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
271	[-]	40.6	40.8	38.7	0.366	2.83e-06		0.869		0.568	0.933	0.751
330	[-]	49.0	49.5	38.7	0.415	2.83e-06		2.89		0.516	0.875	0.695
CMIP6_001	[-]	48.0	48.6	38.7	0.213	0.0457		2.55		0.555	0.866	0.710

	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
271	[-]	4.23	3.81	11.9	0.0547	0.00349		-1.20		0.455	0.642	0.548
330	[-]	6.39	5.68	11.9	0.0627	0.00349		-0.916		0.470	0.848	0.659
CMIP6_001	[-]	4.43	3.84	11.9	0.0294	0.0196		-1.19		0.484	0.782	0.633

	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
271	[-]	10.3	9.74	24.6	0.275	0.00368		-1.48		0.477	0.826	0.652
330	[-]	16.6	15.8	24.6	0.370	0.00368		-0.794		0.501	0.820	0.661
CMIP6_001	[-]	20.9	20.2	24.5	0.348	0.0612		-0.330		0.503	0.682	0.593

	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
271	[-]	37.9	35.2	36.7	2.48	0.0600		4.37		0.516	0.923	0.720
330	[-]	43.1	39.9	36.7	2.89	0.0600		6.41		0.474	0.922	0.698
CMIP6_001	[-]	45.7	43.5	35.7	2.02	1.10		7.14		0.482	0.935	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
271	[-]	30.7	20.8	38.4	10.7	0.00403		-1.75		0.522	0.816	0.669
330	[-]	31.9	21.3	38.4	11.4	0.00403		-1.67		0.529	0.821	0.675
CMIP6_001	[-]	34.3	23.3	38.3	11.8	0.0891		-1.52		0.553	0.851	0.702

	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
271	[-]	17.4	16.2	43.7	0.654	0.0121		-2.98		0.470	0.776	0.623
330	[-]	22.0	20.6	43.7	0.819	0.0121		-2.18		0.482	0.856	0.669
CMIP6_001	[-]	24.7	23.2	43.4	0.675	0.257		-1.94		0.484	0.878	0.681

	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
271	[-]	7.21	3.55	13.6	3.60	0.0119		-1.43		0.467	0.785	0.626
330	[-]	7.94	4.35	13.6	3.54	0.0119		-1.26		0.487	0.811	0.649
CMIP6_001	[-]	11.7	4.30	13.5	7.27	0.139		-1.28		0.448	0.598	0.523

	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.
271	[-]	348.	238.	349.	108.	0.130		-0.988		0.514	0.890	0.702
330	[-]	461.	311.	349.	149.	0.130		0.143		0.521	0.846	0.684
CMIP6_001	[-]	485.	327.	347.	156.	2.11		0.293		0.527	0.821	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
271	[-]	2.10	0.282	2.53	1.85	4.44e-06		-0.976		0.447	0.0332	0.240
330	[-]	2.40	0.336	2.53	2.09	4.44e-06		-0.946		0.441	0.0518	0.246
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.16	0.220	2.53	0.955	0.00250		-1.04		0.484	0.0286	0.256

	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
271	[-]	9.12	8.29	11.0	0.580	0.0275		0.303		0.530	0.881	0.706
330	[-]	12.1	11.1	11.0	0.751	0.0275		1.46		0.484	0.851	0.668
CMIP6_001	[-]	9.83	9.15	10.9	0.448	0.149		0.516		0.508	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
271	[-]	13.8	2.36	1.55	11.3	4.74e-05		1.77		0.426	0.715	0.571
330	[-]	14.6	2.66	1.55	11.8	4.74e-05		2.21		0.411	0.709	0.560
CMIP6_001	[-]	9.51	1.37	1.52	8.06	0.0247		0.411		0.471	0.583	0.527

	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
271	[-]	5.47	0.112	0.219	5.42			-0.349		0.596	0.156	0.376
330	[-]	6.29	0.137	0.219	6.23			-0.270		0.605	0.197	0.401
CMIP6_001	[-]	1.65	0.0965	0.219	1.57			-0.393		0.617	0.205	0.411

	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.
271	[-]	82.6	82.0	100.	0.427	0.000737		-1.91		0.620	0.858	0.739
330	[-]	119.	118.	100.	0.536	0.000737		2.34		0.633	0.869	0.751
CMIP6_001	[-]	130.	129.	100.	0.323	0.0690		3.73		0.601	0.848	0.724

	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
271	[-]	8.44	8.41	18.4	0.233	0.00509		-1.39		0.533	0.856	0.694
330	[-]	13.7	13.7	18.4	0.306	0.00509		-0.571		0.601	0.848	0.724
CMIP6_001	[-]	13.6	13.7	18.4	0.250	0.0281		-0.496		0.603	0.779	0.691

	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
271	[-]	7.18	6.96	7.28	0.157	0.00117		0.285		0.550	0.867	0.709
330	[-]	8.70	8.45	7.28	0.167	0.00117		0.788		0.536	0.787	0.662
CMIP6_001	[-]	7.17	7.07	7.15	0.125	0.128		0.452		0.570	0.653	0.612

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)