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
I123	[-]	3.66	3.63	2.83	3.29			0.775	1.41	2.90		0.115	0.266	0.527	0.848	0.405
post5.4	[-]	3.68	3.66	2.83	3.36			0.802	1.43	2.88		0.116	0.264	0.528	0.844	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	[-]	1.03
I123	[-]	0.777	0.747	1.03	0.898			-0.282	0.778	1.93		0.348	0.309	0.728	0.873	0.513
post5.4	[-]	0.794	0.763	1.03	0.922			-0.265	0.785	1.86		0.349	0.312	0.740	0.881	0.519

	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
I123	[-]	1.23	1.21	1.40	1.44	1.80		-0.183	0.760	1.59		0.351	0.366	0.785	0.855	0.545
post5.4	[-]	1.26	1.24	1.40	1.49	1.80		-0.154	0.774	1.82		0.347	0.364	0.743	0.836	0.531

	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
I123	[-]	0.306	0.305	0.602	0.340			-0.295	0.509	0.723		0.635	0.540	0.946	0.905	0.713
post5.4	[-]	0.432	0.431	0.602	0.486			-0.167	0.509	0.493		0.704	0.515	0.965	0.931	0.726

	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
I123	[-]	5.70	5.81	4.00	5.27	3.52		1.63	1.93	2.62		0.0533	0.323	0.588	0.642	0.386
post5.4	[-]	5.85	5.95	4.00	5.48	3.52		1.79	2.07	2.50		0.0499	0.337	0.613	0.618	0.391

	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
I123	[-]	1.38	1.38	2.00	1.50	2.15		-0.620	1.12	0.641		0.369	0.497	0.939	0.887	0.638
post5.4	[-]	1.66	1.66	2.00	1.79	2.15		-0.337	1.15	0.638		0.364	0.449	0.938	0.825	0.605

	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
I123	[-]	1.18	1.17	0.758	1.91			0.466	0.753	1.51		0.377	0.292	0.787	0.751	0.500
post5.4	[-]	1.21	1.20	0.758	1.96			0.493	0.757	1.48		0.380	0.299	0.799	0.724	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	[-]	1.71
I123	[-]	2.09	2.00	1.71	3.21	4.05		0.376	0.827	2.45		0.294	0.262	0.619	0.958	0.479
post5.4	[-]	2.16	2.06	1.71	3.35	4.05		0.444	0.852	2.48		0.298	0.263	0.615	0.945	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	[-]	0.648
I123	[-]	0.401	0.413	0.648	0.266			-0.246	0.486	0.634		0.677	0.554	0.949	0.830	0.713
post5.4	[-]	0.595	0.611	0.648	0.424			-0.0528	0.553	0.463		0.748	0.475	0.960	0.961	0.724

	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
I123	[-]	0.642	0.591	0.761	1.58	2.21		-0.0919	0.393	2.01		0.291	0.224	0.699	0.929	0.473
post5.4	[-]	0.707	0.652	0.761	1.71	2.21		-0.0239	0.399	2.03		0.283	0.216	0.699	0.930	0.469

	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
I123	[-]	1.97	1.94	1.52	2.15	0.861		0.440	1.06	0.635		0.337	0.310	0.942	0.882	0.556
post5.4	[-]	2.00	1.97	1.52	2.22	0.861		0.470	1.02	0.794		0.347	0.335	0.918	0.844	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	[-]	1.36
I123	[-]	1.43	1.55	1.36	0.617	2.29		0.224	0.802	1.65		0.382	0.333	0.761	0.871	0.536
post5.4	[-]	1.50	1.63	1.36	0.655	2.29		0.304	0.823	1.69		0.386	0.326	0.755	0.859	0.531

	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
I123	[-]	0.232	0.223	0.0908	0.622			0.149	0.232	2.06		0.660	0.0576	0.673	0.643	0.418
post5.4	[-]	0.214	0.206	0.0908	0.589			0.132	0.207	2.13		0.665	0.0709	0.659	0.681	0.429

