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	[-]	2.78
I123	[-]	3.59	3.57	2.78	2.61			0.755	1.25	2.69		0.201	0.445	0.556	0.923	0.514
post5.4	[-]	3.68	3.66	2.79	2.66			0.825	1.31	2.75		0.191	0.445	0.549	0.917	0.509

	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	[-]	0.897
I123	[-]	0.777	0.746	0.897	1.10	1.12		-0.151	0.673	1.50		0.434	0.360	0.797	0.919	0.574
post5.4	[-]	0.804	0.772	0.915	1.14	1.14		-0.142	0.686	1.46		0.433	0.359	0.805	0.920	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	[-]	1.26
I123	[-]	1.23	1.21	1.26	1.38	1.62		-0.0334	0.734	2.06		0.452	0.424	0.687	0.840	0.566
post5.4	[-]	1.26	1.24	1.28	1.43	1.62		-0.0248	0.768	2.05		0.436	0.429	0.688	0.799	0.556

	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	[-]	0.657
I123	[-]	0.306	0.306	0.657	0.348			-0.349	0.420	0.889		0.539	0.538	0.927	0.928	0.694
post5.4	[-]	0.450	0.450	0.679	0.520			-0.224	0.510	0.595		0.630	0.474	0.951	0.912	0.688

	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	[-]	3.97
I123	[-]	5.67	5.70	3.97	5.30	4.10		1.53	1.69	2.95		0.193	0.676	0.525	0.966	0.607
post5.4	[-]	5.83	5.86	3.99	5.50	4.11		1.69	1.86	3.00		0.169	0.674	0.518	0.937	0.595

	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	[-]	1.18
I123	[-]	1.38	1.38	1.18	1.40	1.37		0.207	0.904	0.629		0.596	0.548	0.942	0.297	0.586
post5.4	[-]	1.67	1.67	1.20	1.71	1.38		0.476	1.10	0.646		0.574	0.521	0.939	0.229	0.557

	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	[-]	0.653
I123	[-]	1.20	1.21	0.653	1.72	1.46		0.638	0.921	1.27		0.349	0.351	0.841	0.378	0.454
post5.4	[-]	1.20	1.21	0.671	1.78	1.49		0.626	0.894	1.22		0.374	0.368	0.850	0.379	0.468

	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
I123	[-]	2.09	2.04	1.36	3.16	2.95		0.833	1.05	1.96		0.306	0.416	0.714	0.854	0.541
post5.4	[-]	2.15	2.11	1.38	3.29	3.01		0.888	1.09	1.94		0.292	0.419	0.719	0.832	0.536

	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	[-]	0.627
I123	[-]	0.415	0.424	0.627	0.278	0.617		-0.219	0.421	0.947		0.613	0.484	0.912	0.926	0.684
post5.4	[-]	0.594	0.605	0.648	0.463	0.619		-0.0641	0.654	0.815		0.663	0.366	0.920	0.760	0.615

	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	[-]	0.783
I123	[-]	0.667	0.634	0.778	1.77	2.26		-0.0350	0.425	2.06		0.461	0.391	0.699	0.913	0.571
post5.4	[-]	0.703	0.666	0.790	1.89	2.28		-0.00401	0.423	2.01		0.459	0.412	0.698	0.919	0.580

	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	[-]	1.09
I123	[-]	1.94	1.92	1.09	2.17	0.633		0.852	1.21	0.573		0.357	0.375	0.951	0.427	0.497
post5.4	[-]	2.01	1.99	1.13	2.27	0.655		0.891	1.22	0.699		0.347	0.414	0.930	0.387	0.498

	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	[-]	1.23
I123	[-]	1.43	1.56	1.23	0.328	2.44		0.390	0.815	1.74		0.377	0.448	0.749	0.852	0.575
post5.4	[-]	1.50	1.64	1.25	0.348	2.46		0.457	0.871	1.74		0.373	0.444	0.749	0.832	0.568

	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	[-]	0.173
I123	[-]	0.233	0.230	0.173	0.589	0.642		0.0823	0.298	2.41		0.196	0.454	0.624	0.439	0.433
post5.4	[-]	0.220	0.217	0.178	0.553	0.645		0.0639	0.276	2.38		0.198	0.450	0.627	0.485	0.442

