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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 [-] 64.3
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 68.0 3.70 22.4 0.254 0.846 0.704 0.983 0.809
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 50.7 -13.6 25.0 0.635 0.772 0.691 0.953 0.776
CanESM5 [-] 52.9 -11.4 21.0 0.424 0.807 0.724 0.972 0.807
CESM2 [-] 58.4 -5.91 20.1 0.169 0.823 0.722 0.989 0.814
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 52.9 -11.4 21.9 0.466 0.772 0.742 0.969 0.806
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 62.1 -2.14 19.7 0.424 0.874 0.715 0.972 0.819
MeanCMIP6 [-] 56.9 -7.36 17.9 0.424 0.828 0.759 0.972 0.829
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 58.6 -5.68 21.7 0.424 0.838 0.708 0.972 0.806
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 62.8 -1.47 19.9 0.339 0.851 0.722 0.978 0.818
NorESM2-LM [-] 55.7 -8.59 21.6 0.339 0.811 0.714 0.978 0.804
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 55.8 -8.48 20.1 0.424 0.810 0.740 0.972 0.815
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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 [-] 87.4
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 89.7 2.35 24.8 0.655 0.768 0.655 0.936 0.754
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 79.3 -8.02 25.0 0.712 0.748 0.650 0.934 0.745
CanESM5 [-] 80.1 -7.29 24.3 0.635 0.770 0.658 0.939 0.756
CESM2 [-] 80.3 -7.09 23.1 0.532 0.765 0.665 0.950 0.761
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 74.5 -12.9 23.8 0.572 0.733 0.679 0.947 0.759
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 85.9 -1.45 23.7 0.707 0.779 0.646 0.932 0.751
MeanCMIP6 [-] 80.9 -6.41 20.8 0.531 0.776 0.699 0.952 0.781
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 86.1 -1.28 24.8 0.712 0.780 0.646 0.922 0.748
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 85.3 -2.02 23.3 0.578 0.784 0.666 0.941 0.764
NorESM2-LM [-] 80.3 -7.01 23.5 0.552 0.760 0.661 0.948 0.758
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 77.2 -10.1 23.3 0.614 0.745 0.680 0.941 0.761
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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 [-] 110.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 99.7 -9.95 24.2 0.907 0.680 0.648 0.940 0.729
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 107. -2.29 25.6 0.680 0.645 0.615 0.942 0.704
CanESM5 [-] 99.6 -10.1 23.0 0.565 0.690 0.624 0.963 0.725
CESM2 [-] 97.6 -12.1 22.5 0.794 0.672 0.635 0.921 0.716
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 95.6 -14.1 27.0 0.680 0.652 0.663 0.942 0.730
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 103. -6.97 23.1 0.794 0.726 0.617 0.934 0.724
MeanCMIP6 [-] 101. -8.79 23.3 0.680 0.680 0.658 0.942 0.735
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 104. -5.32 23.0 0.109 0.660 0.648 0.993 0.737
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 101. -8.80 27.0 1.02 0.666 0.632 0.920 0.712
NorESM2-LM [-] 100. -9.30 24.2 0.909 0.691 0.623 0.927 0.716
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 92.0 -17.7 26.4 0.794 0.696 0.631 0.934 0.723
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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 [-] 96.4
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 93.2 -3.22 13.2 0.293 0.846 0.788 0.980 0.851
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 92.5 -3.84 15.2 1.16 0.854 0.738 0.846 0.794
CanESM5 [-] 84.4 -11.9 15.1 0.729 0.776 0.768 0.935 0.812
CESM2 [-] 91.7 -4.63 16.3 1.16 0.838 0.725 0.846 0.783
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 91.9 -4.46 14.8 1.16 0.850 0.761 0.846 0.805
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 106. 9.65 20.1 0.876 0.718 0.723 0.925 0.772
MeanCMIP6 [-] 93.7 -2.71 12.2 1.16 0.845 0.800 0.846 0.823
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 96.8 0.441 13.3 1.16 0.876 0.758 0.846 0.810
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 101. 4.20 17.9 1.16 0.789 0.741 0.846 0.780
NorESM2-LM [-] 94.6 -1.79 17.1 1.16 0.817 0.731 0.846 0.781
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 81.0 -15.4 19.3 1.16 0.711 0.748 0.846 0.763
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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 [-] 82.8
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 83.6 0.770 25.1 0.586 0.759 0.649 0.954 0.753
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 68.6 -14.2 25.3 0.555 0.764 0.640 0.959 0.751
CanESM5 [-] 74.7 -8.06 24.1 0.570 0.777 0.658 0.955 0.762
CESM2 [-] 72.3 -10.5 22.8 0.447 0.773 0.669 0.966 0.769
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 64.5 -18.3 23.9 0.478 0.738 0.673 0.964 0.762
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 78.5 -4.30 24.2 0.586 0.784 0.637 0.954 0.753
