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Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.58
v3.LR [-] 0.457 0.467 1.58 0.00624 0.00520 -1.12 2.98 1.89 0.684 0.440 0.758 0.381 0.541
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0552
v3.LR [-] 0.0785 0.0814 0.0579 0.0443 0.00316 0.0235 0.170 1.62 0.773 0.585 0.871 0.706 0.704
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.325
v3.LR [-] 0.165 0.191 0.327 0.00472 0.00508 -0.136 0.691 2.20 0.705 0.485 0.726 0.477 0.576
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0501
v3.LR [-] 0.0325 0.0356 0.0503 0.00148 0.00259 -0.0147 0.146 2.37 0.812 0.646 0.695 0.586 0.677
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.131
v3.LR [-] 0.158 0.159 0.131 0.0128 0.000260 0.0282 0.309 1.62 0.719 0.510 0.893 0.718 0.670
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0637
v3.LR [-] 0.0471 0.0499 0.0639 0.0113 0.00373 -0.0140 0.188 2.35 0.792 0.638 0.670 0.566 0.661

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]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.730 0.782 0.499 0.479 0.489
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.739 0.868 0.172 0.571 0.372
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.842 0.871 0.536 0.558 0.547
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.814 0.901 0.565 0.709 0.637
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.761 0.619 0.339 0.432 0.385
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
v3.LR [-] 0.834 0.922 0.648 0.705 0.677

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Data Information

  Title:
GFED version 4.1 burned area fraction with small fires (GFED4.1s)

  Version:
4.1s

  Institutions:
VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Earth and Climate Cluster, Netherlands
Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, USA

  Source:
Satellite (MODIS Terra and Aqua) derived product

  History:
2019-03-13: downloaded source from https://www.geo.vu.nl/~gwerf/GFED/GFED4/
2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-ba-gfed.py

  References:
van der Werf, G.R., J.T. Randerson, L. Giglio, T.T. van Leeuwen, Y. Chen, B.M. Rogers, M. Mu, M.J.E. van Marle, D.C. Morton, G.J. Collatz, R.J. Yokelson, and P.S. Kasibhatla (2017), Global fire emissions estimates during 1997-2016, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 697-720, doi:10.5194/essd-9-697-2017

Giglio, L., J.T. Randerson and G.R. van der Werf (2013), Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth-generation global fire emissions database (GFED4), J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 118(1), 317-328, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20042

Randerson, J.T., Y. Chen, G.R. van der Werf, B.M. Rogers and D.C. Morton (2012), Global burned area and biomass burning emissions from small fires, J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 117(G4), G04012, doi:10.1029/2012JG002128

  Comments:
time_period: 1997-01 through 2016-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 0.25 degree
original_units: fractions
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: %

  Convention:
CF-1.7