Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Australia Europe Global - Land North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	44.5
default	[-]	84.9		40.3	51.3	3.56		0.00	0.146	0.356	0.162
handtune0011	[-]	83.6		39.0	50.5	3.56		0.00	0.138	0.356	0.158

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	57.5
default	[-]	35.0		-22.4	50.2	3.55		0.0844	0.00	0.377	0.115
handtune0011	[-]	35.1		-22.3	52.0	3.55		0.0849	0.00	0.377	0.115

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	44.4
default	[-]	47.3		2.82	39.2	1.97		0.885	0.00	0.764	0.412
handtune0011	[-]	53.7		9.30	43.0	1.97		0.620	0.00	0.764	0.346

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.8
default	[-]	12.8		-7.99	21.5	0.00		0.00	0.00	1.00	0.250
handtune0011	[-]	11.2		-9.61	21.3	0.00		0.00	0.00	1.00	0.250

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	97.2
default	[-]	88.7		-8.53	23.9	1.02		0.652	0.412	0.933	0.602
handtune0011	[-]	83.3		-14.0	26.2	1.02		0.429	0.444	0.933	0.562

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.4
default	[-]	26.3		-7.13	20.4	0.00		0.419	0.125	1.00	0.417
handtune0011	[-]	26.0		-7.39	20.4	0.508		0.443	0.113	0.963	0.408

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	41.2
default	[-]	37.0		-4.26	22.0	0.596		0.370	0.267	0.939	0.461
handtune0011	[-]	36.0		-5.22	21.3	0.596		0.404	0.273	0.939	0.472

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	50.9
default	[-]	41.4		-9.54	33.9	2.19		0.352	0.122	0.707	0.326
handtune0011	[-]	41.7		-9.21	33.9	2.15		0.358	0.112	0.689	0.318

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	35.1
default	[-]	35.5		0.368	21.9	0.741		0.422	0.201	0.933	0.439
handtune0011	[-]	35.4		0.315	22.2	0.757		0.424	0.190	0.928	0.433

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	40.1
default	[-]	39.5		-0.671	26.4	1.04		0.417	0.160	0.857	0.398
handtune0011	[-]	38.9		-1.19	26.6	1.06		0.389	0.155	0.843	0.385

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	13.3
default	[-]	16.7		3.39	14.9	0.339		0.488	0.224	0.978	0.479
handtune0011	[-]	16.2		2.89	14.5	0.339		0.448	0.205	0.978	0.459

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	82.2
default	[-]	111.		28.7	44.8	5.03		0.224	0.0715	0.0717	0.110
handtune0011	[-]	102.		20.2	37.8	5.03		0.413	0.128	0.0717	0.185

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	41.6
default	[-]	47.5		5.98	25.5	0.359		0.554	0.143	0.972	0.453
handtune0011	[-]	46.9		5.39	26.4	0.359		0.448	0.132	0.972	0.421

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	25.4
default	[-]	30.1		4.65	22.2	0.136		0.445	0.0476	0.993	0.383
handtune0011	[-]	29.9		4.42	21.8	0.136		0.456	0.0386	0.993	0.382

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	41.1
default	[-]	35.1		-5.99	34.6	1.85		0.345	0.0575	0.798	0.314
handtune0011	[-]	34.3		-6.74	34.7	1.96		0.338	0.0571	0.728	0.295

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	97.5
default	[-]	93.0		-4.48	17.2	1.36		0.740	0.577	0.875	0.692
handtune0011	[-]	84.5		-13.0	20.1	1.36		0.441	0.582	0.875	0.620

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	101.
default	[-]	74.8		-25.9	43.2	1.03		0.00	0.0295	0.930	0.247
handtune0011	[-]	73.2		-27.5	44.3	1.03		0.00	0.0315	0.930	0.248

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	45.3
default	[-]	23.8		-21.5	29.7	3.03		0.00	0.0151	0.502	0.133
handtune0011	[-]	23.8		-21.5	30.4	3.03		0.00	0.00	0.502	0.126

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

FluxNet Tower eddy covariance measurements (Tier 1)

  Version:

2015

  Institutions:

FluxNet, AmeriFlux, AfriFlux, AsiaFlux, ChinaFlux, Fluxnet-Canada, KoFlux, CarboAfrica, CarboEuropeIP, CarboItaly, CarboMont, GreenGrass, OzFlux-TERN, LBA, NECC, ICOS, TCOS-Siberia, and USCCC

  References:

Reichstein, M., D. Papale, R. Valentini, M. Aubinet, C. Bernhofer, A. Knohl, T. Laurila, A. Lindroth, E. Moors, K. Pilegaard, and G. Seufert (2007), Determinants of terrestrialecosystem carbon balance inferred from European eddy covarianceflux sites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01402, doi:10.1029/2006GL027880

Lasslop, G., M. Reichstein, D. Papale, A.D. Richardson, A. Arneth, A. Barr, P. Stoy, and G. Wohlfahrt (2010), Separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and respiration using a light response curve approach: critical issues and global evaluation, Global Change Biology, 16, 187-208, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02041.x

Knauer, J., S. Zaehle, B.E. Medlyn, M. Reichstein, C.A. Williams, M. Migliavacca, M.G. De Kauwe, C. Werner, C. Keitel, P. Kolari, J.-M. Limousin, and M.-L. Linderson (2018), Towards physiologically meaningful water use efficiency estimates from eddy covariance data, Global Change Biology, 24(2), 694-710, doi:10.1111/gcb.13893

  Comment:

Fluxnet variable(s) used: LE_F_MDS