Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate seasonal 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	[-]	20.9
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	25.3		3.91	11.6	0.963		0.599	0.508	0.873	0.622
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	22.6		1.16	11.8	1.23		0.602	0.472	0.836	0.596
CLM-Princeton	[-]	21.6		0.723	12.0	1.12		0.600	0.499	0.847	0.611
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	26.4		4.94	12.9	1.34		0.582	0.480	0.817	0.590
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	23.8		2.39	12.3	1.39		0.595	0.455	0.807	0.578
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	23.1		2.29	12.3	1.07		0.600	0.502	0.860	0.616
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	29.9		8.49	17.2	1.34		0.389	0.334	0.820	0.469
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	25.3		3.89	12.8	1.39		0.466	0.431	0.797	0.531
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	25.0		3.55	12.7	1.28		0.487	0.423	0.824	0.539
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	27.0		5.57	12.9	1.28		0.505	0.465	0.820	0.564
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	24.0		2.56	11.8	1.28		0.554	0.470	0.820	0.578
Mean-Princeton	[-]	23.2		2.33	11.7	1.23		0.572	0.495	0.824	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	[-]	29.1
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	30.2		1.04	12.4	1.23		0.566	0.513	0.826	0.604
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	27.6		-1.61	12.1	1.19		0.570	0.510	0.834	0.606
CLM-Princeton	[-]	27.2		-1.91	11.7	1.19		0.547	0.505	0.828	0.596
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	31.4		2.28	13.3	1.05		0.553	0.498	0.859	0.602
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	28.7		-0.441	12.3	1.13		0.570	0.506	0.844	0.607
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	28.5		-0.586	12.3	1.12		0.539	0.501	0.847	0.597
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	29.4		-0.119	14.2	1.08		0.499	0.464	0.850	0.569
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	27.6		-1.95	13.1	1.19		0.513	0.492	0.836	0.583
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	26.8		-2.72	13.5	1.14		0.516	0.490	0.848	0.586
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	30.7		1.50	12.4	1.07		0.551	0.526	0.856	0.614
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	28.3		-0.889	11.9	1.14		0.556	0.528	0.842	0.613
Mean-Princeton	[-]	27.9		-1.39	11.5	1.10		0.537	0.520	0.851	0.607

	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	[-]	45.4
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	41.0		-2.01	7.34	0.438		0.679	0.611	0.971	0.718
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	39.1		-3.87	7.91	0.583		0.645	0.598	0.961	0.701
CLM-Princeton	[-]	38.4		-5.39	8.62	0.678		0.434	0.446	0.936	0.565
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	40.2		-2.82	8.55	0.438		0.649	0.601	0.971	0.705
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	39.0		-4.05	9.19	1.17		0.618	0.603	0.835	0.665
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	37.6		-7.41	9.92	0.850		0.345	0.479	0.924	0.557
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	49.5		6.53	12.0	0.729		0.479	0.569	0.918	0.634
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	47.7		4.72	12.0	1.17		0.480	0.560	0.836	0.609
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	45.9		2.89	12.4	0.586		0.509	0.554	0.961	0.645
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	44.6		1.59	8.24	0.729		0.650	0.601	0.918	0.692
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	42.9		-0.143	8.60	1.17		0.671	0.589	0.836	0.671
Mean-Princeton	[-]	41.5		-2.79	9.05	1.02		0.532	0.470	0.851	0.581

	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	[-]	47.5
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	33.4		-11.8	14.0	0.508		0.457	0.603	0.966	0.658
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	35.0		-10.2	11.4	0.508		0.506	0.661	0.966	0.699
CLM-Princeton	[-]	37.0		-10.5	9.57	0.681		0.447	0.599	0.955	0.650
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	35.4		-9.82	12.1	0.508		0.523	0.610	0.966	0.677
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	36.5		-8.72	10.1	0.169		0.563	0.678	0.989	0.727
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	37.5		-9.95	8.88	0.681		0.478	0.573	0.955	0.644
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	38.4		-6.85	11.1	0.508		0.596	0.620	0.966	0.701
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	38.6		-6.64	9.50	0.511		0.615	0.678	0.966	0.734
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	39.8		-5.41	8.61	0.508		0.704	0.655	0.966	0.745
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	34.8		-10.4	12.7	0.508		0.509	0.624	0.966	0.681
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	36.5		-8.77	10.1	0.339		0.566	0.691	0.978	0.732
Mean-Princeton	[-]	37.7		-9.82	8.56	0.681		0.469	0.597	0.955	0.655

