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This dataset provides global monthly average gross primary productivity (GPP; g carbon/m2/d) modeled at 8 km spatial resolution for each of the 35 years from 1982-2016. GPP is based on the well-known Monteith light use efficiency (LUE) equation but was improved with optimized spatially and temporally explicit LUE values derived from selected FLUXNET tower site data. Optimized LUE was extrapolated to a consistent 8 km resolution global grid using multiple explanatory variables representing climatic, landscape, and vegetation factors influencing LUE and GPP. Global gridded long-term daily GPP was derived using the optimized LUE, Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS3g) canopy fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR), and Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2, (MERRA-2) meteorological information. These data will improve satellite-based estimation and understanding of GPP using a refined LUE model framework.

Product Summary

Platforms
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS ,
MODELS
Instruments
EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES ,
MMS ,
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1982-01-01 to 2017-01-01
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2764742564-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Gross Primary Production (gpp) ,
Vegetation Cover ,
Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) ,
Primary Production ,
Land Use/Land Cover Classification

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Madani, N., & Parazoo, N. C. (2020). Global Monthly GPP from an Improved Light Use Efficiency Model, 1982-2016 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1789 Date Accessed: 2026-04-26

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Atmospheric Vapor Pressure Deficit Outweighs Soil Moisture Deficit in Controlling Global Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency Li, Chao, Zhang, Dahong, Zhang, Shiqiang, Wen, Yanan, Wang, Wenhui, Chen, Youdong, Peng, Jian Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers Lauerwald, Ronny, Bastos, Ana, McGrath, Matthew J., Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana, Ritter, Francois, Andrew, Robbie M., Berchet, Antoine, Broquet, Gregoire, Brunner, Dominik, Chevallier, Frederic, Cescatti, Alessandro, Filipek, Sara, FortemsCheiney, Audrey, Forzieri, Giovanni, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Fuchs, Richard, Gerbig, Christoph, Houweling, Sander, Ke, Piyu, Lerink, Bas J. W., Li, Wanjing, Li, Wei, Li, Xiaojun, Luijkx, Ingrid, Monteil, Guillaume, Munassar, Saqr, Nabuurs, GertJan, Patra, Prabir K., Peylin, Philippe, Pongratz, Julia, Regnier, Pierre, Saunois, Marielle, Schelhaas, MartJan, Scholze, Marko, Sitch, Stephen, Thompson, Rona L., Tian, Hanqin, Tsuruta, Aki, Wilson, Chris, Wigneron, JeanPierre, Winkler, Karina, Yao, Yitong, Zaehle, Sonke, Ciais, Philippe Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
CMIP6 ESMs overestimate greening and the photosynthesis trends in Dryland East Asia Xiao, Yinmiao, Chen, Tiexi, Chen, Xin, Yang, Yang, Wang, Shengzhen, Zhou, Shengjie Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Drivers and mechanisms of heatwaves in South West India Dalal, Ganaraj, Pathania, Tinesh, Koppa, Akash, Hari, Vittal Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Ignoring Plant Physiological Responses to Elevated CO<sub>2</sub> Will Sun, Chuanlian, Feng, Xiaoming Vegetation Index, Landscape Patterns, Stratigraphic Sequence, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Soil Depth, Sediments, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Global increase in the optimal temperature for the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems Fang, Zhongxiang, Zhang, Wenmin, Wang, Lanhui, Schurgers, Guy, Ciais, Philippe, Penuelas, Josep, Brandt, Martin, Yang, Hui, Huang, Ke, Shen, Qiu, Fensholt, Rasmus Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Quantifying wildfire drivers and predictability in boreal peatlands using a two-step error-correcting machine learning framework in TeFire v1. 0 Tang, Rongyun, Jin, Mingzhou, Mao, Jiafu, Ricciuto, Daniel M., Chen, Anping, Zhang, Yulong Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and in situ CO2 data suggest a larger seasonal amplitude of the terrestrial carbon cycle compared to many dynamic global vegetation models Lei, Ruixue, Poe, Jeralyn, Huntzinger, Deborah, Liu, Junjie, Stich, Stephen, Baker, David F., Feng, Leyang, Gaeta, Dylan C., Huang, Ziting, Miller, Scot M. Primary Production, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Spatiotemporal analysis of different vegetation indices and relation to meteorological parameters over a tropical urban location and its surroundings De, Arijit, Sahani, Nemai, Datta, Abhirup, Maitra, Animesh Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A shift from temperature to water as the primary driver for interannual variability of the tropical carbon cycle He, Bin, Xie, Xiaoming, Guo, Lanlan Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
CO<SUB>2</SUB> fertilization enhances vegetation productivity and reduces ecological drought in India Dubey, Nivedita, Ghosh, Subimal Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Interannual, sub-seasonal and spatial variations in growing season surface heat fluxes for the US Corn Belt Hiestand, Mikael P., Carleton, Andrew M., Davis, Kenneth J. Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Plant Phenology, Vegetation Index
Reducing uncertainty of high-latitude ecosystem models through identification of key parameters Mevenkamp, Hannah, Wunderling, Nico, Bhatt, Uma, Carman, Tobey, Friedemann Donges, Jonathan, Genet, Helene, Serbin, Shawn, Winkelmann, Ricarda, Susanne Euskirchen, Eugenie Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Recovery of Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes after Drought in China Hao, Yuefeng, Choi, Minha Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production
Revisiting the role of transpiration in the variation of ecosystem water use efficiency in China Sun, Huaiwei, Lu, Mengge, Yang, Yong, Chen, Jianing, Wang, Jingfeng, Yan, Dong, Xue, Jie, Zhang, Wenxin Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Anomalies in precipitation rather than temperature as the dominant driver of drought stress on vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere Chen, Juan, Liu, Zhiyong, Zhou, Ping Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Impacts of Land Use Change and Atmospheric CO2 on Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), Evaporation, and Climate in Southern Amazon Rezende, Luiz F. C., de Castro, Aline Anderson, Von Randow, Celso, Ruscica, Romina, Sakschewski, Boris, Papastefanou, Phillip, Viovy, Nicolas, Thonicke, Kirsten, Sorensson, Anna, Rammig, Anja, Cavalcanti, Iracema F. A. Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Retrieving vegetation biophysical parameters and GPP using satellite-driven LUE model in a National Park Marandi, Moumita, Parida, Bikash Ranjan, Ghosh, Surajit Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Recent amplified global gross primary productivity due to temperature increase is offset by reduced productivity due to water constraints Madani, Nima, Parazoo, Nicholas C., Kimball, John S., Ballantyne, Ashley P., Reichle, Rolf H., Maneta, Marco, Saatchi, Sassan, Palmer, Paul I., Liu, Zhihua, Tagesson, Torbern Gross Primary Production (gpp), Vegetation Cover, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Primary Production, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
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