Global Monthly Mean Leaf Area Index Climatology, 1981-2015

Description

This dataset provides a global 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree gridded monthly mean leaf area index (LAI) climatology as averaged over the period from August 1981 to August 2015. The data were derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) LAI3g version 2, a bi-weekly data product from 1981 to 2015 (GIMMS-LAI3g version 2). The LAI3g version 2 (raw) data were first regridded from 1/12 x 1/12 degree to 0.25 x 0.25 degree resolution, then processed to remove missing and unreasonable values, scaled to obtain LAI values, and the bi-weekly LAI values were averaged for every month. Finally, the monthly long-term mean LAI (1981-2015) was calculated.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/VEGETATION/guides/Mean_Seasonal_LAI.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1653
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1653
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/global_vegetation/Mean_Seasonal_LAI/
21 USE SERVICE API https://opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov/
34 Mean LAI (m2/m2) for July for the period 1982-2015. https://daac.ornl.gov/VEGETATION/guides/Mean_Seasonal_LAI_Fig1.png
21 The THREDDS location for this Collection. https://thredds.daac.ornl.gov/thredds/catalog/ornldaac/1653/catalog.html
33 Global Mean Monthly Leaf Area Index: 1981-2015: Mean_Seasonal_LAI.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/Mean_Seasonal_LAI/comp/Mean_Seasonal_LAI.pdf

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  • biosphere
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • ngda
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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