Table 1.

Primary inputs for current global implementation of ALEXI.

Data	Purpose	Source	Spatial resolution	Temporal resolution
Land-surface temperature	Trad, Rnet	M0DISMYD11C11	0.05°	Daily, clear-sky
Surface shortwave and longwave	Rnet	CFSR2, CFSRv23	0.5°	Hourly
radiation fluxes		CERES SYNldeg4	1°	Daily
Albedo	Rnet	MODIS MCD43B35	0.05°	16-day
Leaf area index	Trad partitioning	MODIS MCD15A36	0.01°	4-day
Landcover type	Canopy characteristics	MODIS MCD12C17	0.01°	Fixed
Wind speed	Aerodynamic resistance	CFSR, CFSRv2	0.5°	Hourly
Lapse rate profile	Boundary layer growth model	CFSR, CFSRv2	0.5°	Hourly

¹Wan and Hulley (2015).

²Saha et al. (2010).

³Saha et al. (2011).

⁴Doelling (2012).

⁵Schaaf et al. (2002).

⁶Myneni et al. (2002).

⁷Friedl et al. (2010).