Model evaluation in experimental plots

Miquel De Cáceres (CREAF), Víctor Granda (CREAF), Rafael Poyatos (CREAF), Teresa Gimeno (CREAF), Nicolas Martin-StPaul (INRAE), Antoine Cabon (WSL), Vincenzo Saponaro (U. Tuscia)

2024-04-16

Introduction

This document presents medfate (ver. 4.1.0) model evaluation results at stand-level, using data from a set of 21 experimental forest plots. The main source of observed data are SAPFLUXNET database (Poyatos et al. 2021) and FLUXNET 2015 dataset (Pastorello et al. 2020).

List of sites

The table below lists the experimental forest plots used in the report and the data sources available.

Country	Plot	Stand	SAPFLUXNET	FLUXNET/ICOS
Australia	Wombat	Mixed eucalyptus forest	AUS_WOM	AU-Wom
Australia	Euc-FACE	Eucalyptus trees in ambient (control) plots of a CO2 enrichment experiment	AUS_RIC_EUC_ELE	AU-Cum
Denmark	Soroe	European beech forest		DK-Sor
France	Puéchabon	Dense evergreen forest dominated by Q. ilex	FRA_PUE	FR-Pue
France	Hesse	Naturally regenerated, managed beech forest	FRA_HES_HE2_NON	FR-Hes
France	Fontainebleau-Barbeau	Mixed deciduous forest	FRA_FON	FR-Fon
France	Font-Blanche	Mixed forest with P. halepensis and Q. ilex		FR-Fbn
Israel	Yatir	Pinus halepensis managed plantation	ISR_YAT_YAT	IL-Yat
Italy	Collelongo	European beech forest		IT-Col
Portugal	Mitra II	Evergreen forest dominated by Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia	PRT_MIT	PT-Mi1
Spain	Rinconada	Young, homogeneous, Quercus pyrenaica regrowth forest	ESP_RIN
Spain	Vallcebre (Cal Barrol)	Semi-deciduous sub-Mediterranean oak forest	ESP_VAL_BAR
Spain	Vallcebre (Cal Sort)	Pinus sylvestris forest in a terraced area	ESP_VAL_SOR
Spain	Prades (Tillar valley)	Mixed forest with P. sylvestris (overstory) Q. ilex (midstory)	ESP_TIL_MIX
Spain	Can Balasc	Mixed forest dominated by Q. ilex	ESP_CAN
Spain	Alto Tajo (Armallones)	Sparse mixed forest dominated by three species	ESP_ALT_ARM
Spain	Ronda (Pilones)	Mixed gimnosperm forest dominated by Abies pinsapo	ESP_RON_PIL
Switzerland	Davos Seehornwald	Subalpine coniferous (spruce) forest	CHE_DAV_SEE	CH-Dav
Switzerland	Lötschental	Mixed evergreen Norway spruce and deciduous European larch forest	CHE_LOT_NOR
USA	Morgan-Mornoe	Mixed temperate forest	USA_MOR_SF	US-MMS
USA	Sevilleta	Mixed pine-juniper forest	USA_PJS_P04_AMB

Parametrization and simulations

Forest water balance simulations (i.e. function spwb()) have been conducted using the three transpiration modes (i.e. Granier, Sperry or Sureau).

The set of control parameters modified from defaults in simulations are the following:

transpirationMode	stemCavitationRecovery	leafCavitationRecovery	segmentedXylemVulnerability	subdailyResults
Granier	rate	total	NA	NA
Sperry	rate	total	TRUE	FALSE
Sureau	rate	rate	FALSE	FALSE

Soil characteristics have been tuned to modulate total available water and fit observed saturation and residual moisture values, but calibration exercises have not been conducted. When available, however, local leaf area to sapwood area ratios have been used. Thus, the evaluation exercise is meant to be more or less representative of simulations with default species-level trait data.

Evaluation variables

The table below lists the set of predicted variables that are evaluated and the data sources used:

Variable	Level	Observation source	Units
Sensible heat turbulent flux	Stand	FLUXNET / ICOS	MJ/m2
Latent heat turbulent flux	Stand	FLUXNET / ICOS	MJ/m2
Gross primary productivity	Stand	FLUXNET / ICOS	gC/m2
Soil moisture content (topsoil)	Stand	SAPFLUXNET / FLUXNET / ICOS	% vol.
Transpiration per leaf area	Plant	SAPFLUXNET	l/m2
Predawn/midday leaf water potential	Plant	SAPFLUXNET (addition)	MPa

Structure of site reports

The following contains as many sections as forest stands included in the evaluation. The following sub-sections are reported for each stand:

1. General information: General information about the site, topography, soil and climate, as well as data sources used.
2. Model inputs: Description of model inputs (vegetation, soil, custom species parameters and parameterization remarks).
3. Climate: Graphical description of climate inputs and predicted soil/canopy temperatures (under Sperry).
4. Evaluation results: Evaluation results are presented for variables with available measurements.

Wombat

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Wombat
Country	Australia
SAPFLUXNET code	AUS_WOM
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Anne Griebel (U. of Melbourne)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	AU-Wom
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Stefan Arndt (U. of Melbourne)
Latitude (º)	-37.4222
Longitude (º)	144.0944
Elevation (m)	705
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Loam
MAT (ºC)	10.9
MAP (mm)	1024
Forest stand	Mixed eucalyptus forest
Stand LAI	2.2
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2016.12.017
Species simulated	Eucalyptus obliqua, E. radiata, E. rubida
Species parameter table	SpParamsAU
Simulation period	2013-2015
Evaluation period	2013-2015

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Eucalyptus obliqua	23	2200	712.60	300	1000	1.540
Eucalyptus rubida	23	2200	213.78	300	1000	0.462
Eucalyptus radiata	23	2200	91.62	300	1000	0.198

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	24.30	55.13333	8.340	0.9866667	13.60
700	35.25	44.60000	4.465	1.2100000	14.35
1000	33.10	45.90000	4.160	1.2800000	50.00
2000	33.10	45.90000	0.000	1.3500000	90.00

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Eucalyptus obliqua	4590.493
Eucalyptus rubida	4590.493
Eucalyptus radiata	4590.493

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory or secondary species considered.
Weather
Sapflow	Species-level Huber value used for scaling
Eddy covariance	Variables taken: LE_CORR and GPP_NT_VUT_REF

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
WOMBAT	sperry	730	2.349143	67.97966	5.149847	149.0266	0.5260304	-1.1416569	-0.2578445
WOMBAT	sureau	730	1.940957	56.16756	5.060946	146.4540	0.5079719	-0.9932659	-0.2361306

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
WOMBAT	sperry	730	-2.913142	-50.52898	3.156963	54.75810	0.6130511	-0.5313165	-0.2598163
WOMBAT	sureau	730	-2.476766	-42.95996	2.734561	47.43146	0.7405148	-0.0940435	-0.0912528

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
WOMBAT	granier	730	-1.9091293	-34.619127	2.038443	36.96403	0.7967360	0.0435408	0.0255747
WOMBAT	sperry	730	-0.5900543	-10.699729	1.479547	26.82931	0.6954608	0.4286248	0.2927406
WOMBAT	sureau	730	-0.5298590	-9.608178	1.310427	23.76258	0.7715085	0.5508754	0.3735841

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
WOMBAT	granier	1035	0.0821674	39.11841	0.0828598	39.44806	0.7963894	-1.1287885	-0.6184494
WOMBAT	sperry	1035	0.0586463	27.92042	0.0624784	29.74483	0.6984531	-0.3504358	-0.2203515
WOMBAT	sureau	1035	0.0392658	18.69373	0.0502499	23.92307	0.7225442	0.1013238	0.0184998

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
WOMBAT	T1_7420	granier	1035	-0.0909755	-22.321671	0.1104036	27.08854	0.9199384	0.7161771	0.4835509
WOMBAT	T1_7420	sperry	1035	-0.1087029	-26.671258	0.1227871	30.12694	0.9307029	0.6732693	0.4256231
WOMBAT	T1_7420	sureau	1035	-0.0390233	-9.574721	0.1467400	36.00400	0.9094563	0.4020034	0.3135757
WOMBAT	T2_7515	granier	1035	-0.0338720	-7.484832	0.1007712	22.26779	0.9250575	0.8448107	0.6361313
WOMBAT	T2_7515	sperry	1035	-0.1376414	-30.415153	0.1436917	31.75210	0.9438981	0.7064513	0.4811523
WOMBAT	T2_7515	sureau	1035	-0.0356951	-7.887681	0.1398268	30.89807	0.9289019	0.6570599	0.4951076

Euc-FACE

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Euc-FACE
Country	Australia
SAPFLUXNET code	AUS_RIC_EUC_ELE
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Teresa Gimeno (CREAF)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	AU-Cum
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Elise Pendall (U. Western Sidney)
Latitude (º)	-33.61778
Longitude (º)	150.74028
Elevation (m)	23
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Sandy loam
MAT (ºC)	17.6
MAP (mm)	899
Forest stand	Eucalyptus trees in ambient (control) plots of a CO2 enrichment experiment
Stand LAI	2
Stand description DOI	10.1111/1365-2435.12532
Species simulated	Eucalyptus tereticornis
Species parameter table	SpParamsAU
Simulation period	2012-2014
Evaluation period	2012-2014

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Eucalyptus tereticornis	21	2200	800	200	3000	2	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	10	NA	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_res	VG_theta_sat
300	18.16667	61.86667	1.8700000	1.246667	6.566667	0.03	0.4
500	31.00000	52.46667	0.6566667	1.313333	20.000000	0.03	0.4
500	31.10000	52.73750	0.6912500	1.331250	20.000000	0.03	0.4
2700	30.60000	53.30000	0.5600000	1.350000	90.000000	0.03	0.4

