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 Globe 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

	Download Data	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	[-]	32.8
Control	[-]	40.5	38.1	0.691	32.8	9.13e-05		1.82		0.676	0.897	0.786
LMBIRCH	[-]	40.4	38.0	0.689	32.8	9.13e-05		1.79		0.676	0.897	0.787
LMBIRCH2	[-]	44.9	41.7	0.727	32.8	9.13e-05		2.73		0.659	0.891	0.775
LUNA3	[-]	40.4	38.0	0.689	32.8	9.13e-05		1.79		0.676	0.897	0.787

	Download Data	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	[-]	8.35
Control	[-]	2.31	3.10	0.261	8.35	0.000513		-0.882		0.474	0.728	0.601
LMBIRCH	[-]	2.07	2.87	0.259	8.35	0.000513		-0.922		0.464	0.712	0.588
LMBIRCH2	[-]	2.94	4.15	0.268	8.35	0.000513		-0.689		0.514	0.810	0.662
LUNA3	[-]	2.07	2.87	0.260	8.35	0.000513		-0.922		0.464	0.712	0.588

	Download Data	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	[-]	10.6
Control	[-]	14.0	13.4	0.713	10.6	0.00708		0.593		0.491	0.515	0.503
LMBIRCH	[-]	13.7	13.1	0.708	10.6	0.00708		0.556		0.491	0.523	0.507
LMBIRCH2	[-]	14.7	14.3	0.758	10.6	0.00708		0.707		0.516	0.494	0.505
LUNA3	[-]	13.7	13.1	0.706	10.6	0.00708		0.553		0.491	0.523	0.507

	Download Data	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	[-]	4.69
Control	[-]	4.50	4.30	0.159	4.68	0.00995		0.0909		0.575	0.829	0.702
LMBIRCH	[-]	2.53	2.51	0.0746	4.68	0.00995		-0.548		0.584	0.681	0.632
LMBIRCH2	[-]	4.12	4.06	0.142	4.68	0.00995		0.0140		0.629	0.877	0.753
LUNA3	[-]	2.38	2.31	0.0652	4.68	0.00995		-0.629		0.551	0.484	0.517

	Download Data	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	[-]	27.8
Control	[-]	40.6	36.0	3.23	27.4	0.386		8.97		0.578	0.902	0.740
LMBIRCH	[-]	40.4	35.9	3.23	27.4	0.386		8.92		0.579	0.902	0.741
LMBIRCH2	[-]	42.8	38.0	3.41	27.4	0.386		9.86		0.545	0.907	0.726
LUNA3	[-]	40.4	35.9	3.23	27.4	0.386		8.92		0.579	0.902	0.741

	Download Data	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	[-]	43.5
Control	[-]	55.3	53.9	0.640	43.5	0.0248		1.37		0.492	0.641	0.566
LMBIRCH	[-]	35.6	34.4	0.389	43.5	0.0248		-0.850		0.638	0.889	0.764
LMBIRCH2	[-]	53.7	52.0	0.608	43.5	0.0248		1.19		0.533	0.750	0.642
LUNA3	[-]	20.2	19.5	0.269	43.5	0.0248		-2.53		0.560	0.765	0.663

	Download Data	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	[-]	32.0
Control	[-]	35.3	34.4	1.21	31.9	0.0412		0.549		0.594	0.841	0.717
LMBIRCH	[-]	35.1	34.4	1.14	31.9	0.0412		0.537		0.609	0.855	0.732
LMBIRCH2	[-]	41.7	40.7	1.45	31.9	0.0412		1.02		0.539	0.756	0.648
LUNA3	[-]	30.1	29.6	1.01	31.9	0.0412		0.192		0.621	0.873	0.747

	Download Data	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	[-]	21.1
Control	[-]	27.2	24.0	1.26	21.0	0.0221		1.77		0.590	0.807	0.699
LMBIRCH	[-]	26.5	23.4	1.24	21.0	0.0221		1.67		0.594	0.815	0.705
LMBIRCH2	[-]	30.0	26.5	1.33	21.0	0.0221		2.19		0.577	0.782	0.679
LUNA3	[-]	26.2	23.1	1.24	21.0	0.0221		1.63		0.594	0.815	0.705

