| Metric | Metric components | Observations & comparison protocol | Model CASA′ |
Model CN |
Score (points) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible | CASA′ | CN | |||||
| LAI | MODIS Phase | global map |
global map model vs obs |
global map model vs obs |
6.00 | 5.11 | 4.24 |
| MODIS Maximum | global map |
global map model vs obs |
global map model vs obs |
5.00 | 4.60 | 4.26 | |
| MODIS Mean |
land class obs land class model global map |
model vs obs table global map model vs obs |
model vs obs table global map model vs obs |
4.00 | 3.75 | 3.53 | |
| NPP | EMDI NPP observations | Class A table |
table scatter plot |
table scatter plot |
1.00 | 0.68 | 0.73 |
| Class B table |
table scatter plot |
table scatter plot |
1.00 | 0.83 | 0.82 | ||
| EMDI NPP normalized by PPT | Class A histogram | Class A histogram | Class A histogram | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.74 | |
| Class B histogram | Class B histogram | Class B histogram | 2.00 | 1.51 | 1.65 | ||
| Correlation with MODIS | global map |
model map model vs obs |
model map model vs obs |
2.00 | 1.64 | 1.44 | |
| Correlation with MODIS-zonal mean | zonal mean obs | zonal mean model vs obs plot | zonal mean model vs obs plot | 2.00 | 1.88 | 1.84 | |
| CO2 Seasonal Cycle — Comparison with Globalview phase and amplitude | 60°N–90°N | — | — | — | 6.00 | 4.11 | 2.77 |
| 30°N–60°N | — | — | — | 6.00 | 4.23 | 3.23 | |
| 0°N–30°N | — | — | — | 3.00 | 2.07 | 1.71 | |
| Energy and C Fluxes from Fluxnet | NEE | line plot | model vs obs | model vs obs | — | — | — |
| Net radiation | — | — | — | ||||
| Latent heat | — | — | — | ||||
| Sensible heat | — | — | — | ||||
| Energy and C Fluxes from Ameriflux | NEE | line plot |
model vs obs timeseries plot |
model vs obs timeseries plot |
6.00 | 2.46 | 2.13 |
| Shortwave Incoming | — | — | — | ||||
| Latent heat | 9.00 | 6.38 | 6.39 | ||||
| Sensible heat | 9.00 | 4.90 | 4.64 | ||||
| GPP | 6.00 | 3.39 | 3.46 | ||||
| ER | — | — | — | ||||
| Carbon Stocks and Transient Dynamics | Aboveground live biomass in South America | obs amazon |
model amazon model vs obs |
amazon map model vs obs |
10.00 | 5.28 | 4.99 |
| Aboveground live biomass within Amazon Basin (sum within Legal Amazon) |
mask obs masked 68.90 (Pg C) |
model masked model vs obs 198.87 (Pg C) |
model masked model vs obs 160.61 (Pg C) |
— | — | — | |
| NPP Stimulation from elevated CO2 | — |
FACE Site table biome table |
FACE Site table biome table |
10.00 | 7.87 | 4.11 | |
| Interannual variability of global carbon fluxes - comparison with TRANSCOM | — | — | — | 5.00 | 3.55 | 3.00 | |
| Turnover times and pool sizes | — |
Leaf Wood Fine Root Litter Coarse Woody Debris Soil |
Leaf Wood Fine Root Litter Coarse Woody Debris Soil |
— | — | — | |
| Carbon Sinks (1990–2004) | — |
biome mean biome total |
biome mean biome total |
— | — | — | |
| Fire Variability (1997–2004) | — | — |
global spatial comparison temporal dynamics |
5.00 | — | 1.70 | |
| Total Score | 100.00 | 65.74 | 58.38 | ||||