Custom traits

Species	Vmax298	Jmax298	Al2As
Eucalyptus tereticornis	91	159	6896.552

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory or secondary species considered. 10% Herbaceous cover
Weather	CO2 set to 390 ppm
Sapflow	Species-level Huber value used for scaling
Eddy covariance	Variables taken: LE_CORR and GPP_NT_VUT_REF

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	sperry	884	-2.397234	-49.62213	4.438945	91.88506	0.2800407	-1.146359	-0.4095264
EUCFACE	sureau	884	-2.473970	-51.21055	4.460517	92.33158	0.2312174	-1.181053	-0.4163761

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	sperry	884	-2.516694	-45.14801	2.603485	46.70498	0.5761591	-1.350048	-0.7355763
EUCFACE	sureau	884	-2.427927	-43.55559	2.614627	46.90487	0.5228414	-1.452886	-0.7430043

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	granier	884	-0.393374	-12.95232	0.9789484	32.23306	0.2527037	-0.3400254	-0.1354995
EUCFACE	sperry	884	2.776258	91.41167	2.8351181	93.34970	0.3702580	-7.4804605	-2.2885035
EUCFACE	sureau	884	2.398265	78.96578	2.4800386	81.65828	0.2859518	-6.1855786	-1.8766406

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	granier	710	0.1025722	107.57956	0.1052153	110.35166	0.5609747	-1.8573349	-0.9257089
EUCFACE	sperry	710	0.0611807	64.16740	0.0664518	69.69580	0.7472619	-0.2095585	-0.2162375
EUCFACE	sureau	710	0.0613522	64.34733	0.0665792	69.82947	0.7142522	-0.2831215	-0.2185700

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	T1_7578	granier	708	-0.2795542	-43.02156	0.2959184	45.53990	0.7047373	-0.5173601	-0.3272657
EUCFACE	T1_7578	sperry	708	-0.1115363	-17.16471	0.1805783	27.78982	0.7742447	0.3447607	0.1900625
EUCFACE	T1_7578	sureau	708	-0.0868839	-13.37087	0.2441161	37.56787	0.6810379	-0.1759474	-0.0949202

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
EUCFACE	T1_7578	Midday	sperry	15	0.8608958	43.225298	0.9000889	45.19317	0.2192661	-2.615664	-0.9429381
EUCFACE	T1_7578	Midday	sureau	15	1.0297547	51.703645	1.2115728	60.83267	-0.0484145	-5.004073	-1.6153095
EUCFACE	T1_7578	Predawn	sperry	8	0.4288318	66.639454	0.4288318	66.63945	0.2462777	-5.605035	-1.9038482
EUCFACE	T1_7578	Predawn	sureau	8	-0.0395589	-6.147357	0.4640180	72.10730	-0.1262496	-9.289394	-2.1421125

Soroe

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Soroe
Country	Denmark
SAPFLUXNET code
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	DK-Sor
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Andreas Ibrom (Technical University of Denmark)
Latitude (º)	11.6446
Longitude (º)	55.4859
Elevation (m)	40
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	NA
Parent material
Soil texture
MAT (ºC)	8.2
MAP (mm)	660
Forest stand	European beech forest
Stand LAI	4.5
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.013
Species simulated	Fagus sylvatica
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2003-2006
Evaluation period	2003-2006

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Fagus sylvatica	24.28232	2099	352.987	NA	NA	4.5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
400	15.27	58.73	5.42	1.28	7.48
200	19.20	55.70	2.18	1.58	6.10
3000	19.60	55.45	1.78	1.65	7.55

Custom traits

Species	Vmax298	Jmax298
Fagus sylvatica	94.5	159.9

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory
Weather	From V. saponaro
Sapflow	Not available
Soil moisture	Taken from FLUXNET
Eddy covariance	Variables H_F_MDS and LE_F_MDS for sensible and latent heat

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SOROE	sperry	1461	-0.2452588	-157.4155	5.655577	3629.943	0.2293410	-1.339453	-0.5980571
SOROE	sureau	1461	0.5261874	337.7251	5.434369	3487.964	0.2813526	-1.223934	-0.5355519

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SOROE	sperry	1461	0.0284925	0.9856284	1.313841	45.44909	0.8376137	0.6253078	0.5060163
SOROE	sureau	1461	-0.8354667	-28.9009210	1.683877	58.24959	0.7222443	0.4406320	0.3668885

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SOROE	granier	1461	-1.0072360	-18.382119	1.622454	29.60988	0.9214604	0.8186910	0.6816198
SOROE	sperry	1461	0.4577541	8.354041	1.902862	34.72734	0.9280908	0.7787809	0.6265943
SOROE	sureau	1461	-0.3531431	-6.444882	1.535039	28.01456	0.9274489	0.8463672	0.6987735

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SOROE	granier	1461	0.0438730	19.27111	0.0448550	19.70248	0.8256407	0.0330934	0.0159713
SOROE	sperry	1461	0.0438834	19.27571	0.0522651	22.95734	0.7909713	-0.3967770	-0.1465906
SOROE	sureau	1461	0.0714110	31.36710	0.0724265	31.81320	0.6668706	-1.4270851	-0.5888916

Puéchabon

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Puéchabon
Country	France
SAPFLUXNET code	FRA_PUE
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Jean-Marc Limousin (CEFE-CNRS)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	FR-Pue
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Jean-Marc Limousin (CEFE-CNRS)
Latitude (º)	43.74
Longitude (º)	3.6
Elevation (m)	270
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Limestone
Soil texture	Silty clay loam
MAT (ºC)	13.4
MAP (mm)	720
Forest stand	Dense evergreen forest dominated by Q. ilex
Stand LAI	2
Stand description DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01852.x
Species simulated	Quercus ilex, Buxus sempervirens
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2004-2006
Evaluation period	2004-2006

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Quercus ilex	9.1156	530.2222	1750	529	2287	2.0	NA
Buxus sempervirens	NA	200.0000	NA	390	1470	0.2	13
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.0000	NA	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
300	39	26	6	1.45	75	0.33	0.008
200	39	26	3	1.45	75	0.33	0.008
1500	39	26	1	1.45	80	0.33	0.008
2500	39	26	1	1.45	90	0.33	0.008

Custom traits

Species	SLA	VCleaf_P12	VCleaf_P50	VCleaf_P88	VCleaf_slope	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCroot_slope	VCleaf_kmax	Kmax_stemxylem	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Quercus ilex	4.55	-4.004731	-5.25	-6.495269	40	-4.739642	-6.4	-8.060358	30	-2.004731	-3.25	-4.495269	40	2.63	0.20	15	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.5	0.4	0.002	0.20	-2.114188	44.70588	1540.671
Buxus sempervirens	5.19	-5.004731	-6.25	-7.495269	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.00	0.15	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.002	0.18	NA	NA	NA

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Adjusted theta_res and theta_sat
Vegetation	Using B. sempervirens as understory

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	sperry	1096	-0.1199671	-3.389037	4.043131	114.2173	0.6686903	-0.0085901	0.1094669
FRAPUE	sureau	1096	0.2335261	6.597044	3.924189	110.8572	0.6283592	0.0619153	0.1356648

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	sperry	1096	0.2515726	7.907487	1.757663	55.24727	0.5999470	0.0188815	0.0787137
FRAPUE	sureau	1096	-0.2394703	-7.527086	1.442827	45.35127	0.6165892	0.3111512	0.2437363

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	granier	1096	0.8059814	24.43085	1.328269	40.26240	0.7109492	0.2126882	0.1555247
FRAPUE	sperry	1096	-0.6518638	-19.75925	1.094678	33.18180	0.7714847	0.4486045	0.3040353
FRAPUE	sureau	1096	-0.3656880	-11.08471	1.096001	33.22192	0.7335981	0.4845625	0.3031938

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	granier	1021	0.0869248	54.56976	0.0870595	54.65432	0.7565649	-3.5724776	-1.2696852
FRAPUE	sperry	1021	0.0378004	23.73040	0.0475873	29.87439	0.8786652	-0.9917835	-0.2406241
FRAPUE	sureau	1021	0.0683271	42.89448	0.0722486	45.35633	0.8394685	-2.4450457	-0.8835583

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	T1_2854	granier	1096	0.0028150	0.8206393	0.1199367	34.96386	0.7618750	0.4776234	0.3374172
FRAPUE	T1_2854	sperry	1096	0.1301495	37.9410934	0.2898916	84.50900	0.6463066	-2.8243612	-0.6014884
FRAPUE	T1_2854	sureau	1096	0.0368904	10.7542647	0.1811918	52.82091	0.7926099	-0.2648733	-0.0009829

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAPUE	T1_2854	Midday	sperry	28	-1.2600388	-40.38297	1.4692381	47.08760	0.6951391	-4.9726851	-1.4609986
FRAPUE	T1_2854	Midday	sureau	28	1.4121006	45.25640	1.4312554	45.87029	0.7803580	-3.2346069	-1.3973768
FRAPUE	T1_2854	Predawn	sperry	28	-1.6830756	-115.06453	1.7056092	116.60505	0.8399911	-2.3978463	-0.7937123
FRAPUE	T1_2854	Predawn	sureau	28	0.3402944	23.26444	0.4383137	29.96559	0.9171925	0.7534698	0.5390452

