Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis

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1. The datasets were produced based on the method described in Luo X. et al. Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25163-9.

2. Vcmax25_RF and fLNR_RF are the key output. Vcmax25_RF was estimated using random forest trained by ground observations, remote sensing leaf chlorophyll content and some ancillary environment variables. fLNR_RF was further calculated from Vcmax25_RF.

3. Vcmax25_un and fLNR_un are the uncertainties of Vcmax25_RF and fLNR_RF. 

4. Note there are several gridded leaf nitrogen content maps (LNC; area-based) available for our derivation of fLNR from Vcmax25. In our study, we mainly use EB17, but also provide the results based on AMM18 and CB20 (see reference).

5. Other Vcmax25 and fLNR datasets are provided for comparison. They are all driven by CRU TS4.01 climate data, soil grids soil data and EB17 leaf nitrogen/phosphorus datasets.

If you have any questions about the dataset, please contact Xiangzhong (Remi) Luo at [e-mail]