	Download Data	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	[-]	3.81
Control	[-]	7.41	8.16	0.133	3.81	2.17e-05		1.29		0.473	0.693	0.583
LMBIRCH	[-]	3.45	3.89	0.0351	3.81	2.17e-05		0.0345		0.632	0.883	0.758
LMBIRCH2	[-]	5.95	6.64	0.0782	3.81	2.17e-05		0.837		0.528	0.792	0.660
LUNA3	[-]	2.28	2.45	0.0399	3.81	2.17e-05		-0.382		0.549	0.372	0.460

	Download Data	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	[-]	9.16
Control	[-]	11.6	9.64	1.31	9.06	0.103		0.883		0.585	0.791	0.688
LMBIRCH	[-]	11.6	9.71	1.28	9.06	0.103		0.854		0.599	0.822	0.710
LMBIRCH2	[-]	12.8	10.7	1.42	9.06	0.103		1.08		0.578	0.767	0.672
LUNA3	[-]	11.2	9.41	1.25	9.06	0.103		0.803		0.600	0.826	0.713

	Download Data	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	[-]	12.0
Control	[-]	18.6	17.2	0.792	12.0	0.00375		1.87		0.476	0.372	0.424
LMBIRCH	[-]	11.9	11.2	0.521	12.0	0.00375		0.534		0.598	0.802	0.700
LMBIRCH2	[-]	17.6	16.5	0.740	12.0	0.00375		1.72		0.539	0.558	0.548
LUNA3	[-]	8.59	7.99	0.439	12.0	0.00375		-0.105		0.550	0.768	0.659

	Download Data	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	[-]	368.
Control	[-]	520.	495.	24.8	365.	2.89		1.84		0.562	0.763	0.663
LMBIRCH	[-]	459.	436.	22.8	365.	2.89		1.31		0.603	0.814	0.709
LMBIRCH2	[-]	549.	523.	26.4	365.	2.89		2.12		0.554	0.755	0.654
LUNA3	[-]	413.	391.	21.7	365.	2.89		0.915		0.593	0.808	0.701

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.24
Control	[-]	1.95	1.35	0.500	1.24	0.000229		0.106		0.527	0.721	0.624
LMBIRCH	[-]	2.21	1.63	0.480	1.24	0.000229		0.179		0.533	0.748	0.641
LMBIRCH2	[-]	2.28	1.58	0.587	1.24	0.000229		0.175		0.523	0.750	0.636
LUNA3	[-]	1.90	1.37	0.451	1.24	0.000229		0.108		0.525	0.763	0.644

	Download Data	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	[-]	5.62
Control	[-]	16.0	15.3	0.390	5.62	0.00290		1.89		0.323	0.393	0.358
LMBIRCH	[-]	8.39	7.97	0.136	5.62	0.00290		0.531		0.568	0.794	0.681
LMBIRCH2	[-]	13.9	13.1	0.270	5.62	0.00290		1.52		0.373	0.522	0.448
LUNA3	[-]	4.11	3.82	0.0760	5.62	0.00290		-0.233		0.610	0.732	0.671

	Download Data	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	[-]	8.21
Control	[-]	10.6	8.84	1.10	8.14	0.0760		2.03		0.572	0.654	0.613
LMBIRCH	[-]	10.6	8.80	1.08	8.14	0.0760		1.99		0.574	0.663	0.619
LMBIRCH2	[-]	11.1	9.21	1.15	8.14	0.0760		2.23		0.555	0.620	0.587
LUNA3	[-]	10.5	8.69	1.08	8.14	0.0760		1.95		0.575	0.660	0.617

