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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]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.15
CanESM5 [-] 2.08 3.34 2.17 0.457 1.54 1.18 1.57 3.13 0.219 0.349 0.469 0.875 0.452
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.95 2.91 2.19 1.10 1.48 0.716 1.04 2.72 0.298 0.471 0.514 0.981 0.547
MIROC-ES2L [-] 2.94 2.84 2.21 4.08 1.31 0.626 1.09 2.32 0.289 0.547 0.522 0.963 0.574
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.15 1.84 2.17 0.243 1.54 -0.329 0.945 2.71 0.337 0.492 0.558 0.947 0.565
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.27 3.21 2.19 2.23 1.46 1.02 1.35 2.74 0.295 0.523 0.517 0.914 0.555
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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
CanESM5 [-] 3.36 5.18 3.88 2.37 1.30 1.60 3.13 0.254 0.683 0.496 0.979 0.619
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.58 4.62 4.07 4.38 3.42 0.553 1.04 3.32 0.433 0.705 0.465 0.775 0.617
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.13 4.04 3.96 4.23 3.64 0.0857 1.36 3.08 0.306 0.683 0.510 0.573 0.551
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.63 4.40 3.88 1.70 0.524 1.10 3.23 0.423 0.691 0.460 0.952 0.643
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.48 5.48 4.04 5.52 3.63 1.44 1.48 2.46 0.274 0.722 0.600 0.599 0.583
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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RMSE [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 1.23
CanESM5 [-] 1.40 1.52 1.24 0.847 0.589 0.276 0.903 2.12 0.301 0.445 0.628 0.875 0.539
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.54 1.54 1.24 1.62 1.20 0.302 0.690 1.86 0.386 0.522 0.671 0.949 0.610
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.25 1.35 1.22 0.643 1.40 0.129 0.695 1.89 0.357 0.571 0.685 0.934 0.624
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.41 1.53 1.24 0.806 0.589 0.292 0.910 2.09 0.340 0.509 0.637 0.897 0.579
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.48 2.47 1.24 2.93 1.20 1.23 1.39 1.83 0.237 0.559 0.710 0.855 0.584
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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
CanESM5 [-] 0.608 0.930 0.793 0.156 1.01 0.137 0.808 1.56 0.469 0.467 0.867 0.472 0.548
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.930 0.939 0.862 0.679 0.357 0.0769 0.631 1.20 0.625 0.501 0.904 0.782 0.663
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.725 0.756 0.809 0.372 0.521 -0.0528 0.564 1.02 0.577 0.572 0.908 0.736 0.673
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.712 1.12 0.793 0.143 1.01 0.327 0.964 2.03 0.430 0.424 0.789 0.488 0.511
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.93 1.93 0.881 1.98 0.323 1.05 1.32 1.21 0.343 0.505 0.908 0.508 0.554
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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
CanESM5 [-] 2.80 2.84 4.44 1.95 -1.60 1.97 3.16 0.107 0.439 0.429 0.898 0.463
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 5.16 5.16 4.52 4.15 2.58 0.638 0.974 3.00 0.236 0.594 0.520 0.978 0.584
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.30 4.30 4.48 4.19 3.35 -0.180 0.989 2.49 0.232 0.666 0.613 0.736 0.582
NorESM2-LM [-] 4.24 4.29 4.44 2.96 -0.146 1.10 2.88 0.215 0.621 0.517 0.687 0.532
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.45 5.45 4.52 5.03 2.70 0.938 1.16 2.74 0.257 0.672 0.551 0.803 0.591
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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
CanESM5 [-] 0.717 1.05 0.856 0.268 0.897 0.190 0.793 1.53 0.514 0.459 0.861 0.524 0.564
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.01 1.01 0.859 1.12 0.822 0.146 0.668 1.22 0.595 0.482 0.893 0.862 0.663
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.924 0.917 0.857 1.03 0.838 0.0599 0.651 1.28 0.553 0.547 0.877 0.747 0.654
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.873 1.31 0.856 0.274 0.897 0.456 1.03 1.39 0.455 0.426 0.853 0.540 0.540
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.09 2.07 0.860 2.75 0.817 1.21 1.41 1.17 0.297 0.506 0.912 0.602 0.565

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Relationships

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CanESM5 [-] 0.630 0.700 0.700
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.612 0.491 0.491
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.614 0.560 0.560
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.650 0.601 0.601
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.660 0.729 0.729
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.629 0.705 0.705
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.567 0.755 0.755
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.604 0.523 0.523
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CanESM5 [-] 0.737 0.681 0.681
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.710 0.712 0.712
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.698 0.703 0.703
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.706 0.773 0.773
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.688 0.722 0.722
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.680 0.852 0.852
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.713 0.694 0.694
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.752 0.619 0.619
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CanESM5 [-] 0.657 0.817 0.817
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.696 0.735 0.735
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.695 0.765 0.765
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.701 0.788 0.788
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.726 0.854 0.854
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.662 0.902 0.902
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.649 0.836 0.836
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.383 0.531 0.531
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CanESM5 [-] 0.517 0.678 0.678
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.707 0.691 0.691
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.699 0.629 0.629
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.712 0.703 0.703
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.645 0.738 0.738
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.647 0.353 0.353
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.508 0.660 0.660
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.511 0.0926 0.0926
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
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CanESM5 [-] 0.561 0.784 0.784
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.612 0.734 0.734
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.632 0.716 0.716
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.571 0.777 0.777
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.689 0.746 0.746
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.501 0.819 0.819
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.508 0.822 0.822
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.633 0.710 0.710
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
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CanESM5 [-] 0.534 0.657 0.657
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.695 0.716 0.716
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.699 0.647 0.647
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.700 0.737 0.737
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.678 0.749 0.749
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.661 0.645 0.645
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.519 0.597 0.597
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.568 0.199 0.199

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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