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
h0	[-]	55.7	56.1	38.7	0.373	0.0105		4.35		0.486	0.768	0.627
h0a	[-]	55.7	56.1	38.7	0.373	0.0105		4.35		0.486	0.768	0.627

	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
h0	[-]	5.13	4.65	11.9	0.0685	0.00545		-1.06		0.460	0.775	0.618
h0a	[-]	5.13	4.65	11.9	0.0685	0.00545		-1.06		0.460	0.775	0.618

	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
h0	[-]	16.1	15.1	24.5	0.561	0.0169		-0.772		0.475	0.526	0.501
h0a	[-]	16.1	15.1	24.5	0.561	0.0169		-0.772		0.475	0.526	0.501

	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
h0	[-]	66.4	62.7	36.4	3.30	0.363		14.4		0.293	0.930	0.611
h0a	[-]	66.4	62.7	36.4	3.30	0.363		14.4		0.293	0.930	0.611

	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
h0	[-]	44.7	30.6	38.3	15.2	0.102		-0.492		0.497	0.618	0.557
h0a	[-]	44.7	30.6	38.3	15.2	0.102		-0.492		0.497	0.618	0.557

	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
h0	[-]	37.5	35.6	43.5	1.00	0.172		0.137		0.471	0.743	0.607
h0a	[-]	37.5	35.6	43.5	1.00	0.172		0.137		0.471	0.743	0.607

	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
h0	[-]	14.8	3.66	13.6	10.9	0.0388		-1.34		0.435	0.556	0.496
h0a	[-]	14.8	3.66	13.6	10.9	0.0388		-1.34		0.435	0.556	0.496

	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.
h0	[-]	699.	478.	348.	219.	0.874		2.71		0.438	0.611	0.524
h0a	[-]	699.	478.	348.	219.	0.874		2.71		0.438	0.611	0.524

	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
h0	[-]	3.39	0.345	2.53	3.04	0.000123		-0.960		0.466	0.0663	0.266
h0a	[-]	3.39	0.345	2.53	3.04	0.000123		-0.960		0.466	0.0663	0.266

	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
h0	[-]	18.5	17.1	11.0	0.918	0.0901		4.02		0.403	0.447	0.425
h0a	[-]	18.5	17.1	11.0	0.918	0.0901		4.02		0.403	0.447	0.425

	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
h0	[-]	29.6	6.37	1.54	23.1	0.00751		7.44		0.194	0.304	0.249
h0a	[-]	29.6	6.37	1.54	23.1	0.00751		7.44		0.194	0.304	0.249

	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
h0	[-]	5.73	0.137	0.219	5.65			-0.262		0.602	0.297	0.449
h0a	[-]	5.73	0.137	0.219	5.65			-0.262		0.602	0.297	0.449

	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.
h0	[-]	193.	191.	100.	0.696	0.0239		11.1		0.390	0.878	0.634
h0a	[-]	193.	191.	100.	0.696	0.0239		11.1		0.390	0.878	0.634

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Benchmark	[-]	18.4
h0	[-]	45.0	45.1	18.4	0.585	0.0158		4.28		0.371	0.256	0.313
h0a	[-]	45.0	45.1	18.4	0.585	0.0158		4.28		0.371	0.256	0.313

	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
h0	[-]	10.0	9.80	7.25	0.192	0.0282		1.53		0.489	0.341	0.415
h0a	[-]	10.0	9.80	7.25	0.192	0.0282		1.53		0.489	0.341	0.415

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)