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	[-]	2.66
Fullgrid	[-]	3.63	3.56	2.66	2.88	0.248		0.879	1.45	2.87		0.253	0.407	0.524	0.860	0.490
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.27	3.27	2.66	2.49	0.251		0.602	1.23	2.93		0.287	0.407	0.511	0.899	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	[-]	1.14
Fullgrid	[-]	0.815	0.914	1.13	0.693	1.30		-0.211	0.866	1.76		0.393	0.340	0.750	0.877	0.540
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.868	0.907	1.14	1.25	1.30		-0.236	0.857	2.11		0.445	0.350	0.680	0.824	0.530

	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	[-]	1.48
Fullgrid	[-]	1.48	1.51	1.48	1.78	1.13		0.106	1.05	2.81		0.348	0.379	0.542	0.580	0.446
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.43	1.42	1.48	1.60	1.13		-0.0492	0.942	2.86		0.354	0.388	0.529	0.717	0.475

	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	[-]	0.896
Fullgrid	[-]	0.823	0.839	0.883	0.800	0.614		-0.0373	1.32	0.515		0.526	0.150	0.958	0.867	0.530
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.825	0.861	0.898	0.727	0.617		-0.0328	1.48	0.430		0.451	0.126	0.965	0.798	0.494

	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	[-]	3.82
Fullgrid	[-]	5.49	5.56	3.83	5.21	3.32		1.56	1.71	3.01		0.157	0.476	0.517	0.989	0.523
Sparsegrid	[-]	4.97	5.09	3.84	4.81	3.32		1.25	1.46	2.75		0.243	0.475	0.564	0.986	0.549

	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	[-]	1.29
Fullgrid	[-]	1.93	1.93	1.28	1.83	1.54		0.652	1.31	0.823		0.559	0.440	0.929	0.677	0.609
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.80	1.80	1.29	2.03	1.55		0.500	1.25	0.789		0.573	0.454	0.939	0.668	0.618

	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	[-]	0.910
Fullgrid	[-]	1.44	1.64	0.904	0.375	1.70		0.812	1.17	1.45		0.345	0.321	0.810	0.614	0.482
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.47	1.58	0.909	0.881	1.70		0.672	1.07	1.28		0.357	0.297	0.843	0.733	0.505

	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	[-]	1.81
Fullgrid	[-]	3.02	3.08	1.80	1.69	2.04		1.40	1.79	2.43		0.219	0.281	0.618	0.811	0.442
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.68	2.64	1.81	2.53	2.07		0.811	1.40	2.48		0.301	0.352	0.608	0.816	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	[-]	0.873
Fullgrid	[-]	0.807	0.850	0.850	0.527	0.467		-0.0229	1.22	0.595		0.537	0.186	0.932	0.787	0.526
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.731	0.806	0.874	0.536	0.457		-0.0691	1.25	0.684		0.481	0.180	0.921	0.720	0.497

	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	[-]	0.851
Fullgrid	[-]	1.12	1.01	0.843	2.92	1.73		0.425	0.708	2.70		0.385	0.293	0.569	0.579	0.424
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.46	1.18	0.843	3.27	1.73		0.334	0.746	2.18		0.300	0.282	0.676	0.610	0.430

	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	[-]	1.43
Fullgrid	[-]	2.39	2.44	1.41	2.19	1.11		0.997	1.45	2.20		0.334	0.355	0.671	0.700	0.483
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.27	2.33	1.43	2.06	1.12		0.900	1.48	2.62		0.332	0.344	0.597	0.600	0.443

	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	[-]	1.49
Fullgrid	[-]	1.73	2.14	1.49	0.305	2.01		0.739	1.29	1.99		0.331	0.336	0.702	0.780	0.497
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.91	2.09	1.49	0.991	2.02		0.594	1.23	2.02		0.335	0.336	0.696	0.810	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	[-]	0.370
Fullgrid	[-]	0.333	0.877	0.369	0.0834	0.362		0.559	0.928	3.21		0.179	0.150	0.469	0.432	0.276
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.323	0.858	0.370	0.0849	0.368		0.479	0.889	3.09		0.156	0.174	0.501	0.425	0.286

