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