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 Globe 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]	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	[-]	32.8
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	42.9	43.3	0.233	32.8	0.0526		2.86		0.650	0.863	0.757
GSWP3v1	[-]	38.5	38.7	0.241	32.8	0.0526		1.73		0.717	0.926	0.822
WATCH	[-]	38.8	39.5	0.235	32.8	0.0526		1.91		0.731	0.940	0.836

	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	[-]	8.35
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.54	2.95	0.191	8.34	0.0114		-0.934		0.497	0.662	0.580
GSWP3v1	[-]	3.24	2.69	0.201	8.34	0.0114		-0.977		0.477	0.622	0.550
WATCH	[-]	6.17	5.28	0.220	8.34	0.0114		-0.518		0.570	0.879	0.724

	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	[-]	10.6
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	17.1	16.4	0.388	10.6	0.0246		0.803		0.514	0.515	0.514
GSWP3v1	[-]	12.3	11.7	0.363	10.6	0.0246		0.299		0.500	0.561	0.530
WATCH	[-]	20.7	20.0	0.385	10.6	0.0246		1.21		0.452	0.450	0.451

	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	[-]	4.69
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.06	5.01	0.0720	4.67	0.0241		0.237		0.599	0.858	0.728
GSWP3v1	[-]	4.17	4.12	0.0636	4.67	0.0241		-0.0436		0.581	0.798	0.689
WATCH	[-]	5.34	5.30	0.0697	4.67	0.0241		0.336		0.645	0.828	0.736

	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	[-]	27.8
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	49.4	47.3	1.89	26.8	0.921		11.4		0.466	0.913	0.690
GSWP3v1	[-]	39.9	38.2	1.51	26.8	0.921		7.87		0.607	0.919	0.763
WATCH	[-]	38.9	37.1	1.55	26.8	0.921		7.57		0.633	0.880	0.757

	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	[-]	43.5
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	73.2	71.7	0.369	43.5	0.0288		3.33		0.501	0.547	0.524
GSWP3v1	[-]	52.5	51.4	0.326	43.5	0.0288		1.03		0.493	0.626	0.560
WATCH	[-]	49.8	48.8	0.265	43.5	0.0288		0.704		0.667	0.931	0.799

	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	[-]	32.0
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.1	36.1	0.765	31.9	0.0804		0.598		0.504	0.751	0.628
GSWP3v1	[-]	31.6	31.8	0.632	31.9	0.0804		0.262		0.606	0.861	0.734
WATCH	[-]	33.2	33.1	0.669	31.9	0.0804		0.336		0.647	0.894	0.771

	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	[-]	21.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	25.4	24.1	0.687	20.9	0.146		1.53		0.535	0.742	0.638
GSWP3v1	[-]	24.8	23.3	0.610	20.9	0.146		1.28		0.600	0.820	0.710
WATCH	[-]	25.5	24.3	0.604	20.9	0.146		1.42		0.596	0.834	0.715

	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	[-]	3.81
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	8.81	9.19	0.106	3.81	0.000319		1.63		0.458	0.675	0.566
GSWP3v1	[-]	6.88	7.17	0.0941	3.81	0.000319		1.03		0.512	0.754	0.633
WATCH	[-]	5.00	5.20	0.0595	3.81	0.000319		0.445		0.677	0.915	0.796

	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	[-]	9.16
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	11.5	10.5	0.819	8.87	0.289		0.811		0.580	0.783	0.681
GSWP3v1	[-]	11.0	10.0	0.829	8.87	0.289		0.760		0.605	0.812	0.708
WATCH	[-]	11.8	10.8	0.800	8.87	0.289		0.850		0.616	0.824	0.720

	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	[-]	12.0
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	26.8	25.7	0.646	12.0	0.0529		3.42		0.443	0.261	0.352
GSWP3v1	[-]	18.2	17.4	0.537	12.0	0.0529		1.77		0.466	0.349	0.407
WATCH	[-]	13.3	12.6	0.451	12.0	0.0529		0.862		0.508	0.526	0.517

	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	[-]	368.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	589.	578.	11.2	363.	4.64		2.37		0.514	0.680	0.597
GSWP3v1	[-]	487.	477.	9.77	363.	4.64		1.46		0.573	0.784	0.679
WATCH	[-]	505.	496.	9.63	363.	4.64		1.60		0.596	0.814	0.705