Hesse

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Hesse
Country	France
SAPFLUXNET code	FRA_HES_HE2_NON
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	André Granier (INRAE)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	FR-Hes
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Matthias Cuntz (INRAE)
Latitude (º)	48.6742
Longitude (º)	7.0647
Elevation (m)	300
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Silt loam
MAT (ºC)	10
MAP (mm)	1003
Forest stand	Naturally regenerated, managed beech forest
Stand LAI	7
Stand description DOI	10.1051/forest:2008052
Species simulated	Fagus sylvatica
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2001-2003
Evaluation period	2001-2003

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Fagus sylvatica	12.91	1300	3203	300	1200	7	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	20	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	sand	clay	om	rfc	bd	VG_theta_sat
200	8	25	6	9	1.16	0.5528318
300	8	35	3	13	1.37	0.5044341
700	8	45	1	15	1.58	0.4560364
2100	8	45	0	90	1.58	0.4560364

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Fagus sylvatica	2076.12

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	VG_theta_sat modified
Vegetation	No woody understory but 5% herbaceous layer
Sapflow	Scaling using species-level Huber value

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAHES	sperry	1070	-2.913490	-198.4455	6.350527	432.5510	0.1404748	-3.001731	-1.364554
FRAHES	sureau	1070	-2.976393	-202.7299	6.309135	429.7317	0.1495406	-2.942452	-1.349142

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAHES	sperry	1064	2.518239	106.493	2.978466	125.9554	0.7932307	-1.488457	-0.3154996
FRAHES	sureau	1064	2.583693	109.261	3.062831	129.5231	0.7114551	-1.788169	-0.3527609

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAHES	granier	43	0.0401254	12.184921	0.0428544	13.01363	0.9057498	0.3939441	0.2477368
FRAHES	sperry	43	0.0354616	10.768676	0.0394490	11.97953	0.8868791	0.3689993	0.3075140
FRAHES	sureau	43	0.0318691	9.677715	0.0430856	13.08384	0.8410721	0.2130561	0.2436784

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FRAHES	T1_1396	granier	559	-0.2028725	-40.10000	0.2525655	49.92238	0.8101768	0.2120652	0.2220943
FRAHES	T1_1396	sperry	559	-0.1428942	-28.24462	0.1858963	36.74446	0.8341404	0.5515451	0.4274366
FRAHES	T1_1396	sureau	559	-0.1338804	-26.46295	0.2071355	40.94263	0.7646210	0.4429505	0.3620195

Fontainebleau-Barbeau

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Fontainebleau-Barbeau
Country	France
SAPFLUXNET code	FRA_FON
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Nicolas Delpierre (Univ. Paris-Sud)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	FR-Fon
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Nicolas Delpierre (Univ. Paris-Sud)
Latitude (º)	48.47634
Longitude (º)	2.78014
Elevation (m)	105
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Millstone
Soil texture	Loam
MAT (ºC)	11.2
MAP (mm)	697
Forest stand	Mixed deciduous forest
Stand LAI	6
Stand description DOI	10.1111/nph.13771
Species simulated	Quercus petraea, Carpinus betulus
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2006-2008
Evaluation period	2006-2008

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Quercus petraea	33	2800	220.8	NA	NA	4.74
Carpinus betulus	10	500	883.2	NA	NA	1.26

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	24.13333	26.56667	3.6733330	1.286667	14.43333
600	30.48571	25.22857	0.6228571	1.504286	15.54286
1100	30.20000	25.64000	0.4720000	1.518000	80.00000
2500	29.90000	25.80000	0.4500000	1.520000	90.00000

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Quercus petraea	1075.267
Carpinus betulus	1075.267

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids with theta_sat and theta_res modified
Vegetation	Plantation
Weather	From fluxnet data
Sapflow	Sapwood area estimated from dbh for trees within missing data
Eddy covariance	Variables H_F_MDS and LE_F_MDS for sensible and latent heat

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONTAINEBLEAU	sperry	842	-2.187751	-165.3112	5.340827	403.5645	0.2637674	-5.008327	-1.512210
FONTAINEBLEAU	sureau	842	-1.695110	-128.0862	5.109366	386.0749	0.2770116	-4.563201	-1.403336

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONTAINEBLEAU	sperry	842	0.0157572	0.3248536	1.338064	27.58579	0.8746844	0.6906873	0.5161108
FONTAINEBLEAU	sureau	842	-0.5412776	-11.1590853	1.691460	34.87146	0.8073845	0.5358458	0.3883110

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONTAINEBLEAU	granier	842	-1.7718129	-28.039228	2.176344	34.44101	0.9314132	0.6480908	0.5036165
FONTAINEBLEAU	sperry	842	-0.2143655	-3.392368	1.412577	22.35426	0.9255385	0.8545178	0.6778176
FONTAINEBLEAU	sureau	842	-0.5539828	-8.766869	1.479352	23.41099	0.9250318	0.8380937	0.6625874

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONTAINEBLEAU	T1_2856	granier	740	-0.2294913	-47.480136	0.2334268	48.29436	0.8661692	0.1710985	0.1744748
FONTAINEBLEAU	T1_2856	sperry	740	-0.1916988	-39.661136	0.2157098	44.62883	0.7664692	0.2247653	0.2371319
FONTAINEBLEAU	T1_2856	sureau	740	-0.2371740	-49.069625	0.2579055	53.35884	0.7108766	-0.0349995	0.0879046
FONTAINEBLEAU	T2_730	granier	732	0.0043359	2.711251	0.0453896	28.38237	0.8458204	0.7031860	0.5161341
FONTAINEBLEAU	T2_730	sperry	732	-0.0151613	-9.480444	0.0765650	47.87650	0.7204750	0.0622351	0.1837962
FONTAINEBLEAU	T2_730	sureau	732	-0.0507206	-31.715865	0.0794588	49.68599	0.6705959	0.1297817	0.1529477

Font-Blanche

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Font-Blanche
Country	France
SAPFLUXNET code
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	FR-Fbn
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Nicolas Martin-StPaul (INRAE)
Latitude (º)	43.24
Longitude (º)	5.68
Elevation (m)	420
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Cretaceous limestone
Soil texture	Clay loam
MAT (ºC)	13.5
MAP (mm)	722
Forest stand	Mixed forest with P. halepensis and Q. ilex
Stand LAI	2
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108472
Species simulated	Quercus ilex, Pinus halepensis, Phillyrea latifolia
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2014-2018
Evaluation period	2014-2018

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Phillyrea latifolia	2.587859	323.0000	1248	390	1470	0.0000000	NA
Pinus halepensis	26.759914	1195.7667	256	300	1200	0.9843761	NA
Quercus ilex	6.220031	495.5532	3104	500	2287	1.7156239	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	10.0000	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	39	26	6	1.45	50
700	39	26	3	1.45	65
1000	39	26	1	1.45	90
2500	39	26	1	1.45	95

Custom traits

Species	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCleaf_kmax	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Phillyrea latifolia	-1.971750	-6.50	-11.028250	11	NA	NA	NA	3.00	12.38	-2.13	0.5	12.38	-2.13	0.4	0.002	0.2200	-2.207094	89.41176	NA
Pinus halepensis	-3.707158	-4.79	-5.872842	46	-1	-1.741565	-2.301482	4.00	5.31	-1.50	0.6	5.00	-1.65	0.4	0.001	0.2175	-1.871216	97.43590	631.000
Quercus ilex	-4.739642	-6.40	-8.060358	30	NA	NA	NA	2.63	15.00	-2.50	0.4	15.00	-2.50	0.4	0.002	0.2200	-2.114188	44.70588	1540.671

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Equal to Puechabon
Vegetation
Weather	Missing values for some dates

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONBLA	sperry	1004	-1.040506	-21.22636	4.147589	84.61100	0.6647419	0.0123617	0.1036024
FONBLA	sureau	1004	-1.173866	-23.94693	4.130599	84.26441	0.6603443	0.0084493	0.1072743

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONBLA	sperry	1026	-0.2944938	-10.044067	1.649618	56.26220	0.3488039	-0.2800969	-0.0905954
FONBLA	sureau	1026	-0.0910088	-3.103966	1.623051	55.35612	0.4823195	-0.2850504	-0.0730318

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONBLA	granier	1760	-0.1159997	-26.02802	0.1200749	26.94239	0.8655691	-0.0057234	0.0605560
FONBLA	sperry	1760	-0.1066469	-23.92943	0.1151990	25.84836	0.8583347	0.0635052	0.0987036
FONBLA	sureau	1760	-0.1413486	-31.71580	0.1418272	31.82317	0.9084837	-0.1884634	-0.1096301

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONBLA	T2_2630	granier	300	0.2311157	112.371178	0.2446234	118.93880	0.3696488	-7.7827595	-1.4720453
FONBLA	T2_2630	sperry	300	-0.2056716	-100.000000	0.2056716	100.00000	NA	-3.2144409	-1.0784178
FONBLA	T2_2630	sureau	300	0.2064062	100.357147	0.2571212	125.01539	0.3251974	-12.1755884	-1.5983422
FONBLA	T3_2854	granier	309	0.0155005	5.354985	0.0747459	25.82265	0.8449624	0.6804243	0.4907719
FONBLA	T3_2854	sperry	309	0.2088290	72.144679	0.2334085	80.63621	0.7761444	-2.2769549	-0.5901628
FONBLA	T3_2854	sureau	309	0.0569396	19.671080	0.1164661	40.23585	0.8429248	0.0880271	0.2065408

