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	[-]	2.68
I123pd	[-]	3.48	3.47	2.68	2.35			0.754	1.41	2.45		0.250	0.415	0.615	0.843	0.507
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	[-]	1.16
I123pd	[-]	0.758	0.734	1.16	0.465	1.97		-0.420	0.821	1.75		0.402	0.369	0.760	0.846	0.549
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	[-]	1.48
I123pd	[-]	1.19	1.18	1.48	1.03	1.79		-0.271	0.788	2.10		0.376	0.429	0.681	0.857	0.554
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	[-]	0.895
I123pd	[-]	0.384	0.386	0.895	0.399			-0.502	0.555	0.603		0.367	0.371	0.952	0.864	0.585
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	[-]	3.83
I123pd	[-]	5.53	5.57	3.83	5.20	3.32		1.55	1.85	2.27		0.178	0.526	0.651	0.707	0.517
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	[-]	1.30
I123pd	[-]	1.52	1.53	1.30	1.65	1.94		0.224	0.976	0.564		0.611	0.575	0.948	0.340	0.610
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	[-]	0.920
I123pd	[-]	1.19	1.36	0.920	0.252	1.75		0.525	0.851	1.18		0.469	0.420	0.861	0.634	0.561
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	[-]	1.83
I123pd	[-]	2.06	2.11	1.83	1.13	1.75		0.440	0.960	2.53		0.469	0.377	0.613	0.934	0.554
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	[-]	0.861
I123pd	[-]	0.506	0.517	0.861	0.380	0.883		-0.360	0.583	0.574		0.440	0.351	0.949	0.931	0.605
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	[-]	0.854
I123pd	[-]	0.661	0.631	0.851	1.60	1.65		-0.116	0.419	2.48		0.418	0.345	0.616	0.925	0.530
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	[-]	1.45
I123pd	[-]	1.95	1.94	1.46	2.11	0.778		0.509	1.05	0.600		0.450	0.423	0.944	0.680	0.584
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	[-]	1.50
I123pd	[-]	1.42	1.77	1.50	0.194	2.02		0.327	0.923	1.65		0.405	0.413	0.765	0.826	0.564
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	[-]	0.377
I123pd	[-]	0.220	0.612	0.377	0.0481	0.335		0.273	0.593	2.27		0.208	0.165	0.636	0.821	0.399
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	[-]	0.601
I123pd	[-]	0.551	0.561	0.601	0.321			-0.0475	0.611	1.06		0.438	0.310	0.875	0.728	0.532
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	[-]	2.01
I123pd	[-]	2.10	2.04	2.00	2.90	3.40		0.254	0.895	2.33		0.408	0.429	0.643	0.913	0.564
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	[-]	1.82
I123pd	[-]	2.27	2.30	1.82	2.15	2.56		0.531	0.982	0.940		0.607	0.570	0.908	0.735	0.678
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	[-]	1.28
I123pd	[-]	2.06	2.06	1.28	1.97			0.820	1.23	0.867		0.446	0.472	0.909	0.472	0.554
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	[-]	0.751
I123pd	[-]	1.06	1.04	0.751	4.14			0.357	0.630	1.18		0.419	0.366	0.854	0.697	0.540
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	[-]	3.95
I123pd	[-]	5.41	5.43	3.95	4.76	1.34		1.43	1.68	2.49		0.215	0.484	0.610	0.932	0.545
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	[-]	1.98
I123pd	[-]	2.12	2.11	1.98	2.61	1.61		0.125	0.907	2.18		0.392	0.478	0.670	0.819	0.568
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	[-]	0.787
I123pd	[-]	1.12	1.19	0.787	0.496	2.93		0.497	0.891	2.72		0.281	0.252	0.570	0.763	0.424
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]
I123pd	[-]	0.737		0.612	0.612
post5.4	[-]	0.740		0.579	0.579

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.616		0.704	0.704
post5.4	[-]	0.616		0.701	0.701

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.606		0.692	0.692
post5.4	[-]	0.615		0.661	0.661

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.484		0.586	0.586
post5.4	[-]	0.525		0.617	0.617

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.781		0.696	0.696
post5.4	[-]	0.787		0.660	0.660

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.587		0.634	0.634
post5.4	[-]	0.568		0.586	0.586

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.574		0.430	0.430
post5.4	[-]	0.604		0.395	0.395

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.699		0.705	0.705
post5.4	[-]	0.695		0.671	0.671

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.568		0.684	0.684
post5.4	[-]	0.601		0.727	0.727

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.738		0.874	0.874
post5.4	[-]	0.717		0.877	0.877

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.594		0.509	0.509
post5.4	[-]	0.579		0.487	0.487

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.588		0.690	0.690
post5.4	[-]	0.584		0.649	0.649

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.603		0.519	0.519
post5.4	[-]	0.615		0.512	0.512

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.684		0.451	0.451
post5.4	[-]	0.667		0.413	0.413

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.753		0.609	0.609
post5.4	[-]	0.747		0.567	0.567

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.700		0.645	0.645
post5.4	[-]	0.664		0.618	0.618

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.706		0.430	0.430
post5.4	[-]	0.706		0.387	0.387

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.647		0.344	0.344
post5.4	[-]	0.707		0.293	0.293

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.673		0.682	0.682
post5.4	[-]	0.709		0.648	0.648

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.682		0.824	0.824
post5.4	[-]	0.660		0.772	0.772

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.596		0.424	0.424
post5.4	[-]	0.586		0.371	0.371

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