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
I123pd	[-]	3.54	3.52	2.83	3.22			0.661	1.31	2.79		0.121	0.264	0.548	0.869	0.413
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
I123pd	[-]	0.765	0.735	1.03	0.868			-0.293	0.783	1.87		0.346	0.311	0.738	0.866	0.514
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
I123pd	[-]	1.21	1.19	1.40	1.41	1.80		-0.200	0.756	1.71		0.348	0.365	0.766	0.870	0.543
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
I123pd	[-]	0.379	0.378	0.602	0.432			-0.220	0.493	0.529		0.684	0.536	0.960	0.937	0.731
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
I123pd	[-]	5.60	5.69	4.00	5.23	3.52		1.54	1.86	2.66		0.0551	0.319	0.580	0.664	0.387
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
I123pd	[-]	1.54	1.54	2.00	1.67	2.15		-0.464	1.12	0.548		0.371	0.476	0.946	0.870	0.627
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
I123pd	[-]	1.20	1.19	0.758	1.87			0.481	0.756	1.42		0.366	0.289	0.805	0.763	0.502
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
I123pd	[-]	2.08	2.00	1.71	3.20	4.05		0.369	0.820	2.43		0.305	0.258	0.624	0.957	0.480
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
I123pd	[-]	0.526	0.541	0.648	0.370			-0.121	0.502	0.484		0.728	0.520	0.959	0.949	0.735
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
I123pd	[-]	0.667	0.617	0.761	1.57	2.21		-0.0674	0.393	1.94		0.287	0.223	0.718	0.933	0.477
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
I123pd	[-]	1.96	1.94	1.52	2.14	0.861		0.434	1.04	0.611		0.349	0.309	0.944	0.888	0.560
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
I123pd	[-]	1.44	1.56	1.36	0.621	2.29		0.234	0.786	1.62		0.385	0.328	0.766	0.885	0.538
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
I123pd	[-]	0.218	0.211	0.0908	0.590			0.135	0.217	2.09		0.663	0.0607	0.665	0.683	0.426
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
I123pd	[-]	0.549	0.550	0.650	0.411			-0.117	0.522	0.908		0.577	0.385	0.883	0.944	0.635
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
I123pd	[-]	2.12	2.01	2.08	2.89	3.46		0.0982	0.777	1.75		0.269	0.322	0.742	0.948	0.521
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
I123pd	[-]	2.31	2.35	1.99	2.13			0.396	0.909	1.08		0.509	0.477	0.890	0.921	0.655
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
I123pd	[-]	2.07	2.05	2.03	2.36			0.0457	0.946	0.989		0.290	0.397	0.890	0.863	0.567
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
I123pd	[-]	1.03	0.999	0.769	4.25			0.277	0.590	1.16		0.227	0.233	0.851	0.844	0.478
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
I123pd	[-]	5.45	5.49	3.88	4.39			1.58	1.73	2.63		0.0578	0.348	0.583	0.905	0.448
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
I123pd	[-]	2.14	2.12	1.92	2.62	1.51		0.195	0.872	2.07		0.355	0.406	0.688	0.868	0.545
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
I123pd	[-]	1.18	1.18	0.692	1.39			0.525	0.813	1.82		0.175	0.145	0.737	0.801	0.401
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]
I123pd	[-]	0.710		0.652	0.652
post5.4	[-]	0.705		0.623	0.623

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.561		0.708	0.708
post5.4	[-]	0.563		0.697	0.697

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.636		0.704	0.704
post5.4	[-]	0.650		0.660	0.660

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.553		0.677	0.677
post5.4	[-]	0.596		0.729	0.729

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.798		0.719	0.719
post5.4	[-]	0.787		0.686	0.686

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.576		0.797	0.797
post5.4	[-]	0.584		0.806	0.806

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.571		0.464	0.464
post5.4	[-]	0.595		0.428	0.428

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.696		0.726	0.726
post5.4	[-]	0.696		0.698	0.698

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.667		0.717	0.717
post5.4	[-]	0.666		0.675	0.675

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.737		0.841	0.841
post5.4	[-]	0.723		0.804	0.804

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.633		0.538	0.538
post5.4	[-]	0.634		0.510	0.510

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.724		0.703	0.703
post5.4	[-]	0.717		0.660	0.660

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.681		0.399	0.399
post5.4	[-]	0.689		0.392	0.392

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.753		0.581	0.581
post5.4	[-]	0.738		0.538	0.538

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.741		0.766	0.766
post5.4	[-]	0.705		0.720	0.720

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.647		0.711	0.711
post5.4	[-]	0.679		0.690	0.690

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.705		0.681	0.681
post5.4	[-]	0.709		0.639	0.639

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.644		0.417	0.417
post5.4	[-]	0.660		0.355	0.355

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.704		0.659	0.659
post5.4	[-]	0.746		0.623	0.623

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.735		0.808	0.808
post5.4	[-]	0.729		0.754	0.754

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I123pd	[-]	0.647		0.425	0.425
post5.4	[-]	0.648		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 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