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Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
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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]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.14
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 3.01 3.02 2.19 1.66 0.945 0.780 1.29 2.47 0.258 0.322 0.572 0.868 0.468
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 2.14 2.15 2.14 0.803 1.12 0.00420 1.00 2.44 0.294 0.454 0.586 0.902 0.538
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 2.81 2.83 2.14 0.473 1.12 0.687 1.42 2.41 0.233 0.475 0.612 0.685 0.496
CanESM5 [-] 3.30 3.38 2.14 2.45 1.20 1.67 3.12 0.217 0.348 0.467 0.835 0.443
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 3.24 3.18 2.14 2.24 1.02 1.53 3.30 0.228 0.321 0.410 0.911 0.438
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.16 3.11 2.14 1.85 0.947 1.22 2.52 0.257 0.439 0.565 0.939 0.528
MIROC-ES2L [-] 2.67 2.74 2.14 2.98 0.471 0.598 1.20 2.53 0.282 0.541 0.490 0.940 0.559
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.31 3.24 2.15 2.39 1.33 1.09 1.44 2.80 0.269 0.519 0.502 0.883 0.539
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
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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 [-] 3.87
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 5.01 5.17 3.90 3.71 3.57 0.448 2.05 2.68 0.163 0.570 0.549 0.626 0.496
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 4.33 4.50 3.89 2.11 3.49 0.607 1.74 3.01 0.248 0.682 0.498 0.887 0.599
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 4.95 5.17 3.89 2.04 3.49 1.28 2.53 2.86 0.138 0.687 0.523 0.619 0.531
CanESM5 [-] 5.55 5.86 3.86 5.08 1.48 1.85 3.04 0.215 0.684 0.504 0.942 0.606
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 5.45 5.46 3.87 5.18 1.36 1.74 2.76 0.234 0.617 0.533 0.961 0.592
MeanCMIP6 [-] 4.82 5.04 3.87 3.67 0.770 1.23 2.66 0.354 0.696 0.551 0.966 0.653
MIROC-ES2L [-] 3.83 3.67 3.87 4.29 3.57 0.0842 1.42 3.04 0.331 0.683 0.512 0.815 0.604
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.52 5.56 3.87 5.27 3.89 1.59 1.64 2.46 0.261 0.719 0.595 0.625 0.584
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.23
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.44 1.59 1.22 0.226 1.45 0.345 0.877 1.80 0.311 0.434 0.697 0.883 0.552
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 1.30 1.45 1.23 0.0989 1.20 0.220 0.795 2.04 0.364 0.484 0.647 0.875 0.570
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 1.41 1.56 1.23 0.0872 1.20 0.339 0.926 2.06 0.299 0.461 0.648 0.771 0.528
CanESM5 [-] 1.34 1.46 1.23 0.413 0.290 0.943 2.13 0.295 0.438 0.627 0.845 0.529
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.84 2.02 1.23 0.393 0.835 1.29 2.12 0.256 0.367 0.623 0.804 0.483
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.58 1.74 1.23 0.360 0.549 0.816 1.75 0.330 0.516 0.695 0.937 0.599
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.19 1.29 1.22 0.481 1.84 0.115 0.776 2.22 0.330 0.560 0.644 0.902 0.599
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.45 2.43 1.24 2.98 0.721 1.26 1.42 1.88 0.226 0.559 0.701 0.831 0.575
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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 [-] 0.788
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.21 1.24 0.795 0.641 0.451 0.390 0.860 1.55 0.446 0.494 0.856 0.492 0.556
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.981 1.00 0.796 0.204 0.449 0.203 0.765 1.74 0.543 0.439 0.815 0.656 0.578
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.752 0.766 0.796 0.177 0.449 -0.0305 0.653 1.96 0.589 0.452 0.788 0.781 0.613
CanESM5 [-] 0.938 0.958 0.788 0.583 0.124 0.830 1.64 0.452 0.461 0.856 0.441 0.534
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.40 2.41 0.788 2.06 1.60 1.90 1.60 0.260 0.476 0.852 0.337 0.480
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.39 1.41 0.790 0.904 0.586 0.853 1.26 0.459 0.558 0.909 0.699 0.637
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.721 0.749 0.789 0.383 0.326 -0.0772 0.626 1.42 0.524 0.547 0.847 0.648 0.623
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.89 1.89 0.847 1.95 0.175 1.05 1.32 1.36 0.342 0.497 0.891 0.480 0.541
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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 [-] 4.43
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 4.48 4.49 4.44 2.26 3.25 -0.0445 1.40 2.95 0.185 0.381 0.494 0.947 0.478
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 4.58 4.60 4.44 2.65 1.51 0.161 1.10 3.07 0.305 0.509 0.472 0.974 0.554
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 5.89 5.92 4.44 2.17 1.51 1.48 1.97 3.12 0.114 0.403 0.464 0.836 0.444
CanESM5 [-] 2.98 2.94 4.43 2.55 -1.53 1.99 3.16 0.124 0.426 0.435 0.941 0.470
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 4.46 4.48 4.43 2.30 -0.0256 1.94 3.04 0.136 0.250 0.493 0.871 0.400
MeanCMIP6 [-] 4.33 4.34 4.43 2.87 -0.157 1.07 3.05 0.248 0.435 0.461 0.905 0.497
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.19 4.20 4.43 4.08 3.40 -0.229 1.10 2.64 0.209 0.660 0.596 0.877 0.600
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.50 5.50 4.46 4.54 1.47 1.00 1.27 2.77 0.232 0.669 0.544 0.878 0.598
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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 [-] 0.850
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.35 1.36 0.851 0.995 0.772 0.491 0.911 1.31 0.440 0.489 0.871 0.561 0.570
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 1.02 1.04 0.852 0.228 0.729 0.193 0.741 1.67 0.546 0.450 0.828 0.687 0.592
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.842 0.862 0.852 0.192 0.729 0.0101 0.681 1.65 0.574 0.453 0.832 0.797 0.622
CanESM5 [-] 1.03 1.01 0.850 1.40 0.183 0.825 1.58 0.493 0.453 0.853 0.480 0.546
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.91 1.91 0.850 1.91 1.09 1.45 1.44 0.364 0.453 0.846 0.402 0.504
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.42 1.43 0.852 1.32 0.589 0.833 1.21 0.477 0.555 0.902 0.798 0.658
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.901 0.887 0.850 1.03 0.724 0.0573 0.734 1.68 0.504 0.525 0.821 0.621 0.599
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.04 2.04 0.856 2.72 0.580 1.24 1.45 1.21 0.292 0.502 0.904 0.554 0.551

