P-model Simulated Gross Primary Production for FLUXNET 2015 Tier 1 Sites

FLUXNET 2015 Tier 1 sites provide simulated gross primary production (GPP) values from the P-model, driven by site-specific meteorological forcing and MODIS FPAR data. The dataset contains CSV files with GPP values aggregated at daily, 8-daily, annual, spatial, and mean seasonal cycle levels, as used in the publication by Stocker et al. The data was created by Benjamin D. Stocker of Stanford University.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking terrestrial biosphere models based on simulated GPP values from multiple model setups.
• Analyzing seasonal and interannual variability of ecosystem productivity based on daily, 8-daily, and annual aggregations.
• Comparing site-level mean annual GPP across the FLUXNET network based on the spatial aggregation file.
• Studying the mean seasonal cycle of carbon uptake across different ecosystems based on the day-of-year aggregated data.

Strengths

• Data is provided at five distinct temporal and spatial aggregation levels (daily, 8-daily, annual, spatial, mean seasonal cycle).
• Includes outputs from multiple model setups used in a specific, cited scientific publication (Stocker et al., 2019).
• Simulations are driven by site-specific meteorological data and satellite-derived MODIS FPAR.

Limitations

• Row count and total file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale projects.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics for specific model setups must be inferred from the source publication.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Benjamin D. Stocker, Stanford University, via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Simulated by the P-model using site-specific meteorological forcing and MODIS FPAR data for FLUXNET 2015 Tier 1 sites.

Geography

FLUXNET 2015 Tier 1 sites (global network of eddy covariance flux tower sites).