Continental climates Desert and semi-arid climates Global - Land Temperate climates Tropical climates

	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
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	1.57	1.56	1.02	0.778	1.07		0.496	1.05	1.19		0.481	0.409	0.881	0.547	0.545
AWI-ESM-1-1-LR	[-]	0.934	0.932	1.02	1.20	1.09		-0.0879	0.630	0.847		0.687	0.504	0.936	0.963	0.719
BCC-ESM1	[-]	1.62	1.62	1.03	1.47	0.968		0.595	1.06	1.17		0.467	0.478	0.888	0.464	0.555
CanESM5-1	[-]	1.22	1.21	1.03	2.17			0.192	0.976	1.29		0.501	0.460	0.866	0.345	0.526
CESM2	[-]	1.59	1.60	1.03	0.649	0.995		0.586	1.31	1.51		0.424	0.381	0.807	0.381	0.475
CMCC-ESM2	[-]	2.40	2.41	1.03	0.840	1.01		1.39	1.99	1.64		0.318	0.346	0.793	0.204	0.401
CNRM-ESM2-1	[-]	1.28	1.27	1.03	1.59	0.762		0.250	0.742	1.16		0.670	0.476	0.885	0.982	0.698
EC-Earth3-CC	[-]	1.28	1.29	1.03	0.146			0.259	0.950	0.943		0.445	0.508	0.911	0.392	0.553
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.28	2.28	1.03	1.00			1.27	1.70	1.29		0.317	0.481	0.863	0.409	0.510
GISS-E3-G	[-]	1.48	1.47	1.03	1.01	0.963		0.455	0.679	0.280		0.568	0.712	0.979	0.773	0.749
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.14	1.13	1.03	0.814	1.01		0.111	0.752	1.10		0.599	0.487	0.903	0.766	0.648
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	1.49	1.48	1.02	1.50	1.11		0.464	0.910	0.873		0.536	0.480	0.933	0.824	0.651
MRI-ESM2-0	[-]	2.20	2.20	1.03	2.49	1.00		1.23	1.82	0.492		0.360	0.330	0.954	0.274	0.450
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.52	1.53	1.03	1.09			0.518	1.23	1.57		0.434	0.391	0.801	0.376	0.478
SAM0-UNICON	[-]	1.74	1.75	1.03	1.03	0.995		0.725	1.34	1.67		0.399	0.427	0.794	0.253	0.460
TaiESM1	[-]	1.67	1.68	1.03	0.893			0.648	1.28	1.50		0.440	0.417	0.818	0.283	0.475
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.20	2.19	1.03	1.83	1.03		1.21	1.49	1.04		0.297	0.501	0.909	0.491	0.540

	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	[-]	0.319
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	0.343	0.350	0.319	0.0347	0.428		0.0259	0.328	2.18		0.227	0.499	0.670	0.523	0.484
AWI-ESM-1-1-LR	[-]	0.694	0.704	0.316	0.318	0.391		0.389	0.555	2.12		0.183	0.399	0.679	0.395	0.411
BCC-ESM1	[-]	0.660	0.689	0.319	0.276	0.524		0.376	0.564	2.09		0.214	0.269	0.689	0.382	0.365
CanESM5-1	[-]	0.384	0.417	0.319	0.248			0.107	0.352	2.35		0.302	0.414	0.633	0.463	0.445
CESM2	[-]	0.445	0.445	0.318	0.0556	0.457		0.131	0.431	2.08		0.296	0.386	0.687	0.439	0.439
CMCC-ESM2	[-]	0.456	0.454	0.319	0.0711	0.377		0.137	0.391	2.46		0.259	0.432	0.612	0.408	0.429
CNRM-ESM2-1	[-]	0.452	0.460	0.319	0.484	0.469		0.144	0.328	2.06		0.291	0.436	0.686	0.609	0.492
EC-Earth3-CC	[-]	1.13	1.14	0.319	0.0362			0.820	0.970	2.17		0.0718	0.141	0.668	0.244	0.253
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	0.503	0.516	0.319	0.0649			0.198	0.394	2.25		0.272	0.444	0.654	0.416	0.446
GISS-E3-G	[-]	0.475	0.481	0.319	0.395	0.546		0.167	0.276	1.70		0.321	0.436	0.747	0.733	0.535
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	0.575	0.570	0.319	0.0672	0.425		0.242	0.466	2.07		0.231	0.385	0.696	0.407	0.421
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	0.634	0.640	0.317	0.474	0.366		0.324	0.504	2.03		0.200	0.431	0.699	0.389	0.430
MRI-ESM2-0	[-]	0.499	0.500	0.319	0.0439	0.413		0.188	0.508	2.50		0.193	0.488	0.603	0.199	0.394
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.463	0.441	0.319	0.130			0.125	0.432	2.01		0.281	0.401	0.704	0.405	0.438
SAM0-UNICON	[-]	0.509	0.509	0.319	0.149	0.404		0.189	0.382	2.36		0.250	0.468	0.634	0.377	0.440
TaiESM1	[-]	0.602	0.600	0.319	0.125			0.271	0.474	2.36		0.247	0.433	0.634	0.245	0.399
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	1.10	1.12	0.318	1.18	0.465		0.812	0.851	2.35		0.0772	0.426	0.644	0.213	0.357

