Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - Indonesia Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Australia Globe 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]	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	[-]	38.7
D104	[-]	39.9	37.5	0.633	38.7	0.000568		0.229		0.757	0.938	0.847
LMBIRCH4	[-]	44.9	41.7	0.686	38.7	0.000568		1.23		0.731	0.923	0.827
PHSParam	[-]	47.4	44.6	0.740	38.7	0.000568		1.89		0.680	0.870	0.775

	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	[-]	11.9
D104	[-]	2.16	3.28	0.0781	11.9	0.000887		-1.26		0.455	0.724	0.590
LMBIRCH4	[-]	2.95	4.34	0.0874	11.9	0.000887		-1.10		0.482	0.793	0.638
PHSParam	[-]	2.95	4.43	0.0710	11.9	0.000887		-1.09		0.462	0.778	0.620

	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	[-]	24.6
D104	[-]	14.4	13.7	0.725	24.5	0.0133		-0.891		0.521	0.783	0.652
LMBIRCH4	[-]	14.6	14.2	0.788	24.5	0.0133		-0.813		0.532	0.771	0.651
PHSParam	[-]	12.2	11.3	0.807	24.5	0.0133		-1.12		0.507	0.768	0.638

	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	[-]	36.8
D104	[-]	39.6	34.6	3.63	36.4	0.356		5.98		0.703	0.893	0.798
LMBIRCH4	[-]	42.8	37.5	3.90	36.4	0.356		7.22		0.671	0.915	0.793
PHSParam	[-]	47.5	41.6	4.30	36.4	0.356		9.06		0.614	0.920	0.767

	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	[-]	38.4
D104	[-]	34.3	24.2	10.4	38.3	0.0457		-1.19		0.597	0.804	0.701
LMBIRCH4	[-]	38.1	27.4	11.3	38.3	0.0457		-0.703		0.591	0.738	0.664
PHSParam	[-]	41.5	29.6	12.3	38.3	0.0457		-0.382		0.591	0.711	0.651

	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	[-]	43.7
D104	[-]	26.8	23.6	1.35	43.7	0.0383		-1.54		0.612	0.889	0.751
LMBIRCH4	[-]	29.7	26.1	1.45	43.7	0.0383		-1.12		0.628	0.883	0.755
PHSParam	[-]	27.1	23.5	1.49	43.7	0.0383		-1.41		0.593	0.850	0.721

	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	[-]	13.7
D104	[-]	11.2	3.47	7.08	13.6	0.0402		-1.39		0.444	0.668	0.556
LMBIRCH4	[-]	12.4	4.33	7.36	13.6	0.0402		-1.22		0.463	0.652	0.557
PHSParam	[-]	11.9	4.19	7.06	13.6	0.0402		-1.26		0.463	0.678	0.571

	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	[-]	352.
D104	[-]	504.	311.	194.	349.	2.09		0.394		0.635	0.845	0.740
LMBIRCH4	[-]	528.	342.	185.	349.	2.09		0.918		0.619	0.808	0.713
PHSParam	[-]	553.	354.	199.	349.	2.09		1.15		0.584	0.749	0.666

	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	[-]	2.53
D104	[-]	1.86	0.219	1.55	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.989		0.396	0.0194	0.208
LMBIRCH4	[-]	2.08	0.253	1.72	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.974		0.398	0.0227	0.210
PHSParam	[-]	2.25	0.245	1.88	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.979		0.398	0.0258	0.212

	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	[-]	11.1
D104	[-]	10.4	8.56	1.19	11.0	0.0920		1.01		0.617	0.827	0.722
LMBIRCH4	[-]	10.9	8.95	1.27	11.0	0.0920		1.24		0.611	0.792	0.702
PHSParam	[-]	11.0	9.00	1.29	11.0	0.0920		1.29		0.596	0.748	0.672

	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	[-]	1.55
D104	[-]	12.6	1.25	11.1	1.54	0.00901		0.576		0.585	0.705	0.645
LMBIRCH4	[-]	15.3	2.24	12.8	1.54	0.00901		2.09		0.541	0.634	0.587
PHSParam	[-]	17.2	3.28	13.6	1.54	0.00901		3.57		0.509	0.614	0.562

	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	[-]	0.219
D104	[-]	3.35	0.0958	3.41	0.219			-0.370		0.475	0.142	0.309
LMBIRCH4	[-]	3.20	0.107	3.34	0.219			-0.333		0.483	0.172	0.327
PHSParam	[-]	6.32	0.124	6.39	0.219			-0.275		0.498	0.276	0.387

	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	[-]	100.
D104	[-]	129.	128.	0.887	100.	0.0486		3.87		0.702	0.924	0.813
LMBIRCH4	[-]	140.	139.	0.952	100.	0.0486		5.12		0.660	0.900	0.780
PHSParam	[-]	148.	147.	0.987	100.	0.0486		6.15		0.604	0.797	0.700

	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	[-]	18.4
D104	[-]	23.7	22.7	0.412	18.4	0.0435		0.939		0.523	0.592	0.558
LMBIRCH4	[-]	27.1	26.3	0.459	18.4	0.0435		1.50		0.518	0.572	0.545
PHSParam	[-]	26.9	25.7	0.469	18.4	0.0435		1.42		0.513	0.538	0.526

	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	[-]	7.28
D104	[-]	8.07	7.30	0.166	7.14	0.137		0.794		0.541	0.555	0.548
LMBIRCH4	[-]	9.17	8.30	0.183	7.14	0.137		1.22		0.512	0.471	0.491
PHSParam	[-]	8.31	7.61	0.141	7.14	0.137		0.889		0.529	0.494	0.512

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  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)