C-LAMP Score Sheet for Biogeochemical Model Evaluation

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