	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	[-]	0.602
Fullgrid	[-]	0.792	0.818	0.597	0.420	0.491		0.211	1.03	0.861		0.378	0.189	0.913	0.573	0.448
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.738	0.804	0.602	0.433	0.494		0.203	1.14	0.726		0.377	0.162	0.935	0.620	0.451

	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	[-]	1.98
Fullgrid	[-]	2.66	2.56	1.98	3.39	2.06		0.844	1.35	2.17		0.306	0.359	0.672	0.819	0.503
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.39	2.29	1.98	2.64	2.07		0.303	1.16	3.40		0.326	0.321	0.424	0.901	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	[-]	1.79
Fullgrid	[-]	2.92	2.90	1.79	2.60	1.37		1.14	1.53	2.20		0.365	0.464	0.664	0.915	0.574
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.09	3.02	1.79	3.36	1.37		1.23	1.60	2.22		0.343	0.449	0.672	0.894	0.562

	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	[-]	1.28
Fullgrid	[-]	2.17	2.17	1.27	2.03	1.14		0.915	1.31	1.08		0.356	0.445	0.894	0.782	0.585
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.22	2.21	1.28	2.03	1.14		0.929	1.34	1.18		0.373	0.448	0.871	0.794	0.587

	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	[-]	0.746
Fullgrid	[-]	0.963	0.955	0.744	3.72	0.739		0.274	0.708	2.04		0.355	0.285	0.680	0.832	0.488
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.14	1.14	0.746	3.26	0.745		0.394	0.829	2.33		0.329	0.262	0.636	0.804	0.459

	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	[-]	3.94
Fullgrid	[-]	5.51	5.50	3.93	4.79	2.63		1.53	1.80	2.00		0.209	0.468	0.702	0.983	0.566
Sparsegrid	[-]	5.22	5.24	3.94	4.37	2.63		1.30	1.63	2.22		0.229	0.474	0.656	0.927	0.552

	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	[-]	1.97
Fullgrid	[-]	3.58	3.54	1.97	3.90	3.20		1.60	2.02	2.90		0.166	0.367	0.527	0.549	0.395
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.35	3.32	1.97	3.61	3.22		1.35	2.00	2.86		0.158	0.384	0.538	0.453	0.384

	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	[-]	0.791
Fullgrid	[-]	1.62	1.72	0.764	0.943	2.21		1.17	1.55	2.89		0.156	0.183	0.539	0.396	0.291
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.82	1.92	0.774	1.01	2.24		1.16	1.59	3.15		0.157	0.188	0.485	0.449	0.293

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	[-]	0.676		0.561	0.561
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.555		0.602	0.602

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.604		0.671	0.671
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.610		0.450	0.450

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.636		0.559	0.559
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.604		0.561	0.561

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.604		0.735	0.735
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.596		0.573	0.573

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.591		0.717	0.717
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.446		0.703	0.703

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.544		0.565	0.565
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.575		0.604	0.604

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.618		0.350	0.350
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.587		0.454	0.454

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.589		0.407	0.407
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.501		0.458	0.458

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.600		0.788	0.788
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.588		0.514	0.514

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.685		0.321	0.321
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.653		0.478	0.478

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.636		0.484	0.484
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.642		0.376	0.376

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.517		0.592	0.592
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.595		0.616	0.616

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.651		0.157	0.157
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.593		0.142	0.142

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.622		0.476	0.476
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.665		0.433	0.433

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.611		0.527	0.527
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.557		0.573	0.573

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.777		0.466	0.466
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.892		0.460	0.460

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.725		0.491	0.491
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.783		0.411	0.411

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.679		0.413	0.413
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.614		0.481	0.481

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.600		0.642	0.642
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.532		0.724	0.724

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.637		0.390	0.390
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.585		0.394	0.394

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.662		0.103	0.103
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.592		0.134	0.134

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 AVHRR BU leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly 1/12 degree AVHRR BU 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:

Tue Mar 25 17:04:13 PDT 2014

  Approach:

I read this variable from original abl files using matlab and simply averaged 15-day (half monthly) data to get monthly data. I also interpolated data from 1/12 (0.0833) degree into 0.5 degree and saved the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from half monthly AVHRR BU leaf area index from Boston University.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-lai-avhrr.ncl