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
default	[-]	3.99	3.43	32.8	0.0104	9.13e-05		4.42		0.462	0.818	0.640
handtune0011	[-]	2.12	1.78	32.8	0.0110	9.13e-05		-1.54		0.584	0.879	0.732

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Benchmark	[-]	8.35
default	[-]	0.291	0.679	8.35	0.0313	0.000513		-0.198		0.413	0.741	0.577
handtune0011	[-]	0.260	0.489	8.35	0.0223	0.000513		-0.605		0.411	0.793	0.602

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Benchmark	[-]	10.6
default	[-]	2.60	2.66	10.6	0.0642	0.00708		0.793		0.389	0.421	0.405
handtune0011	[-]	1.67	1.70	10.6	0.0479	0.00708		0.0994		0.410	0.651	0.530

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Benchmark	[-]	4.69
default	[-]	0.360	0.408	4.68	0.0101	0.00974		0.518		0.435	0.835	0.635
handtune0011	[-]	0.279	0.333	4.68	0.00512	0.00974		-0.107		0.462	0.853	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
default	[-]	3.19	2.85	27.4	0.207	0.386		12.3		0.257	0.893	0.575
handtune0011	[-]	1.63	1.46	27.4	0.113	0.386		3.08		0.443	0.642	0.543

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Benchmark	[-]	43.5
default	[-]	6.94	6.81	43.5	0.0936	0.0248		2.21		0.456	0.748	0.602
handtune0011	[-]	4.72	4.61	43.5	0.0662	0.0248		-0.125		0.539	0.874	0.707

	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
default	[-]	4.89	5.10	31.9	0.163	0.0412		1.42		0.305	0.699	0.502
handtune0011	[-]	4.30	4.51	31.9	0.148	0.0412		0.963		0.328	0.756	0.542

	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
default	[-]	6.28	5.12	21.0	0.292	0.0221		2.75		0.313	0.726	0.520
handtune0011	[-]	4.34	3.51	21.0	0.150	0.0221		0.503		0.396	0.831	0.613

	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
default	[-]	0.822	0.793	3.81	0.00938	2.17e-05		0.856		0.359	0.797	0.578
handtune0011	[-]	0.422	0.404	3.81	0.00430	2.17e-05		-0.0674		0.462	0.832	0.647

	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
default	[-]	1.84	1.52	9.06	0.169	0.103		0.857		0.152	0.741	0.447
handtune0011	[-]	1.61	1.30	9.06	0.162	0.103		0.588		0.167	0.774	0.470

	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
default	[-]	1.71	1.58	12.0	0.139	0.00375		2.83		0.349	0.460	0.405
handtune0011	[-]	1.29	1.19	12.0	0.0966	0.00375		1.50		0.404	0.627	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	[-]	364.
default	[-]	62.4	59.6	363.	1.77	0.890		2.69		0.326	0.674	0.500
handtune0011	[-]	41.0	39.0	363.	1.24	0.890		0.610		0.399	0.872	0.636

	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
default	[-]	0.238	0.130	1.24	0.0584	0.000229		0.417		0.174	0.468	0.321
handtune0011	[-]	0.210	0.116	1.24	0.0557	0.000229		0.294		0.187	0.510	0.348

	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
default	[-]	1.33	1.41	5.62	0.0312	0.00290		1.35		0.285	0.475	0.380
handtune0011	[-]	0.483	0.515	5.62	0.0131	0.00290		-0.00748		0.451	0.844	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	[-]	8.21
default	[-]	1.28	1.14	8.14	0.158	0.0760		2.99		0.368	0.443	0.405
handtune0011	[-]	0.763	0.680	8.14	0.0933	0.0760		0.696		0.446	0.805	0.626

	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	[-]	1.70	1.78	14.8	0.0673	0.0107		1.29		0.520	0.804	0.662
handtune0011	[-]	1.58	1.64	14.8	0.0621	0.0107		0.891		0.553	0.878	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	[-]	20.1
default	[-]	5.81	5.24	20.0	0.152	0.0806		6.15		0.234	0.654	0.444
handtune0011	[-]	3.85	3.45	20.0	0.111	0.0806		2.97		0.365	0.816	0.591

	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
default	[-]	0.960	0.997	8.04	0.0112	0.00192		-0.183		0.323	0.837	0.580
handtune0011	[-]	0.539	0.563	8.04	0.00787	0.00192		-0.829		0.341	0.653	0.497

	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
default	[-]	13.7	13.4	88.8	0.0511	0.0416		8.98		0.409	0.823	0.616
handtune0011	[-]	7.38	7.21	88.8	0.0302	0.0416		-0.0310		0.662	0.907	0.785

	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
default	[-]	4.00	4.12	9.07	0.0270	0.0211		3.41		0.218	0.236	0.227
handtune0011	[-]	3.10	3.16	9.07	0.0201	0.0211		2.09		0.285	0.367	0.326

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Benchmark	[-]	2.45
default	[-]	0.447	0.412	2.39	0.0224	0.0570		3.04		0.129	0.176	0.153
handtune0011	[-]	0.423	0.390	2.39	0.0206	0.0570		2.00		0.151	0.352	0.252

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