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However, most current GPP models overlook the effects of topography on the vegetation photosynthesis process. Based on the structures of a two-leaf LUE model (TL-LUE), a VI-based model (temperature and greenness, TG), and a process-based model (Boreal Ecosystem Productivity Simulator, BEPS), three models, named mountain TL-LUE (MTL-LUE), mountain TG (MTG), and BEPS-TerrainLab, have been proposed to improve GPP estimation over mountainous areas. The GPP estimates from the three mountain models have been proven to align more closely with tower-based GPP than those from the original models at the site scale, but their abilities to characterize the spatial variation of GPP at the watershed scale are not yet known. In this work, the GPP estimates from three LUE models (i.e., MOD17, TL-LUE, and MTL-LUE), two VI-based models (i.e., TG and MTG), and two process-based models (i.e., BEPS and BEPS-TerrainLab) were compared for a mountainous watershed. At the watershed scale, the annual GPP estimates from MTL-LUE, MTG, and BTL were found to have a higher spatial variation than those from the original models (increasing the spatial coefficient of variation by 6%, 8%, and 22%), highlighting that incorporating topographic information into GPP models might improve understanding of the high spatial heterogeneity of the vegetation photosynthesis process over mountainous areas. Obvious discrepancies were also observed in the GPP estimates from MTL-LUE, MTG, and BTL, with determination coefficients ranging from 0.02\u20130.29 and root mean square errors ranging from 399\u2013821 gC m\u22122yr\u22121. These GPP discrepancies mainly stem from the different (1) structures of original LUE, VI, and process models, (2) assumptions associated with the effects of topography on photosynthesis, (3) input data, and (4) values of sensitive parameters. 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