Mean State

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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 9.99
CTSM_b1 [-] 3.37 3.26 9.96 0.151 0.0287 -6.09 0.530 0.286 0.408
CTSM_Def [-] 3.36 3.25 9.96 0.148 0.0287 -6.10 0.524 0.238 0.381
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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 4.09
CTSM_b1 [-] 1.74 1.64 4.10 0.104 0.00760 -6.59 0.575 0.728 0.651
CTSM_Def [-] 1.76 1.66 4.10 0.102 0.00760 -6.53 0.574 0.456 0.515

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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All Models

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Data Information

  Title:
Biological Nitrogen Fixation

  Version:
1

  Institutions:
University of Exeter

  Source:
A comprehensive global meta analysis of field measurements

  History:
2020-12-14: obtained dataset 2020-12-14: converted to netCDF

  References:
Davies-Barnard, T. and Friedlingstein, P. (2020), The Global Distribution of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Terrestrial Natural Ecosystems, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 3, doi:10.1029/2019GB006387

  Comments:
time_period: single estimate from 1980 through 2019
temporal_resolution: monthly
spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
units: kg m-2 s-1

  Convention:
CF-1.8