	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	[-]	1.23
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	1.30	1.31	1.22	0.638	1.62		0.0355	0.850	1.78		0.317	0.462	0.748	0.905	0.579
AWI-ESM-1-1-LR	[-]	1.34	1.35	1.20	1.21	1.51		0.150	0.868	1.80		0.368	0.419	0.745	0.909	0.572
BCC-ESM1	[-]	1.78	1.77	1.22	1.85	1.74		0.582	0.993	1.78		0.312	0.362	0.754	0.865	0.531
CanESM5-1	[-]	1.47	1.45	1.23	1.87			0.281	0.940	2.15		0.344	0.420	0.682	0.846	0.542
CESM2	[-]	1.51	1.50	1.22	1.64	1.72		0.325	0.973	2.20		0.332	0.408	0.670	0.873	0.538
CMCC-ESM2	[-]	1.92	1.91	1.22	2.47	1.35		0.755	1.37	2.32		0.273	0.405	0.648	0.663	0.479
CNRM-ESM2-1	[-]	1.34	1.33	1.22	1.71	1.51		0.145	0.715	2.02		0.415	0.431	0.705	0.946	0.585
EC-Earth3-CC	[-]	1.73	1.88	1.23	0.0593			0.654	1.20	1.78		0.218	0.362	0.746	0.811	0.500
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	1.97	1.97	1.23	2.23			0.783	1.25	2.13		0.274	0.405	0.684	0.816	0.517
GISS-E3-G	[-]	1.37	1.37	1.23	1.72	0.640		0.176	0.611	1.38		0.431	0.520	0.802	0.945	0.643
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.53	1.53	1.24	1.67	0.735		0.310	0.731	1.92		0.366	0.447	0.729	0.934	0.585
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	1.55	1.54	1.19	1.57	1.58		0.354	0.901	1.78		0.326	0.422	0.750	0.923	0.569
MRI-ESM2-0	[-]	2.51	2.50	1.22	3.05	1.63		1.34	1.75	2.06		0.243	0.439	0.680	0.497	0.460
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.48	1.47	1.23	1.81			0.296	0.962	2.21		0.322	0.417	0.670	0.872	0.540
SAM0-UNICON	[-]	2.19	2.18	1.22	2.56	1.59		1.03	1.40	2.28		0.274	0.441	0.658	0.575	0.478
TaiESM1	[-]	2.06	2.06	1.23	2.01			0.832	1.30	2.22		0.284	0.435	0.669	0.671	0.499
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.44	2.43	1.24	2.98	0.722		1.25	1.42	1.87		0.170	0.478	0.739	0.836	0.540

