Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - Indonesia Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Australia Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.7
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	70.3	71.7	38.7	0.250	0.0457		7.76		0.437	0.603	0.520
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	70.2	71.6	38.7	0.250	0.0457		7.73		0.445	0.605	0.525

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.9
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	9.49	8.29	11.9	0.0385	0.0196		-0.527		0.502	0.668	0.585
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	9.31	8.11	11.9	0.0387	0.0196		-0.556		0.503	0.684	0.594

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.6
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	28.2	27.1	24.5	0.448	0.0612		0.482		0.453	0.445	0.449
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	28.2	27.1	24.5	0.445	0.0612		0.484		0.456	0.446	0.451

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	36.8
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	68.5	65.2	35.7	2.95	1.10		15.8		0.295	0.794	0.544
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	68.5	65.2	35.7	2.95	1.10		15.8		0.295	0.793	0.544

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.4
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	51.4	33.7	38.3	18.7	0.0891		-0.0933		0.521	0.643	0.582
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	51.5	33.8	38.3	18.8	0.0891		-0.0870		0.523	0.650	0.586

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	43.7
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	39.2	37.6	43.4	0.821	0.257		0.265		0.538	0.817	0.677
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	39.3	37.7	43.4	0.819	0.257		0.277		0.539	0.819	0.679

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	13.7
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	14.5	6.23	13.5	8.04	0.139		-0.934		0.460	0.517	0.489
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	14.4	6.22	13.5	7.98	0.139		-0.938		0.463	0.521	0.492

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	349.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	834.	552.	347.	280.	2.11		3.76		0.443	0.501	0.472
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	836.	551.	347.	283.	2.11		3.75		0.444	0.502	0.473

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.53
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	3.26	0.364	2.53	2.91	0.00250		-0.973		0.480	0.0613	0.271
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	3.23	0.364	2.53	2.87	0.00250		-0.973		0.480	0.0622	0.271

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.1
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	15.5	14.5	10.9	0.656	0.149		2.81		0.468	0.536	0.502
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	15.5	14.4	10.9	0.652	0.149		2.81		0.466	0.539	0.503

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.55
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	20.5	5.28	1.52	15.1	0.0247		5.81		0.286	0.295	0.291
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	20.7	5.32	1.52	15.2	0.0247		5.87		0.284	0.292	0.288

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.219
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	9.12	0.237	0.219	8.93			0.0377		0.580	0.487	0.534
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	9.07	0.247	0.219	8.88			0.0653		0.598	0.465	0.531

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	100.
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	235.	234.	100.	0.561	0.0690		16.4		0.281	0.524	0.403
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	235.	234.	100.	0.559	0.0690		16.4		0.283	0.525	0.404

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	18.4
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	38.8	39.0	18.4	0.461	0.0281		3.35		0.409	0.481	0.445
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	38.6	38.9	18.4	0.461	0.0281		3.33		0.406	0.492	0.449

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	7.28
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	8.33	8.22	7.15	0.162	0.128		1.40		0.494	0.330	0.412
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	8.38	8.26	7.15	0.162	0.128		1.41		0.497	0.332	0.414

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score

  Title:

Global Tropical Forest Biomass

  Institution:

NASA-JPL (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  Source:

4079 in situ inventory plots, satellite light detection and ranging (LiDAR) samples of forest structure, and optical and microwave imagery (1-km resolution) to extrapolate estimates

  History:

2015-01-08-T06:37:41Z Converted from 1 km x 1 km to 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree by Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) on Fri Jan 9 10:37:41 PST 2015

  References:

Saatchi, S. S., N. L. Harris, S. Brown, M. Lefsky, E. T. A. Mitchard, W. Salas, B. R. Zutta, W. Buermann, S. L. Lewis, S. Hagen, S. Petrova, L. White, M. Silman, and A. Morel (2011), Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 108(24):9899-9904, doi:10.1073/pnas.1019576108.

  Conventions:

CF-1.6

  Institute_id:

NASA-JPL

  Creation_date:

2015-01-08-T06:37:41Z

  Product:

observations

  Data_structure:

grid

  Realm:

land

  Contact:

Prof. James T. Randerson (jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu)