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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
CMIP6 ens [-] 1.62 2.59 2.15 0.347 0.438 0.788 2.65 0.416 0.478 0.527 0.981 0.576
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 2.71 4.17 3.88 1.92 0.293 0.922 2.74 0.471 0.710 0.541 0.829 0.652
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 1.42 1.55 1.23 0.795 0.313 0.625 1.58 0.399 0.565 0.702 0.963 0.639
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.718 1.12 0.793 0.161 0.504 0.322 0.633 1.08 0.579 0.573 0.936 0.729 0.678
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 3.95 4.02 4.44 2.52 -0.421 1.02 3.05 0.201 0.536 0.457 0.704 0.487
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.843 1.26 0.856 0.268 0.504 0.405 0.658 0.907 0.556 0.579 0.936 0.845 0.699
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]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.654 0.652 0.652
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.615 0.497 0.497
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.613 0.555 0.555
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.642 0.574 0.574
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.694 0.711 0.711
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.689 0.695 0.695
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.702 0.743 0.743
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.725 0.715 0.715
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.689 0.832 0.832
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.701 0.735 0.735
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.703 0.767 0.767
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.706 0.783 0.783
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.578 0.713 0.713
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.692 0.696 0.696
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.682 0.627 0.627
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.702 0.704 0.704
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.592 0.829 0.829
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.635 0.731 0.731
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.654 0.718 0.718
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.576 0.781 0.781
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.546 0.608 0.608
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.688 0.729 0.729
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.684 0.678 0.678
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.693 0.720 0.720

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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