Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - Indonesia Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Australia Global - Land 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]	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	[-]	38.7
CESM3_092H	[-]	59.5	60.0	38.7	0.445	2.83e-06		5.22		0.487	0.714	0.600
CMIP6_001	[-]	48.0	48.6	38.7	0.213	0.0457		2.55		0.555	0.866	0.710
LE2_001	[-]	47.9	48.5	38.7	0.211	0.0457		2.53		0.550	0.865	0.708

	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	[-]	11.9
CESM3_092H	[-]	5.31	4.62	11.9	0.0430	0.00349		-1.08		0.483	0.816	0.650
CMIP6_001	[-]	4.43	3.84	11.9	0.0294	0.0196		-1.19		0.484	0.782	0.633
LE2_001	[-]	4.48	3.89	11.9	0.0307	0.0196		-1.19		0.486	0.782	0.634

	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	[-]	24.6
CESM3_092H	[-]	14.5	13.8	24.6	0.335	0.00368		-1.02		0.497	0.789	0.643
CMIP6_001	[-]	20.9	20.2	24.5	0.348	0.0612		-0.330		0.503	0.682	0.593
LE2_001	[-]	20.1	19.4	24.5	0.345	0.0612		-0.414		0.505	0.699	0.602

	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	[-]	36.8
CESM3_092H	[-]	57.2	53.2	36.7	3.61	0.0600		11.4		0.366	0.856	0.611
CMIP6_001	[-]	45.7	43.5	35.7	2.02	1.10		7.14		0.482	0.935	0.709
LE2_001	[-]	45.2	43.0	35.7	1.99	1.10		6.93		0.486	0.932	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	[-]	38.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	47.8	33.3	38.4	15.5	0.00403		-0.0592		0.576	0.771	0.674
CMIP6_001	[-]	34.3	23.3	38.3	11.8	0.0891		-1.52		0.553	0.851	0.702
LE2_001	[-]	34.2	23.0	38.3	12.0	0.0891		-1.56		0.550	0.850	0.700

	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	[-]	43.7
CESM3_092H	[-]	27.7	26.2	43.7	0.861	0.0121		-1.39		0.504	0.890	0.697
CMIP6_001	[-]	24.7	23.2	43.4	0.675	0.257		-1.94		0.484	0.878	0.681
LE2_001	[-]	24.5	23.0	43.4	0.666	0.257		-1.98		0.484	0.879	0.682

	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	[-]	13.7
CESM3_092H	[-]	12.6	4.92	13.6	7.53	0.0119		-1.09		0.456	0.611	0.534
CMIP6_001	[-]	11.7	4.30	13.5	7.27	0.139		-1.28		0.448	0.598	0.523
LE2_001	[-]	11.5	4.10	13.5	7.29	0.139		-1.32		0.443	0.600	0.522

	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	[-]	349.
CESM3_092H	[-]	634.	379.	349.	253.	0.130		1.21		0.505	0.717	0.611
CMIP6_001	[-]	485.	327.	347.	156.	2.11		0.293		0.527	0.821	0.674
LE2_001	[-]	483.	325.	347.	157.	2.11		0.249		0.526	0.822	0.674

	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	[-]	2.53
CESM3_092H	[-]	1.91	0.290	2.53	1.64	4.44e-06		-0.972		0.463	0.0470	0.255
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.16	0.220	2.53	0.955	0.00250		-1.04		0.484	0.0286	0.256
LE2_001	[-]	1.23	0.239	2.53	1.01	0.00250		-1.03		0.487	0.0344	0.261

	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	[-]	11.1
CESM3_092H	[-]	11.8	10.8	11.0	0.696	0.0275		1.34		0.503	0.838	0.671
CMIP6_001	[-]	9.83	9.15	10.9	0.448	0.149		0.516		0.508	0.832	0.670
LE2_001	[-]	9.96	9.28	10.9	0.449	0.149		0.563		0.509	0.832	0.670

	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	[-]	1.55
CESM3_092H	[-]	13.3	3.37	1.55	9.85	4.74e-05		3.33		0.364	0.457	0.411
CMIP6_001	[-]	9.51	1.37	1.52	8.06	0.0247		0.411		0.471	0.583	0.527
LE2_001	[-]	9.31	1.31	1.52	7.91	0.0247		0.335		0.477	0.606	0.541

	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	[-]	0.219
CESM3_092H	[-]	8.77	0.231	0.219	8.63			0.0398		0.591	0.625	0.608
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.65	0.0965	0.219	1.57			-0.393		0.617	0.205	0.411
LE2_001	[-]	1.67	0.0959	0.219	1.60			-0.394		0.626	0.204	0.415

	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	[-]	100.
CESM3_092H	[-]	141.	140.	100.	0.554	0.000737		4.89		0.570	0.691	0.630
CMIP6_001	[-]	130.	129.	100.	0.323	0.0690		3.73		0.601	0.848	0.724
LE2_001	[-]	129.	128.	100.	0.320	0.0690		3.68		0.602	0.848	0.725

	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	[-]	18.4
CESM3_092H	[-]	17.2	17.3	18.4	0.373	0.00509		0.00563		0.574	0.712	0.643
CMIP6_001	[-]	13.6	13.7	18.4	0.250	0.0281		-0.496		0.603	0.779	0.691
LE2_001	[-]	13.3	13.4	18.4	0.235	0.0281		-0.557		0.598	0.778	0.688

	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	[-]	7.28
CESM3_092H	[-]	11.9	11.6	7.28	0.219	0.00117		1.98		0.432	0.550	0.491
CMIP6_001	[-]	7.17	7.07	7.15	0.125	0.128		0.452		0.570	0.653	0.612
LE2_001	[-]	7.12	7.02	7.15	0.125	0.128		0.439		0.571	0.655	0.613

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:

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)