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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.48
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 2.17 2.66 0.487 1.48 1.88 1.22 1.60 1.78 0.281 0.268 0.676 0.890 0.532 0.486
bcc-csm1-1-m [-] 1.86 2.30 0.279 1.48 1.66 0.773 1.41 1.86 0.375 0.265 0.673 0.903 0.537 0.503
BNU-ESM [-] 2.75 3.41 0.507 1.48 1.92 2.01 2.87 2.05 0.139 0.267 0.609 0.338 0.498 0.353
CanESM2 [-] 1.37 1.67 0.296 1.48 0.0559 1.32 2.41 0.270 0.329 0.614 0.721 0.564 0.471
CESM1-BGC [-] 1.92 2.42 0.149 1.48 1.71 0.966 1.69 2.14 0.238 0.263 0.663 0.570 0.424 0.404
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 2.53 3.13 0.483 1.48 1.69 2.44 2.52 0.236 0.266 0.586 0.509 0.497 0.393
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 2.55 3.16 0.514 1.48 1.69 2.54 2.36 0.228 0.259 0.615 0.445 0.509 0.386
HadGEM2-CC [-] 1.89 2.33 0.295 1.48 1.45 0.916 1.41 2.16 0.262 0.362 0.670 0.700 0.539 0.483
HadGEM2-ES [-] 1.95 2.42 0.297 1.48 1.45 1.00 1.45 2.16 0.252 0.362 0.672 0.708 0.536 0.482
inmcm4 [-] 1.37 1.50 0.574 1.46 1.86 0.0468 0.959 2.36 0.444 0.327 0.564 0.943 0.565 0.529
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 1.87 2.11 0.520 1.48 2.13 0.667 1.35 1.80 0.284 0.307 0.719 0.848 0.545 0.502
IPSL-CM5A-MR [-] 1.84 2.07 0.476 1.48 1.72 0.634 1.33 1.77 0.294 0.301 0.722 0.853 0.534 0.501
MeanCMIP5 [-] 1.95 2.44 0.288 1.48 0.958 1.23 1.53 0.284 0.400 0.737 0.881 0.579 0.547
MIROC-ESM [-] 2.01 2.48 0.387 1.45 1.72 1.02 1.74 1.78 0.317 0.244 0.704 0.879 0.428 0.469
MIROC-ESM-CHEM [-] 2.00 2.47 0.378 1.45 1.72 1.01 1.73 1.79 0.309 0.246 0.706 0.877 0.436 0.470
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 1.66 2.04 0.280 1.44 1.91 0.605 1.18 1.87 0.371 0.303 0.657 0.936 0.628 0.533
MRI-ESM1 [-] 2.74 3.42 0.277 1.48 2.00 2.80 1.99 0.163 0.285 0.595 0.359 0.448 0.356
NorESM1-M [-] 2.01 2.52 0.271 1.48 1.03 1.87 2.22 0.208 0.263 0.655 0.513 0.443 0.391
NorESM1-ME [-] 2.04 2.54 0.280 1.48 1.07 1.91 2.22 0.203 0.263 0.650 0.495 0.440 0.386
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]
Interannual Variability Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 3.91
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 5.19 5.20 4.86 3.92 2.93 1.26 1.90 3.52 0.334 0.216 0.364 0.918 0.671 0.453
bcc-csm1-1-m [-] 4.66 4.66 2.95 3.92 2.28 0.647 1.63 3.28 0.434 0.225 0.427 0.943 0.666 0.487
BNU-ESM [-] 7.84 7.88 4.23 3.92 3.29 3.81 4.84 3.84 0.0591 0.283 0.315 0.236 0.580 0.293
CanESM2 [-] 2.08 1.98 1.98 3.91 -1.99 2.78 2.53 0.131 0.323 0.608 0.615 0.563 0.427
CESM1-BGC [-] 5.00 5.03 2.47 3.92 2.04 1.04 2.46 2.32 0.172 0.272 0.644 0.518 0.590 0.411
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 4.41 4.43 3.34 3.91 0.456 1.88 1.91 0.330 0.327 0.741 0.712 0.669 0.518
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 4.23 4.26 2.61 3.91 0.273 1.95 1.97 0.310 0.311 0.730 0.654 0.764 0.513
HadGEM2-CC [-] 6.40 6.42 4.73 3.92 1.90 2.41 2.76 2.60 0.0721 0.368 0.588 0.834 0.410 0.440
HadGEM2-ES [-] 6.46 6.48 4.74 3.92 1.90 2.46 2.76 2.49 0.0714 0.366 0.608 0.876 0.414 0.450
inmcm4 [-] 3.25 3.28 2.30 3.94 2.86 -0.664 1.44 4.08 0.397 0.274 0.254 0.957 0.567 0.454
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 4.72 4.71 3.40 3.91 3.53 0.707 2.15 2.07 0.187 0.304 0.694 0.568 0.529 0.431
IPSL-CM5A-MR [-] 4.36 4.35 3.08 3.92 2.25 0.386 2.21 1.93 0.179 0.298 0.729 0.491 0.532 0.421
MeanCMIP5 [-] 5.04 5.07 2.73 3.91 1.06 1.66 2.68 0.303 0.348 0.557 0.907 0.503 0.494
MIROC-ESM [-] 4.54 4.62 3.14 3.95 2.68 0.665 2.03 1.89 0.292 0.193 0.746 0.773 0.415 0.436
MIROC-ESM-CHEM [-] 4.69 4.76 3.33 3.95 2.68 0.806 2.13 1.82 0.247 0.207 0.758 0.704 0.432 0.426
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 3.64 3.66 2.14 3.98 2.63 -0.326 1.88 2.93 0.306 0.192 0.510 0.945 0.745 0.482
MRI-ESM1 [-] 9.68 9.71 7.92 3.91 5.64 5.95 3.60 0.0264 0.340 0.384 0.474 0.502 0.344
NorESM1-M [-] 4.87 4.91 3.33 3.91 0.909 2.64 2.42 0.147 0.263 0.615 0.436 0.643 0.395
NorESM1-ME [-] 4.92 4.97 3.39 3.91 0.966 2.69 2.41 0.149 0.259 0.618 0.424 0.629 0.389

