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	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.7
CLM4	[-]	49.5	50.3	0.175	38.7	0.0457		2.84		0.647	0.812	0.729
CLM4.5	[-]	45.4	45.4	0.214	38.7	0.0457		1.81		0.606	0.776	0.691
CLM5	[-]	38.5	38.7	0.202	38.7	0.0457		0.293		0.774	0.952	0.863

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.9
CLM4	[-]	7.62	6.82	0.00883	11.9	0.0196		-0.754		0.580	0.883	0.731
CLM4.5	[-]	2.26	2.02	0.0241	11.9	0.0196		-1.47		0.428	0.379	0.404
CLM5	[-]	3.25	2.85	0.0430	11.9	0.0196		-1.35		0.454	0.594	0.524

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.6
CLM4	[-]	10.9	10.4	0.239	24.5	0.0612		-1.42		0.526	0.842	0.684
CLM4.5	[-]	4.94	4.60	0.227	24.5	0.0612		-2.04		0.441	0.697	0.569
CLM5	[-]	12.3	11.7	0.367	24.5	0.0612		-1.21		0.507	0.799	0.653

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	36.8
CLM4	[-]	62.7	60.1	2.37	35.7	1.10		12.8		0.454	0.682	0.568
CLM4.5	[-]	54.1	51.6	2.16	35.7	1.10		10.3		0.535	0.872	0.703
CLM5	[-]	39.9	37.9	1.80	35.7	1.10		5.14		0.715	0.918	0.817

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.4
CLM4	[-]	40.6	30.7	10.5	38.3	0.0891		-0.539		0.580	0.644	0.612
CLM4.5	[-]	40.9	30.9	10.3	38.3	0.0891		-0.477		0.530	0.603	0.567
CLM5	[-]	31.6	23.2	9.15	38.3	0.0891		-1.53		0.586	0.801	0.694

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	43.7
CLM4	[-]	28.1	26.8	0.491	43.4	0.257		-1.57		0.607	0.856	0.731
CLM4.5	[-]	22.9	21.6	0.572	43.4	0.257		-2.15		0.527	0.785	0.656
CLM5	[-]	24.8	23.2	0.670	43.4	0.257		-1.98		0.606	0.890	0.748

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	13.7
CLM4	[-]	7.61	1.66	5.85	13.5	0.139		-1.85		0.418	0.581	0.499
CLM4.5	[-]	7.63	1.55	6.01	13.5	0.139		-1.85		0.413	0.544	0.479
CLM5	[-]	11.0	3.66	7.16	13.5	0.139		-1.38		0.445	0.638	0.541

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	352.
CLM4	[-]	467.	376.	90.9	348.	3.81		0.986		0.539	0.628	0.583
CLM4.5	[-]	452.	327.	125.	348.	3.81		0.359		0.537	0.704	0.621
CLM5	[-]	486.	309.	178.	348.	3.81		0.0653		0.638	0.854	0.746

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.53
CLM4	[-]	1.32	0.117	1.21	2.53	0.00250		-1.09		0.385	0.0111	0.198
CLM4.5	[-]	1.34	0.119	1.24	2.53	0.00250		-1.08		0.385	0.0203	0.203
CLM5	[-]	1.55	0.211	1.35	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.395	0.0211	0.208

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.1
CLM4	[-]	4.64	4.09	0.284	10.9	0.149		-1.52		0.455	0.665	0.560
CLM4.5	[-]	8.47	7.78	0.434	10.9	0.149		0.0277		0.535	0.684	0.610
CLM5	[-]	10.2	9.38	0.547	10.9	0.149		0.813		0.607	0.775	0.691

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.55
CLM4	[-]	13.4	2.27	11.0	1.52	0.0247		1.54		0.638	0.767	0.703
CLM4.5	[-]	14.7	1.63	12.9	1.52	0.0247		0.864		0.600	0.764	0.682
CLM5	[-]	11.9	1.32	10.5	1.52	0.0247		0.434		0.550	0.683	0.617

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.219
CLM4	[-]	3.99	0.100	3.95	0.219			-0.388		0.491	0.192	0.341
CLM4.5	[-]	2.99	0.0814	2.95	0.219			-0.445		0.467	0.128	0.297
CLM5	[-]	3.04	0.0844	2.99	0.219			-0.433		0.468	0.0819	0.275

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	100.
CLM4	[-]	159.	158.	0.331	100.	0.0690		7.20		0.511	0.493	0.502
CLM4.5	[-]	141.	141.	0.404	100.	0.0690		5.17		0.585	0.674	0.630
CLM5	[-]	128.	128.	0.396	100.	0.0690		3.63		0.709	0.919	0.814

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	18.4
CLM4	[-]	17.8	17.9	0.122	18.4	0.0281		0.0899		0.547	0.530	0.539
CLM4.5	[-]	13.5	13.4	0.195	18.4	0.0281		-0.573		0.515	0.570	0.543
CLM5	[-]	21.8	21.8	0.347	18.4	0.0281		0.735		0.546	0.579	0.563

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	7.28
CLM4	[-]	4.80	5.04	0.0866	7.15	0.128		-0.164		0.492	0.496	0.494
CLM4.5	[-]	5.00	5.06	0.113	7.15	0.128		-0.0225		0.468	0.509	0.488
CLM5	[-]	6.25	6.14	0.145	7.15	0.128		0.387		0.524	0.568	0.546

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  title: Global Tropical Forest Biomass

  institution: NASA-JPL (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA)

  institute_id: NASA-JPL

  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

  creation_date: 2015-01-08-T06:37:41Z

  Conventions: CF-1.6

  product: observations

  data_structure: grid

  realm: land

  contact: Prof. James T. Randerson (jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu)

  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.