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
FONBLA	T2_2630	Midday	sperry	3	2.4728358	92.69272	2.4728358	92.69272	0.9486970	-118.9913348	-12.2211021
FONBLA	T2_2630	Midday	sureau	3	0.8944645	33.52845	0.8944645	33.52845	0.9926180	-16.1415079	-3.7822855
FONBLA	T2_2630	Predawn	sperry	3	1.7500580	89.97727	1.7500580	89.97727	0.9350350	-15.9740196	-3.9220381
FONBLA	T2_2630	Predawn	sureau	3	0.6591561	33.88978	0.6591561	33.88978	0.9747629	-1.9458274	-0.8538766
FONBLA	T3_2854	Midday	sperry	3	1.6084820	58.94274	1.6084820	58.94274	0.2701102	-17.2207107	-3.9689946
FONBLA	T3_2854	Midday	sureau	3	1.1882434	43.54312	1.1882434	43.54312	0.9750358	-9.2037190	-2.6707748
FONBLA	T3_2854	Predawn	sperry	3	1.3157771	86.69103	1.3157771	86.69103	0.9586448	-5.9604436	-1.9728856
FONBLA	T3_2854	Predawn	sureau	3	0.3371300	22.21208	0.3647603	24.03252	0.9879757	0.3194933	0.1758555

Yatir

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Yatir
Country	Israel
SAPFLUXNET code	ISR_YAT_YAT
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Fyodor Tatarinov (Weizmann Institute of Science)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	IL-Yat
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Dan Yakir (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Latitude (º)	31.3449993133544
Longitude (º)	35.0514984130859
Elevation (m)	650
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Chalk and limestone
Soil texture	Clay loam
MAT (ºC)	17.9
MAP (mm)	294
Forest stand	Pinus halepensis managed plantation
Stand LAI	1.5
Stand description DOI	10.1111/nph.13597
Species simulated	Pinus halepensis
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2014-2015
Evaluation period	2014-2015

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Pinus halepensis	19.8	1020	300	400	2500	1.7

Soil

widths	sand	clay	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
200	31	28	6	1.45	75	0.45	0.003
300	31	28	3	1.45	75	0.45	0.003
3500	31	28	1	1.45	85	0.45	0.003

Custom traits

Species	VCleaf_P12	VCleaf_P50	VCleaf_P88	VCleaf_slope	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCleaf_kmax	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope
Pinus halepensis	-3.707158	-4.79	-5.872842	46	-3.707158	-4.79	-5.872842	46	-1	-1.741565	-2.301482	4	5.31	-1.5	0.6	5	-1.65	0.4	0.001	0.2175	-1.871216	97.4359

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	50-cm soil with rocky layers. Modification of theta_res and theta_sat
Vegetation	No understory considered
Sapflow	Scaling done using stand density and stand LAI

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ISRYAT	sperry	365	-1.234440	-14.79484	2.847074	34.12236	0.7956707	0.4750270	0.3372067
ISRYAT	sureau	365	-1.287231	-15.42755	2.919550	34.99099	0.7675748	0.4415135	0.3203345

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ISRYAT	sperry	365	-0.3178919	-14.53725	0.932829	42.65842	0.6504542	-0.0009928	0.0060989
ISRYAT	sureau	365	-0.2302661	-10.53011	1.195590	54.67455	0.4881382	-0.4646978	-0.2738654

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ISRYAT	granier	365	0.6692592	33.98318	1.127144	57.23336	0.6396805	0.0006894	0.1386999
ISRYAT	sperry	365	0.9033999	45.87222	1.040588	52.83827	0.8501804	0.1718197	0.2048411
ISRYAT	sureau	365	0.8488076	43.10017	1.110630	56.39483	0.7737703	0.0425089	0.1513188

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ISRYAT	granier	300	0.1093778	92.93638	0.1093778	92.93638	0.8900178	-3.1359112	-1.2900205
ISRYAT	sperry	300	0.0675795	57.42108	0.0675795	57.42108	0.8085451	-0.9422662	-0.4148976
ISRYAT	sureau	300	0.0612259	52.02251	0.0612259	52.02251	0.9008414	-0.6356738	-0.2818727

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ISRYAT	T1_342	granier	309	-0.0944801	-21.06305	0.1986750	44.29190	0.6695244	0.3439307	0.2708520
ISRYAT	T1_342	sperry	309	-0.0844387	-18.82448	0.1608665	35.86302	0.8526039	0.6372400	0.4096110
ISRYAT	T1_342	sureau	309	-0.0459368	-10.24099	0.2080484	46.38158	0.7212498	0.3374455	0.2364509

Collelongo

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Collelongo
Country	Italy
SAPFLUXNET code
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	IT-Col
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Giorgio Matteucci (IEIF CNR)
Latitude (º)	13.5881
Longitude (º)	41.8494
Elevation (m)	1560
Slope (º)	19.29
Aspect (º)	252
Parent material	Calcareous
Soil texture	Silt loam
MAT (ºC)	6.3
MAP (mm)	1180
Forest stand	European beech forest
Stand LAI	5.5
Stand description DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00072.x
Species simulated	Fagus sylvatica
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2011-2013
Evaluation period	2011-2013

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	CR
Fagus sylvatica	20.2	1898.9	899.9668	NA	NA	5.5	0.5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	27.23333	32.50	3.000	1.37	17.4
700	30.90000	32.15	1.955	1.37	20.9
2000	31.20000	33.70	1.430	1.44	22.8

Custom traits

Species	Vmax298	Jmax298
Fagus sylvatica	94.5	159.9

Custom control

freeDrainage
FALSE

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory
Weather	From V. saponaro
Sapflow	Not available
Eddy covariance	Variables H_F_MDS and LE_F_MDS for sensible and latent heat

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
COLLELONGO	sperry	1096	0.8544181	28.92519	3.731384	126.3210	0.2999986	-1.959911	-0.5256199
COLLELONGO	sureau	1096	1.2362108	41.85027	3.728649	126.2284	0.3239009	-1.943468	-0.5245017

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
COLLELONGO	sperry	1096	0.7698615	28.60860	1.865393	69.31933	0.8565360	-0.0456419	0.0877822
COLLELONGO	sureau	1096	0.2996424	11.13492	1.573703	58.47991	0.8196952	0.2123402	0.2304251

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
COLLELONGO	granier	1096	0.9868378	24.70524	1.726751	43.22879	0.9337200	0.6872565	0.5890263
COLLELONGO	sperry	1096	1.1818483	29.58728	1.995552	49.95814	0.8915549	0.5295811	0.5250508
COLLELONGO	sureau	1096	0.5476562	13.71044	1.467601	36.74101	0.9102162	0.7555011	0.6507052

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
COLLELONGO	granier	1096	0.0414275	13.330030	0.0590090	18.98718	0.7298309	0.2520881	0.0365735
COLLELONGO	sperry	1096	0.0161023	5.181190	0.0489187	15.74046	0.7517702	0.3966057	0.2013149
COLLELONGO	sureau	1096	0.0234435	7.543362	0.0493121	15.86705	0.7459088	0.3993664	0.1948917

Mitra

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Mitra II
Country	Portugal
SAPFLUXNET code	PRT_MIT
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Teresa David (INIAV IP)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	PT-Mi1
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Joao Santos Pereira
Latitude (º)	38.54056
Longitude (º)	-8.00028
Elevation (m)	235
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Granite
Soil texture	Sand
MAT (ºC)	16.5
MAP (mm)	584
Forest stand	Evergreen forest dominated by Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia
Stand LAI	0.55 (trees)
Stand description DOI	10.1093/treephys/27.6.793
Species simulated	Quercus ilex
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2001-2003
Evaluation period	2001-2003

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Quercus ilex	38.9	750	30	529	2287	0.55	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	15	NA	NA	NA	NA	100

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	14.86667	58.4	2.92	1.463333	20.46667
700	15.05000	63.8	1.10	1.535000	21.65000
1000	14.70000	64.1	0.87	1.550000	80.00000
2000	14.70000	64.1	0.00	1.550000	90.00000

Custom traits

Species	SLA	VCleaf_P12	VCleaf_P50	VCleaf_P88	VCleaf_slope	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCroot_slope	VCleaf_kmax	Kmax_stemxylem	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Quercus ilex	4.55	-4.004731	-5.25	-6.495269	40	-4.739642	-6.4	-8.060358	30	-2.004731	-3.25	-4.495269	40	2.63	0.2	15	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.5	0.4	0.002	0.2	-2.114188	44.70588	1540.671

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory but 100% herbaceous cover
Soil moisture data	Not available
Eddy covariance data	Not enough quality for evaluation

Climate

Evaluation results

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
MITRA	T1_381	granier	1060	-0.7202409	-69.56271	0.7289748	70.40626	0.7953154	-1.8614414	-0.9355801
MITRA	T1_381	sperry	1060	0.1251865	12.09084	0.4828313	46.63308	0.8660606	-0.7256064	-0.2820177
MITRA	T1_381	sureau	1060	-0.2974960	-28.73293	0.4486707	43.33377	0.7837151	-0.1811506	-0.1913141

Rinconada

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Rinconada
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_RIN
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Virginia Hernandez-Santana (IRNAS-CSIC)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	40.600278
Longitude (º)	-6.016667
Elevation (m)	1200
Slope (º)	10
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Silty loam
MAT (ºC)	10
MAP (mm)	1000
Forest stand	Young, homogeneous, Quercus pyrenaica regrowth forest
Stand LAI	3.4
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.004
Species simulated	Quercus pyrenaica
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2006-2007
Evaluation period	2006-2007

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Quercus pyrenaica	11.7	740	1975	300	1500	3.4	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	10	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
250	19.10	45.33333	4.000	1.48	10.00	0.35	0.03
250	23.95	41.60000	2.000	1.48	21.00	0.35	0.03
500	23.95	41.60000	1.315	1.48	24.85	0.35	0.03
1000	24.50	42.30000	0.820	1.51	60.00	0.35	0.03
2500	24.50	42.30000	0.000	1.56	85.00	0.35	0.03

