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 Global - Land 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]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	70.3
CESM3_092H	[-]	60.7	61.7	70.3		2.31e-05		-0.904		0.672	0.960	0.816
CMIP6_001	[-]	48.5	49.3	70.2		0.101		-4.05		0.659	0.886	0.772
LE2_001	[-]	48.3	49.2	70.2		0.101		-4.08		0.655	0.885	0.770

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	14.8
CESM3_092H	[-]	5.26	4.45	14.8		0.00190		-1.49		0.638	0.431	0.535
CMIP6_001	[-]	4.35	3.67	14.7		0.0144		-1.63		0.632	0.393	0.512
LE2_001	[-]	4.22	3.57	14.7		0.0144		-1.65		0.631	0.377	0.504

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	29.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	14.4	14.2	29.1		0.00200		-1.20		0.521	0.726	0.624
CMIP6_001	[-]	20.6	20.3	29.0		0.0466		-0.617		0.518	0.842	0.680
LE2_001	[-]	19.7	19.4	29.0		0.0466		-0.710		0.512	0.829	0.671

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	5.50
CESM3_092H	[-]	12.4	12.5	5.56		0.00		2.53		0.286	0.739	0.513
CMIP6_001	[-]	4.38	4.42	5.54		0.0233		-0.237		0.551	0.867	0.709
LE2_001	[-]	4.38	4.42	5.54		0.0233		-0.241		0.551	0.866	0.709

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	45.9
CESM3_092H	[-]	56.5	56.5	45.7		0.0381		11.1		0.348	0.879	0.613
CMIP6_001	[-]	45.4	45.4	44.6		1.20		6.21		0.455	0.790	0.622
LE2_001	[-]	44.8	44.8	44.6		1.20		5.99		0.457	0.805	0.631

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	73.3
CESM3_092H	[-]	92.0	90.7	73.3		0.000253		2.47		0.568	0.930	0.749
CMIP6_001	[-]	57.3	56.5	73.2		0.0600		-1.65		0.677	0.898	0.787
LE2_001	[-]	58.5	57.7	73.2		0.0600		-1.51		0.680	0.901	0.790

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	48.3	49.3	24.2		0.000834		1.80		0.468	0.585	0.527
CMIP6_001	[-]	35.0	35.9	24.1		0.0333		0.969		0.529	0.737	0.633
LE2_001	[-]	34.8	35.8	24.1		0.0333		0.966		0.540	0.736	0.638

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	16.0
CESM3_092H	[-]	27.2	26.7	16.1		0.00751		2.67		0.435	0.653	0.544
CMIP6_001	[-]	23.7	23.1	16.0		0.0996		2.15		0.483	0.655	0.569
LE2_001	[-]	23.4	22.8	16.0		0.0996		2.09		0.489	0.660	0.574

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	5.95
CESM3_092H	[-]	13.6	14.0	5.90		1.72e-05		2.38		0.299	0.851	0.575
CMIP6_001	[-]	2.76	2.91	5.90		0.00243		-0.794		0.559	0.628	0.593
LE2_001	[-]	3.10	3.27	5.90		0.00243		-0.689		0.557	0.682	0.620

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	12.6	12.6	11.2		0.0228		1.18		0.545	0.804	0.675
CMIP6_001	[-]	12.0	12.0	10.9		0.323		0.906		0.564	0.826	0.695
LE2_001	[-]	11.9	11.9	10.9		0.323		0.899		0.569	0.827	0.698

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.0
CESM3_092H	[-]	16.9	16.4	27.0		0.00628		-0.635		0.487	0.812	0.650
CMIP6_001	[-]	15.0	14.7	27.0		0.0892		-1.20		0.493	0.809	0.651
LE2_001	[-]	15.0	14.7	27.0		0.0892		-1.19		0.494	0.810	0.652

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	626.
CESM3_092H	[-]	643.	641.	626.	0.00287	0.107		0.945		0.544	0.891	0.718
CMIP6_001	[-]	492.	491.	624.	0.00330	2.64		-0.362		0.599	0.877	0.738
LE2_001	[-]	491.	490.	624.	0.00315	2.64		-0.367		0.600	0.877	0.738

