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
default	[-]	4.00	3.51	70.3		0.000122		-3.32		0.624	0.862	0.743
handtune0011	[-]	2.14	1.85	70.3		0.000122		-8.71		0.546	0.400	0.473

	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
default	[-]	0.291	0.627	14.8		0.000736		-0.998		0.583	0.657	0.620
handtune0011	[-]	0.257	0.465	14.8		0.000736		-1.35		0.577	0.359	0.468

	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
default	[-]	2.44	2.58	29.1		0.00862		-0.927		0.521	0.763	0.642
handtune0011	[-]	1.69	1.77	29.1		0.00862		-1.60		0.527	0.541	0.534

	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	[-]	5.41
default	[-]	0.393	0.448	5.41		0.00909		0.484		0.497	0.810	0.654
handtune0011	[-]	0.305	0.360	5.41		0.00909		-0.190		0.544	0.844	0.694

	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
default	[-]	3.29	3.15	45.4		0.478		10.0		0.352	0.730	0.541
handtune0011	[-]	1.70	1.64	45.4		0.478		0.877		0.393	0.314	0.354

	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
default	[-]	7.21	7.16	73.2		0.0289		-0.646		0.642	0.929	0.786
handtune0011	[-]	4.95	4.90	73.2		0.0289		-3.02		0.595	0.836	0.716

	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
default	[-]	5.03	5.47	24.4		0.0150		1.92		0.482	0.531	0.506
handtune0011	[-]	4.41	4.83	24.4		0.0150		1.48		0.508	0.592	0.550

	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
default	[-]	6.29	5.41	16.0		0.0126		4.06		0.324	0.515	0.419
handtune0011	[-]	4.29	3.58	16.0		0.0126		1.67		0.419	0.760	0.590

	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
default	[-]	0.850	0.831	5.95		0.000164		0.343		0.538	0.900	0.719
handtune0011	[-]	0.430	0.417	5.95		0.000164		-0.571		0.624	0.595	0.609

	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
default	[-]	1.87	1.74	11.1		0.0898		1.08		0.537	0.745	0.641
handtune0011	[-]	1.63	1.48	11.1		0.0898		0.745		0.562	0.767	0.664

	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
default	[-]	1.74	1.75	27.0		0.00495		0.911		0.434	0.837	0.636
handtune0011	[-]	1.31	1.30	27.0		0.00495		-0.441		0.448	0.776	0.612

	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.
default	[-]	63.6	62.6	625.		1.09		0.956		0.549	0.886	0.717
handtune0011	[-]	42.0	41.3	625.		1.09		-0.883		0.567	0.680	0.624

	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
default	[-]	0.246	0.194	1.75		0.000605		0.152		0.856	0.564	0.710
handtune0011	[-]	0.212	0.173	1.75		0.000605		0.108		0.866	0.595	0.731

	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
default	[-]	1.37	1.47	10.2		0.00252		0.598		0.517	0.770	0.643
handtune0011	[-]	0.489	0.532	10.2		0.00252		-0.514		0.564	0.644	0.604

	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
default	[-]	1.28	1.31	9.96		0.101		3.09		0.384	0.569	0.476
handtune0011	[-]	0.762	0.777	9.96		0.101		0.746		0.442	0.807	0.625

	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
default	[-]	1.75	1.93	22.5		0.0225		0.0271		0.531	0.853	0.692
handtune0011	[-]	1.64	1.79	22.5		0.0225		-0.377		0.539	0.796	0.668

	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
default	[-]	5.91	5.47	35.0		0.0826		3.76		0.419	0.887	0.653
handtune0011	[-]	3.95	3.63	35.0		0.0826		0.567		0.545	0.873	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	[-]	10.3
default	[-]	0.986	1.04	10.3		0.00178		-0.412		0.428	0.751	0.589
handtune0011	[-]	0.559	0.592	10.3		0.00178		-1.12		0.473	0.571	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	[-]	185.
default	[-]	14.1	13.8	185.		0.0679		-1.38		0.677	0.888	0.783
handtune0011	[-]	7.63	7.48	185.		0.0679		-10.5		0.568	0.449	0.509

	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
default	[-]	4.05	4.25	21.5		0.0461		1.76		0.392	0.760	0.576
handtune0011	[-]	3.15	3.26	21.5		0.0461		0.421		0.445	0.837	0.641

	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
default	[-]	0.464	0.449	5.93		0.119		1.96		0.486	0.660	0.573
handtune0011	[-]	0.435	0.422	5.93		0.119		0.984		0.513	0.794	0.654

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