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Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 8.21
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 1.49 1.45 8.28 0.0224 0.00673 -5.28 0.412 0.672 0.542
CESM2 [-] 9.19 8.57 8.25 0.460 0.00822 0.350 0.548 0.851 0.699
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 8.17 6.93 8.28 0.400 0.00256 -0.991 0.553 0.833 0.693
NorESM2-LM [-] 4.57 4.04 8.25 0.171 -3.12 0.513 0.673 0.593
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 11.1 10.1 8.23 0.611 0.0105 1.67 0.523 0.803 0.663
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Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 88.2
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 208. 200. 88.0 7.15 0.238 9.10 0.370 0.119 0.244
CESM2 [-] 92.2 86.0 88.0 6.10 0.278 0.149 0.549 0.825 0.687
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 129. 115. 88.2 11.8 0.0366 2.62 0.518 0.329 0.424
NorESM2-LM [-] 44.4 40.5 88.2 3.48 -3.42 0.494 0.783 0.638
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 109. 101. 87.9 8.03 0.320 1.56 0.453 0.665 0.559
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Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 9.24
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 12.3 12.6 9.19 0.152 0.00813 1.23 0.381 0.385 0.383
CESM2 [-] 6.29 6.12 9.41 0.151 0.0119 -1.05 0.609 0.627 0.618
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 11.0 10.2 9.20 0.306 0.00466 0.462 0.489 0.794 0.642
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.27 1.14 9.24 0.0273 -2.72 0.378 0.316 0.347
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.81 3.77 9.33 0.105 0.0101 -1.79 0.418 0.625 0.521
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 5.37
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.12 1.85 5.38 0.0278 0.000689 -4.10 0.396 0.684 0.540
CESM2 [-] 3.21 3.02 5.29 0.0624 0.000390 -2.65 0.453 0.636 0.544
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 3.64 3.56 5.27 0.0622 -1.92 0.363 0.421 0.392
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.55 1.38 5.29 0.0413 -4.58 0.419 0.489 0.454
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.58 1.71 5.25 0.0228 -4.20 0.447 0.596 0.521
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Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.352
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.289 0.219 0.364 0.0126 0.00609 -2.75 0.442 0.425 0.433
CESM2 [-] 0.623 0.518 0.350 0.0757 0.00601 5.20 0.392 0.876 0.634
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.385 0.360 0.360 0.0721 1.39 0.531 0.890 0.710
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.489 0.287 0.363 0.0478 -0.0415 0.495 0.798 0.646
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.699 0.636 0.333 0.0883 0.00567 9.92 0.300 0.880 0.590
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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
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Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 13.3
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 20.4 20.0 13.3 0.610 0.0437 5.20 0.472 0.151 0.312
CESM2 [-] 15.7 14.3 13.3 1.18 0.0342 1.36 0.619 0.741 0.680
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 28.2 25.3 13.3 2.03 0.00269 9.52 0.543 0.0435 0.293
NorESM2-LM [-] 10.2 9.70 13.4 0.761 -1.89 0.617 0.756 0.686
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 15.9 15.5 13.3 1.17 0.0745 2.40 0.583 0.829 0.706
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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 3.65
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 7.18 6.86 3.66 0.361 0.00735 8.61 0.508 0.0250 0.267
CESM2 [-] 6.12 5.58 3.68 0.407 0.0225 5.60 0.540 0.360 0.450
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 5.83 4.96 3.65 0.787 5.24 0.577 0.498 0.537
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.83 2.55 3.71 0.182 -2.27 0.772 0.600 0.686
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 9.12 8.67 3.70 0.672 0.0191 14.5 0.225 0.346 0.285
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 22.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 141. 135. 22.9 4.28 0.0533 36.6 0.191 0.0642 0.127
CESM2 [-] 31.3 29.6 22.8 2.01 0.0801 2.59 0.472 0.877 0.675
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 42.4 39.3 23.0 3.27 0.0205 6.10 0.463 0.705 0.584
NorESM2-LM [-] 12.0 11.4 22.9 0.789 -3.35 0.502 0.805 0.654
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 49.6 45.1 22.7 3.01 0.0769 8.13 0.305 0.644 0.475
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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 6.16
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.181 0.210 6.24 0.000902 0.0182 -5.40 0.382 0.0718 0.227
CESM2 [-] 3.99 3.83 6.28 0.140 0.00846 -2.18 0.563 0.676 0.619
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 3.99 3.66 6.22 0.229 6.55e-05 -2.22 0.738 0.223 0.480
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.47 1.44 6.24 0.0211 -4.28 0.502 0.348 0.425
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.95 3.63 6.17 0.140 0.0253 -2.22 0.673 0.537 0.605
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Period Mean (original grids) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Tg yr-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Tg yr-1]
Bias [kg ha-1 yr-1]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 17.9
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 22.5 21.8 17.9 0.744 0.0356 2.65 0.514 0.237 0.375
CESM2 [-] 14.8 14.2 18.0 0.661 0.0207 -2.07 0.575 0.601 0.588
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 20.3 20.1 18.0 1.12 0.00202 1.87 0.547 0.165 0.356
NorESM2-LM [-] 9.11 8.30 17.9 0.469 -5.66 0.530 0.728 0.629
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 11.8 11.0 18.0 0.421 0.0492 -4.03 0.556 0.784 0.670

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Data Information

  Title:
Biological Nitrogen Fixation

  Version:
1

  Institutions:
University of Exeter

  Source:
A comprehensive global meta analysis of field measurements

  History:
2020-12-14: obtained dataset 2020-12-14: converted to netCDF

  References:
Davies-Barnard, T. and Friedlingstein, P. (2020), The Global Distribution of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Terrestrial Natural Ecosystems, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 3, doi:10.1029/2019GB006387

  Comments:
time_period: single estimate from 1980 through 2019
temporal_resolution: monthly
spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
units: kg m-2 s-1

  Convention:
CF-1.8