Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	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	[-]	27.1
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	30.4		3.22	22.9	0.721		0.725	0.453	0.940	0.643
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	26.2		-1.02	21.3	0.593		0.697	0.489	0.962	0.659
CLM-Princeton	[-]	28.8		1.69	21.1	0.551		0.729	0.486	0.952	0.663
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	35.8		8.55	24.4	0.805		0.654	0.448	0.927	0.619
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	33.2		5.95	22.1	0.339		0.718	0.467	0.977	0.657
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	35.3		8.26	21.4	0.466		0.686	0.489	0.969	0.658
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	22.3		-4.95	23.7	0.339		0.705	0.426	0.979	0.634
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	23.6		-3.65	23.6	0.212		0.659	0.441	0.984	0.631
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	21.9		-5.29	24.9	0.297		0.642	0.432	0.982	0.622
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	30.1		2.87	21.2	0.382		0.758	0.468	0.967	0.665
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	28.2		0.954	20.1	0.254		0.722	0.507	0.984	0.680
Mean-Princeton	[-]	29.3		2.23	20.0	0.339		0.738	0.497	0.980	0.678

	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	[-]	31.2
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	36.8		6.16	27.4	0.977		0.659	0.438	0.896	0.608
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	31.6		0.964	24.4	0.972		0.672	0.450	0.893	0.616
CLM-Princeton	[-]	32.2		0.879	25.0	1.01		0.640	0.428	0.862	0.589
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	39.0		8.43	28.0	1.09		0.669	0.417	0.876	0.595
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	35.7		5.04	28.0	0.997		0.631	0.407	0.893	0.584
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	37.4		6.05	27.4	1.07		0.626	0.399	0.863	0.571
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	26.5		-3.88	30.8	1.09		0.617	0.363	0.873	0.554
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	23.5		-6.84	33.5	1.17		0.548	0.360	0.862	0.533
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	23.3		-7.08	33.0	1.09		0.583	0.346	0.872	0.537
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	34.5		3.89	25.7	1.05		0.695	0.441	0.883	0.615
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	31.7		1.07	25.7	0.952		0.660	0.438	0.894	0.607
Mean-Princeton	[-]	32.1		0.582	25.0	1.06		0.664	0.418	0.869	0.592

	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	[-]	60.1
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	62.7		2.01	29.2	1.01		0.588	0.508	0.922	0.632
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	60.8		0.0972	27.2	1.01		0.676	0.485	0.923	0.642
CLM-Princeton	[-]	54.5		-7.46	31.9	1.14		0.494	0.412	0.917	0.559
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	72.9		12.2	32.2	0.898		0.678	0.475	0.946	0.644
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	74.7		14.0	30.6	0.785		0.710	0.455	0.967	0.647
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	66.3		5.14	31.5	1.14		0.671	0.388	0.911	0.590
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	60.1		0.900	31.4	1.00		0.535	0.431	0.921	0.579
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	67.0		7.84	30.8	1.01		0.690	0.425	0.941	0.620
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	54.0		-5.16	32.9	1.14		0.564	0.369	0.915	0.554
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	64.6		3.91	28.7	1.23		0.691	0.500	0.883	0.643
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	68.2		7.49	27.2	0.898		0.824	0.480	0.949	0.683
Mean-Princeton	[-]	58.7		-2.42	30.4	1.14		0.648	0.386	0.911	0.583

	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	[-]	61.4
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	53.4		-5.12	24.0	0.581		0.618	0.500	0.966	0.646
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	54.1		-4.36	22.4	0.581		0.717	0.511	0.966	0.676
CLM-Princeton	[-]	55.0		-6.36	24.0	0.874		0.576	0.455	0.942	0.607
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	63.7		5.18	23.7	0.581		0.751	0.505	0.966	0.682
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	69.6		11.1	31.4	0.290		0.643	0.416	0.979	0.613
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	72.2		10.8	34.8	0.438		0.390	0.361	0.967	0.520
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	54.0		-4.49	30.0	0.581		0.637	0.408	0.966	0.605
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	65.9		7.44	31.9	0.436		0.662	0.383	0.973	0.600
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	64.1		5.56	34.6	0.581		0.624	0.356	0.966	0.576
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	54.9		-3.59	23.4	0.581		0.660	0.511	0.966	0.662
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	63.7		5.16	26.2	0.436		0.694	0.457	0.973	0.645
Mean-Princeton	[-]	63.7		2.34	29.0	0.729		0.514	0.389	0.951	0.561

	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	[-]	25.2
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	30.4		5.57	28.1	1.12		0.627	0.407	0.846	0.572
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	23.8		-0.975	24.5	0.986		0.656	0.432	0.863	0.596
CLM-Princeton	[-]	25.5		0.333	25.1	1.06		0.661	0.426	0.835	0.587
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	30.9		6.06	24.6	1.35		0.687	0.442	0.794	0.591
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	24.2		-0.588	24.8	1.17		0.644	0.438	0.872	0.598
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	27.5		2.48	24.4	1.39		0.672	0.443	0.793	0.588
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	15.5		-9.91	27.9	1.43		0.578	0.395	0.798	0.542
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	7.03		-18.4	31.8	1.43		0.474	0.391	0.801	0.514
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	10.2		-15.2	31.1	1.49		0.526	0.387	0.782	0.520
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	25.3		0.501	23.1	1.31		0.675	0.454	0.821	0.601
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	18.3		-6.54	23.8	1.15		0.638	0.450	0.846	0.596
Mean-Princeton	[-]	21.2		-3.90	23.3	1.34		0.668	0.452	0.810	0.596

