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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	46.2	46.9	70.2		0.101		-4.55		0.646	0.853	0.750
Control	[-]	48.3	48.9	70.2		0.101		-4.13		0.641	0.876	0.759
Randomized	[-]	50.0	50.6	70.2		0.101		-3.74		0.647	0.893	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	4.44	3.84	14.7		0.0144		-1.60		0.617	0.296	0.456
Control	[-]	3.39	2.82	14.7		0.0144		-1.76		0.616	0.302	0.459
Randomized	[-]	3.71	3.09	14.7		0.0144		-1.72		0.617	0.331	0.474

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	15.6	15.4	29.0		0.0466		-1.05		0.533	0.764	0.648
Control	[-]	13.1	13.0	29.0		0.0466		-1.34		0.539	0.723	0.631
Randomized	[-]	14.0	13.8	29.0		0.0466		-1.25		0.540	0.741	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	[-]	5.50
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	4.07	4.09	5.54		0.0233		-0.260		0.548	0.815	0.681
Control	[-]	5.22	5.25	5.54		0.0233		0.0338		0.558	0.879	0.719
Randomized	[-]	5.56	5.59	5.54		0.0233		0.133		0.544	0.874	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	47.1	47.1	44.6		1.20		7.09		0.445	0.795	0.620
Control	[-]	47.2	47.3	44.6		1.20		6.55		0.419	0.761	0.590
Randomized	[-]	47.8	47.9	44.6		1.20		6.80		0.417	0.757	0.587

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	55.2	54.4	73.2		0.0600		-1.84		0.624	0.909	0.766
Control	[-]	68.7	67.6	73.2		0.0600		-0.392		0.690	0.954	0.822
Randomized	[-]	69.7	68.6	73.2		0.0600		-0.289		0.689	0.954	0.822

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	41.6	42.5	24.1		0.0333		1.40		0.543	0.580	0.561
Control	[-]	45.0	45.8	24.1		0.0333		1.57		0.538	0.612	0.575
Randomized	[-]	46.1	46.9	24.1		0.0333		1.63		0.525	0.611	0.568

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	30.0	29.1	16.0		0.0996		3.08		0.414	0.570	0.492
Control	[-]	35.3	34.8	16.0		0.0996		3.91		0.399	0.478	0.439
Randomized	[-]	35.6	35.0	16.0		0.0996		3.96		0.394	0.475	0.435

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	5.99	6.32	5.90		0.00243		0.178		0.542	0.898	0.720
Control	[-]	4.06	4.40	5.90		0.00243		-0.349		0.631	0.901	0.766
Randomized	[-]	4.35	4.69	5.90		0.00243		-0.269		0.623	0.904	0.763

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	13.3	13.3	10.9		0.323		1.26		0.543	0.781	0.662
Control	[-]	11.9	11.9	10.9		0.323		0.969		0.570	0.818	0.694
Randomized	[-]	12.1	12.1	10.9		0.323		1.00		0.575	0.818	0.697

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	19.0	18.6	27.0		0.0892		-0.252		0.485	0.834	0.660
Control	[-]	25.2	24.8	27.0		0.0892		0.923		0.495	0.848	0.671
Randomized	[-]	25.5	25.0	27.0		0.0892		0.976		0.494	0.848	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	[-]	626.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	574.	573.	624.	0.00402	2.64		0.317		0.584	0.898	0.741
Control	[-]	589.	588.	624.	0.00328	2.64		0.381		0.593	0.895	0.744
Randomized	[-]	603.	602.	624.	0.00326	2.64		0.483		0.590	0.899	0.745

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.09	2.11	1.74		0.00994		0.0689		0.877	0.714	0.796
Control	[-]	2.20	2.20	1.74		0.00994		0.0667		0.884	0.760	0.822
Randomized	[-]	2.27	2.27	1.74		0.00994		0.0717		0.881	0.754	0.818

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	12.9	12.7	10.1		0.0271		0.516		0.504	0.774	0.639
Control	[-]	17.6	17.5	10.1		0.0271		1.14		0.493	0.588	0.541
Randomized	[-]	17.9	17.8	10.1		0.0271		1.17		0.488	0.583	0.536

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	12.4	12.0	9.92		0.139		2.44		0.415	0.654	0.534
Control	[-]	13.4	13.0	9.92		0.139		2.51		0.417	0.647	0.532
Randomized	[-]	13.6	13.2	9.92		0.139		2.59		0.413	0.643	0.528

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	18.4	18.3	22.5		0.0216		-0.377		0.594	0.916	0.755
Control	[-]	18.4	18.3	22.5		0.0216		-0.347		0.595	0.908	0.751
Randomized	[-]	18.5	18.4	22.5		0.0216		-0.304		0.593	0.907	0.750

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	49.6	49.9	35.0		0.199		3.45		0.489	0.913	0.701
Control	[-]	51.6	51.7	35.0		0.199		3.74		0.487	0.904	0.696
Randomized	[-]	51.5	51.6	35.0		0.199		3.72		0.490	0.906	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	[-]	10.3
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	4.69	4.75	10.3		0.0522		-1.16		0.494	0.512	0.503
Control	[-]	4.37	4.42	10.3		0.0522		-1.28		0.536	0.499	0.518
Randomized	[-]	4.40	4.45	10.3		0.0522		-1.27		0.542	0.497	0.520

	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.
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	157.	156.	186.		0.0828		-2.66		0.695	0.842	0.768
Control	[-]	149.	148.	186.		0.0828		-3.68		0.675	0.832	0.753
Randomized	[-]	153.	153.	186.		0.0828		-3.18		0.680	0.835	0.757

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	27.2	28.0	21.5	0.00402	0.0295		1.33		0.466	0.791	0.629
Control	[-]	19.0	19.9	21.5	0.00328	0.0295		0.130		0.515	0.852	0.683
Randomized	[-]	21.2	22.1	21.5	0.00326	0.0295		0.440		0.509	0.856	0.683

	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
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	7.24	7.15	5.89		0.0833		1.25		0.462	0.774	0.618
Control	[-]	6.31	6.11	5.89		0.0833		0.682		0.437	0.785	0.611
Randomized	[-]	6.43	6.19	5.89		0.0833		0.714		0.428	0.787	0.608

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