Globe North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States

	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	[-]	30.1
CLM4	[-]	467.	18.2	448.	29.9	0.195		-1.10		0.592	0.587	0.590
CLM4.5	[-]	453.	21.1	432.	29.9	0.195		-0.690		0.585	0.717	0.651
CLM5	[-]	487.	22.3	465.	29.9	0.195		-0.481		0.575	0.774	0.674

	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	[-]	1.44
CLM4	[-]	3.07	0.712	2.34	1.41	0.0279		-0.483		0.516	0.480	0.498
CLM4.5	[-]	7.93	2.85	4.96	1.41	0.0279		1.42		0.540	0.874	0.707
CLM5	[-]	14.5	5.95	8.42	1.41	0.0279		4.18		0.208	0.467	0.337

	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	[-]	0.00649
CLM4	[-]	4.65	0.0130	4.37	0.00649			0.0455		0.422	0.0913	0.257
CLM4.5	[-]	8.49	0.0210	8.21	0.00649			0.191		0.604	0.791	0.698
CLM5	[-]	10.2	0.0250	9.91	0.00649			0.233		0.584	0.753	0.668

	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	[-]	17.4
CLM4	[-]	13.4	13.0	0.213	17.3	0.0180		-0.783		0.661	0.817	0.739
CLM4.5	[-]	14.7	14.2	0.283	17.3	0.0180		-0.425		0.657	0.912	0.784
CLM5	[-]	12.0	11.6	0.244	17.3	0.0180		-1.06		0.651	0.854	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	[-]	1.52
CLM4	[-]	16.3	0.518	15.9	1.46	0.0621		-3.45		0.429	0.406	0.417
CLM4.5	[-]	28.1	1.14	27.2	1.46	0.0621		-0.184		0.551	0.621	0.586
CLM5	[-]	43.6	1.80	42.0	1.46	0.0621		3.72		0.646	0.903	0.774

	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	[-]	9.78
CLM4	[-]	4.00	3.89	0.164	9.71	0.0683		-1.53		0.502	0.225	0.364
CLM4.5	[-]	2.99	2.84	0.195	9.71	0.0683		-1.78		0.464	0.209	0.337
CLM5	[-]	3.04	2.93	0.149	9.71	0.0683		-1.73		0.481	0.415	0.448

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  Approach: To convert the original data at 250m 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-US.Forest.pro Code 2: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-US.Forest.ncl Code 3: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-US.Forest.ncl First, I used Code 1 to read data at 250m 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 at 250m in each 0.5x0.5 grid cell to obtain the data at 0.5x0.5 degree resolution; finally I used Code 3 to create the final file in netCDF format.

  Temporal resolution: yearly

  General information: This product was derived from Forest Biomass across the Lower 48 States and Alaska originally in a raster format at 250m.

  Spatial resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/read-US.Forest.pro http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-US.Forest.ncl http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-US.Forest.ncl