Custom traits

Species	Kmax_stemxylem	VCleaf_kmax	Gswmin	Gswmax	Al2As
Quercus pyrenaica	1	4	0.003	0.3	4189.325

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids, with modification of theta_sat and theta_res
Vegetation	Understory not considered
Weather	Available weather complemented with interpolation
Sapflow	Sapflow scaling needs to be revised

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPRIN	granier	28	0.0518702	29.875076	0.0551870	31.785411	0.8319355	-0.0329851	0.1619609
ESPRIN	sperry	28	0.0134533	7.748552	0.0151483	8.724809	0.9745359	0.9064250	0.7699658
ESPRIN	sureau	28	0.0127314	7.332764	0.0149922	8.634860	0.9719431	0.9085409	0.7723374

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPRIN	T1_389	granier	103	0.0850003	23.49341	0.0960356	26.54349	0.6304329	-0.936063	-0.621349
ESPRIN	T1_389	sperry	103	0.3401977	94.02800	0.3589977	99.22418	0.5691793	-24.018214	-5.060885
ESPRIN	T1_389	sureau	103	0.3377382	93.34822	0.3491901	96.51342	0.4873129	-23.488340	-4.895303

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPRIN	T1_389	Midday	sperry	15	0.6058019	38.30924	0.6300689	39.84382	0.7271669	-0.8210465	-0.4676934
ESPRIN	T1_389	Midday	sureau	15	0.8746109	55.30798	0.8746109	55.30798	0.8489859	-1.9162053	-1.0373339
ESPRIN	T1_389	Predawn	sperry	15	0.0959515	23.96370	0.1790178	44.70934	0.5910583	-0.3157670	-0.1084339
ESPRIN	T1_389	Predawn	sureau	15	0.0106742	2.66585	0.1883713	47.04537	0.7156733	-0.2040243	-0.1663486

Vallcebre (Barrol)

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Vallcebre (Cal Barrol)
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_VAL_BAR
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Rafael Poyatos (CREAF)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	42.202933
Longitude (º)	1.820486
Elevation (m)	1102
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Limestone
Soil texture	Silty clay loam
MAT (ºC)	9.3
MAP (mm)	603
Forest stand	Semi-deciduous sub-Mediterranean oak forest
Stand LAI	2.1
Stand description DOI	10.1093/treephys/27.4.537
Species simulated	Quercus pubescens
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2004-2005
Evaluation period	2004-2005

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Quercus pubescens	21.82917	1162.5	828	NA	NA	2.1	NA
Buxus sempervirens	NA	100.0	NA	NA	NA	NA	20
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.0	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	31.0	9.7	NA	1.23	15
200	28.6	8.8	NA	1.50	20
1000	28.6	8.8	NA	1.50	70
2000	28.6	8.8	NA	1.50	90

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Quercus pubescens	2342.065
Buxus sempervirens	NA

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Soil depth is 50 cm but additional rocky layers were added
Vegetation	Understory modelled using B. sempervirens
Weather	Missing values have been complemented with interpolated data
Sapflow	Sapflux density has been scaled to cohort level using measured plant Huber values

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
QVALLCEBRE	granier	445	0.0886201	29.82228	0.0886201	29.82228	0.7491389	-3.0653742	-1.4563691
QVALLCEBRE	sperry	445	0.0497718	16.74911	0.0521340	17.54404	0.7170859	-0.6301905	-0.4450488
QVALLCEBRE	sureau	445	0.0571771	19.24113	0.0588232	19.79509	0.6894531	-1.0346966	-0.6304607

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
QVALLCEBRE	T1_387	granier	279	-0.4011929	-51.973680	0.4293641	55.62321	0.6256789	-1.0553354	-0.6260367
QVALLCEBRE	T1_387	sperry	279	0.1076189	13.941801	0.2580011	33.42350	0.6279906	-0.1103470	0.0229288
QVALLCEBRE	T1_387	sureau	279	0.0705142	9.134966	0.2868366	37.15906	0.5913566	-0.2945735	-0.0862733

Vallcebre (Sort)

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Vallcebre (Cal Sort)
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_VAL_SOR
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Rafael Poyatos (CREAF)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	42.196053
Longitude (º)	1.813561
Elevation (m)	1257
Slope (º)	10
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Limestone
Soil texture	Sandy clay loam
MAT (ºC)	8.5
MAP (mm)	623
Forest stand	Pinus sylvestris forest in a terraced area
Stand LAI	2.4
Stand description DOI	10.5194/hess-9-493-2005
Species simulated	Pinus sylvestris
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2003-2005
Evaluation period	2003-2005

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Pinus sylvestris	16.2	1076.923	2165	NA	NA	2.4	NA
Buxus sempervirens	NA	100.000	NA	NA	NA	NA	5
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.000	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	22	59	4	1.18	19
350	18	62	1	1.48	19
350	18	62	0	1.50	50

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Pinus sylvestris	681.6332
Buxus sempervirens	NA

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Soil depth is 65 cm (30 + 35) but an additional layer of 35 cm is considered with 50% rocks
Vegetation	Understory modelled using B. sempervirens
Weather	Missing values have been complemented with interpolated data
Sapflow	Sapflux density has been scaled to cohort level using measured plant Huber values

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
PVALLCEBRE	granier	743	0.0632068	29.44326	0.0646928	30.13545	0.7399981	-0.8265172	-0.3655821
PVALLCEBRE	sperry	743	0.0393410	18.32599	0.0492775	22.95466	0.7062315	-0.1283666	-0.0401858
PVALLCEBRE	sureau	743	0.0582952	27.15530	0.0617056	28.74395	0.6963306	-0.7146582	-0.3025263

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
PVALLCEBRE	T1_347	granier	733	-0.4343632	-58.62121	0.4535760	61.21415	0.7145304	-0.3993785	-0.1293234
PVALLCEBRE	T1_347	sperry	733	-0.3257170	-43.95844	0.3804227	51.34146	0.6689471	-0.0345420	0.0528152
PVALLCEBRE	T1_347	sureau	733	-0.4389608	-59.24170	0.4699373	63.42226	0.5885339	-0.5127296	-0.1700602

Prades

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Prades (Tillar valley)
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_TIL_MIX
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Rafael Poyatos (CREAF)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	41.33263
Longitude (º)	1.014429
Elevation (m)	1018
Slope (º)	35
Aspect (º)	8.53
Parent material	Fractured schist
Soil texture	Clay loam
MAT (ºC)	10.5
MAP (mm)	651.274727491089
Forest stand	Mixed forest with P. sylvestris (overstory) Q. ilex (midstory)
Stand LAI	3.27
Stand description DOI	10.1111/nph.12278
Species simulated	Quercus ilex, Pinus sylvestris
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2010-2013
Evaluation period	2010-2013

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Pinus sylvestris	27.7	1424	257	300	1200	0.58	NA
Quercus ilex	8.4	500	2913	529	2287	2.69	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	20	NA	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	21	47	4	1.5	45
700	19	48	4	1.5	70
1000	19	48	4	1.5	85
2500	19	48	4	1.5	90

Custom traits

Species	VCleaf_P12	VCleaf_P50	VCleaf_P88	VCleaf_slope	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCroot_slope	VCleaf_kmax	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Pinus sylvestris	NA	NA	NA	NA	-0.9930548	-3.2	-5.406945	22.57	-0.2474341	-1.65	-3.052566	35.51402	4.00	5.31	-1.5	0.6	5	-1.65	0.4	0.001	0.18	-1.871216	97.43590	594.5372
Quercus ilex	-4.004731	-5.25	-6.495269	40	-4.7396415	-6.4	-8.060358	30.00	-2.0047311	-3.25	-4.495269	40.00000	2.63	15.00	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.50	0.4	0.002	0.20	-2.114188	44.70588	1387.0312

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Additional rocky layer considered
Vegetation	Understory not considered
Sapflow	No scaling required (already per leaf area)

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
PRADES	granier	1219	0.0763329	40.06235	0.0772543	40.54595	0.9006452	-0.3262358	-0.2931290
PRADES	sperry	1219	0.0051320	2.69348	0.0446319	23.42449	0.8225952	0.3419502	0.2529245
PRADES	sureau	1219	0.0486136	25.51425	0.0553049	29.02609	0.8245191	-0.1018932	0.0742731

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
PRADES	T1_347	granier	1157	0.2263616	86.20396	0.2823959	107.54317	0.5152852	-1.3439956	-0.4401247
PRADES	T1_347	sperry	1157	-0.1336971	-50.91510	0.1478101	56.28965	0.7540407	0.2966092	0.2462179
PRADES	T1_347	sureau	1157	0.0835084	31.80202	0.1996433	76.02898	0.6325955	-0.4593768	-0.0181140
PRADES	T2_381	granier	908	0.0227146	13.72762	0.0729627	44.09515	0.7098113	0.3857155	0.2800323
PRADES	T2_381	sperry	908	0.2791673	168.71533	0.3521542	212.82514	0.5816504	-20.5770994	-2.4749229
PRADES	T2_381	sureau	908	0.1855759	112.15318	0.2115921	127.87615	0.7292475	-4.7749281	-1.0879102

