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
I123	[-]	3.55	3.54	2.66	2.40			0.843	1.48	2.59		0.229	0.416	0.585	0.823	0.494
post5.4	[-]	3.62	3.61	2.68	2.45			0.892	1.53	2.60		0.229	0.414	0.580	0.815	0.490

	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	[-]	1.13
I123	[-]	0.766	0.741	1.13	0.478	1.95		-0.389	0.804	1.78		0.405	0.367	0.754	0.855	0.550
post5.4	[-]	0.789	0.764	1.16	0.494	1.97		-0.390	0.819	1.77		0.407	0.367	0.756	0.868	0.553

	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	[-]	1.47
I123	[-]	1.21	1.20	1.47	1.05	1.79		-0.252	0.774	2.18		0.388	0.423	0.667	0.863	0.553
post5.4	[-]	1.24	1.23	1.48	1.09	1.79		-0.224	0.801	2.10		0.379	0.430	0.678	0.823	0.548

	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	[-]	0.882
I123	[-]	0.305	0.307	0.882	0.309			-0.571	0.525	0.832		0.307	0.402	0.934	0.757	0.561
post5.4	[-]	0.432	0.434	0.895	0.442			-0.455	0.608	0.559		0.405	0.339	0.958	0.899	0.588

	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
I123	[-]	5.61	5.65	3.82	5.25	3.30		1.62	1.87	2.03		0.170	0.532	0.691	0.715	0.528
post5.4	[-]	5.78	5.81	3.83	5.44	3.32		1.79	2.06	2.21		0.160	0.522	0.661	0.667	0.506

	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
I123	[-]	1.38	1.38	1.28	1.47	1.89		0.0990	0.921	0.608		0.616	0.576	0.945	0.371	0.617
post5.4	[-]	1.62	1.62	1.30	1.76	1.94		0.324	1.03	0.655		0.605	0.565	0.939	0.303	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	[-]	0.905
I123	[-]	1.18	1.35	0.905	0.248	1.74		0.531	0.867	1.18		0.463	0.414	0.858	0.606	0.551
post5.4	[-]	1.19	1.36	0.920	0.260	1.75		0.534	0.868	1.14		0.483	0.426	0.865	0.588	0.558

	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
I123	[-]	2.05	2.11	1.81	1.13	1.72		0.459	0.956	2.50		0.460	0.385	0.617	0.932	0.556
post5.4	[-]	2.13	2.19	1.83	1.18	1.75		0.527	1.01	2.62		0.446	0.379	0.594	0.911	0.542

	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	[-]	0.849
I123	[-]	0.415	0.426	0.849	0.284	0.823		-0.439	0.487	0.636		0.404	0.396	0.944	0.891	0.606
post5.4	[-]	0.567	0.580	0.861	0.417	0.883		-0.299	0.676	0.549		0.479	0.298	0.951	0.940	0.593

	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
I123	[-]	0.658	0.627	0.849	1.63	1.65		-0.116	0.430	2.41		0.435	0.322	0.629	0.920	0.526
post5.4	[-]	0.697	0.664	0.851	1.73	1.65		-0.0721	0.422	2.44		0.423	0.334	0.621	0.938	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	[-]	1.41
I123	[-]	1.92	1.90	1.41	2.09	0.763		0.516	1.05	0.593		0.451	0.420	0.944	0.654	0.578
post5.4	[-]	1.98	1.96	1.46	2.17	0.778		0.536	1.06	0.725		0.439	0.447	0.924	0.619	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	[-]	1.49
I123	[-]	1.41	1.76	1.49	0.192	2.01		0.324	0.921	1.65		0.402	0.413	0.766	0.813	0.562
post5.4	[-]	1.48	1.84	1.50	0.203	2.02		0.400	0.978	1.70		0.402	0.409	0.758	0.793	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	[-]	0.369
I123	[-]	0.230	0.641	0.369	0.0496	0.330		0.313	0.638	2.16		0.190	0.159	0.657	0.767	0.387
post5.4	[-]	0.217	0.602	0.377	0.0478	0.335		0.265	0.570	2.25		0.216	0.178	0.639	0.804	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	[-]	0.597
I123	[-]	0.471	0.482	0.597	0.258			-0.123	0.528	1.16		0.442	0.336	0.855	0.818	0.558
post5.4	[-]	0.602	0.613	0.601	0.344			0.00434	0.696	1.02		0.428	0.281	0.882	0.678	0.510

