A Global Dataset of Monthly Non-water-limited Canopy Resistance from 1982 to 2014

Non-water-limited canopy resistance is the key paramter in many ecohydrological models. However, yet there is still no such data over large scales, and consequently privious studies usually assumed it to be 0 or 70 s m-1, which would induce large uncertainties in model output. Here the non-water-limited canopy resistance dataset is estimated based on a Jarvis-type canopy resistance model and optimized parameters, using leaf area index, solar radiation, air temperature, air CO2 concentration, vapor pressure deficit, wind speed and root zone soil water content as the drivers.