Mean State

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 [-] 0.688
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.900 0.958 0.690 0.420 0.223 0.268 0.686 1.63 0.537 0.434 0.832 0.698 0.587
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 1.03 1.10 0.690 0.460 0.223 0.406 0.816 1.61 0.452 0.405 0.826 0.642 0.546
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.958 1.02 0.690 0.454 0.223 0.330 0.753 1.67 0.498 0.418 0.823 0.674 0.566
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.932 0.995 0.690 0.416 0.223 0.305 0.712 1.54 0.518 0.429 0.837 0.695 0.582
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.606 0.650 0.690 0.252 0.223 -0.0403 0.490 1.63 0.633 0.479 0.847 0.850 0.658
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.682 0.728 0.690 0.303 0.223 0.0384 0.517 1.65 0.632 0.472 0.841 0.811 0.646
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 [-] 1.63
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.99 2.18 1.62 1.35 2.43 0.558 1.59 2.75 0.196 0.407 0.515 0.842 0.473
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.25 2.47 1.62 1.48 2.43 0.850 1.78 2.94 0.166 0.398 0.500 0.832 0.459
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.14 2.36 1.62 1.34 2.43 0.738 1.62 2.66 0.186 0.413 0.512 0.852 0.475
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.64 2.89 1.62 1.64 2.43 1.27 1.78 2.66 0.241 0.344 0.527 0.877 0.467
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.52 2.77 1.62 1.52 2.43 1.15 1.76 2.65 0.203 0.416 0.520 0.837 0.479
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.60 2.88 1.62 1.49 2.43 1.26 1.86 2.91 0.191 0.424 0.484 0.822 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 [-] 1.07
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.72 1.77 1.07 1.03 0.933 0.698 1.11 1.47 0.452 0.409 0.828 0.742 0.568
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 1.97 2.03 1.07 1.13 0.933 0.954 1.34 1.56 0.394 0.388 0.821 0.701 0.538
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 1.72 1.77 1.07 1.02 0.933 0.695 1.08 1.44 0.453 0.425 0.835 0.724 0.572
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 1.83 1.88 1.07 1.10 0.933 0.807 1.23 1.45 0.426 0.395 0.831 0.718 0.553
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 1.62 1.66 1.07 0.983 0.933 0.590 1.08 1.50 0.482 0.398 0.823 0.780 0.576
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 1.67 1.72 1.07 0.990 0.933 0.643 1.10 1.56 0.475 0.406 0.817 0.742 0.569
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
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.57 1.58 1.23 0.573 1.61 0.352 0.894 1.99 0.319 0.469 0.641 0.822 0.544
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 1.69 1.71 1.23 0.591 1.61 0.478 0.952 1.99 0.320 0.468 0.645 0.820 0.544
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 1.62 1.63 1.23 0.597 1.61 0.394 0.919 1.99 0.312 0.478 0.641 0.815 0.545
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 1.62 1.63 1.23 0.595 1.61 0.401 0.911 1.97 0.334 0.460 0.645 0.850 0.550
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 1.59 1.59 1.23 0.583 1.61 0.362 0.889 2.05 0.325 0.483 0.646 0.806 0.548
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 1.55 1.55 1.23 0.573 1.61 0.320 0.864 2.07 0.346 0.477 0.647 0.837 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 [-] 1.12
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.72 1.74 1.12 0.913 0.599 0.625 1.07 1.35 0.478 0.419 0.849 0.765 0.586
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 1.96 1.99 1.12 0.967 0.599 0.870 1.30 1.43 0.422 0.397 0.845 0.730 0.558
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 1.70 1.72 1.12 0.915 0.599 0.603 1.03 1.35 0.485 0.437 0.853 0.752 0.593
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 1.78 1.80 1.12 0.911 0.599 0.683 1.16 1.33 0.461 0.402 0.851 0.755 0.574
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 1.56 1.57 1.12 0.844 0.599 0.457 1.01 1.40 0.519 0.403 0.844 0.843 0.602
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 1.60 1.61 1.12 0.893 0.599 0.498 1.01 1.44 0.513 0.412 0.842 0.806 0.597

Temporally integrated period mean

BENCHMARK MEAN
Data not available
Data not available
MODEL MEAN
Data not available
Data not available
BIAS
Data not available
Data not available
BIAS SCORE
Data not available
Data not available
RMSE
Data not available
Data not available
RMSE SCORE
Data not available
Data not available
BENCHMARK MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
MODEL MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
DIFFERENCE IN MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
SEASONAL CYCLE SCORE
Data not available
Data not available

SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
Data not available
MODEL COLORS
Data not available

Spatially integrated regional mean

MODEL COLORS
Data not available
REGIONAL MEAN
Data not available
ANNUAL CYCLE
Data not available
MONTHLY ANOMALY
Data not available
ANNUAL CYCLE
Data not available

Relationships

Download Data
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.670 0.607 0.607
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.593 0.517 0.517
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.616 0.556 0.556
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.704 0.604 0.604
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.707 0.798 0.798
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.724 0.763 0.763
Download Data
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.659 0.710 0.710
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.665 0.746 0.746
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.668 0.753 0.753
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.696 0.709 0.709
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.660 0.760 0.760
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.689 0.731 0.731
Download Data
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.634 0.581 0.581
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.623 0.522 0.522
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.671 0.545 0.545
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.616 0.538 0.538
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.629 0.637 0.637
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.650 0.594 0.594
Download Data
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.708 0.732 0.732
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.710 0.769 0.769
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.705 0.774 0.774
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.713 0.803 0.803
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.706 0.735 0.735
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.710 0.846 0.846
Download Data
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.617 0.584 0.584
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.607 0.530 0.530
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.648 0.559 0.559
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.606 0.558 0.558
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.612 0.649 0.649
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.637 0.611 0.611

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

Data not available
Data not available
Data not available

All Models

Benchmark
Data not available
Data not available
v3.LR.historical_0101
Data not available
Data not available
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical
Data not available
Data not available
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical
Data not available
Data not available
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical
Data not available
Data not available
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical
Data not available
Data not available
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical
Data not available
Data not available

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