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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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	42.9	43.3	0.201	38.7	0.0457		1.34		0.709	0.904	0.807
GSWP3v1	[-]	38.5	38.7	0.202	38.7	0.0457		0.293		0.774	0.952	0.863
WATCH	[-]	38.8	39.5	0.189	38.7	0.0457		0.454		0.786	0.962	0.874

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.54	3.10	0.0369	11.9	0.0196		-1.31		0.465	0.623	0.544
GSWP3v1	[-]	3.25	2.85	0.0430	11.9	0.0196		-1.35		0.454	0.594	0.524
WATCH	[-]	6.17	5.45	0.0493	11.9	0.0196		-0.954		0.516	0.841	0.678

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	17.0	16.3	0.393	24.5	0.0612		-0.721		0.558	0.788	0.673
GSWP3v1	[-]	12.3	11.7	0.367	24.5	0.0612		-1.21		0.507	0.799	0.653
WATCH	[-]	20.7	20.0	0.395	24.5	0.0612		-0.328		0.552	0.734	0.643

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	49.4	46.8	2.28	35.7	1.10		8.69		0.616	0.935	0.776
GSWP3v1	[-]	39.9	37.9	1.80	35.7	1.10		5.14		0.715	0.918	0.817
WATCH	[-]	38.9	36.8	1.87	35.7	1.10		4.82		0.738	0.869	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	[-]	38.4
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	36.1	23.9	13.0	38.3	0.0891		-1.35		0.543	0.685	0.614
GSWP3v1	[-]	31.6	23.2	9.15	38.3	0.0891		-1.53		0.586	0.801	0.694
WATCH	[-]	33.2	21.8	11.9	38.3	0.0891		-1.75		0.598	0.862	0.730

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	25.4	24.0	0.749	43.4	0.257		-1.74		0.587	0.855	0.721
GSWP3v1	[-]	24.8	23.2	0.670	43.4	0.257		-1.98		0.606	0.890	0.748
WATCH	[-]	25.6	24.3	0.656	43.4	0.257		-1.84		0.616	0.899	0.758

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	11.5	4.26	7.02	13.5	0.139		-1.29		0.463	0.617	0.540
GSWP3v1	[-]	11.0	3.66	7.16	13.5	0.139		-1.38		0.445	0.638	0.541
WATCH	[-]	11.8	4.29	7.29	13.5	0.139		-1.26		0.454	0.590	0.522

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	589.	355.	233.	348.	3.81		0.826		0.590	0.766	0.678
GSWP3v1	[-]	486.	309.	178.	348.	3.81		0.0653		0.638	0.854	0.746
WATCH	[-]	505.	339.	166.	348.	3.81		0.488		0.629	0.841	0.735

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.68	0.229	1.44	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.396	0.0230	0.210
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.55	0.211	1.35	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.395	0.0211	0.208
WATCH	[-]	2.26	0.303	1.93	2.53	0.00250		-1.00		0.402	0.0428	0.222

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	11.9	11.0	0.602	10.9	0.149		1.49		0.573	0.684	0.628
GSWP3v1	[-]	10.2	9.38	0.547	10.9	0.149		0.813		0.607	0.775	0.691
WATCH	[-]	10.8	10.1	0.526	10.9	0.149		1.07		0.611	0.795	0.703

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	17.7	3.58	14.0	1.52	0.0247		3.61		0.472	0.490	0.481
GSWP3v1	[-]	11.9	1.32	10.5	1.52	0.0247		0.434		0.550	0.683	0.617
WATCH	[-]	13.8	2.67	11.1	1.52	0.0247		2.23		0.562	0.638	0.600

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.48	0.0759	3.42	0.219			-0.459		0.463	0.0991	0.281
GSWP3v1	[-]	3.04	0.0844	2.99	0.219			-0.433		0.468	0.0819	0.275
WATCH	[-]	3.34	0.0966	3.27	0.219			-0.404		0.472	0.142	0.307

	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.
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	152.	151.	0.453	100.	0.0690		6.40		0.602	0.843	0.722
GSWP3v1	[-]	128.	128.	0.396	100.	0.0690		3.63		0.709	0.919	0.814
WATCH	[-]	144.	143.	0.384	100.	0.0690		5.46		0.630	0.864	0.747

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	21.7	21.7	0.382	18.4	0.0281		0.759		0.617	0.725	0.671
GSWP3v1	[-]	21.8	21.8	0.347	18.4	0.0281		0.735		0.546	0.579	0.563
WATCH	[-]	23.9	23.9	0.319	18.4	0.0281		1.04		0.571	0.670	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	[-]	7.28
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.25	5.14	0.150	7.15	0.128		0.169		0.530	0.533	0.532
GSWP3v1	[-]	6.25	6.14	0.145	7.15	0.128		0.387		0.524	0.568	0.546
WATCH	[-]	5.85	5.77	0.133	7.15	0.128		0.183		0.555	0.675	0.615

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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.