	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
I123	[-]	2.07	2.01	1.98	2.87	3.38		0.255	0.908	2.23		0.410	0.427	0.660	0.909	0.567
post5.4	[-]	2.20	2.14	2.00	3.08	3.40		0.377	0.966	2.27		0.392	0.421	0.655	0.881	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	[-]	1.79
I123	[-]	2.16	2.19	1.79	2.07	2.52		0.451	0.940	0.844		0.625	0.568	0.920	0.755	0.687
post5.4	[-]	2.29	2.32	1.82	2.23	2.56		0.561	1.05	1.21		0.592	0.554	0.874	0.667	0.648

	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	[-]	1.27
I123	[-]	1.88	1.88	1.27	1.80			0.650	1.13	0.865		0.493	0.469	0.908	0.496	0.567
post5.4	[-]	2.12	2.12	1.28	2.05			0.890	1.29	1.23		0.453	0.485	0.872	0.395	0.538

	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	[-]	0.744
I123	[-]	1.05	1.03	0.744	4.11			0.352	0.637	1.17		0.412	0.353	0.854	0.697	0.534
post5.4	[-]	1.07	1.05	0.751	4.52			0.372	0.647	1.46		0.435	0.377	0.813	0.620	0.524

	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	[-]	3.93
I123	[-]	5.57	5.59	3.93	4.82	1.32		1.61	1.83	2.25		0.184	0.489	0.657	0.912	0.546
post5.4	[-]	5.65	5.67	3.95	5.02	1.34		1.67	1.89	2.53		0.172	0.480	0.602	0.933	0.533

	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
I123	[-]	2.11	2.10	1.97	2.67	1.60		0.127	0.893	2.31		0.385	0.480	0.648	0.831	0.565
post5.4	[-]	2.27	2.25	1.98	2.80	1.61		0.272	0.989	2.15		0.372	0.467	0.675	0.765	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	[-]	0.781
I123	[-]	1.09	1.17	0.780	0.477	2.91		0.479	0.881	2.70		0.294	0.241	0.572	0.761	0.422
post5.4	[-]	1.18	1.27	0.787	0.524	2.93		0.583	0.960	2.75		0.271	0.244	0.566	0.712	0.407

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	[-]	0.692		0.568	0.568
post5.4	[-]	0.726		0.587	0.587

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.631		0.651	0.651
post5.4	[-]	0.621		0.670	0.670

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.608		0.663	0.663
post5.4	[-]	0.610		0.689	0.689

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.430		0.561	0.561
post5.4	[-]	0.525		0.634	0.634

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.752		0.676	0.676
post5.4	[-]	0.773		0.666	0.666

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.539		0.636	0.636
post5.4	[-]	0.578		0.574	0.574

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.571		0.341	0.341
post5.4	[-]	0.605		0.363	0.363

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.668		0.690	0.690
post5.4	[-]	0.689		0.668	0.668

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.647		0.648	0.648
post5.4	[-]	0.692		0.733	0.733

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.696		0.827	0.827
post5.4	[-]	0.717		0.853	0.853

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.582		0.588	0.588
post5.4	[-]	0.608		0.535	0.535

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.588		0.659	0.659
post5.4	[-]	0.586		0.638	0.638

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.624		0.378	0.378
post5.4	[-]	0.623		0.509	0.509

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.678		0.683	0.683
post5.4	[-]	0.672		0.437	0.437

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.740		0.653	0.653
post5.4	[-]	0.727		0.610	0.610

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.637		0.603	0.603
post5.4	[-]	0.673		0.614	0.614

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.713		0.474	0.474
post5.4	[-]	0.711		0.371	0.371

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.641		0.396	0.396
post5.4	[-]	0.689		0.340	0.340

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.693		0.638	0.638
post5.4	[-]	0.743		0.632	0.632

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.667		0.807	0.807
post5.4	[-]	0.642		0.771	0.771

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.639		0.467	0.467
post5.4	[-]	0.593		0.368	0.368

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