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	[-]	32.8
Control	[-]	47.0	47.3	32.8	0.274	0.0526		3.87		0.478	0.817	0.647
Randomized	[-]	49.2	49.6	32.8	0.281	0.0526		4.43		0.459	0.798	0.628

	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	[-]	8.35
Control	[-]	3.24	2.64	8.34	0.146	0.0114		-0.984		0.383	0.710	0.547
Randomized	[-]	3.61	2.95	8.34	0.161	0.0114		-0.928		0.389	0.744	0.566

	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	[-]	10.6
Control	[-]	11.8	11.3	10.6	0.335	0.0246		0.240		0.400	0.518	0.459
Randomized	[-]	13.4	12.7	10.6	0.350	0.0246		0.407		0.393	0.498	0.446

	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	[-]	4.69
Control	[-]	5.15	5.14	4.67	0.0407	0.0241		0.245		0.452	0.874	0.663
Randomized	[-]	5.42	5.41	4.67	0.0413	0.0241		0.329		0.443	0.872	0.657

	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	[-]	27.8
Control	[-]	47.3	45.5	26.8	1.66	0.921		10.2		0.292	0.900	0.596
Randomized	[-]	47.8	45.9	26.8	1.69	0.921		10.5		0.292	0.906	0.599

	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	[-]	43.5
Control	[-]	69.1	67.6	43.5	0.347	0.0288		2.85		0.440	0.752	0.596
Randomized	[-]	69.8	68.3	43.5	0.350	0.0288		2.92		0.437	0.752	0.595

	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	[-]	32.0
Control	[-]	45.1	45.0	31.9	0.874	0.0700		1.15		0.306	0.724	0.515
Randomized	[-]	46.1	45.9	31.9	0.931	0.0700		1.20		0.300	0.725	0.513

	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	[-]	21.1
Control	[-]	35.8	34.3	20.9	0.772	0.146		3.11		0.341	0.634	0.488
Randomized	[-]	35.6	34.2	20.9	0.778	0.146		3.10		0.341	0.636	0.489

	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	[-]	3.81
Control	[-]	4.12	4.46	3.81	0.0360	0.000319		0.237		0.450	0.825	0.637
Randomized	[-]	4.32	4.65	3.81	0.0395	0.000319		0.293		0.445	0.817	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	[-]	9.16
Control	[-]	12.0	11.0	8.87	0.843	0.289		0.872		0.160	0.821	0.490
Randomized	[-]	11.9	10.9	8.87	0.838	0.289		0.862		0.163	0.820	0.492

	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	[-]	12.0
Control	[-]	25.2	24.2	12.0	0.613	0.0529		3.11		0.353	0.386	0.370
Randomized	[-]	25.7	24.7	12.0	0.620	0.0529		3.20		0.347	0.380	0.364

	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	[-]	364.
Control	[-]	584.	574.	362.	8.35	2.19		2.28		0.341	0.704	0.522
Randomized	[-]	599.	588.	362.	8.53	2.19		2.41		0.335	0.697	0.516

	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	[-]	1.24
Control	[-]	2.23	1.81	1.23	0.412	0.00652		0.191		0.190	0.726	0.458
Randomized	[-]	2.31	1.89	1.23	0.418	0.00652		0.208		0.188	0.723	0.456

	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	[-]	5.62
Control	[-]	17.6	17.5	5.59	0.0975	0.0265		2.15		0.240	0.264	0.252
Randomized	[-]	17.8	17.7	5.59	0.0998	0.0265		2.18		0.238	0.260	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	[-]	8.21
Control	[-]	13.5	12.7	8.09	0.484	0.122		2.86		0.364	0.461	0.413
Randomized	[-]	13.8	13.0	8.09	0.495	0.122		2.98		0.362	0.460	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	[-]	14.8
Control	[-]	18.8	18.4	14.8	0.250	0.0147		1.34		0.533	0.657	0.595
Randomized	[-]	18.7	18.3	14.8	0.251	0.0147		1.33		0.534	0.660	0.597

	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	[-]	20.1
Control	[-]	51.3	51.1	19.8	0.269	0.219		6.34		0.237	0.629	0.433
Randomized	[-]	51.4	51.2	19.8	0.271	0.219		6.37		0.235	0.631	0.433

	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	[-]	8.04
Control	[-]	4.40	4.40	7.99	0.0388	0.0515		-0.761		0.353	0.643	0.498
Randomized	[-]	4.46	4.45	7.99	0.0393	0.0515		-0.746		0.350	0.638	0.494

	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	[-]	88.9
Control	[-]	145.	144.	88.8	0.392	0.0655		6.99		0.436	0.867	0.652
Randomized	[-]	150.	149.	88.8	0.400	0.0655		7.55		0.424	0.872	0.648

	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	[-]	9.09
Control	[-]	18.8	19.0	9.08	0.283	0.0128		1.74		0.351	0.330	0.340
Randomized	[-]	20.9	21.1	9.08	0.287	0.0128		2.05		0.301	0.321	0.311

	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	[-]	2.45
Control	[-]	6.32	6.13	2.40	0.154	0.0496		1.70		0.139	0.412	0.276
Randomized	[-]	6.42	6.21	2.40	0.157	0.0496		1.73		0.137	0.404	0.271

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 forest live biomass carbon version 5.1

  Version:

5.1

  Institutions:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

  Source:

A combination of data in situ inventory plots and satellite light detection and ranging (Lidar) samples

  History:

2017-10-31: downloaded source from https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Saatchi

2019-03-14: convert original tif files to netcdf data using gdal_translate

2019-11-06: converted to ILAMB required netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-biomass-GlobalCarbon.py

  References:

Saatchi, S.S., N.L. Harris, S. Brown, M. Lefsky, E.T. 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, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(24), 9899-9904, doi:10.1073/pnas.1019576108

  Comments:

time_period: climatology

original_temporal_resolution: climatology

original_spatial_resolution: 0.25 degree

original_units: kg/m2 biomass

final_temporal_resolution: climatology

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2 carbon

  Convention:

CF-1.7