MeanCMIP6 [-] 72.5 -10.3 21.7 0.432 0.780 0.687 0.967 0.780
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 78.2 -4.61 26.0 0.586 0.776 0.633 0.954 0.749
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 77.0 -5.81 24.1 0.385 0.779 0.669 0.970 0.772
NorESM2-LM [-] 72.8 -10.0 23.0 0.462 0.771 0.663 0.965 0.765
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 69.2 -13.6 23.8 0.493 0.748 0.682 0.960 0.768
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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 [-] 117.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 159. 41.9 47.1 0.492 0.184 0.435 0.968 0.506
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 138. 20.5 35.9 4.54 0.432 0.297 0.161 0.297
CanESM5 [-] 166. 49.2 54.9 1.51 0.138 0.346 0.844 0.419
CESM2 [-] 134. 16.6 29.8 0.492 0.506 0.347 0.968 0.542
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 151. 34.0 41.9 0.492 0.252 0.425 0.968 0.517
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 146. 28.4 32.1 0.492 0.314 0.448 0.968 0.545
MeanCMIP6 [-] 157. 39.8 44.7 0.492 0.200 0.448 0.968 0.516
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 158. 40.4 47.0 2.52 0.195 0.386 0.628 0.399
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 163. 45.4 55.5 0.492 0.160 0.323 0.968 0.444
NorESM2-LM [-] 145. 27.6 39.2 1.51 0.325 0.339 0.844 0.462
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 145. 27.8 32.8 0.492 0.322 0.442 0.968 0.544
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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 [-] 129.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 145. 15.4 32.4 1.88 0.582 0.465 0.730 0.560
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 144. 14.2 32.3 1.20 0.571 0.450 0.857 0.582
CanESM5 [-] 134. 4.42 29.4 1.88 0.726 0.462 0.733 0.596
CESM2 [-] 134. 4.99 28.3 1.01 0.601 0.491 0.854 0.610
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 123. -6.57 27.3 1.20 0.596 0.483 0.837 0.600
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 137. 7.30 31.7 1.69 0.557 0.424 0.741 0.536
MeanCMIP6 [-] 134. 5.17 25.5 1.11 0.655 0.524 0.860 0.641
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 140. 11.0 31.0 2.22 0.598 0.466 0.640 0.543
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 138. 8.63 32.2 1.69 0.631 0.428 0.753 0.560
NorESM2-LM [-] 136. 6.43 30.3 1.20 0.589 0.447 0.830 0.578
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 131. 1.36 28.7 1.45 0.596 0.479 0.794 0.587
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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 [-] 27.7
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 17.0 -10.7 26.4 0.583 0.821 0.525 0.918 0.697
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.916 -26.8 32.6 0.874 0.566 0.554 0.899 0.643
CanESM5 [-] 10.2 -17.5 23.3 0.729 0.676 0.547 0.935 0.676
CESM2 [-] 13.0 -14.6 24.0 0.583 0.703 0.551 0.944 0.687
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 23.3 -4.36 26.8 0.293 0.755 0.483 0.964 0.671
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 17.8 -9.88 27.0 0.729 0.750 0.525 0.908 0.677
MeanCMIP6 [-] 14.0 -13.7 21.4 0.293 0.723 0.570 0.964 0.707
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 17.4 -10.3 27.1 0.293 0.726 0.486 0.964 0.666
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 15.7 -12.0 24.8 0.293 0.810 0.534 0.964 0.711
NorESM2-LM [-] 9.41 -18.3 26.0 0.438 0.698 0.551 0.954 0.688
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 17.5 -10.2 18.7 0.293 0.730 0.580 0.964 0.714
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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 [-] 88.5
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 90.2 1.70 23.4 0.485 0.829 0.716 0.966 0.807
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 81.6 -6.87 21.8 0.551 0.818 0.730 0.963 0.810
CanESM5 [-] 79.9 -8.60 24.4 0.318 0.806 0.714 0.979 0.803
CESM2 [-] 81.0 -7.43 23.4 0.485 0.812 0.718 0.966 0.804
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 75.4 -13.1 22.7 0.451 0.771 0.751 0.968 0.810
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 86.9 -1.59 22.0 0.584 0.846 0.722 0.959 0.812
MeanCMIP6 [-] 81.9 -6.53 19.1 0.418 0.824 0.766 0.972 0.832
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 88.4 -0.108 23.0 0.468 0.854 0.711 0.969 0.812
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 86.6 -1.92 19.8 0.401 0.848 0.745 0.971 0.828
NorESM2-LM [-] 80.6 -7.85 22.2 0.368 0.812 0.734 0.976 0.814
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 78.0 -10.5 22.5 0.485 0.793 0.742 0.966 0.811

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Data Information

  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: NETRAD