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
PRADES	T1_347	Midday	sperry	13	-2.1696906	-126.596168	2.4152905	140.92632	0.8137146	-89.1187272	-9.3922190
PRADES	T1_347	Midday	sureau	13	-0.1144489	-6.677815	0.7530864	43.94076	0.8239307	-10.3740416	-2.2402890
PRADES	T1_347	Predawn	sperry	13	-2.3938742	-200.119468	2.6652715	222.80733	0.8748549	-55.5921118	-6.5282425
PRADES	T1_347	Predawn	sureau	13	-0.1482946	-12.396906	0.6862383	57.36711	0.8901239	-4.8443740	-0.9383271
PRADES	T2_381	Midday	sperry	9	-1.4762442	-51.276848	1.7408903	60.46924	0.6686481	-2.7591633	-1.0465669
PRADES	T2_381	Midday	sureau	9	1.2071843	41.931143	1.2740511	44.25374	0.9601677	-0.5640748	-0.4977571
PRADES	T2_381	Predawn	sperry	9	-1.4785846	-69.991513	1.8813647	89.05785	0.7854351	-2.3171599	-1.0693689
PRADES	T2_381	Predawn	sureau	9	0.8062035	38.163120	0.8591391	40.66892	0.9380444	0.3228014	0.0550075

Can Balasc

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Can Balasc
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_CAN
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Elisenda Sánchez-Costa (IDAEA-CSIC)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	41.43099
Longitude (º)	2.0736
Elevation (m)	270
Slope (º)	0.86
Aspect (º)	90
Parent material	Shales and granite
Soil texture	Sandy loam
MAT (ºC)	17
MAP (mm)	585
Forest stand	Mixed forest dominated by Q. ilex
Stand LAI	3.2
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.012
Species simulated	Quercus ilex, Quercus pubescens, Pinus halepensis, Arbutus unedo
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2011-2012
Evaluation period	2011-2012

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Arbutus unedo	9.6	810.00	76	390	1470	0.1419014	NA
Pinus halepensis	33.7	1710.00	53	300	1200	0.3899272	NA
Quercus pubescens	12.0	960.00	150	529	2287	0.3309408	NA
Quercus ilex	11.9	1020.00	1150	529	2287	2.3372306	NA
Arbutus unedo	NA	174.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.83
Phillyrea angustifolia	NA	153.33	NA	NA	NA	NA	7.25
Pistacia lentiscus	NA	118.33	NA	NA	NA	NA	13.50
Quercus ilex	NA	78.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.67
Viburnum spp.	NA	138.33	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.67
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	5.00

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	20.23	48.9	2.70	1.5	20
700	24.58	52.4	1.00	1.5	30
1000	27.66	45.6	0.61	1.5	85
2500	27.66	45.6	0.61	1.5	90

Custom traits

Species	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCleaf_kmax	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Arbutus unedo	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1297.3893
Pinus halepensis	-3.707158	-4.79	-5.872842	46	-1	-1.741565	-2.301482	4.00	5.31	-1.5	0.6	5	-1.65	0.4	0.001	0.2175	-1.871216	97.43590	631.1784
Quercus pubescens	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1487.5004
Quercus ilex	-4.739642	-6.40	-8.060358	30	NA	NA	NA	2.63	15.00	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.50	0.4	0.002	0.2200	-2.114188	44.70588	1009.0124
Phillyrea angustifolia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Pistacia lentiscus	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Viburnum spp.	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Soil description from local samples
Vegetation	Understory composed of multiple species
Sapflow	No scaling required (already per leaf area) but tree selection may be required

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
CANBALASC	granier	676	0.1396666	88.88666	0.1396666	88.88666	0.8112392	-9.277195	-3.035024
CANBALASC	sperry	674	0.0429148	27.29134	0.0921089	58.57596	0.4664117	-4.757456	-1.660196
CANBALASC	sureau	676	0.0904751	57.58016	0.0953401	60.67639	0.7452905	-4.594921	-1.754415

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
CANBALASC	T1_35	granier	644	0.1049382	35.3211698	0.1751786	58.96341	0.5066490	-0.8916109	-0.2394581
CANBALASC	T1_35	sperry	644	0.0961897	32.3765015	0.2484027	83.60991	0.7871507	-2.9613846	-0.7575472
CANBALASC	T1_35	sureau	644	0.0259505	8.7346931	0.2167106	72.94267	0.3603908	-1.5540127	-0.5333133
CANBALASC	T2_342	granier	611	0.3120702	120.3347443	0.3622134	139.67005	0.0900869	-7.6003469	-1.7154107
CANBALASC	T2_342	sperry	611	0.0531073	20.4782434	0.2188442	84.38666	0.4721412	-2.1782475	-0.6406125
CANBALASC	T2_342	sureau	611	0.1670385	64.4102923	0.3347233	129.06985	0.0914465	-6.9971305	-1.5093257
CANBALASC	T3_387	granier	679	-0.1127420	-28.4322730	0.2616362	65.98174	0.1888954	-1.0763121	-0.5169286
CANBALASC	T3_387	sperry	679	-0.0470886	-11.8752312	0.3434711	86.61959	0.4625638	-2.8188596	-0.9913954
CANBALASC	T3_387	sureau	679	0.0032650	0.8233945	0.3871591	97.63723	0.1478242	-3.3858416	-1.2446925
CANBALASC	T4_381	granier	644	-0.1140691	-38.8232021	0.1394692	47.46808	0.7002078	0.1836398	0.2390956
CANBALASC	T4_381	sperry	644	0.1388364	47.2527213	0.2357343	80.23174	0.7815212	-0.8022446	-0.2860997
CANBALASC	T4_381	sureau	644	0.0654336	22.2701903	0.1806889	61.49713	0.6432727	-0.2655455	0.0142125

Alto-Tajo Armallones

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Alto Tajo (Armallones)
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_ALT_ARM
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Alicia Forner (MNCN-CSIC)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	40.7769
Longitude (º)	-2.3283
Elevation (m)	1079
Slope (º)	25.64
Aspect (º)	270
Parent material	Cretaceous and Jurassic limestone
Soil texture	Clay
MAT (ºC)	10.1
MAP (mm)	495
Forest stand	Sparse mixed forest dominated by three species
Stand LAI	10.1007/S11258-014-0351-x
Stand description DOI	1.09
Species simulated	Pinus nigra, Quercus faginea, Quercus ilex
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2012-2013
Evaluation period	2012-2013

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Pinus nigra	25.4720	1208.1085	94.36517	300	1200	0.2318096	NA
Quercus faginea	16.7450	752.6195	240.75280	529	2287	0.5673799	NA
Quercus ilex	22.3075	902.0182	90.43751	529	2287	0.2908105	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.0000	NA	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	21.8667	41.4	4.26	1.243333	45
700	23.8000	42.2	0.87	1.510000	65
1000	24.1000	41.7	0.55	1.560000	90
2500	24.1000	41.7	0.55	1.560000	95

Custom traits

Species	VCleaf_P12	VCleaf_P50	VCleaf_P88	VCleaf_slope	VCstem_P12	VCstem_P50	VCstem_P88	VCstem_slope	VCroot_P12	VCroot_P50	VCroot_P88	VCroot_slope	VCleaf_kmax	LeafEPS	LeafPI0	LeafAF	StemEPS	StemPI0	StemAF	Gswmin	Gswmax	Gs_P50	Gs_slope	Al2As
Pinus nigra	NA	NA	NA	NA	-0.9930548	-3.2	-5.406945	22.57	-0.2474341	-1.65	-3.052566	35.51402	NA	5.31	-1.5	0.6	5	-1.65	0.4	0.001	0.18	-1.871216	97.43590	1272
Quercus faginea	-4.004731	-5.25	-6.495269	40	-4.7396415	-6.4	-8.060358	30.00	-2.0047311	-3.25	-4.495269	40.00000	NA	15.00	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.50	0.4	0.002	0.22	-2.114188	44.70588	1488
Quercus ilex	-4.004731	-5.25	-6.495269	40	-4.7396415	-6.4	-8.060358	30.00	-2.0047311	-3.25	-4.495269	40.00000	2.63	15.00	-2.5	0.4	15	-2.50	0.4	0.002	0.22	-2.114188	44.70588	1541

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from Soilgrids
Vegetation	Understory not considered
Sapflow	Scaling done using tree density and LAI

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPALTARM	granier	715	0.2923592	528.3291	0.2923592	528.3291	0.6369109	-65.13688	-8.426272
ESPALTARM	sperry	715	0.2088165	377.3572	0.2088165	377.3572	0.8158164	-36.63179	-5.732682
ESPALTARM	sureau	715	0.2451126	442.9488	0.2451126	442.9488	0.7405202	-46.59091	-6.902945

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPALTARM	T1_343	granier	627	-1.1305040	-75.43202	1.1803350	78.75695	0.4880849	-0.5023947	0.0037868
ESPALTARM	T1_343	sperry	627	-1.2334230	-82.29921	1.2418998	82.86482	0.7402607	-0.5139685	-0.0481744
ESPALTARM	T1_343	sureau	627	-1.2835558	-85.64428	1.4298840	95.40792	0.0416025	-0.8909148	-0.2068348
ESPALTARM	T2_379	granier	537	-1.4792612	-86.03863	1.4792771	86.03956	0.8921527	-1.1512624	-0.3258585
ESPALTARM	T2_379	sperry	537	-0.6923468	-40.26914	0.7632905	44.39545	0.8321321	0.3840372	0.3158718
ESPALTARM	T2_379	sureau	537	-1.0846121	-63.08456	1.0873943	63.24638	0.8360849	-0.1648858	0.0253814
ESPALTARM	T3_381	granier	628	-1.4059673	-85.98141	1.4063930	86.00745	0.7947989	-1.3565448	-0.4562457
ESPALTARM	T3_381	sperry	628	-0.6037843	-36.92421	0.6514757	39.84076	0.8916943	0.5083417	0.3254313
ESPALTARM	T3_381	sureau	628	-1.0644777	-65.09774	1.1062946	67.65504	0.7301565	-0.4029633	-0.1455096