	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	[-]	0.528
I123	[-]	0.474	0.469	0.528	0.349	0.151		-0.0807	0.442	1.40		0.530	0.460	0.812	0.789	0.610
post5.4	[-]	0.627	0.620	0.544	0.476	0.161		0.0490	0.598	1.26		0.510	0.396	0.833	0.637	0.554

	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	[-]	1.75
I123	[-]	2.11	2.06	1.73	2.90	4.03		0.549	0.887	1.79		0.356	0.462	0.739	0.897	0.583
post5.4	[-]	2.25	2.19	1.76	3.11	4.03		0.672	0.975	1.88		0.323	0.448	0.726	0.866	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	[-]	1.54
I123	[-]	2.18	2.22	1.54	1.93	0.903		0.734	1.17	1.05		0.511	0.521	0.886	0.613	0.611
post5.4	[-]	2.33	2.37	1.58	2.11	0.895		0.856	1.27	1.44		0.488	0.521	0.832	0.523	0.577

	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	[-]	1.18
I123	[-]	1.89	1.89	1.18	2.01			0.754	1.21	0.917		0.471	0.475	0.905	0.379	0.541
post5.4	[-]	2.19	2.19	1.20	2.28			1.03	1.43	1.26		0.431	0.494	0.870	0.290	0.516

	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	[-]	0.596
I123	[-]	1.06	1.04	0.596	4.29			0.509	0.740	1.18		0.352	0.336	0.861	0.340	0.445
post5.4	[-]	1.08	1.06	0.609	4.66			0.528	0.737	1.14		0.376	0.376	0.846	0.294	0.454

	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	[-]	4.42
I123	[-]	5.65	5.67	4.42	4.83	1.59		1.20	1.36	3.16		0.153	0.636	0.478	0.985	0.578
post5.4	[-]	5.69	5.71	4.44	5.00	1.61		1.23	1.40	3.14		0.141	0.630	0.481	0.979	0.572

	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	[-]	1.82
I123	[-]	2.13	2.12	1.82	2.75	1.05		0.292	0.898	2.15		0.411	0.494	0.682	0.925	0.601
post5.4	[-]	2.26	2.25	1.85	2.84	1.04		0.392	1.00	2.06		0.382	0.482	0.702	0.888	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	[-]	0.624
I123	[-]	1.10	1.12	0.624	1.17	1.39		0.555	0.847	1.80		0.243	0.302	0.732	0.681	0.452
post5.4	[-]	1.20	1.21	0.633	1.31	1.43		0.649	0.938	1.81		0.216	0.294	0.731	0.621	0.431

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]
I123	[-]	0.687		0.569	0.569
post5.4	[-]	0.659		0.596	0.596

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.615		0.656	0.656
post5.4	[-]	0.614		0.642	0.642

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.674		0.613	0.613
post5.4	[-]	0.682		0.599	0.599

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.453		0.644	0.644
post5.4	[-]	0.529		0.769	0.769

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.797		0.659	0.659
post5.4	[-]	0.761		0.650	0.650

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.553		0.591	0.591
post5.4	[-]	0.585		0.507	0.507

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.603		0.160	0.160
post5.4	[-]	0.633		0.165	0.165

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.650		0.516	0.516
post5.4	[-]	0.665		0.495	0.495

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.659		0.681	0.681
post5.4	[-]	0.664		0.716	0.716

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.691		0.846	0.846
post5.4	[-]	0.726		0.755	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.584		0.369	0.369
post5.4	[-]	0.634		0.346	0.346

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.679		0.654	0.654
post5.4	[-]	0.673		0.634	0.634

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.702		0.230	0.230
post5.4	[-]	0.708		0.245	0.245

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.723		0.621	0.621
post5.4	[-]	0.699		0.326	0.326

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.704		0.651	0.651
post5.4	[-]	0.707		0.604	0.604

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.655		0.467	0.467
post5.4	[-]	0.721		0.437	0.437

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.694		0.331	0.331
post5.4	[-]	0.692		0.250	0.250

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.638		0.116	0.116
post5.4	[-]	0.670		0.0875	0.0875

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.654		0.712	0.712
post5.4	[-]	0.647		0.707	0.707

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.636		0.740	0.740
post5.4	[-]	0.648		0.716	0.716

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.679		0.338	0.338
post5.4	[-]	0.638		0.248	0.248

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