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.75
CESM3_092H	[-]	2.03	2.05	1.75		0.000906		0.0491		0.883	0.626	0.754
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.28	1.30	1.74		0.00994		-0.00604		0.899	0.382	0.640
LE2_001	[-]	1.18	1.20	1.74		0.00994		-0.0116		0.903	0.377	0.640

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.2
CESM3_092H	[-]	21.0	20.8	10.2		0.00		1.77		0.406	0.638	0.522
CMIP6_001	[-]	10.4	10.6	10.1		0.0271		0.153		0.540	0.820	0.680
LE2_001	[-]	10.8	11.0	10.1		0.0271		0.206		0.536	0.806	0.671

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	12.0	11.6	10.0		0.0248		2.31		0.371	0.773	0.572
CMIP6_001	[-]	10.0	9.77	9.92		0.139		1.29		0.447	0.795	0.621
LE2_001	[-]	10.2	9.96	9.92		0.139		1.35		0.442	0.796	0.619

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.6
CESM3_092H	[-]	13.9	13.8	22.6		3.90e-05		-1.39		0.535	0.866	0.700
CMIP6_001	[-]	10.0	9.92	22.5		0.0216		-2.48		0.522	0.805	0.663
LE2_001	[-]	9.88	9.80	22.5		0.0216		-2.52		0.520	0.802	0.661

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	35.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	52.9	53.0	35.1		0.00		4.28		0.465	0.923	0.694
CMIP6_001	[-]	36.1	35.9	35.0		0.199		0.727		0.597	0.925	0.761
LE2_001	[-]	36.6	36.4	35.0		0.199		0.814		0.592	0.924	0.758

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.3
CESM3_092H	[-]	9.11	9.22	10.3		0.00		0.160		0.468	0.757	0.612
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.68	1.70	10.3		0.0522		-1.97		0.582	0.184	0.383
LE2_001	[-]	1.77	1.79	10.3		0.0522		-1.94		0.577	0.186	0.381

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	185.
CESM3_092H	[-]	143.	143.	186.		0.000655		-4.38		0.661	0.919	0.790
CMIP6_001	[-]	133.	133.	186.		0.0828		-5.58		0.664	0.827	0.746
LE2_001	[-]	132.	132.	186.		0.0828		-5.66		0.662	0.826	0.744

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	21.6
CESM3_092H	[-]	16.5	17.1	21.5	0.00287	0.000785		-0.316		0.539	0.866	0.703
CMIP6_001	[-]	12.8	13.4	21.5	0.00330	0.0295		-0.875		0.496	0.827	0.661
LE2_001	[-]	12.8	13.3	21.5	0.00315	0.0295		-0.894		0.482	0.823	0.653

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	6.07
CESM3_092H	[-]	11.9	11.7	5.97		0.000333		2.36		0.296	0.803	0.550
CMIP6_001	[-]	7.18	7.05	5.89		0.0833		0.924		0.401	0.834	0.618
LE2_001	[-]	7.20	7.07	5.89		0.0833		0.934		0.399	0.834	0.617

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 Global - Land 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

  Title:

ESA CCI above-ground biomass product level

  Version:

3

  Institution:

GAMMA Remote Sensing

  Source:

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 FB and WB mosaics, Sentinel-1 GRD

  History:

2022-05-17: downloaded source from https://dap.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/biomass/data/agb/maps/v3.0/netcdf/ESACCI-BIOMASS-L4-AGB-MERGED-100m-2010-fv3.0.nc

2022-05-26: coarsened to 0.5 degree resolution using https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/ESACCI/convert.py

  References:

M. Santoro and O. Cartus (2021), ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative (Biomass_cci): Global datasets of forest above-ground biomass for the years 2010, 2017 and 2018, v3, NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/5f331c418e9f4935b8eb1b836f8a91b8