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	[-]	409.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	428.		18.6	24.2	5.57		0.405	0.251	0.0316	0.235
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	413.		4.36	7.94	5.57		0.575	0.449	0.0316	0.376
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	426.		17.0	22.2	5.57		0.402	0.251	0.0316	0.234
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	409.		-0.211	9.56	5.07		0.417	0.409	0.122	0.339

	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	[-]	377.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	389.		12.1	16.5	1.54		0.710	0.774	0.838	0.774
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	370.		-6.49	10.0	1.03		0.831	0.760	0.930	0.820
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	390.		13.8	17.2	1.03		0.674	0.781	0.930	0.792
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	384.		7.21	14.4	0.517		0.815	0.713	0.965	0.802

	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	[-]	358.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	374.		15.6	18.5	0.983		0.591	0.747	0.937	0.756
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	351.		-6.69	8.82	0.00		0.799	0.837	1.00	0.868
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	373.		14.8	17.3	0.983		0.608	0.746	0.937	0.759
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	355.		-3.52	11.9	1.03		0.889	0.686	0.930	0.798

	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	[-]	247.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	200.		-46.1	46.9	0.00		0.420	0.751	1.00	0.731
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	220.		-26.9	30.3	0.00		0.602	0.704	1.00	0.753
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	199.		-47.1	48.3	0.00		0.413	0.733	1.00	0.720
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	231.		-15.1	23.1	0.00		0.749	0.712	1.00	0.793

	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	[-]	419.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	446.		27.0	27.6	5.03		0.00208	0.290	0.0717	0.163
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	413.		-5.70	8.22	5.03		0.272	0.318	0.0717	0.245
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	441.		22.3	23.4	6.05		0.00604	0.264	7.41e-05	0.133
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	417.		-1.48	5.41	6.05		0.713	0.294	7.41e-05	0.325

	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	[-]	282.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	262.		-20.5	24.5	0.00		0.601	0.680	1.00	0.740
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	272.		-10.0	11.3	0.00		0.788	0.847	1.00	0.871
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	261.		-21.6	25.5	0.00		0.587	0.671	1.00	0.732
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	280.		-1.86	15.3	0.00		0.808	0.736	1.00	0.820

	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	[-]	279.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	281.		1.76	17.7	0.517		0.888	0.753	0.965	0.840
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	275.		-3.48	12.1	0.517		0.864	0.873	0.965	0.894
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	279.		0.627	16.4	0.517		0.894	0.765	0.965	0.847
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	292.		13.0	18.8	0.517		0.792	0.825	0.965	0.852

	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	[-]	359.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	352.		-7.54	20.3	0.306		0.566	0.660	0.975	0.715
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	349.		-10.3	17.5	0.605		0.598	0.741	0.946	0.756
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	357.		-2.52	21.5	0.562		0.569	0.661	0.954	0.711
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	355.		-4.96	17.5	0.783		0.667	0.655	0.944	0.730

	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	[-]	311.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	292.		-19.5	26.6	0.204		0.531	0.617	0.986	0.688
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	299.		-12.8	16.7	0.219		0.650	0.759	0.985	0.789
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	293.		-18.6	26.3	0.251		0.534	0.619	0.983	0.689
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	308.		-3.00	17.4	0.188		0.717	0.662	0.987	0.757

	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	[-]	312.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	300.		-12.0	23.9	0.360		0.594	0.657	0.963	0.718
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	304.		-8.53	15.6	0.339		0.702	0.771	0.964	0.802
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	301.		-10.8	23.8	0.489		0.597	0.658	0.949	0.716
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	312.		-0.547	16.4	0.403		0.735	0.706	0.958	0.776

	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	[-]	249.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	216.		-33.5	35.2	0.00		0.526	0.764	1.00	0.763
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	235.		-14.0	19.6	0.00		0.766	0.766	1.00	0.824
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	215.		-34.1	35.8	0.00		0.522	0.761	1.00	0.761
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	245.		-4.22	17.4	0.00		0.916	0.761	1.00	0.860

	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	[-]	409.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	433.		24.4	24.6	2.03		0.0299	0.419	0.749	0.404
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	413.		4.08	4.73	2.03		0.555	0.677	0.749	0.664
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	432.		23.7	23.1	2.03		0.0328	0.445	0.749	0.418
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	416.		7.70	8.18	1.02		0.329	0.588	0.933	0.609

	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	[-]	312.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	296.		-15.9	23.2	0.111		0.700	0.751	0.993	0.799
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	304.		-7.85	14.5	0.111		0.806	0.841	0.993	0.870
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	298.		-13.8	22.9	0.167		0.687	0.753	0.989	0.796
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	311.		-1.61	13.9	0.0833		0.834	0.813	0.994	0.863

	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	[-]	266.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	246.		-20.3	25.1	0.00		0.662	0.741	1.00	0.786
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	260.		-5.88	9.87	0.00		0.890	0.851	1.00	0.898
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	247.		-19.2	23.7	0.00		0.678	0.756	1.00	0.797
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	269.		2.59	10.5	0.00		0.924	0.824	1.00	0.893

	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	[-]	302.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	298.		-3.81	22.1	0.369		0.573	0.596	0.975	0.685
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	298.		-3.94	19.9	0.0738		0.586	0.716	0.995	0.754
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	297.		-4.66	22.3	0.590		0.594	0.587	0.960	0.682
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	302.		0.681	20.3	0.332		0.600	0.672	0.978	0.731

	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	[-]	415.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	440.		25.3	27.2	2.02		0.0144	0.256	0.707	0.308
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	413.		-2.16	4.87	1.01		0.603	0.543	0.835	0.631
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	441.		26.3	28.0	5.04		0.00983	0.244	0.169	0.167
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	414.		-0.750	6.36	3.68		0.685	0.349	0.341	0.431

	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	[-]	365.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	375.		10.4	12.5	0.983		0.692	0.766	0.937	0.790
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	364.		-0.329	4.01	0.983		0.988	0.867	0.937	0.915
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	376.		11.2	15.7	0.983		0.672	0.713	0.937	0.758
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	371.		6.02	10.7	0.983		0.807	0.749	0.937	0.811

	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	[-]	318.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	335.		16.7	17.5	0.983		0.630	0.856	0.937	0.820
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	323.		4.47	11.8	0.983		0.884	0.704	0.937	0.807
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	333.		14.6	16.4	0.983		0.668	0.841	0.937	0.822
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	325.		6.56	12.1	0.983		0.835	0.707	0.937	0.796

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: LW_IN_F