	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	[-]	32.1
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	50.0		18.0	25.9	1.02		0.396	0.418	0.933	0.541
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	29.9		-2.13	14.3	0.00		0.888	0.498	1.00	0.721
CLM-Princeton	[-]	31.0		-1.03	15.2	0.00		0.942	0.467	1.00	0.719
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	37.7		5.60	19.5	1.02		0.746	0.400	0.933	0.620
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	32.0		-0.0444	16.1	0.00		0.980	0.433	1.00	0.712
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	32.9		0.801	17.8	0.00		0.963	0.395	1.00	0.688
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	-15.4		-47.5	59.1	1.02		0.0999	0.268	0.933	0.392
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	-24.6		-56.6	71.2	0.00		0.0670	0.207	1.00	0.370
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	-29.2		-61.3	71.8	0.00		0.0550	0.356	1.00	0.442
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	37.7		5.60	19.5	1.02		0.746	0.400	0.933	0.620
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	32.0		-0.0444	16.1	0.00		0.980	0.433	1.00	0.712
Mean-Princeton	[-]	32.9		0.801	17.8	0.00		0.963	0.395	1.00	0.688

	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	[-]	38.0
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	50.1		11.7	24.6	0.914		0.659	0.391	0.913	0.589
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	42.2		3.92	19.9	1.27		0.702	0.372	0.850	0.574
CLM-Princeton	[-]	44.7		6.72	22.9	1.17		0.617	0.355	0.839	0.542
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	49.2		11.2	28.7	0.867		0.534	0.286	0.914	0.505
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	47.9		9.91	33.5	0.871		0.421	0.245	0.869	0.445
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	52.3		15.5	30.2	0.965		0.520	0.271	0.902	0.491
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	34.4		-5.86	35.4	0.799		0.587	0.190	0.924	0.473
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	37.9		-2.39	44.0	1.23		0.395	0.165	0.855	0.395
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	30.5		-9.72	37.4	0.942		0.624	0.195	0.921	0.484
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	47.0		8.94	24.2	0.915		0.620	0.348	0.909	0.556
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	47.1		9.06	28.3	0.967		0.496	0.312	0.879	0.500
Mean-Princeton	[-]	44.5		6.19	22.4	0.964		0.659	0.337	0.903	0.559

	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	[-]	3.28
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	-6.20		-9.39	29.5	0.515		0.895	0.314	1.01	0.632
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.0140		-3.17	21.8	0.642		0.472	0.373	1.01	0.556
CLM-Princeton	[-]	9.06		5.78	20.1	0.00		0.808	0.425	1.00	0.665
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	-3.65		-6.83	27.8	0.381		0.585	0.245	0.983	0.515
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.58		-1.61	23.0	0.381		0.766	0.353	0.983	0.614
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	7.98		4.70	23.3	0.00		0.449	0.320	1.00	0.522
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.93		0.0254	37.8	0.339		1.02	0.256	1.10	0.656
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	4.25		2.34	26.2	0.508		1.34	0.205	1.24	0.747
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	13.0		11.1	28.9	0.508		0.557	0.151	1.24	0.524
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	-6.75		-9.93	30.5	0.385		0.884	0.283	0.982	0.608
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	-0.142		-3.33	22.9	0.385		0.816	0.343	0.982	0.621
Mean-Princeton	[-]	8.06		4.78	21.5	0.00		0.459	0.311	1.00	0.520

	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	[-]	33.3
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	40.6		9.24	29.1	1.04		0.700	0.451	0.896	0.625
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	35.7		4.32	27.2	1.10		0.650	0.459	0.885	0.613
CLM-Princeton	[-]	33.9		0.663	27.2	1.22		0.638	0.434	0.826	0.583
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	43.0		11.6	32.8	1.13		0.694	0.407	0.875	0.596
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	39.6		8.24	32.1	1.29		0.637	0.410	0.850	0.577
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	39.5		6.06	31.7	1.21		0.636	0.391	0.834	0.563
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	35.2		5.39	35.3	1.22		0.678	0.336	0.851	0.550
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	32.5		2.68	37.2	1.51		0.584	0.344	0.819	0.523
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	31.8		1.94	36.8	1.16		0.629	0.309	0.865	0.528
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	39.8		8.45	30.2	1.15		0.727	0.432	0.877	0.617
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	37.4		5.98	29.4	1.15		0.662	0.440	0.877	0.604
Mean-Princeton	[-]	36.2		2.87	29.3	1.26		0.666	0.410	0.836	0.580

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland 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: H_F_MDS