Africa - Central 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 - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon

	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	[-]	-30.7
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-52.6		-21.9	25.4	1.02		0.00	0.716	0.933	0.591
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-52.6		-21.9	25.4	1.02		0.00	0.716	0.933	0.591
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-50.6		-19.9	23.6	1.02		0.00	0.714	0.933	0.590
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-65.4		-34.7	35.5	3.07		0.00	0.668	0.494	0.457

	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	[-]	-72.1
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-95.6		-23.5	31.0	0.983		0.00	0.00	0.937	0.234
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-95.6		-23.5	31.0	0.983		0.00	0.00	0.937	0.234
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-95.5		-23.4	30.9	0.983		0.00	0.00	0.937	0.234
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-105.		-33.1	31.7	0.00		0.00	0.504	1.00	0.502

	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	[-]	-32.4
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-40.0		-7.56	20.1	1.50		0.275	0.177	0.847	0.369
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-40.3		-7.89	20.4	1.50		0.245	0.160	0.847	0.353
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-40.1		-7.70	20.0	1.50		0.263	0.183	0.847	0.369
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-37.2		-4.79	20.6	0.983		0.541	0.125	0.882	0.418

	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	[-]	-32.8
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-53.9		-21.1	23.3	0.00		0.00	0.622	1.00	0.561
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-53.9		-21.1	23.3	0.00		0.00	0.622	1.00	0.561
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-53.5		-20.6	22.8	0.00		0.00	0.624	1.00	0.562
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-51.5		-18.6	19.0	1.02		0.00	0.744	0.933	0.605

	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	[-]	-38.3
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-47.0		-8.62	12.0	0.00		0.312	0.492	1.00	0.574
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-47.1		-8.81	12.1	0.00		0.297	0.491	1.00	0.570
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-47.6		-9.25	12.4	0.00		0.263	0.495	1.00	0.563
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-54.3		-16.0	22.0	0.983		0.00	0.108	0.937	0.288

	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	[-]	-55.6
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-63.0		-7.39	12.2	1.68		0.477	0.542	0.690	0.563
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-63.0		-7.40	12.1	1.68		0.477	0.537	0.690	0.560
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.9		-7.30	12.0	1.68		0.482	0.534	0.690	0.560
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-58.1		-2.51	14.7	0.672		0.260	0.424	0.917	0.506

	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	[-]	-68.9
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-88.0		-17.4	21.4	0.917		0.124	0.480	0.904	0.497
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-88.0		-17.4	21.4	0.917		0.124	0.480	0.904	0.497
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-87.0		-16.4	20.8	0.733		0.181	0.478	0.938	0.519
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-88.5		-19.6	22.6	0.788		0.0734	0.487	0.914	0.490

	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	[-]	-47.4
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.3		-14.9	19.0	0.897		0.161	0.392	0.899	0.461
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.3		-14.9	19.0	0.897		0.161	0.393	0.899	0.461
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.5		-15.1	19.2	0.897		0.153	0.387	0.899	0.457
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-57.4		-10.0	15.7	1.04		0.322	0.394	0.894	0.501

	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	[-]	-54.8
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-68.7		-13.8	19.1	1.02		0.258	0.409	0.879	0.489
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-68.8		-13.8	19.2	1.05		0.253	0.404	0.877	0.485
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-68.7		-13.8	19.2	0.992		0.255	0.400	0.885	0.485
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-67.4		-12.7	18.5	1.05		0.304	0.405	0.886	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	[-]	-33.6
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-43.4		-9.78	14.6	0.517		0.211	0.242	0.965	0.415
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-43.5		-9.91	14.6	0.517		0.205	0.248	0.965	0.417
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-44.5		-10.9	17.5	0.517		0.119	0.0714	0.965	0.307
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-43.2		-9.57	17.4	1.52		0.161	0.169	0.841	0.335

	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	[-]	-40.8
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.5		-21.8	24.6	1.02		0.119	0.498	0.887	0.500
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.5		-21.8	24.5	1.02		0.119	0.501	0.887	0.502
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-62.4		-21.7	24.4	1.02		0.126	0.497	0.887	0.502
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-60.0		-19.2	22.8	1.15		0.199	0.441	0.879	0.490

	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	[-]	-49.4
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-52.0		-2.67	10.5	0.148		0.672	0.355	0.990	0.593
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-52.2		-2.80	10.5	0.590		0.667	0.357	0.960	0.585
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-53.6		-4.20	10.9	0.148		0.583	0.359	0.990	0.573
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-51.4		-2.07	10.9	0.443		0.665	0.356	0.970	0.587

	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	[-]	-80.7
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-85.9		-5.20	17.2	1.81		0.618	0.278	0.760	0.483
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-86.1		-5.41	18.0	1.81		0.596	0.244	0.760	0.461
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-86.5		-5.73	18.0	1.81		0.592	0.248	0.760	0.462
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-90.2		-9.50	19.9	1.52		0.561	0.318	0.806	0.501

	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	[-]	-35.2
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	-42.6		-7.42	8.55	1.51		0.550	0.800	0.753	0.726
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	-42.6		-7.42	8.55	1.51		0.550	0.800	0.753	0.726
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	-41.9		-6.73	7.97	1.51		0.592	0.796	0.753	0.734
I67_GSWP3	[-]	-45.7		-10.5	10.8	0.983		0.364	0.704	0.937	0.677

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-LW_OUT