718	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
Fullgrid	[-]	1.51	1.52	1.26	2.20	1.16		0.319	1.04	2.76		0.395	0.379	0.554	0.552	0.452
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.43	1.41	1.26	1.84	1.15		0.153	0.936	2.91		0.379	0.401	0.524	0.690	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	[-]	0.638
Fullgrid	[-]	0.852	0.866	0.658	0.892	0.521		0.207	1.14	0.572		0.524	0.233	0.948	0.605	0.509
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.825	0.855	0.639	0.769	0.502		0.218	1.12	0.488		0.523	0.251	0.957	0.518	0.500

	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	[-]	3.95
Fullgrid	[-]	5.57	5.64	3.98	5.31	3.71		1.50	1.62	2.94		0.213	0.670	0.521	0.813	0.577
Sparsegrid	[-]	4.97	5.09	3.96	4.79	3.69		1.12	1.37	3.07		0.319	0.633	0.490	0.820	0.579

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	1.98	1.98	1.18	1.85	1.20		0.804	1.51	0.794		0.456	0.376	0.929	0.578	0.543
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.80	1.80	1.17	1.98	1.24		0.627	1.38	0.775		0.485	0.390	0.936	0.574	0.555

	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	[-]	0.637
Fullgrid	[-]	1.46	1.46	0.652	2.00	1.29		0.884	1.20	1.55		0.254	0.275	0.789	0.382	0.395
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.47	1.42	0.636	2.67	1.29		0.785	1.11	1.45		0.264	0.234	0.813	0.469	0.403

	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	[-]	1.34
Fullgrid	[-]	3.09	2.99	1.36	3.75	2.44		1.77	2.00	1.91		0.139	0.288	0.720	0.699	0.427
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.68	2.53	1.34	3.48	2.42		1.18	1.49	2.16		0.217	0.361	0.666	0.720	0.465

	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	[-]	0.615
Fullgrid	[-]	0.837	0.878	0.627	0.570	0.466		0.220	1.15	0.861		0.515	0.219	0.903	0.490	0.469
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.731	0.795	0.616	0.626	0.475		0.177	1.05	1.00		0.508	0.241	0.883	0.414	0.457

	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	[-]	0.778
Fullgrid	[-]	1.13	1.01	0.776	3.07	1.59		0.496	0.752	2.34		0.406	0.353	0.627	0.531	0.454
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.46	1.17	0.771	3.34	1.59		0.398	0.777	2.42		0.302	0.350	0.615	0.563	0.436

	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	[-]	1.05
Fullgrid	[-]	2.43	2.47	1.09	2.24	0.776		1.35	1.71	2.11		0.218	0.312	0.684	0.459	0.397
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.27	2.33	1.05	2.08	0.782		1.27	1.67	2.57		0.234	0.303	0.605	0.352	0.359

	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	[-]	1.22
Fullgrid	[-]	1.75	1.91	1.23	0.509	1.98		0.769	1.19	2.02		0.298	0.372	0.696	0.800	0.508
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.91	1.85	1.21	2.38	1.97		0.631	1.10	2.16		0.309	0.374	0.669	0.832	0.512

	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	[-]	0.171
Fullgrid	[-]	0.339	0.319	0.173	0.867	0.261		0.181	0.405	2.61		0.202	0.454	0.584	0.219	0.383
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.323	0.306	0.171	0.605	0.261		0.134	0.379	2.90		0.205	0.495	0.529	0.220	0.389

	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	[-]	0.519
Fullgrid	[-]	0.814	0.811	0.528	0.564	0.481		0.256	0.876	1.13		0.430	0.291	0.857	0.505	0.475
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.738	0.756	0.519	0.587	0.494		0.237	0.887	1.04		0.449	0.282	0.867	0.549	0.486

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	2.72	2.62	1.73	3.43	3.15		1.17	1.48	1.84		0.246	0.371	0.732	0.785	0.501
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.39	2.30	1.69	2.60	3.10		0.605	1.19	3.19		0.276	0.334	0.471	0.875	0.458

	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	[-]	1.51
Fullgrid	[-]	2.97	2.95	1.54	2.53	1.18		1.44	1.80	1.92		0.278	0.441	0.730	0.810	0.540
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.09	3.03	1.51	3.24	1.16		1.52	1.86	1.86		0.249	0.429	0.739	0.768	0.523

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	2.21	2.21	1.18	2.11	1.21		1.05	1.44	1.11		0.314	0.449	0.892	0.649	0.551
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.22	2.20	1.17	2.09	1.22		1.03	1.45	1.20		0.320	0.444	0.871	0.671	0.550

	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	[-]	0.591
Fullgrid	[-]	0.976	0.970	0.596	3.84	0.709		0.438	0.763	1.88		0.299	0.273	0.711	0.477	0.407
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.14	1.15	0.591	3.33	0.708		0.551	0.893	2.45		0.286	0.241	0.614	0.436	0.363

	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	[-]	4.40
Fullgrid	[-]	5.56	5.55	4.43	4.86	3.26		1.09	1.34	3.03		0.185	0.608	0.504	0.901	0.561
Sparsegrid	[-]	5.22	5.24	4.40	4.28	3.19		0.840	1.15	3.06		0.244	0.605	0.499	0.971	0.585

	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	[-]	1.80
Fullgrid	[-]	3.58	3.55	1.82	3.83	2.35		1.76	2.13	2.62		0.172	0.393	0.593	0.675	0.445
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.35	3.32	1.79	3.58	2.41		1.52	2.09	2.76		0.163	0.395	0.562	0.577	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	[-]	0.620
Fullgrid	[-]	1.64	1.66	0.615	1.76	1.60		1.21	1.55	2.12		0.125	0.231	0.676	0.329	0.318
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.82	1.80	0.611	1.43	1.57		1.20	1.55	2.69		0.115	0.232	0.573	0.373	0.305

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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.699		0.578	0.578
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.582		0.582	0.582

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.714		0.564	0.564
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.589		0.362	0.362

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.687		0.486	0.486
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.640		0.481	0.481

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.545		0.555	0.555
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.658		0.329	0.329

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.596		0.700	0.700
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.449		0.685	0.685

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.553		0.461	0.461
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.566		0.515	0.515

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.667		0.132	0.132
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.620		0.220	0.220

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.677		0.238	0.238
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.560		0.299	0.299

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.583		0.495	0.495
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.604		0.316	0.316

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.693		0.215	0.215
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.637		0.375	0.375

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.677		0.278	0.278
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.740		0.234	0.234

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.585		0.563	0.563
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.599		0.589	0.589

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.705		0.0651	0.0651
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.698		0.0684	0.0684

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.654		0.353	0.353
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.713		0.374	0.374

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.666		0.467	0.467
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.642		0.525	0.525

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.773		0.310	0.310
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.836		0.355	0.355

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.735		0.379	0.379
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.737		0.344	0.344

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.686		0.135	0.135
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.689		0.214	0.214

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.658		0.698	0.698
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.470		0.782	0.782

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.617		0.334	0.334
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.545		0.325	0.325

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.724		0.0459	0.0459
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.776		0.0649	0.0649

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