	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	[-]	26.0
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	26.6		1.12	13.7	2.09		0.565	0.476	0.652	0.542
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	22.9		-2.57	13.6	1.87		0.590	0.468	0.690	0.554
CLM-Princeton	[-]	23.2		-2.89	13.3	1.80		0.579	0.490	0.704	0.566
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	28.8		3.25	14.4	1.45		0.544	0.471	0.784	0.568
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	25.0		-0.544	13.4	1.41		0.570	0.489	0.787	0.584
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	25.5		-0.551	13.7	1.13		0.565	0.499	0.837	0.600
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	23.8		-1.73	14.1	1.15		0.538	0.462	0.829	0.573
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	21.7		-3.87	13.7	1.29		0.547	0.481	0.813	0.580
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	20.8		-4.74	14.0	1.22		0.538	0.485	0.824	0.583
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	26.6		0.878	12.7	1.26		0.567	0.517	0.816	0.604
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	23.3		-2.37	12.9	1.31		0.564	0.508	0.804	0.596
Mean-Princeton	[-]	23.4		-2.81	12.7	1.11		0.558	0.521	0.853	0.613

	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	[-]	33.5
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	34.5		0.981	7.25	1.16		0.471	0.523	0.850	0.592
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	34.4		0.892	7.53	1.45		0.453	0.482	0.816	0.558
CLM-Princeton	[-]	33.0		-0.423	7.50	1.23		0.455	0.517	0.825	0.578
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	34.4		1.55	7.45	1.22		0.511	0.484	0.844	0.581
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	34.7		1.80	7.31	1.42		0.528	0.472	0.824	0.574
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	33.2		0.259	7.23	1.08		0.483	0.493	0.869	0.584
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	37.4		2.60	7.74	1.20		0.468	0.471	0.828	0.560
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	38.2		3.34	8.53	1.57		0.444	0.462	0.794	0.541
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	36.0		1.20	7.83	1.29		0.433	0.495	0.823	0.562
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	35.8		2.92	7.62	1.08		0.471	0.519	0.861	0.592
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	35.9		3.06	7.70	1.28		0.459	0.511	0.840	0.581
Mean-Princeton	[-]	34.2		0.680	6.86	1.08		0.464	0.525	0.870	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	[-]	34.0
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	46.7		6.19	32.5	0.874		0.637	0.472	0.899	0.620
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	40.0		-0.478	30.6	1.16		0.671	0.487	0.880	0.631
CLM-Princeton	[-]	33.5		-0.537	26.1	1.74		0.507	0.410	0.730	0.514
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	53.1		12.5	37.9	0.729		0.624	0.466	0.908	0.616
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	44.5		4.01	32.2	0.874		0.668	0.487	0.899	0.635
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	41.8		7.74	31.6	1.59		0.502	0.383	0.766	0.509
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	35.4		-9.34	34.4	0.407		0.665	0.548	0.973	0.683
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	33.7		-11.1	31.5	0.407		0.708	0.586	0.973	0.713
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	31.0		-13.8	39.0	0.407		0.659	0.518	0.973	0.667
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	50.2		9.63	37.5	0.874		0.609	0.449	0.899	0.601
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	43.3		2.76	32.5	1.16		0.679	0.478	0.880	0.628
Mean-Princeton	[-]	38.8		4.84	28.8	1.88		0.518	0.390	0.746	0.511

	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	[-]	29.1
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	30.5		1.70	10.9	0.738		0.571	0.529	0.929	0.639
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	28.0		-0.836	10.3	0.554		0.557	0.549	0.948	0.651
CLM-Princeton	[-]	28.5		-0.604	9.76	0.559		0.562	0.535	0.946	0.644
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	30.6		1.79	11.8	0.647		0.541	0.513	0.923	0.622
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	27.9		-0.939	11.0	0.782		0.555	0.524	0.901	0.626
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	28.0		-0.839	10.5	1.14		0.549	0.520	0.836	0.606
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	28.4		-1.58	13.4	1.05		0.483	0.478	0.852	0.573
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	27.0		-2.95	12.7	1.05		0.483	0.491	0.862	0.582
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	26.8		-3.14	12.9	1.20		0.480	0.486	0.842	0.573
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	29.7		0.829	10.7	0.900		0.561	0.550	0.882	0.636
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	27.4		-1.42	10.4	0.969		0.547	0.556	0.868	0.632
Mean-Princeton	[-]	27.5		-1.46	9.98	0.965		0.542	0.549	0.860	0.625

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: SW_OUT