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	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
PPE	[-]	53.1	49.5	0.828	38.7	0.000568		3.09		0.644	0.835	0.740
PPEnocrop	[-]	53.2	49.7	0.842	38.7	0.000568		3.13		0.645	0.836	0.740
R15	[-]	38.7	36.4	0.624	38.7	0.000568		-0.0221		0.761	0.941	0.851

	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
PPE	[-]	3.64	5.54	0.0870	11.9	0.000887		-0.908		0.479	0.769	0.624
PPEnocrop	[-]	4.09	5.95	0.0922	11.9	0.000887		-0.845		0.493	0.785	0.639
R15	[-]	2.21	3.14	0.0788	11.9	0.000887		-1.28		0.455	0.701	0.578

	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
PPE	[-]	15.4	14.6	0.880	24.5	0.0133		-0.751		0.498	0.673	0.586
PPEnocrop	[-]	15.4	14.6	0.883	24.5	0.0133		-0.750		0.503	0.684	0.593
R15	[-]	13.8	13.2	0.723	24.5	0.0133		-0.949		0.524	0.796	0.660

	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
PPE	[-]	53.5	47.0	4.80	36.4	0.356		11.3		0.546	0.899	0.723
PPEnocrop	[-]	54.0	47.5	4.85	36.4	0.356		11.5		0.541	0.905	0.723
R15	[-]	38.6	33.7	3.55	36.4	0.356		5.60		0.711	0.885	0.798

	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
PPE	[-]	47.3	34.2	13.6	38.3	0.0457		0.302		0.577	0.640	0.608
PPEnocrop	[-]	49.1	35.6	14.0	38.3	0.0457		0.495		0.576	0.637	0.606
R15	[-]	33.7	23.6	10.4	38.3	0.0457		-1.28		0.596	0.813	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	[-]	43.7
PPE	[-]	32.4	28.3	1.69	43.7	0.0383		-0.573		0.623	0.843	0.733
PPEnocrop	[-]	34.9	30.8	1.76	43.7	0.0383		-0.193		0.646	0.854	0.750
R15	[-]	26.0	22.8	1.32	43.7	0.0383		-1.66		0.607	0.887	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	[-]	13.7
PPE	[-]	13.4	5.01	7.73	13.6	0.0402		-1.09		0.465	0.601	0.533
PPEnocrop	[-]	13.5	5.02	7.83	13.6	0.0402		-1.09		0.471	0.611	0.541
R15	[-]	11.3	3.60	7.06	13.6	0.0402		-1.37		0.444	0.664	0.554

	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.
PPE	[-]	639.	405.	234.	349.	2.09		1.99		0.557	0.690	0.623
PPEnocrop	[-]	648.	411.	236.	349.	2.09		2.09		0.560	0.691	0.625
R15	[-]	498.	303.	195.	349.	2.09		0.267		0.639	0.855	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	[-]	2.53
PPE	[-]	2.79	0.293	2.33	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.957		0.404	0.0361	0.220
PPEnocrop	[-]	3.15	0.324	2.64	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.942		0.408	0.0429	0.225
R15	[-]	1.84	0.219	1.53	2.53	5.07e-05		-0.990		0.394	0.0199	0.207

	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
PPE	[-]	13.1	10.7	1.54	11.0	0.0920		2.10		0.582	0.685	0.634
PPEnocrop	[-]	13.3	10.9	1.55	11.0	0.0920		2.19		0.580	0.682	0.631
R15	[-]	10.3	8.43	1.17	11.0	0.0920		0.935		0.617	0.833	0.725

	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
PPE	[-]	20.0	3.84	15.9	1.54	0.00901		4.40		0.451	0.546	0.499
PPEnocrop	[-]	20.9	3.93	16.7	1.54	0.00901		4.52		0.445	0.544	0.494
R15	[-]	11.9	1.02	10.7	1.54	0.00901		0.258		0.585	0.729	0.657

	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
PPE	[-]	7.90	0.173	7.96	0.219			-0.117		0.552	0.408	0.480
PPEnocrop	[-]	8.07	0.181	8.11	0.219			-0.0898		0.561	0.403	0.482
R15	[-]	3.31	0.0929	3.38	0.219			-0.379		0.470	0.117	0.293

	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.
PPE	[-]	165.	164.	1.11	100.	0.0486		8.21		0.552	0.768	0.660
PPEnocrop	[-]	166.	164.	1.12	100.	0.0486		8.25		0.552	0.770	0.661
R15	[-]	126.	125.	0.864	100.	0.0486		3.49		0.715	0.933	0.824

	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
PPE	[-]	31.4	30.6	0.542	18.4	0.0435		2.19		0.479	0.516	0.497
PPEnocrop	[-]	32.1	31.3	0.555	18.4	0.0435		2.29		0.474	0.511	0.492
R15	[-]	23.4	22.5	0.413	18.4	0.0435		0.892		0.529	0.606	0.568

	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
PPE	[-]	10.2	9.19	0.178	7.14	0.137		1.55		0.498	0.406	0.452
PPEnocrop	[-]	10.2	9.22	0.181	7.14	0.137		1.56		0.499	0.406	0.452
R15	[-]	7.94	7.18	0.164	7.14	0.137		0.743		0.542	0.568	0.555

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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)