	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
I123	[-]	0.477	0.480	0.650	0.337			-0.188	0.494	1.01		0.562	0.410	0.865	0.921	0.634
post5.4	[-]	0.610	0.612	0.650	0.455			-0.0578	0.582	0.852		0.577	0.350	0.892	0.938	0.621

	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
I123	[-]	2.11	2.00	2.08	2.89	3.46		0.0923	0.800	1.77		0.269	0.324	0.738	0.948	0.520
post5.4	[-]	2.23	2.11	2.08	3.08	3.46		0.219	0.840	1.76		0.255	0.314	0.740	0.923	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	[-]	1.99
I123	[-]	2.20	2.23	1.99	2.05			0.275	0.889	0.976		0.519	0.472	0.904	0.932	0.660
post5.4	[-]	2.35	2.39	1.99	2.22			0.437	0.919	1.35		0.526	0.490	0.847	0.870	0.644

	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
I123	[-]	1.90	1.88	2.03	2.20			-0.128	0.938	0.961		0.281	0.402	0.894	0.888	0.574
post5.4	[-]	2.19	2.17	2.03	2.53			0.164	0.961	1.36		0.315	0.406	0.850	0.779	0.551

	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
I123	[-]	1.03	1.00	0.769	4.13			0.281	0.607	1.18		0.220	0.216	0.852	0.852	0.471
post5.4	[-]	1.04	1.00	0.769	4.59			0.285	0.572	1.32		0.252	0.257	0.821	0.775	0.473

	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
I123	[-]	5.67	5.71	3.88	4.45			1.80	1.93	2.63		0.0505	0.355	0.582	0.855	0.440
post5.4	[-]	5.69	5.73	3.88	4.66			1.82	1.95	2.69		0.0417	0.343	0.568	0.907	0.441

	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
I123	[-]	2.14	2.12	1.92	2.65	1.51		0.202	0.841	2.15		0.366	0.406	0.673	0.883	0.547
post5.4	[-]	2.30	2.28	1.92	2.79	1.51		0.355	0.956	2.09		0.336	0.395	0.683	0.817	0.525

	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
I123	[-]	1.15	1.15	0.692	1.34			0.501	0.810	2.02		0.185	0.139	0.699	0.797	0.392
post5.4	[-]	1.25	1.25	0.692	1.50			0.607	0.884	1.86		0.170	0.141	0.724	0.749	0.385

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	[-]	0.676		0.621	0.621
post5.4	[-]	0.701		0.639	0.639

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.591		0.667	0.667
post5.4	[-]	0.568		0.668	0.668

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.651		0.654	0.654
post5.4	[-]	0.655		0.708	0.708

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.487		0.678	0.678
post5.4	[-]	0.592		0.731	0.731

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.809		0.702	0.702
post5.4	[-]	0.804		0.689	0.689

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.574		0.780	0.780
post5.4	[-]	0.584		0.800	0.800

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.581		0.395	0.395
post5.4	[-]	0.594		0.404	0.404

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.669		0.721	0.721
post5.4	[-]	0.697		0.710	0.710

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.763		0.690	0.690
post5.4	[-]	0.760		0.677	0.677

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.701		0.822	0.822
post5.4	[-]	0.718		0.804	0.804

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.626		0.614	0.614
post5.4	[-]	0.648		0.587	0.587

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.726		0.674	0.674
post5.4	[-]	0.721		0.658	0.658

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.706		0.312	0.312
post5.4	[-]	0.691		0.341	0.341

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.755		0.822	0.822
post5.4	[-]	0.755		0.531	0.531

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.723		0.770	0.770
post5.4	[-]	0.713		0.731	0.731

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.623		0.667	0.667
post5.4	[-]	0.700		0.704	0.704

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.654		0.720	0.720
post5.4	[-]	0.705		0.645	0.645

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.645		0.484	0.484
post5.4	[-]	0.662		0.410	0.410

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.731		0.607	0.607
post5.4	[-]	0.695		0.610	0.610

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.709		0.795	0.795
post5.4	[-]	0.698		0.755	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123	[-]	0.703		0.456	0.456
post5.4	[-]	0.648		0.373	0.373

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