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) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.27
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.70		0.419	1.08	0.939		0.688	0.477	0.894	0.634
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.68		0.408	0.972	0.981		0.722	0.507	0.881	0.654
CLM-Princeton	[-]	1.64		0.370	1.09	0.897		0.683	0.458	0.901	0.625
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.63		0.356	0.995	1.02		0.719	0.497	0.887	0.650
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.61		0.337	0.870	0.853		0.759	0.532	0.908	0.683
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.66		0.390	1.07	0.897		0.719	0.469	0.901	0.640
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.59		0.317	0.966	1.02		0.726	0.497	0.875	0.649
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.68		0.401	0.961	0.897		0.711	0.515	0.890	0.658
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.55		0.276	1.03	1.02		0.721	0.466	0.875	0.632
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.64		0.367	0.988	1.02		0.711	0.500	0.887	0.649
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.63		0.355	0.878	0.853		0.751	0.532	0.899	0.679
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.61		0.336	1.04	1.02		0.705	0.471	0.887	0.633

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.15
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.18		0.0389	1.28	1.08		0.748	0.509	0.842	0.652
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.26		0.118	1.24	1.30		0.745	0.519	0.806	0.647
CLM-Princeton	[-]	2.15		0.00675	1.30	1.37		0.747	0.508	0.800	0.641
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	2.25		0.0880	1.29	1.18		0.725	0.518	0.834	0.648
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	2.36		0.196	1.41	1.24		0.714	0.488	0.807	0.624
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.26		0.0904	1.40	1.24		0.712	0.493	0.835	0.634
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.20		0.0979	1.28	1.35		0.734	0.495	0.789	0.628
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	2.33		0.227	1.27	1.45		0.719	0.506	0.746	0.619
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	2.18		0.0753	1.42	1.48		0.731	0.465	0.791	0.613
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	2.20		0.0399	1.25	1.03		0.738	0.524	0.847	0.658
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.30		0.137	1.26	1.27		0.734	0.520	0.800	0.644
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.19		0.0400	1.29	1.24		0.730	0.511	0.827	0.645

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.956
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.977		0.0624	0.756	1.24		0.805	0.551	0.852	0.690
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.997		0.0825	0.747	1.35		0.850	0.551	0.839	0.698
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.943		0.0185	0.870	1.90		0.788	0.498	0.737	0.630
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.03		0.119	0.834	1.69		0.802	0.542	0.790	0.669
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.03		0.120	0.832	1.46		0.832	0.507	0.825	0.668
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.02		0.107	0.953	1.90		0.758	0.492	0.737	0.620
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.950		0.0217	0.754	1.52		0.807	0.554	0.821	0.684
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.936		0.00753	0.707	1.64		0.846	0.567	0.798	0.695
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.906		-0.0224	0.950	2.02		0.807	0.468	0.705	0.612
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.917		0.00286	0.695	0.789		0.807	0.578	0.909	0.718
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.911		-0.00352	0.712	1.35		0.869	0.547	0.839	0.700
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.882		-0.0581	0.768	1.65		0.798	0.535	0.782	0.663

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.09
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.969		-0.0964	0.910	0.724		0.822	0.502	0.835	0.665
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.01		-0.0509	0.861	1.03		0.780	0.524	0.835	0.666
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.989		-0.101	1.03	1.45		0.798	0.477	0.661	0.603
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.02		-0.0461	0.810	0.724		0.827	0.544	0.835	0.688
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.02		-0.0486	0.867	1.17		0.770	0.529	0.808	0.659
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.945		-0.146	0.966	1.30		0.795	0.505	0.682	0.622
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.01		-0.0546	0.878	1.46		0.842	0.519	0.794	0.668
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.984		-0.0812	0.801	1.46		0.829	0.549	0.794	0.680
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.976		-0.0893	1.04	1.75		0.851	0.455	0.685	0.611
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.999		-0.0667	0.810	0.140		0.825	0.545	0.984	0.725
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.08		0.0134	0.774	1.31		0.806	0.563	0.801	0.683
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.02		-0.0757	0.916	1.01		0.809	0.523	0.715	0.642

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.34
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.55		0.179	1.22	1.45		0.732	0.505	0.763	0.626
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.56		0.175	1.15	1.71		0.734	0.513	0.724	0.621
CLM-Princeton	[-]	2.52		0.174	1.17	1.60		0.746	0.508	0.739	0.625
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	2.57		0.186	1.25	1.36		0.699	0.501	0.809	0.627
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	2.68		0.296	1.30	1.42		0.694	0.480	0.768	0.605
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.59		0.244	1.28	1.21		0.693	0.489	0.828	0.625
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.59		0.213	1.27	1.70		0.738	0.485	0.712	0.605
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	2.73		0.356	1.35	1.86		0.708	0.480	0.679	0.587
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	2.57		0.190	1.38	1.67		0.742	0.453	0.734	0.595
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	2.57		0.197	1.20	1.42		0.717	0.511	0.770	0.628
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.65		0.271	1.17	1.60		0.714	0.512	0.731	0.617
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.56		0.214	1.16	1.33		0.717	0.512	0.806	0.637

