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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 [-] 88.2
CRUJRA [-] 41.4 38.4 88.0 2.87 0.278 -3.73 0.556 0.494 0.525
PPE_GSWP3V1 [-] 39.3 36.5 88.0 2.70 0.278 -3.89 0.543 0.428 0.485
R20_GSWP3V1 [-] 38.3 35.6 87.8 2.63 0.449 -3.95 0.539 0.403 0.471

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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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