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	[-]	2.79
I123pd	[-]	3.55	3.53	2.79	2.56			0.690	1.19	2.70		0.213	0.444	0.554	0.934	0.518
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	[-]	0.915
I123pd	[-]	0.775	0.744	0.915	1.06	1.14		-0.170	0.682	1.47		0.429	0.359	0.803	0.917	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	[-]	1.29
I123pd	[-]	1.21	1.20	1.28	1.36	1.62		-0.0707	0.748	2.06		0.436	0.428	0.689	0.835	0.563
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	[-]	0.679
I123pd	[-]	0.398	0.398	0.679	0.467			-0.276	0.462	0.642		0.598	0.509	0.945	0.929	0.698
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	[-]	3.99
I123pd	[-]	5.59	5.62	3.99	5.27	4.11		1.46	1.65	3.04		0.200	0.665	0.511	0.957	0.600
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	[-]	1.20
I123pd	[-]	1.56	1.56	1.20	1.61	1.38		0.365	1.00	0.604		0.583	0.541	0.944	0.262	0.574
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	[-]	0.671
I123pd	[-]	1.20	1.20	0.671	1.70	1.49		0.616	0.888	1.22		0.359	0.358	0.852	0.414	0.468
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	[-]	1.38
I123pd	[-]	2.08	2.04	1.38	3.14	3.01		0.809	1.04	1.95		0.306	0.411	0.717	0.862	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	[-]	0.648
I123pd	[-]	0.531	0.540	0.648	0.415	0.619		-0.127	0.553	0.843		0.635	0.424	0.916	0.782	0.636
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	[-]	0.795
I123pd	[-]	0.666	0.633	0.790	1.75	2.28		-0.0481	0.413	2.02		0.463	0.422	0.698	0.917	0.585
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	[-]	1.13
I123pd	[-]	1.98	1.96	1.13	2.20	0.655		0.854	1.21	0.567		0.357	0.385	0.950	0.436	0.503
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	[-]	1.25
I123pd	[-]	1.44	1.58	1.25	0.331	2.46		0.390	0.819	1.72		0.378	0.446	0.753	0.861	0.577
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	[-]	0.178
I123pd	[-]	0.222	0.220	0.178	0.556	0.645		0.0659	0.283	2.39		0.196	0.443	0.626	0.495	0.441
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	[-]	0.544
I123pd	[-]	0.571	0.564	0.544	0.434	0.161		-0.00446	0.520	1.30		0.523	0.431	0.828	0.694	0.581
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	[-]	1.78
I123pd	[-]	2.14	2.09	1.76	2.92	4.03		0.547	0.874	1.92		0.348	0.458	0.715	0.900	0.576
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	[-]	1.58
I123pd	[-]	2.30	2.34	1.58	2.03	0.895		0.818	1.22	1.14		0.496	0.524	0.872	0.586	0.600
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	[-]	1.20
I123pd	[-]	2.10	2.10	1.20	2.16			0.942	1.35	0.924		0.428	0.478	0.905	0.351	0.528
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	[-]	0.609
I123pd	[-]	1.07	1.05	0.609	4.29			0.510	0.727	1.09		0.360	0.354	0.870	0.348	0.457
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	[-]	4.44
I123pd	[-]	5.46	5.48	4.44	4.74	1.61		1.00	1.21	3.11		0.184	0.636	0.488	0.980	0.585
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	[-]	1.85
I123pd	[-]	2.12	2.10	1.85	2.65	1.04		0.247	0.910	2.07		0.405	0.495	0.700	0.921	0.603
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	[-]	0.633
I123pd	[-]	1.13	1.14	0.633	1.21	1.43		0.571	0.863	1.80		0.231	0.306	0.732	0.676	0.450
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]
I123pd	[-]	0.670		0.653	0.653
post5.4	[-]	0.651		0.620	0.620

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.599		0.691	0.691
post5.4	[-]	0.604		0.667	0.667

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.670		0.647	0.647
post5.4	[-]	0.677		0.604	0.604

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.519		0.712	0.712
post5.4	[-]	0.523		0.767	0.767

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.775		0.697	0.697
post5.4	[-]	0.750		0.668	0.668

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.601		0.576	0.576
post5.4	[-]	0.579		0.519	0.519

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.608		0.205	0.205
post5.4	[-]	0.635		0.182	0.182

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.672		0.525	0.525
post5.4	[-]	0.670		0.493	0.493

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.561		0.730	0.730
post5.4	[-]	0.607		0.735	0.735

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.750		0.799	0.799
post5.4	[-]	0.736		0.758	0.758

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.610		0.325	0.325
post5.4	[-]	0.611		0.303	0.303

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.677		0.683	0.683
post5.4	[-]	0.673		0.643	0.643

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.696		0.341	0.341
post5.4	[-]	0.707		0.330	0.330

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.714		0.370	0.370
post5.4	[-]	0.696		0.331	0.331

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.694		0.632	0.632
post5.4	[-]	0.731		0.582	0.582

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.649		0.477	0.477
post5.4	[-]	0.678		0.450	0.450

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.688		0.313	0.313
post5.4	[-]	0.681		0.273	0.273

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.633		0.100	0.100
post5.4	[-]	0.687		0.0759	0.0759

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.689		0.742	0.742
post5.4	[-]	0.724		0.713	0.713

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.651		0.780	0.780
post5.4	[-]	0.658		0.727	0.727

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.620		0.307	0.307
post5.4	[-]	0.618		0.258	0.258

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