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	6.24
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	6.61		0.370	3.83	0.00		0.917	0.414	1.00	0.686
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	7.96		1.71	3.71	0.00		0.669	0.492	1.00	0.663
CLM-Princeton	[-]	6.58		0.337	3.11	0.00		0.924	0.488	1.00	0.725
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	7.43		1.19	2.92	0.00		0.756	0.542	1.00	0.710
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	8.85		2.61	4.96	0.00		0.542	0.402	1.00	0.587
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	8.41		2.17	5.22	0.00		0.601	0.343	1.00	0.572
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	6.98		0.731	4.90	0.00		0.842	0.334	1.00	0.627
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	8.03		1.79	3.55	5.10		0.657	0.533	0.0631	0.446
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	7.34		1.10	2.95	0.00		0.772	0.560	1.00	0.723
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	7.48		1.24	2.92	0.00		0.747	0.543	1.00	0.708
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	8.85		2.61	4.96	0.00		0.542	0.402	1.00	0.587
Mean-Princeton	[-]	8.41		2.17	5.22	0.00		0.601	0.343	1.00	0.572

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	4.06
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	4.13		0.101	2.30	0.703		0.806	0.538	0.914	0.699
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	4.13		0.101	2.37	0.703		0.799	0.524	0.933	0.695
CLM-Princeton	[-]	4.01		-0.0518	2.38	0.605		0.772	0.543	0.923	0.695
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	4.13		0.00646	2.27	0.817		0.780	0.559	0.901	0.700
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	4.18		0.0614	2.82	1.30		0.771	0.482	0.834	0.642
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	4.06		-0.0626	2.55	0.906		0.763	0.523	0.900	0.678
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	4.05		0.0546	2.31	0.723		0.789	0.531	0.922	0.693
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	4.14		0.152	2.22	0.724		0.800	0.534	0.922	0.697
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	3.99		-0.00549	2.50	0.724		0.773	0.511	0.922	0.679
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	3.98		-0.136	2.29	0.718		0.807	0.557	0.918	0.710
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	3.93		-0.193	2.40	1.15		0.814	0.530	0.859	0.683
Mean-Princeton	[-]	3.89		-0.166	2.34	0.605		0.790	0.542	0.936	0.702

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.554
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.808		0.255	0.625	1.14		0.655	0.374	0.720	0.531
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.00		0.449	1.17	1.78		0.598	0.251	0.764	0.466
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.742		0.188	0.595	1.53		0.633	0.380	0.799	0.548
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.901		0.348	0.695	1.40		0.538	0.358	0.811	0.516
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.14		0.590	1.27	1.53		0.419	0.211	0.822	0.416
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.733		0.180	0.591	2.04		0.688	0.390	0.570	0.509
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.897		0.318	0.664	1.19		0.594	0.396	0.867	0.563
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.988		0.409	0.835	1.19		0.602	0.314	0.910	0.535
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.834		0.254	0.667	1.70		0.618	0.389	0.623	0.505
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.885		0.332	0.666	1.27		0.591	0.382	0.702	0.514
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.11		0.558	1.26	1.53		0.488	0.239	0.822	0.447
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.764		0.210	0.600	1.66		0.642	0.398	0.640	0.520

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.00
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.66		-0.313	1.20	0.937		0.725	0.513	0.875	0.657
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.85		-0.122	1.11	1.15		0.735	0.537	0.795	0.651
CLM-Princeton	[-]	1.66		-0.341	1.29	1.48		0.727	0.505	0.767	0.626
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.82		-0.149	1.26	1.14		0.712	0.515	0.795	0.634
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.97		-0.00161	1.33	1.15		0.702	0.505	0.798	0.627
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.80		-0.220	1.36	1.43		0.707	0.503	0.784	0.625
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.75		-0.165	1.21	1.22		0.671	0.507	0.782	0.617
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.90		-0.0193	1.15	1.20		0.683	0.526	0.791	0.631
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.74		-0.175	1.49	1.65		0.671	0.449	0.772	0.585
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.71		-0.258	1.19	0.888		0.717	0.522	0.862	0.656
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.89		-0.0778	1.14	1.10		0.712	0.537	0.806	0.648
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.73		-0.280	1.26	1.44		0.720	0.517	0.759	0.628

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: P_F