Dataset name: 
MODIS Climatology Leaf Area Index (LAI)

Variable names: 
TLAI

Reference of original data:
De Kauwe, M.G., M.I. Disney, T. Quaife, P. Lewis, M. Williams, An assessment of the MODIS collection 5 
          leaf area index product for a region of mixed coniferous forest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 
          115, 767–780, 2011.

Downloaded site:
personal exchange from NCAR group

Downloaded Date:
Dec. 2, 2013

Downloaded by:
Mingquan Mu 
Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

Name and version of original source: 
Monthly estimates of global biosphere-atmosphere fluxes

Start date:
climatology

End date:
climatology

Temporal resolution: 
monthly

Spatial resolution: 
0.5x0.5 degree

Unit: 
unitless

Data format: 
netcdf