	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	[-]	1.24
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.68	1.27	0.401	1.23	0.00783		0.0633		0.494	0.673	0.584
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.55	1.22	0.341	1.23	0.00783		0.0659		0.507	0.738	0.623
WATCH	[-]	2.27	1.81	0.433	1.23	0.00783		0.204		0.513	0.728	0.621

	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	[-]	5.62
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	16.4	16.0	0.288	5.59	0.0265		1.94		0.297	0.357	0.327
GSWP3v1	[-]	14.5	14.1	0.228	5.59	0.0265		1.60		0.345	0.405	0.375
WATCH	[-]	11.4	11.0	0.209	5.59	0.0265		1.04		0.453	0.554	0.504

	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	[-]	8.21
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	11.9	11.1	0.518	8.09	0.122		2.42		0.498	0.495	0.497
GSWP3v1	[-]	10.2	9.46	0.474	8.09	0.122		1.74		0.539	0.599	0.569
WATCH	[-]	10.8	10.1	0.449	8.09	0.122		2.00		0.540	0.625	0.583

	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	[-]	14.8
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	17.8	17.4	0.231	14.8	0.0147		1.04		0.629	0.717	0.673
GSWP3v1	[-]	12.0	11.7	0.182	14.8	0.0147		-0.425		0.652	0.870	0.761
WATCH	[-]	13.9	13.6	0.173	14.8	0.0147		0.0172		0.698	0.907	0.803

	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	[-]	20.1
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	56.8	56.7	0.307	19.8	0.219		7.50		0.303	0.635	0.469
GSWP3v1	[-]	43.6	43.6	0.247	19.8	0.219		4.91		0.403	0.721	0.562
WATCH	[-]	38.9	38.8	0.228	19.8	0.219		3.98		0.465	0.808	0.636

	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	[-]	8.04
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.49	3.46	0.0449	7.99	0.0515		-0.996		0.524	0.654	0.589
GSWP3v1	[-]	3.04	3.04	0.0352	7.99	0.0515		-1.10		0.511	0.490	0.500
WATCH	[-]	3.35	3.34	0.0401	7.99	0.0515		-1.04		0.507	0.509	0.508

	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	[-]	88.9
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	152.	151.	0.431	88.8	0.0655		7.77		0.546	0.889	0.718
GSWP3v1	[-]	129.	128.	0.373	88.8	0.0655		5.00		0.646	0.945	0.795
WATCH	[-]	144.	144.	0.361	88.8	0.0655		6.83		0.577	0.908	0.743

	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	[-]	9.09
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	21.7	21.8	0.315	9.08	0.0128		2.16		0.415	0.388	0.402
GSWP3v1	[-]	21.8	21.8	0.283	9.08	0.0128		2.13		0.323	0.298	0.311
WATCH	[-]	23.9	23.9	0.260	9.08	0.0128		2.44		0.318	0.361	0.340

	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	[-]	2.45
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.25	5.16	0.145	2.40	0.0496		1.70		0.371	0.295	0.333
GSWP3v1	[-]	6.26	6.15	0.140	2.40	0.0496		1.92		0.352	0.318	0.335
WATCH	[-]	5.86	5.78	0.127	2.40	0.0496		1.71		0.384	0.398	0.391

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 Globe 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

  Approach: To convert the original data in0.25x0.25 to the final one at 0.5x0.5 degree resolution, Please see conversion steps listed in http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/readme_biomass. 3 codes below will be used in these steps. Code 1: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/read-GlobalCarbon.pro Code 2: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-GlobalCarbon.ncl Code 3: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-GlobalCarbon.ncl First, I used Code 1 to read above ground and below ground biomass carbon data in quater degree from the original geotiff file; then I used Code 2 to convert unit from the orignal unit of ton C per hectare to the final one of Kg C per m2, meanwhile I summed all available data points for both above and below ground data in each 0.5x0.5 grid cell to obtain the total biomass in 0.5x0.5 degree resolution; finally I used Code 3 to create the final file in netCDF format.

  Temporal resolution: climatology

  General information: This product was derived from global biomass carbon stocks data originally in 0.25x0.25 degree resolution.

  Spatial resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/read-GlobalCarbon.pro http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-GlobalCarbon.ncl http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/write-GlobalCarbon.ncl