	Download Data	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	[-]	14.8
Control	[-]	13.4	12.8	0.400	14.8	0.0107		-0.000740		0.671	0.866	0.768
LMBIRCH	[-]	14.6	14.0	0.379	14.8	0.0107		0.272		0.696	0.877	0.787
LMBIRCH2	[-]	19.7	18.9	0.517	14.8	0.0107		1.60		0.637	0.757	0.697
LUNA3	[-]	9.62	9.11	0.312	14.8	0.0107		-0.971		0.649	0.893	0.771

	Download Data	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	[-]	20.1
Control	[-]	46.1	45.4	0.552	20.0	0.0806		5.47		0.387	0.741	0.564
LMBIRCH	[-]	27.7	27.3	0.365	20.0	0.0806		1.82		0.581	0.896	0.738
LMBIRCH2	[-]	44.2	43.5	0.593	20.0	0.0806		5.18		0.407	0.794	0.601
LUNA3	[-]	19.8	19.4	0.300	20.0	0.0806		0.291		0.625	0.880	0.753

	Download Data	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	[-]	8.04
Control	[-]	3.43	3.50	0.116	8.04	0.00192		-0.884		0.528	0.614	0.571
LMBIRCH	[-]	2.88	2.92	0.0988	8.04	0.00192		-1.09		0.497	0.399	0.448
LMBIRCH2	[-]	3.52	3.63	0.130	8.04	0.00192		-0.831		0.522	0.605	0.563
LUNA3	[-]	2.31	2.38	0.0920	8.04	0.00192		-1.23		0.478	0.382	0.430

	Download Data	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	[-]	88.9
Control	[-]	132.	131.	0.843	88.8	0.0416		5.53		0.636	0.940	0.788
LMBIRCH	[-]	131.	131.	0.839	88.8	0.0416		5.46		0.639	0.940	0.790
LMBIRCH2	[-]	140.	139.	0.898	88.8	0.0416		6.47		0.606	0.929	0.767
LUNA3	[-]	131.	131.	0.839	88.8	0.0416		5.46		0.639	0.940	0.790

	Download Data	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	[-]	9.09
Control	[-]	25.0	24.1	0.391	9.07	0.0211		2.53		0.304	0.296	0.300
LMBIRCH	[-]	24.5	23.6	0.381	9.07	0.0211		2.44		0.315	0.308	0.311
LMBIRCH2	[-]	27.5	26.8	0.420	9.07	0.0211		2.95		0.294	0.286	0.290
LUNA3	[-]	23.9	23.0	0.380	9.07	0.0211		2.36		0.322	0.308	0.315

	Download Data	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	[-]	2.45
Control	[-]	8.22	7.43	0.159	2.39	0.0570		2.32		0.338	0.309	0.323
LMBIRCH	[-]	8.30	7.54	0.160	2.39	0.0570		2.23		0.344	0.351	0.348
LMBIRCH2	[-]	9.60	8.75	0.184	2.39	0.0570		2.84		0.294	0.261	0.278
LUNA3	[-]	7.15	6.42	0.130	2.39	0.0570		1.73		0.415	0.387	0.401

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 Globe 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

  Approach:

To convert the original data in0.25x0.25 to the final one at 0.5x0.5 degree resolution, Please see conversion steps listed in http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/readme_biomass. 3 codes below will be used in these steps. Code 1: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/read-GlobalCarbon.pro Code 2: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-GlobalCarbon.ncl Code 3: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-GlobalCarbon.ncl First, I used Code 1 to read above ground and below ground biomass carbon data in quater degree from the original geotiff file

then I used Code 2 to convert unit from the orignal unit of ton C per hectare to the final one of Kg C per m2, meanwhile I summed all available data points for both above and below ground data in each 0.5x0.5 grid cell to obtain the total biomass in 0.5x0.5 degree resolution

finally I used Code 3 to create the final file in netCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

climatology

  General information:

This product was derived from global biomass carbon stocks data originally in 0.25x0.25 degree resolution.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/read-GlobalCarbon.pro http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-GlobalCarbon.ncl http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-GlobalCarbon.ncl