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.702 0.615 0.615
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.628 0.619 0.619
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.563 0.613 0.613
CanESM5 [-] 0.643 0.657 0.657
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.616 0.664 0.664
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.629 0.636 0.636
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.672 0.722 0.722
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.647 0.491 0.491
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Overall Score [1]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.722 0.714 0.714
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.709 0.797 0.797
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.679 0.670 0.670
CanESM5 [-] 0.693 0.688 0.688
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.776 0.709 0.709
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.661 0.714 0.714
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.631 0.829 0.829
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.710 0.631 0.631
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Overall Score [1]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.681 0.850 0.850
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.686 0.792 0.792
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.683 0.732 0.732
CanESM5 [-] 0.655 0.788 0.788
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.608 0.678 0.678
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.653 0.770 0.770
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.636 0.899 0.899
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.389 0.516 0.516
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.638 0.537 0.537
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.689 0.669 0.669
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.638 0.760 0.760
CanESM5 [-] 0.524 0.547 0.547
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.498 0.354 0.354
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.576 0.725 0.725
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.599 0.475 0.475
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.549 0.0848 0.0848
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.650 0.694 0.694
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.596 0.805 0.805
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.640 0.632 0.632
CanESM5 [-] 0.545 0.809 0.809
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.592 0.768 0.768
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.583 0.790 0.790
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.568 0.732 0.732
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.735 0.660 0.660
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.666 0.524 0.524
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.699 0.735 0.735
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.655 0.808 0.808
CanESM5 [-] 0.511 0.657 0.657
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.510 0.503 0.503
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.517 0.611 0.611
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.616 0.587 0.587
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.589 0.191 0.191

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Data Information

  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