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	[-]	2.83
Fullgrid	[-]	3.79	3.70	2.83	3.65	0.261		0.851	1.41	3.14		0.132	0.250	0.480	0.873	0.397
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.38	3.39	2.83	2.90	0.261		0.556	1.10	3.26		0.156	0.270	0.453	0.919	0.414

	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	[-]	1.03
Fullgrid	[-]	0.846	0.945	1.03	1.48			-0.0757	0.868	1.65		0.344	0.295	0.776	0.823	0.507
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.896	0.914	1.03	2.12			-0.118	0.823	2.15		0.405	0.302	0.674	0.797	0.496

	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	[-]	1.40
Fullgrid	[-]	1.54	1.54	1.40	2.13	1.03		0.183	1.04	2.04		0.314	0.323	0.706	0.592	0.451
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.47	1.42	1.40	1.92	1.03		0.0184	0.937	2.33		0.315	0.327	0.650	0.752	0.474

	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	[-]	0.843	0.857	0.602	0.868	0.693		0.262	0.985	0.414		0.560	0.296	0.967	0.663	0.556
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.873	0.910	0.602	0.819	0.693		0.313	1.04	0.478		0.546	0.311	0.965	0.528	0.532

	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	[-]	4.00
Fullgrid	[-]	5.69	5.81	4.01	5.43	3.89		1.66	1.78	2.94		0.0485	0.325	0.509	0.985	0.439
Sparsegrid	[-]	5.20	5.35	4.01	5.12	3.89		1.35	1.51	2.97		0.0573	0.320	0.498	0.983	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	[-]	2.00
Fullgrid	[-]	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.86	2.15		0.00392	1.35	0.807		0.412	0.294	0.930	0.902	0.567
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.89	1.90	2.00	1.99	2.15		-0.111	1.36	0.761		0.386	0.315	0.943	0.914	0.575

	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	[-]	0.758
Fullgrid	[-]	1.48	1.47	0.758	2.03	2.19		0.764	1.07	1.70		0.276	0.215	0.752	0.718	0.435
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.52	1.43	0.758	2.66	2.19		0.670	1.00	1.85		0.274	0.214	0.726	0.821	0.450

	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	[-]	3.14	3.00	1.71	3.85	3.26		1.39	1.71	2.20		0.137	0.166	0.666	0.823	0.392
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.81	2.57	1.71	3.73	3.26		0.842	1.35	2.41		0.182	0.222	0.623	0.850	0.420

	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	[-]	0.648
Fullgrid	[-]	0.876	0.931	0.648	0.522	0.162		0.257	0.969	0.505		0.581	0.299	0.941	0.873	0.598
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.789	0.879	0.648	0.579	0.162		0.226	0.896	0.850		0.597	0.333	0.890	0.817	0.594

	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	[-]	0.762
Fullgrid	[-]	1.12	0.963	0.758	2.87	2.14		0.418	0.721	2.15		0.244	0.159	0.672	0.495	0.346
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.45	1.08	0.758	3.15	2.14		0.322	0.722	2.52		0.176	0.186	0.593	0.540	0.336

	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	[-]	1.52
Fullgrid	[-]	2.41	2.47	1.52	2.27	1.50		0.925	1.45	2.18		0.243	0.255	0.665	0.890	0.462
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.35	2.43	1.52	2.16	1.50		0.905	1.52	2.68		0.232	0.261	0.576	0.798	0.426

	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	[-]	1.36
Fullgrid	[-]	1.77	1.92	1.36	0.821	2.51		0.626	1.11	1.83		0.329	0.253	0.726	0.825	0.477
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.97	1.88	1.36	2.50	2.51		0.519	1.06	2.06		0.330	0.263	0.683	0.847	0.477

	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	[-]	0.0908
Fullgrid	[-]	0.333	0.304	0.0908	0.899	0.0582		0.241	0.342	1.73		0.645	0.0819	0.723	0.348	0.376
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.338	0.306	0.0908	0.677	0.0582		0.214	0.323	2.12		0.655	0.123	0.646	0.342	0.378

