Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0483
CESM2	[-]	0.0328	0.0341	0.0485	0.00148	0.00218		-0.0153	0.148	2.30		0.838	0.679	0.738	0.600	0.707
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.0299	0.0265	0.0483	0.00427			-0.0245	0.140	2.28		0.838	0.688	0.782	0.548	0.709

	Download Data	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
CESM2	[-]	0.284	0.329	0.328	0.0166	0.0519		-0.0108	0.836	2.04		0.723	0.446	0.726	0.746	0.617
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.210	0.266	0.325	0.0177			-0.0744	0.748	2.07		0.726	0.465	0.719	0.655	0.606

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.324
CESM2	[-]	0.264	0.433	0.328	0.00154	0.0247		0.0946	0.799	2.19		0.787	0.569	0.769	0.801	0.699
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.237	0.368	0.324	0.00282			0.0238	0.752	2.27		0.782	0.572	0.736	0.758	0.684

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0620
CESM2	[-]	0.0692	0.0800	0.0621	0.00413	0.0186		0.0181	0.214	2.68		0.774	0.644	0.677	0.543	0.657
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.0542	0.0717	0.0620	0.00662			0.0125	0.211	2.59		0.777	0.644	0.700	0.562	0.666

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0123
CESM2	[-]	0.0101	0.0190	0.0134	6.00e-05	0.000479		0.00201	0.0435	2.47		0.726	0.558	0.739	0.304	0.577
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.0182	0.0312	0.0123	0.000316			0.0108	0.0547	2.41		0.702	0.512	0.681	0.309	0.543

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0451
CESM2	[-]	0.0960	0.0895	0.0455	0.0102	0.00788		0.0416	0.193	2.38		0.729	0.531	0.714	0.285	0.558
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.0892	0.0768	0.0451	0.0317			0.0281	0.171	2.29		0.744	0.553	0.730	0.416	0.599

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0525
CESM2	[-]	0.0490	0.0443	0.0548	0.0570	0.0108		-0.00746	0.139	1.75		0.726	0.532	0.885	0.566	0.648
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.0550	0.0501	0.0525	0.0783			0.00139	0.147	1.84		0.720	0.535	0.843	0.500	0.627

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.837
CESM2	[-]	0.764	0.760	0.860	0.154	0.0585		-0.148	2.07	1.60		0.705	0.399	0.712	0.730	0.589
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.579	0.590	0.837	0.190			-0.307	1.78	1.68		0.709	0.423	0.709	0.620	0.577

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.0182
CESM2	[-]	0.00563	0.00685	0.0184	8.35e-06	0.000416		-0.0115	0.0535	2.15		0.886	0.758	0.829	0.581	0.762
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.00172	0.00293	0.0182	8.88e-05			-0.0159	0.0488	2.30		0.882	0.760	0.782	0.415	0.720

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.120
CESM2	[-]	0.208	0.219	0.121	0.0930	0.0193		0.0995	0.490	1.96		0.722	0.562	0.771	0.561	0.635
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.167	0.183	0.120	0.109			0.0796	0.446	2.01		0.727	0.572	0.777	0.609	0.651

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.774	0.848		0.472	0.492	0.482
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.798	0.848		0.376	0.481	0.428

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.847	0.873		0.641	0.689	0.665
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.738	0.773		0.566	0.589	0.577

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.702	0.828		0.731	0.636	0.683
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.646	0.835		0.492	0.641	0.566

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.876	0.866		0.799	0.275	0.537
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.857	0.865		0.634	0.342	0.488

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.755	0.765		0.136	0.487	0.312
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.710	0.663		0.242	0.570	0.406

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.754	0.878		0.441	0.515	0.478
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.779	0.885		0.558	0.328	0.443

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.620	0.940		0.619	0.626	0.623
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.605	0.899		0.569	0.670	0.620

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.814	0.879		0.657	0.755	0.706
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.789	0.859		0.605	0.587	0.596

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.893	0.797		0.441	0.417	0.429
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.895	0.738		0.387	0.381	0.384

	Download Data	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]
CESM2	[-]	0.783	0.799		0.504	0.362	0.433
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.745	0.806		0.482	0.546	0.514

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation Relationship with SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with func_SurfaceAirTemperature

  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