Table 2

A chronology of modelling efforts

Year

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

1972

Miami NPP** [12]; Montreal NPP** [54]

1973 ... 1984

1985

Chikugo [55,56]

1986

1987

OBM [13]

1988

MONTHLYC [57]

1989

TGER-NPP** [20,58]

1990

1991

1992

1993

Biome-BGC [44]; CASA [59]; FBM 2.2 [60]; CENTURY 4.0 [61]; TEM 3.0 [62]

1994

HRBM 3.0 [63]

CARAIB 2.1 [64]; DEMETER [65]; IMAGE 2.0 [66]

1995

GLO-PEM [67]; SDBM[68]; TEM 4.0 [69];

1996

DOLY [70]; SIB2 [71]; SILVAN 2.2 [72]; TURC [73]; BIOME3 [74]

1997

HYBRID 3.0 [75]; BAIM [76,77]

1998

TsuBiMo 1.0** [38,78]

1999

GLO-PEM updated version *,** [79]

2000

Sim-Cycle** [80]; BETHY [81,82]

2001

2002

TsuBiMo-PEM [18]; TsuBiMo 1.1 [18];

CCDAS-SDBM [83]

2003

2004

TsuBiMo 1.2 [84]

MODIS-NPP*,** [85,86]; Sim-Cycle(rev)** [87]

2005

TsuBiMo 1.3 [88]

BEAMS** [89]; VEGAS** [90,91]

2006

BAIM2 [92]; ORCHIDEE[93]; CCDAS-BETHY [94,95]

2007

Biome-BGC 4.1.1** [96]; JSBACH [97]

2008

NCEAS [45]; Madison NPP** [98]

The list includes only those models of productivity that were calibrated for global scale applications of fine spatial resolution (1-degree or higher). The series of models developed in 80s [46-50] was not included, for their spatial resolution is too coarse (the biosphere is split into several discrete productivity zones.) Some dynamic global vegetation models [33,51] were not included in the list either because we did not receive confirmation from the authors that model outputs include an original baseline annual estimate of productivity or because of the coarse resolution of the model product [52]. Any corrections and suggestions to this list can be posted as a comment to the article, pressing "Post a Comment" button on the article website.

* model outputs are available for downloading from a public website

** model outputs are stored in Carbon Sink Archives and available for model benchmarking using the web-based service provided by the OGED/CGER/NIES [53]

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