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation RMSE Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.476 0.598 0.598
bcc-csm1-1-m [-] 0.446 0.682 0.682
BNU-ESM [-] 0.398 0.187 0.187
CanESM2 [-] 0.296 0.626 0.626
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.322 0.427 0.427
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.314 0.442 0.442
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 0.325 0.447 0.447
HadGEM2-CC [-] 0.345 0.469 0.469
HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.370 0.458 0.458
inmcm4 [-] 0.223 0.889 0.889
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.453 0.608 0.608
IPSL-CM5A-MR [-] 0.454 0.632 0.632
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.458 0.534 0.534
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.442 0.657 0.657
MIROC-ESM-CHEM [-] 0.439 0.647 0.647
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.404 0.743 0.743
MRI-ESM1 [-] 0.417 0.192 0.192
NorESM1-M [-] 0.316 0.358 0.358
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.314 0.323 0.323
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Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation RMSE Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.312 0.556 0.556
bcc-csm1-1-m [-] 0.437 0.586 0.586
BNU-ESM [-] 0.172 0.192 0.192
CanESM2 [-] 0.420 0.616 0.616
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.415 0.529 0.529
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.372 0.529 0.529
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 0.410 0.505 0.505
HadGEM2-CC [-] 0.235 0.458 0.458
HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.172 0.458 0.458
inmcm4 [-] 0.355 0.869 0.869
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.311 0.548 0.548
IPSL-CM5A-MR [-] 0.363 0.602 0.602
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.421 0.612 0.612
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.346 0.636 0.636
MIROC-ESM-CHEM [-] 0.304 0.609 0.609
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.493 0.796 0.796
MRI-ESM1 [-] 0.0743 0.192 0.192
NorESM1-M [-] 0.300 0.509 0.509
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.275 0.481 0.481

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Data Information

  Title:
derived AVHRR BU leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:
This product is generated from monthly 1/12 degree AVHRR BU leaf area index observations

  Conventions:
Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Creation_date:
Tue Mar 25 17:04:13 PDT 2014

  Approach:
I read this variable from original abl files using matlab and simply averaged 15-day (half monthly) data to get monthly data. I also interpolated data from 1/12 (0.0833) degree into 0.5 degree and saved the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:
monthly

  General information:
This product was derived from half monthly AVHRR BU leaf area index from Boston University.

  Spatial resolution:
0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:
http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-lai-avhrr.ncl