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
CLM50	[-]	84.0		39.5	42.7	2.01		0.00	0.437	0.679	0.388
CTSM51	[-]	78.2		33.6	38.8	2.01		0.00	0.405	0.679	0.372
DeadVeg	[-]	69.4		24.9	30.8	2.52		0.00	0.439	0.599	0.369

	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
CLM50	[-]	23.5		-34.0	51.7	1.02		0.00	0.00	0.933	0.233
CTSM51	[-]	24.4		-33.1	51.4	1.02		0.00	0.00	0.933	0.233
DeadVeg	[-]	23.8		-33.7	49.9	0.508		0.00	0.00	0.960	0.240

	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
CLM50	[-]	43.3		-1.13	37.7	1.97		0.954	0.00	0.764	0.429
CTSM51	[-]	37.3		-7.12	38.7	1.97		0.709	0.00	0.764	0.368
DeadVeg	[-]	32.9		-11.6	40.0	1.97		0.527	0.00	0.764	0.323

	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
CLM50	[-]	17.9		-2.89	22.2	0.508		0.610	0.00	0.968	0.394
CTSM51	[-]	16.8		-3.95	23.7	0.508		0.469	0.00	0.968	0.359
DeadVeg	[-]	12.8		-7.94	17.5	0.00		0.0683	0.00	1.00	0.267

	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
CLM50	[-]	90.7		-6.54	12.8	0.00		0.733	0.670	1.00	0.768
CTSM51	[-]	89.7		-7.52	12.8	0.00		0.693	0.682	1.00	0.764
DeadVeg	[-]	81.7		-15.6	23.3	0.00		0.364	0.513	1.00	0.597

	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
CLM50	[-]	27.6		-5.86	21.9	0.00		0.403	0.112	1.00	0.407
CTSM51	[-]	26.4		-7.05	20.7	0.508		0.409	0.144	0.963	0.415
DeadVeg	[-]	28.8		-4.57	20.3	1.02		0.598	0.144	0.933	0.454

	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
CLM50	[-]	38.1		-3.09	20.9	0.683		0.375	0.291	0.936	0.473
CTSM51	[-]	37.5		-3.72	20.9	0.597		0.371	0.276	0.937	0.465
DeadVeg	[-]	36.5		-4.70	21.5	0.767		0.333	0.258	0.907	0.439

	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
CLM50	[-]	48.5		-1.15	29.7	1.28		0.427	0.136	0.848	0.386
CTSM51	[-]	45.3		-4.36	29.4	1.23		0.410	0.146	0.855	0.389
DeadVeg	[-]	46.4		-3.27	29.4	1.14		0.424	0.144	0.881	0.398

	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
CLM50	[-]	36.7		1.62	21.8	0.617		0.499	0.207	0.951	0.466
CTSM51	[-]	35.4		0.332	21.5	0.525		0.490	0.216	0.960	0.471
DeadVeg	[-]	35.4		0.237	21.3	0.694		0.489	0.204	0.947	0.461

	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
CLM50	[-]	40.5		0.531	25.5	0.725		0.419	0.187	0.899	0.423
CTSM51	[-]	39.0		-0.927	24.7	0.645		0.425	0.195	0.917	0.433
DeadVeg	[-]	38.5		-1.39	23.9	0.794		0.421	0.200	0.894	0.429

	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
CLM50	[-]	15.4		2.09	14.7	0.678		0.568	0.167	0.956	0.465
CTSM51	[-]	14.8		1.45	13.4	0.678		0.524	0.228	0.956	0.484
DeadVeg	[-]	14.1		0.797	9.75	0.678		0.847	0.383	0.955	0.642

	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
CLM50	[-]	96.6		14.5	31.0	4.02		0.539	0.254	0.259	0.326
CTSM51	[-]	96.4		14.3	30.8	4.02		0.544	0.260	0.259	0.330
DeadVeg	[-]	103.		21.2	37.5	5.03		0.390	0.132	0.0717	0.181

	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
CLM50	[-]	47.8		6.20	25.7	0.331		0.435	0.163	0.975	0.434
CTSM51	[-]	45.7		4.13	23.8	0.249		0.468	0.189	0.982	0.457
DeadVeg	[-]	44.5		2.96	22.1	0.606		0.444	0.211	0.951	0.454

	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
CLM50	[-]	32.9		7.50	24.3	0.00		0.342	0.0368	1.00	0.354
CTSM51	[-]	31.3		5.83	22.7	0.00		0.402	0.0481	1.00	0.374
DeadVeg	[-]	29.6		4.17	18.0	0.136		0.489	0.143	0.991	0.442

	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
CLM50	[-]	30.6		-10.5	32.5	1.06		0.221	0.121	0.851	0.328
CTSM51	[-]	31.0		-10.1	32.2	1.02		0.241	0.120	0.860	0.335
DeadVeg	[-]	32.7		-8.38	31.1	0.837		0.281	0.146	0.872	0.361

	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
CLM50	[-]	106.		8.34	17.3	2.38		0.678	0.573	0.617	0.611
CTSM51	[-]	101.		3.57	15.8	0.683		0.764	0.554	0.953	0.706
DeadVeg	[-]	91.2		-6.34	15.1	2.38		0.737	0.573	0.617	0.625

	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.
CLM50	[-]	83.2		-17.5	42.8	1.03		0.283	0.00	0.930	0.303
CTSM51	[-]	80.0		-20.7	43.7	1.03		0.153	0.00	0.930	0.271
DeadVeg	[-]	72.2		-28.5	45.3	1.03		0.00	0.00	0.930	0.233

	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
CLM50	[-]	53.1		7.81	33.3	0.983		0.525	0.00	0.937	0.365
CTSM51	[-]	53.3		8.04	34.8	0.983		0.511	0.00	0.937	0.362
DeadVeg	[-]	44.3		-1.02	33.9	0.983		0.938	0.00	0.937	0.469

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