	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	[-]	1.51
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	2.24	2.26	1.52	0.413	1.29		0.573	1.15	1.55		0.293	0.404	0.788	0.883	0.554
AWI-ESM-1-1-LR	[-]	1.61	1.61	1.52	0.713	1.48		0.0966	0.877	1.82		0.434	0.474	0.741	0.928	0.610
BCC-ESM1	[-]	2.45	2.39	1.52	0.747	1.25		0.913	1.38	1.41		0.286	0.391	0.821	0.799	0.537
CanESM5-1	[-]	2.49	2.45	1.51	1.09			0.882	1.42	2.06		0.301	0.377	0.701	0.713	0.494
CESM2	[-]	2.12	2.12	1.52	0.361	1.34		0.658	1.31	2.08		0.311	0.411	0.693	0.686	0.502
CMCC-ESM2	[-]	3.57	3.55	1.52	2.40	1.39		2.03	2.45	2.22		0.226	0.423	0.664	0.328	0.413
CNRM-ESM2-1	[-]	2.18	2.16	1.51	1.57	1.57		0.639	1.06	1.91		0.343	0.416	0.731	0.950	0.571
EC-Earth3-CC	[-]	2.69	2.70	1.51	0.359			1.18	1.64	1.73		0.173	0.439	0.757	0.678	0.497
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.79	2.81	1.51	1.00			1.29	1.75	2.08		0.274	0.322	0.692	0.594	0.441
GISS-E3-G	[-]	1.88	1.89	1.51	1.38	1.59		0.410	0.737	1.23		0.483	0.578	0.844	0.956	0.688
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	2.07	2.04	1.51	1.14	1.45		0.490	0.952	1.77		0.365	0.463	0.752	0.952	0.599
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	1.88	1.89	1.52	1.22	1.44		0.368	1.04	1.93		0.349	0.468	0.719	0.915	0.584
MRI-ESM2-0	[-]	3.97	3.93	1.52	0.687	1.30		2.52	2.84	2.13		0.198	0.381	0.681	0.278	0.384
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.04	2.07	1.51	0.784			0.608	1.35	2.09		0.296	0.418	0.690	0.653	0.495
SAM0-UNICON	[-]	3.80	3.79	1.52	1.60	1.34		2.24	2.47	1.93		0.202	0.457	0.721	0.364	0.440
TaiESM1	[-]	4.08	4.08	1.51	1.67			2.33	2.62	2.01		0.166	0.454	0.706	0.391	0.434
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	3.41	3.41	1.51	3.49	1.55		1.93	2.04	1.36		0.131	0.501	0.835	0.779	0.550

	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	[-]	2.95
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	2.32	2.34	2.95	0.913	2.92		-0.824	1.40	1.98		0.257	0.512	0.697	0.876	0.571
AWI-ESM-1-1-LR	[-]	3.10	3.11	3.00	1.47	2.72		0.102	1.85	2.46		0.207	0.314	0.616	0.902	0.471
BCC-ESM1	[-]	3.72	3.77	2.95	1.95	2.79		0.775	1.45	2.23		0.269	0.367	0.661	0.935	0.520
CanESM5-1	[-]	3.33	3.33	2.95	1.99			0.371	1.73	2.86		0.233	0.412	0.542	0.921	0.504
CESM2	[-]	2.90	2.90	2.94	0.856	3.09		0.0102	1.12	2.97		0.307	0.507	0.519	0.955	0.559
CMCC-ESM2	[-]	3.11	3.11	2.96	1.03	2.86		0.340	1.69	2.93		0.253	0.468	0.525	0.756	0.494
CNRM-ESM2-1	[-]	2.63	2.61	2.96	1.72	2.39		-0.251	1.15	3.05		0.346	0.427	0.504	0.953	0.531
EC-Earth3-CC	[-]	3.65	3.65	2.95	0.116			0.682	1.87	2.15		0.158	0.477	0.672	0.879	0.533
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	3.58	3.56	2.95	1.34			0.582	1.65	2.90		0.256	0.314	0.523	0.943	0.470
GISS-E3-G	[-]	2.69	2.67	2.94	1.54	3.28		-0.243	1.05	2.22		0.387	0.412	0.666	0.852	0.546
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	3.67	3.66	2.95	1.69	2.87		0.649	1.09	2.72		0.294	0.500	0.567	0.980	0.568
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	3.25	3.27	2.98	1.32	2.80		0.282	1.59	2.43		0.243	0.341	0.623	0.936	0.497
MRI-ESM2-0	[-]	5.90	5.90	2.95	7.41	3.06		2.91	3.27	3.24		0.160	0.541	0.461	0.578	0.456
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.88	2.88	2.95	1.06			-0.0433	1.17	3.00		0.283	0.514	0.513	0.954	0.556
SAM0-UNICON	[-]	5.02	5.01	2.94	1.47	3.09		2.19	2.59	2.91		0.189	0.437	0.530	0.645	0.448
TaiESM1	[-]	4.16	4.17	2.95	1.26			1.03	1.98	2.91		0.210	0.481	0.534	0.788	0.499
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	4.44	4.43	2.95	1.65	2.89		1.49	1.77	2.38		0.210	0.558	0.634	0.956	0.583

Desert and semi-arid climates Continental climates Global - Land Temperate climates Tropical climates 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

  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