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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 38.7
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 42.9 43.3 0.201 38.7 0.0457 1.34 0.71 0.90 0.81
GSWP3v1 [-] 38.5 38.7 0.202 38.7 0.0457 0.293 0.77 0.95 0.86
WATCH [-] 38.8 39.5 0.189 38.7 0.0457 0.454 0.79 0.96 0.87
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 11.9
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 3.54 3.10 0.0369 11.9 0.0196 -1.31 0.46 0.62 0.54
GSWP3v1 [-] 3.25 2.85 0.0430 11.9 0.0196 -1.35 0.45 0.59 0.52
WATCH [-] 6.17 5.45 0.0493 11.9 0.0196 -0.954 0.52 0.84 0.68
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 24.6
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 17.0 16.3 0.393 24.5 0.0612 -0.721 0.56 0.79 0.67
GSWP3v1 [-] 12.3 11.7 0.367 24.5 0.0612 -1.21 0.51 0.80 0.65
WATCH [-] 20.7 20.0 0.395 24.5 0.0612 -0.328 0.55 0.73 0.64
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 36.8
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 49.4 46.8 2.28 35.7 1.10 8.69 0.62 0.94 0.78
GSWP3v1 [-] 39.9 37.9 1.80 35.7 1.10 5.14 0.72 0.92 0.82
WATCH [-] 38.9 36.8 1.87 35.7 1.10 4.82 0.74 0.87 0.80
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 38.4
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 36.1 23.9 13.0 38.3 0.0891 -1.35 0.54 0.69 0.61
GSWP3v1 [-] 31.6 23.2 9.15 38.3 0.0891 -1.53 0.59 0.80 0.69
WATCH [-] 33.2 21.8 11.9 38.3 0.0891 -1.75 0.60 0.86 0.73
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 43.7
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 25.4 24.0 0.749 43.4 0.257 -1.74 0.59 0.85 0.72
GSWP3v1 [-] 24.8 23.2 0.670 43.4 0.257 -1.98 0.61 0.89 0.75
WATCH [-] 25.6 24.3 0.656 43.4 0.257 -1.84 0.62 0.90 0.76
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 13.7
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 11.5 4.26 7.02 13.5 0.139 -1.29 0.46 0.62 0.54
GSWP3v1 [-] 11.0 3.66 7.16 13.5 0.139 -1.38 0.44 0.64 0.54
WATCH [-] 11.8 4.29 7.29 13.5 0.139 -1.26 0.45 0.59 0.52
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 352.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 589. 355. 233. 348. 3.81 0.826 0.59 0.77 0.68
GSWP3v1 [-] 486. 309. 178. 348. 3.81 0.0653 0.64 0.85 0.75
WATCH [-] 505. 339. 166. 348. 3.81 0.488 0.63 0.84 0.73
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.53
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 1.68 0.229 1.44 2.53 0.00250 -1.04 0.40 0.023 0.21
GSWP3v1 [-] 1.55 0.211 1.35 2.53 0.00250 -1.04 0.39 0.021 0.21
WATCH [-] 2.26 0.303 1.93 2.53 0.00250 -1.00 0.40 0.043 0.22
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 11.1
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 11.9 11.0 0.602 10.9 0.149 1.49 0.57 0.68 0.63
GSWP3v1 [-] 10.2 9.38 0.547 10.9 0.149 0.813 0.61 0.77 0.69
WATCH [-] 10.8 10.1 0.526 10.9 0.149 1.07 0.61 0.80 0.70
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.55
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 17.7 3.58 14.0 1.52 0.0247 3.61 0.47 0.49 0.48
GSWP3v1 [-] 11.9 1.32 10.5 1.52 0.0247 0.434 0.55 0.68 0.62
WATCH [-] 13.8 2.67 11.1 1.52 0.0247 2.23 0.56 0.64 0.60
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.219
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 3.48 0.0759 3.42 0.219 0.00 -0.459 0.46 0.099 0.28
GSWP3v1 [-] 3.04 0.0844 2.99 0.219 0.00 -0.433 0.47 0.082 0.27
WATCH [-] 3.34 0.0966 3.27 0.219 0.00 -0.404 0.47 0.14 0.31
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 100.
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 152. 151. 0.453 100. 0.0690 6.40 0.60 0.84 0.72
GSWP3v1 [-] 128. 128. 0.396 100. 0.0690 3.63 0.71 0.92 0.81
WATCH [-] 144. 143. 0.384 100. 0.0690 5.46 0.63 0.86 0.75
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 18.4
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 21.7 21.7 0.382 18.4 0.0281 0.759 0.62 0.73 0.67
GSWP3v1 [-] 21.8 21.8 0.347 18.4 0.0281 0.735 0.55 0.58 0.56
WATCH [-] 23.9 23.9 0.319 18.4 0.0281 1.04 0.57 0.67 0.62
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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 7.28
CRUNCEPv7 [-] 5.25 5.14 0.150 7.15 0.128 0.169 0.53 0.53 0.53
GSWP3v1 [-] 6.25 6.14 0.145 7.15 0.128 0.387 0.52 0.57 0.55
WATCH [-] 5.85 5.77 0.133 7.15 0.128 0.183 0.56 0.68 0.62

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Data Information

  title: Global Tropical Forest Biomass

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

  institute_id: NASA-JPL

  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

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

  Conventions: CF-1.6

  product: observations

  data_structure: grid

  realm: land

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

  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.