Leaf water potential

Site	Cohort	WP	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
ESPALTARM	T1_343	Midday	sperry	4	-1.0969639	-62.10695	1.0969639	62.10695	0.9926848	-20.5232344	-2.5102846
ESPALTARM	T1_343	Midday	sureau	2	-0.8579545	-46.37592	0.8579545	46.37592	1.0000000	-4.7438535	-0.9498966
ESPALTARM	T1_343	Predawn	sperry	4	-0.4454929	-39.77615	0.9987343	89.17271	0.9713696	-3.8828934	-1.3092124
ESPALTARM	T1_343	Predawn	sureau	2	0.2982092	21.72744	0.2982092	21.72744	1.0000000	0.6919494	0.4503057
ESPALTARM	T2_379	Midday	sperry	4	-0.8273137	-32.45163	0.8273137	32.45163	0.8403765	-8.5286929	-2.5298720
ESPALTARM	T2_379	Midday	sureau	4	1.5894190	62.34544	1.5894190	62.34544	0.5323123	-32.7865918	-5.7815210
ESPALTARM	T2_379	Predawn	sperry	4	-0.7020556	-94.95257	1.0114339	136.79579	0.8384800	-4.8393408	-1.3780958
ESPALTARM	T2_379	Predawn	sureau	4	0.2904625	39.28488	0.2904625	39.28488	0.9652971	0.6006766	0.3170609
ESPALTARM	T3_381	Midday	sperry	4	-1.0203283	-43.29157	1.0203283	43.29157	0.9862713	-1.5399230	-1.0142199
ESPALTARM	T3_381	Midday	sureau	4	1.3054389	55.38855	1.3054389	55.38855	0.8966907	-3.2574209	-1.5770540
ESPALTARM	T3_381	Predawn	sperry	4	-0.3009570	-26.38527	0.7459930	65.40213	0.8412909	0.1955847	0.0885156
ESPALTARM	T3_381	Predawn	sureau	4	0.7525905	65.98053	0.7525905	65.98053	0.9970702	0.1107044	0.0804546

Ronda

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Ronda (Pilones)
Country	Spain
SAPFLUXNET code	ESP_RON_PIL
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Víctor Lechuga (UJaén)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	36.692881
Longitude (º)	-5.019568
Elevation (m)	1734
Slope (º)	15
Aspect (º)	315
Parent material
Soil texture	Silty loam
MAT (ºC)	8.1
MAP (mm)	925
Forest stand	Mixed gimnosperm forest dominated by Abies pinsapo
Stand LAI	10.3390/f10121132
Stand description DOI	NA
Species simulated	Abies pinsapo, Taxus baccata
Species parameter table	SpParamsES
Simulation period	2011-2013
Evaluation period	2011-2013

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	Cover
Abies pinsapo	15.3	1256	486	NA	NA	NA
Taxus baccata	15.0	630	15	NA	NA	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	10	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
300	18.96667	44.46667	3.97	1.276667	19.46667	0.55	0.1
700	19.65000	45.20000	1.18	1.420000	40.00000	0.55	0.1
1000	20.10000	45.70000	0.65	1.480000	80.00000	0.55	0.1
2500	20.10000	45.70000	0.00	1.480000	90.00000	0.55	0.1

Custom traits

Species	Al2As	LeafAngle
Abies pinsapo	2587.510	NA
Taxus baccata	6790.546	30

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids with theta_sat and theta_res modified
Vegetation	LAI not available. Understory not considered except herbaceous layer
Weather	Complemented with interpolated weather
Sapflow	Species-level Huber value used for scaling. Revise scaling.

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
RONDA	granier	731	0.0862051	32.52758	0.0872331	32.91545	0.814064	-0.5581438	-0.2198060
RONDA	sperry	731	0.0811649	30.62575	0.0827413	31.22057	0.782387	-0.4947011	-0.1569959
RONDA	sureau	731	0.0709887	26.78598	0.0733612	27.68121	0.807589	-0.2596799	-0.0258316

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
RONDA	T1_2	granier	730	-0.1819385	-31.314116	0.2275419	39.16310	0.7508682	0.2432254	0.1689439
RONDA	T1_2	sperry	730	-0.0359862	-6.193722	0.1768896	30.44513	0.7706736	0.4928445	0.3539424
RONDA	T1_2	sureau	730	0.1353483	23.295304	0.3115514	53.62229	0.7506284	-0.5800136	-0.1378859
RONDA	T2_475	granier	712	0.4484182	149.938644	0.4590869	153.50597	0.7408590	-4.5129417	-1.4461272
RONDA	T2_475	sperry	712	0.1654349	55.316876	0.2124636	71.04197	0.6641856	-0.2570145	-0.1320581
RONDA	T2_475	sureau	712	0.4274074	142.913236	0.4597707	153.73462	0.6521233	-5.9997050	-1.4497706

Davos Seehornwald

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Davos Seehornwald
Country	Switzerland
SAPFLUXNET code	CHE_DAV_SEE
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Roman Zweifel (WSL)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	CH-Dav
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Nina Buchmann (ETH)
Latitude (º)	46.81668
Longitude (º)	9.856198
Elevation (m)	1650
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Loamy sand
MAT (ºC)	3.8
MAP (mm)	840
Forest stand	Subalpine coniferous (spruce) forest
Stand LAI	3.9
Stand description DOI	10.1007/s10021-011-9481-3
Species simulated	Picea abies
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2009-2011
Evaluation period	2009-2011

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Picea abies	20	2800	830	NA	NA	3.9

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	13.53333	50.96667	9.176667	1.016667	12.73333
600	14.67143	51.02857	3.307143	1.338571	22.98571
1100	15.22000	51.68000	3.546000	1.406000	80.00000
2500	15.22000	52.10000	3.550000	1.410000	90.00000

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Picea abies	1975

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	No understory or secondary species considered
Weather	From fluxnet data
Sapflow	Species-level Huber value used for scaling

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
DAVOS	sperry	1065	-0.5270900	-27.12635	5.507390	283.4343	0.0176579	-3.212206	-1.0326948
DAVOS	sureau	1065	0.6029529	31.03058	5.299706	272.7460	0.0745526	-3.131250	-0.9560418

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
DAVOS	sperry	1065	-1.378664	-24.83064	2.620477	47.19652	0.6020537	0.2284363	0.2472367
DAVOS	sureau	1065	-2.816321	-50.72380	3.599531	64.82991	0.4827600	-0.3238120	-0.0340081

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
DAVOS	granier	1065	0.2678979	7.563841	1.424570	40.22136	0.7690616	0.5822200	0.4063079
DAVOS	sperry	1065	0.4639268	13.098529	1.395399	39.39777	0.8053566	0.6208636	0.4184647
DAVOS	sureau	1065	0.0441092	1.245381	1.301543	36.74782	0.8147795	0.6480800	0.4575796

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
DAVOS	granier	365	0.0375889	15.983343	0.0416675	17.71760	-0.2145278	-1.4587369	-0.4076255
DAVOS	sperry	365	0.0130767	5.560381	0.0293124	12.46406	0.2641205	-0.2296269	0.0097572
DAVOS	sureau	365	0.0454158	19.311467	0.0481095	20.45684	-0.4759990	-2.9428169	-0.6252521

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
DAVOS	T1_2601	granier	364	0.0772591	60.76627	0.0859876	67.63145	0.8791703	0.4149818	0.3009335
DAVOS	T1_2601	sperry	364	0.1079992	84.94411	0.1459298	114.77745	0.7287072	-0.9161838	-0.1863870
DAVOS	T1_2601	sureau	364	-0.0295450	-23.23789	0.0680508	53.52370	0.7642274	0.5402112	0.4467569

Lötschental

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Lötschental
Country	Switzerland
SAPFLUXNET code	CHE_LOT_NOR
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Patrick Fonti (WSL)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	46.3918
Longitude (º)	7.7613
Elevation (m)	1300
Slope (º)	36.87
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material	Calcareous
Soil texture	Loam
MAT (ºC)	5
MAP (mm)	716
Forest stand	Mixed evergreen Norway spruce and deciduous European larch forest
Stand LAI	3
Stand description DOI	10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.08.002
Species simulated	Picea abies, Larix decidua subsp. decidua
Species parameter table	SpParamsFR
Simulation period	2013-2016
Evaluation period	2013-2016

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI
Larix decidua subsp. decidua	30.76667	1910.000	345.8887	NA	NA	1.417577
Picea abies	38.60000	1783.333	385.5873	NA	NA	1.580276

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
300	23.60	42.43333	6.896667	1.140	45	0.28	0.07
700	22.05	46.25000	2.560000	1.415	80	0.28	0.07
1000	22.80	46.10000	2.350000	1.490	90	0.28	0.07
2000	22.80	46.10000	0.000000	1.490	99	0.28	0.07

Custom traits

Species	Kmax_stemxylem	Al2As	LeafAngle	LeafAngleSD
Larix decidua subsp. decidua	20	3823.303	30	21
Picea abies	NA	1975.000	42	2

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids with theta_sat and theta_res modified
Vegetation	Understory not considered. LAI not available
Weather	Complemented with weather station in the same valley for Radiation, Precipitation and WindSpeed (2013-2016); and all variables for 2016
Soil moisture	Provided by A. Cabon

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
LOTSCHENTAL	granier	1262	0.0855920	53.03869	0.0865730	53.64660	0.3447209	-1.919251	-0.6173728
LOTSCHENTAL	sperry	1262	0.0790346	48.97532	0.0806426	49.97170	0.4813158	-1.505964	-0.5065796
LOTSCHENTAL	sureau	1262	0.0910897	56.44548	0.0916921	56.81875	0.5193404	-2.057418	-0.7130090

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
LOTSCHENTAL	T1_1955	granier	572	-0.3539013	-58.815325	0.4169587	69.29491	0.4087292	-0.6070557	-0.1990368
LOTSCHENTAL	T1_1955	sperry	572	-0.2715604	-45.130980	0.3847727	63.94588	0.4086427	-0.4630694	-0.1064805
LOTSCHENTAL	T1_1955	sureau	572	-0.2624599	-43.618548	0.3850973	63.99982	0.3738092	-0.4628416	-0.1074138
LOTSCHENTAL	T2_2601	granier	695	0.0330611	12.171952	0.1538796	56.65315	0.5029769	0.1556153	0.1669768
LOTSCHENTAL	T2_2601	sperry	695	0.3550186	130.705598	0.4073333	149.96608	0.4528466	-5.8399591	-1.2050885
LOTSCHENTAL	T2_2601	sureau	695	0.0204521	7.529771	0.1686246	62.08178	0.4346838	-0.1553759	0.0871548

Morgan-Monroe

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Morgan-Mornoe
Country	USA
SAPFLUXNET code	USA_MOR_SF
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	Koong Yi (Indiana University Bloomington)
FLUXNET/ICOS code	US-MMS
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)	Kim Novick (Indiana University)
Latitude (º)	39.323011
Longitude (º)	-86.413321
Elevation (m)	275
Slope (º)	0
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Silty clay loam
MAT (ºC)	12
MAP (mm)	1159
Forest stand	Mixed temperate forest
Stand LAI	5
Stand description DOI
Species simulated	Acer saccharum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus rubra, Quercus alba
Species parameter table	SpParamsUS
Simulation period	2011-2013
Evaluation period	2011-2013

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Acer saccharum	42.50	2700	NA	NA	NA	1.25	NA
Liriodendron tulipifera	62.75	2700	NA	NA	NA	1.25	NA
Quercus rubra	44.60	2700	NA	NA	NA	1.25	NA
Quercus alba	37.50	2700	NA	NA	NA	1.25	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	20	NA	NA	NA	NA	10

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc
300	24.70	8.166667	1.940	1.430	3.0
700	27.95	11.000000	0.265	1.645	4.3
1000	35.30	20.100000	0.180	1.740	75.0
2500	35.30	20.100000	0.000	1.740	95.0

Custom traits

Species	Al2As
Acer saccharum	7365.000
Liriodendron tulipifera	6658.333
Quercus rubra	5730.000
Quercus alba	6880.000

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids
Vegetation	Understory not considered
Weather	Using FLUXNET weather
Soil moisture	Taken from FLUXNET data
Sapflow	Scaling and tree selection to be revised

Climate

Evaluation results

Sensible heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
USAMORSF	sperry	1096	-7.829859	-238.0731	10.79815	328.3264	0.0596728	-15.00714	-3.249411
USAMORSF	sureau	1096	-7.603913	-231.2030	10.55818	321.0298	0.0604966	-14.42793	-3.154973

Latent heat turbulent flux

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
USAMORSF	sperry	1096	-0.6610863	-16.41250	2.163503	53.71232	0.7167817	0.4904203	0.4195473
USAMORSF	sureau	1096	-0.9034386	-22.42927	2.493583	61.90709	0.6107120	0.3172351	0.3309890

Gross primary productivity

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
USAMORSF	granier	1096	-1.0302859	-23.842200	2.258443	52.26341	0.8125993	0.5598590	0.4805185
USAMORSF	sperry	1096	-0.0035156	-0.081356	1.415703	32.76128	0.8987664	0.8062270	0.6743634
USAMORSF	sureau	1096	-0.1836148	-4.249093	1.511488	34.97785	0.8908098	0.7873302	0.6523314

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
USAMORSF	granier	1096	0.0554982	16.97589	0.0613515	18.76629	0.8229964	0.1968308	0.1098455
USAMORSF	sperry	1096	0.0957543	29.28948	0.0976781	29.87792	0.3756280	-1.0935112	-0.4172199
USAMORSF	sureau	1096	0.0645356	19.74023	0.0679454	20.78325	0.8280658	0.0832263	0.0141739

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
USAMORSF	T1_56	granier	159	0.1834700	104.23410	0.1834700	104.23410	0.4743997	-10.400223	-3.3613380
USAMORSF	T1_56	sperry	159	0.3748199	212.94499	0.3941450	223.92411	0.4524750	-58.563887	-8.3693785
USAMORSF	T1_56	sureau	159	0.1813942	103.05477	0.2067588	117.46507	0.3805172	-18.902966	-3.9149449
USAMORSF	T2_1639	granier	154	0.1237906	54.99993	0.1482673	65.87488	0.1607059	-1.547716	-0.7930435
USAMORSF	T2_1639	sperry	154	0.1816180	80.69255	0.2265380	100.65043	0.1851214	-4.848670	-1.7395966
USAMORSF	T2_1639	sureau	154	0.1330481	59.11305	0.2082660	92.53223	0.0047622	-4.896856	-1.5186277
USAMORSF	T3_2583	granier	119	0.2380977	181.14313	0.2380977	181.14313	0.2604672	-50.887347	-9.9184068
USAMORSF	T3_2583	sperry	119	0.4244061	322.88528	0.4345690	330.61714	0.2303405	-183.132423	-18.9279562
USAMORSF	T3_2583	sureau	119	0.2618384	199.20490	0.2703738	205.69854	0.2231065	-85.871898	-11.3984844
USAMORSF	T4_2528	granier	119	0.2740185	276.52672	0.2740185	276.52672	0.1836700	-121.286074	-16.2366398
USAMORSF	T4_2528	sperry	119	0.2621450	264.54447	0.2693779	271.84364	0.1293392	-123.424690	-15.9447313
USAMORSF	T4_2528	sureau	119	0.3788079	382.27526	0.3821186	385.61629	0.1455996	-296.793627	-23.0364804

Sevilleta

General information

Attribute	Value
Plot name	Sevilleta
Country	USA
SAPFLUXNET code	USA_PJS_P04_AMB
SAPFLUXNET contributor (affiliation)	William Pockman (University of New Mexico, USA)
FLUXNET/ICOS code
FLUXNET/ICOS contributor (affiliation)
Latitude (º)	34.386389
Longitude (º)	-106.529444
Elevation (m)	1911
Slope (º)	1
Aspect (º)	0
Parent material
Soil texture	Sandy loam
MAT (ºC)	12.7
MAP (mm)	311
Forest stand	Mixed pine-juniper forest
Stand LAI	0.71
Stand description DOI	10.1890/ES11-00369.1
Species simulated	Pinus edulis, Juniperus monosperma
Species parameter table	SpParamsUS
Simulation period	2010-2016
Evaluation period	2010-2016

Model inputs

Vegetation

Species	DBH	Height	N	Z50	Z95	LAI	Cover
Pinus edulis	19.18	484.2	77	200	2500	0.0844801	NA
Juniperus monosperma	32.66	379.2	273	200	2500	0.6244180	NA
Herbaceous layer	NA	20.0	NA	NA	NA	NA	5

Soil

widths	clay	sand	om	bd	rfc	VG_theta_sat	VG_theta_res
300	21.16667	8.166667	1.183333	1.48	50	0.2	0.001
700	22.75000	11.000000	0.395000	1.55	60	0.2	0.001
1000	21.00000	20.100000	0.160000	1.54	80	0.2	0.001
2500	21.00000	20.100000	0.000000	1.54	90	0.2	0.001

Custom traits

Species	Kmax_stemxylem	Al2As
Pinus edulis	0.25	1872.270
Juniperus monosperma	0.25	2577.026

Custom control

Remarks

Title	Remark
Soil	Taken from SoilGrids with theta_sat and theta_res modified
Vegetation	Understory not considered

Climate

Evaluation results

Soil moisture content

Site	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SEVILLETA	granier	2178	0.0803234	128.7833	0.0803393	128.8088	0.7250984	-5.434488	-2.032087
SEVILLETA	sperry	2178	0.0676856	108.5211	0.0678954	108.8573	0.7003139	-4.263324	-1.562440
SEVILLETA	sureau	2178	0.0650092	104.2299	0.0652805	104.6650	0.6755564	-4.128569	-1.463754

Transpiration per leaf area

Site	Cohort	Mode	n	Bias	Bias.rel	MAE	MAE.rel	r	NSE	NSE.abs
SEVILLETA	T1_2214	granier	1787	0.6757949	429.23040	0.6757949	429.2304	0.0955475	-40.10385	-6.810825
SEVILLETA	T1_2214	sperry	1787	0.3701592	235.10621	0.3718272	236.1656	0.2742127	-13.61577	-3.297572
SEVILLETA	T1_2214	sureau	1787	0.0458744	29.13707	0.3002054	190.6751	-0.0439907	-15.80918	-2.469769
SEVILLETA	T2_1542	granier	1776	0.3485890	265.19680	0.3485982	265.2038	0.3009327	-18.27817	-3.791622
SEVILLETA	T2_1542	sperry	1776	0.6987512	531.59037	0.6988416	531.6592	0.5198190	-76.81513	-8.605858
SEVILLETA	T2_1542	sureau	1776	0.6598368	501.98544	0.6599585	502.0780	0.3483624	-77.13947	-8.071394