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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 [-] 2.15
E3SMv3 default [-] 2.86 2.88 2.16 0.749 0.883 0.725 1.58 3.01 0.203 0.493 0.488 0.651 0.466
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 2.98 3.00 2.16 0.825 0.883 0.842 1.69 3.06 0.185 0.492 0.469 0.664 0.460
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 3.03 3.05 2.16 0.751 0.883 0.899 1.51 3.03 0.234 0.514 0.454 0.739 0.491
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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 [-] 3.88
E3SMv3 default [-] 5.19 5.34 3.93 2.57 3.21 1.41 2.31 3.15 0.159 0.687 0.497 0.717 0.549
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 5.12 5.27 3.93 2.56 3.21 1.34 2.27 3.18 0.157 0.697 0.490 0.718 0.552
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 4.96 5.10 3.93 2.49 3.21 1.17 2.04 2.98 0.184 0.698 0.521 0.805 0.581
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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 [-] 1.23
E3SMv3 default [-] 1.41 1.56 1.23 0.0891 1.32 0.331 0.926 2.08 0.307 0.463 0.634 0.808 0.535
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 1.44 1.60 1.23 0.0919 1.32 0.366 0.957 2.10 0.301 0.468 0.627 0.799 0.533
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 1.46 1.61 1.23 0.0883 1.32 0.382 0.944 2.07 0.324 0.459 0.635 0.831 0.542
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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 [-] 0.793
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.920 0.932 0.800 0.277 0.375 0.132 0.718 1.69 0.574 0.439 0.823 0.730 0.601
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.985 0.998 0.800 0.303 0.375 0.198 0.780 1.63 0.552 0.427 0.831 0.708 0.589
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.947 0.960 0.800 0.274 0.375 0.160 0.729 1.63 0.575 0.438 0.825 0.737 0.602
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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 [-] 4.44
E3SMv3 default [-] 5.22 5.25 4.45 1.65 0.641 0.805 1.47 3.15 0.206 0.428 0.453 0.869 0.477
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 5.20 5.23 4.45 1.60 0.641 0.782 1.47 3.09 0.215 0.445 0.468 0.861 0.487
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 4.48 4.50 4.45 1.37 0.641 0.0558 1.33 3.02 0.254 0.423 0.485 0.922 0.501
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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 [-] 0.856
E3SMv3 default [-] 1.03 1.05 0.858 0.231 0.680 0.188 0.755 1.60 0.545 0.439 0.836 0.726 0.597
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 1.07 1.09 0.858 0.245 0.680 0.231 0.785 1.57 0.528 0.440 0.841 0.704 0.590
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 1.06 1.08 0.858 0.228 0.680 0.219 0.774 1.58 0.542 0.435 0.836 0.735 0.597

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.614 0.432 0.432
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.602 0.483 0.483
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.637 0.537 0.537
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.698 0.652 0.652
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.729 0.706 0.706
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.749 0.690 0.690
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.698 0.741 0.741
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.700 0.768 0.768
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.705 0.793 0.793
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.686 0.696 0.696
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.693 0.617 0.617
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.695 0.712 0.712
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.597 0.754 0.754
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.641 0.737 0.737
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.563 0.799 0.799
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.697 0.738 0.738
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.696 0.684 0.684
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.701 0.730 0.730

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

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All Models

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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