	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	[-]	0.650
Fullgrid	[-]	0.805	0.821	0.650	0.521	0.748		0.148	0.785	0.810		0.516	0.261	0.900	0.883	0.564
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.758	0.806	0.650	0.560	0.748		0.157	0.830	0.777		0.507	0.259	0.905	0.877	0.561

	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	[-]	2.08
Fullgrid	[-]	2.75	2.57	2.08	3.52	3.36		0.767	1.27	1.90		0.195	0.235	0.717	0.840	0.444
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.46	2.34	2.08	2.65	3.36		0.258	1.13	3.41		0.202	0.193	0.416	0.916	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	[-]	1.99
Fullgrid	[-]	3.03	3.02	1.99	2.57	2.44		1.06	1.44	2.16		0.320	0.414	0.678	0.960	0.557
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.21	3.14	1.99	3.27	2.44		1.16	1.50	1.91		0.296	0.405	0.721	0.967	0.559

	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	[-]	2.03
Fullgrid	[-]	2.21	2.21	2.03	2.27	2.48		0.194	0.871	1.22		0.391	0.339	0.873	0.965	0.581
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.29	2.28	2.03	2.22	2.48		0.249	0.973	1.26		0.380	0.315	0.863	0.953	0.565

	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	[-]	0.769
Fullgrid	[-]	0.924	0.909	0.769	3.58	1.19		0.188	0.724	2.28		0.186	0.178	0.630	0.881	0.411
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.15	1.13	0.769	3.32	1.19		0.362	0.873	2.55		0.183	0.151	0.584	0.850	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	[-]	3.88
Fullgrid	[-]	5.63	5.63	3.88	4.83	3.83		1.73	1.89	2.46		0.0378	0.327	0.612	0.972	0.455
Sparsegrid	[-]	5.34	5.39	3.88	4.34	3.83		1.51	1.73	2.64		0.0658	0.341	0.581	0.885	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	[-]	1.92
Fullgrid	[-]	3.63	3.59	1.92	4.03	3.46		1.70	2.09	2.97		0.146	0.283	0.513	0.603	0.366
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.49	3.46	1.92	3.61	3.46		1.54	2.13	2.94		0.133	0.297	0.528	0.470	0.345

	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	[-]	0.692
Fullgrid	[-]	1.74	1.74	0.682	1.94	2.62		1.21	1.52	2.37		0.108	0.101	0.630	0.418	0.272
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.89	1.85	0.682	1.71	2.62		1.18	1.52	2.77		0.122	0.107	0.559	0.460	0.271

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	[-]	0.658		0.590	0.590
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.610		0.682	0.682

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.609		0.641	0.641
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.601		0.422	0.422

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.693		0.566	0.566
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.654		0.578	0.578

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.560		0.588	0.588
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.678		0.306	0.306

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.628		0.736	0.736
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.506		0.705	0.705

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.646		0.878	0.878
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.643		0.866	0.866

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.582		0.356	0.356
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.531		0.449	0.449

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.596		0.413	0.413
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.476		0.463	0.463

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.633		0.409	0.409
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.646		0.285	0.285

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.704		0.263	0.263
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.680		0.425	0.425

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.700		0.502	0.502
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.632		0.510	0.510

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.665		0.597	0.597
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.676		0.622	0.622

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.728		0.112	0.112
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.720		0.0805	0.0805

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.691		0.606	0.606
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.726		0.592	0.592

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.651		0.630	0.630
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.601		0.694	0.694

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.752		0.501	0.501
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.856		0.481	0.481

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.739		0.757	0.757
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.631		0.729	0.729

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.663		0.468	0.468
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.602		0.512	0.512

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.590		0.609	0.609
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.547		0.686	0.686

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.693		0.372	0.372
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.574		0.336	0.336

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.725		0.120	0.120
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.786		0.142	0.142

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 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