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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	71.5		27.0	36.6	2.01		0.175	0.338	0.679	0.383
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	65.2		20.7	32.7	2.01		0.423	0.363	0.679	0.457
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	91.7		47.2	54.7	2.52		0.00	0.233	0.641	0.277
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	92.0		47.5	50.7	2.01		0.00	0.313	0.679	0.326

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	20.7		-36.8	50.3	1.02		0.00	0.00	0.933	0.233
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	20.6		-36.9	50.6	0.508		0.00	0.00	0.960	0.240
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	18.3		-39.2	51.8	1.02		0.00	0.00	0.933	0.233
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	20.4		-37.1	51.0	1.02		0.00	0.00	0.933	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	[-]	44.4
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	57.8		13.4	53.8	0.983		0.453	0.00	0.937	0.348
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	57.6		13.2	49.3	1.97		0.461	0.00	0.764	0.306
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	55.4		11.0	56.2	0.983		0.552	0.00	0.937	0.372
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	63.6		19.2	51.9	1.97		0.215	0.00	0.764	0.245

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	5.74		-15.0	21.0	0.00		0.00	0.0553	1.00	0.278
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	9.89		-10.9	18.3	0.00		0.00	0.0362	1.00	0.268
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	11.0		-9.77	18.5	0.00		0.00	0.00	1.00	0.250
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	13.5		-7.25	20.6	0.00		0.0558	0.00	1.00	0.264

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	101.		3.50	14.8	0.00		0.857	0.567	1.00	0.748
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	83.8		-13.4	20.3	0.00		0.451	0.581	1.00	0.653
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	118.		21.2	23.6	0.00		0.132	0.753	1.00	0.659
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	103.		5.82	11.0	0.00		0.762	0.725	1.00	0.803

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	26.0		-7.39	20.7	0.508		0.396	0.0934	0.963	0.386
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	28.1		-5.31	19.8	1.02		0.529	0.110	0.933	0.420
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	33.0		-0.456	22.7	0.508		0.606	0.0417	0.963	0.413
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	28.7		-4.67	21.2	0.508		0.555	0.105	0.963	0.432

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	32.5		-8.75	22.3	0.511		0.362	0.301	0.944	0.477
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	32.6		-8.60	21.4	0.511		0.366	0.322	0.944	0.488
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	38.1		-3.11	25.9	0.426		0.306	0.189	0.957	0.410
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	33.3		-7.88	20.4	0.426		0.378	0.335	0.951	0.500

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	50.1		-0.785	29.6	1.27		0.348	0.186	0.861	0.395
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	50.1		-0.795	29.4	1.27		0.357	0.188	0.861	0.399
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	48.0		-2.97	28.6	1.18		0.431	0.176	0.857	0.410
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	49.4		-1.52	28.0	1.32		0.363	0.216	0.836	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	[-]	35.1
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	32.6		-2.51	21.3	0.617		0.445	0.215	0.955	0.457
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	34.7		-0.380	20.3	0.602		0.472	0.239	0.956	0.477
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	37.4		2.25	22.5	0.586		0.433	0.177	0.956	0.436
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	34.9		-0.231	20.9	0.556		0.455	0.234	0.957	0.470

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	37.4		-2.72	24.1	0.747		0.412	0.207	0.910	0.434
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	38.5		-1.60	23.5	0.736		0.415	0.221	0.918	0.444
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	41.2		1.08	25.7	0.687		0.379	0.181	0.905	0.411
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	39.6		-0.535	24.5	0.686		0.401	0.210	0.909	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	[-]	13.3
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	10.7		-2.64	11.1	1.02		0.506	0.330	0.933	0.525
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	12.9		-0.388	11.9	0.678		0.631	0.253	0.955	0.523
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	11.4		-1.91	11.4	0.678		0.598	0.294	0.955	0.535
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	15.1		1.76	12.1	0.678		0.652	0.260	0.956	0.532

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	110.		27.4	41.5	5.10		0.253	0.131	0.0631	0.145
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	102.		19.7	36.5	6.05		0.424	0.149	7.41e-05	0.181
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	113.		31.1	42.2	5.03		0.170	0.219	0.0717	0.170
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	87.6		5.48	27.3	4.02		0.543	0.285	0.259	0.343

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	42.8		1.29	22.2	0.331		0.482	0.215	0.970	0.470
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	44.9		3.32	21.8	0.331		0.470	0.233	0.970	0.477
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	46.9		5.32	23.9	0.276		0.457	0.179	0.979	0.449
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	44.8		3.25	24.1	0.304		0.475	0.189	0.973	0.456

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	26.4		0.940	18.2	0.610		0.570	0.134	0.966	0.451
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	28.8		3.32	18.6	0.610		0.505	0.137	0.966	0.436
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	30.3		4.90	22.3	0.00		0.444	0.0506	1.00	0.386
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	30.7		5.26	22.6	0.00		0.422	0.0526	1.00	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	31.2		-9.83	30.6	1.05		0.280	0.121	0.850	0.343
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	32.5		-8.57	30.4	0.946		0.282	0.130	0.916	0.364
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	33.8		-7.32	31.3	1.09		0.289	0.118	0.844	0.342
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	34.7		-6.37	31.9	1.16		0.269	0.0989	0.835	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	[-]	97.5
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	102.		4.32	15.8	0.339		0.821	0.567	0.979	0.733
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	90.2		-7.32	15.8	0.339		0.706	0.559	0.979	0.701
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	122.		24.6	29.2	1.69		0.0119	0.597	0.763	0.493
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	108.		10.3	20.9	0.678		0.479	0.533	0.954	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.
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	80.8		-19.9	43.1	0.00		0.186	0.00	1.00	0.296
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	77.9		-22.9	43.4	0.00		0.0659	0.00	1.00	0.266
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	101.		-0.0615	41.5	0.00		0.997	0.00	1.00	0.499
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	82.8		-17.9	42.8	1.03		0.270	0.00	0.930	0.300

	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
CTSM51_CRUJRA	[-]	27.3		-18.0	30.0	0.983		0.00	0.139	0.937	0.304
CTSM51_CRUJRA_FLDS	[-]	27.2		-18.1	29.5	0.983		0.00	0.159	0.937	0.314
CTSM51_CRUNCEPV7	[-]	25.8		-19.5	31.0	0.983		0.00	0.0790	0.937	0.274
CTSM51_GSWP3V1	[-]	30.3		-15.0	27.0	0.983		0.0864	0.124	0.937	0.318

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