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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	71.9	73.1	32.8	0.365	0.0526		10.3		0.325	0.542	0.433
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	71.9	73.0	32.8	0.365	0.0526		10.3		0.325	0.542	0.434
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	55.7	56.6	32.8	0.312	0.0526		6.16		0.425	0.716	0.570
I67_GSWP3	[-]	45.5	45.7	32.8	0.408	2.31e-06		3.56		0.516	0.843	0.680

	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	[-]	8.35
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	9.47	8.21	8.34	0.192	0.0114		0.0187		0.440	0.654	0.547
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	9.47	8.21	8.34	0.192	0.0114		0.0187		0.440	0.654	0.547
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	6.85	5.92	8.34	0.181	0.0114		-0.403		0.451	0.830	0.641
I67_GSWP3	[-]	4.43	3.72	8.35	0.159	0.00323		-0.793		0.429	0.781	0.605

	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	[-]	10.6
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	30.8	29.5	10.6	0.592	0.0246		2.36		0.307	0.193	0.250
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	30.8	29.5	10.6	0.592	0.0246		2.36		0.306	0.193	0.250
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	24.5	23.4	10.6	0.531	0.0246		1.63		0.358	0.270	0.314
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.7	11.1	10.6	0.417	0.00201		0.228		0.417	0.639	0.528

	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	[-]	4.69
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	10.2	10.1	4.67	0.135	0.0241		1.93		0.258	0.833	0.546
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	9.06	9.02	4.67	0.126	0.0241		1.58		0.296	0.810	0.553
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	8.20	8.18	4.67	0.107	0.0241		1.29		0.332	0.854	0.593
I67_GSWP3	[-]	8.80	8.65	4.69	0.230			1.57		0.312	0.894	0.603

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	70.7	67.7	26.8	2.61	0.921		19.4		0.162	0.648	0.405
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	70.7	67.7	26.8	2.61	0.921		19.4		0.162	0.648	0.405
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	54.9	52.6	26.8	2.04	0.921		13.3		0.254	0.815	0.534
I67_GSWP3	[-]	49.9	46.8	27.7	2.76	0.0497		11.7		0.264	0.859	0.562

	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	[-]	43.5
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	97.2	95.2	43.5	0.373	0.0288		5.92		0.321	0.802	0.561
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	95.4	93.5	43.5	0.369	0.0288		5.73		0.330	0.813	0.571
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	70.9	69.5	43.5	0.217	0.0288		3.01		0.461	0.793	0.627
I67_GSWP3	[-]	72.8	71.2	43.5	0.374	3.68e-05		3.38		0.454	0.846	0.650

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	45.0	45.2	31.9	1.00	0.0700		1.15		0.337	0.696	0.517
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	45.1	45.2	31.9	1.00	0.0700		1.15		0.335	0.697	0.516
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	40.5	40.5	31.9	0.948	0.0700		0.840		0.350	0.748	0.549
I67_GSWP3	[-]	42.0	42.1	32.0	0.856	0.00351		0.963		0.342	0.821	0.581

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	42.2	40.1	20.9	0.981	0.146		4.22		0.300	0.561	0.430
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	42.2	40.1	20.9	0.981	0.146		4.22		0.300	0.561	0.430
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	34.9	33.3	20.9	0.770	0.146		2.93		0.354	0.693	0.523
I67_GSWP3	[-]	27.6	26.1	21.1	0.794	0.00771		1.83		0.387	0.828	0.608

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	12.1	12.5	3.81	0.112	0.000319		2.61		0.143	0.615	0.379
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	11.0	11.4	3.81	0.100	0.000319		2.28		0.175	0.638	0.406
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	9.22	9.49	3.81	0.0770	0.000319		1.70		0.232	0.751	0.492
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.5	11.8	3.81	0.156	1.59e-06		2.47		0.158	0.772	0.465

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	14.4	13.3	8.87	0.854	0.289		1.16		0.126	0.762	0.444
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	14.4	13.3	8.87	0.854	0.289		1.16		0.126	0.762	0.444
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	13.4	12.4	8.87	0.795	0.289		1.03		0.135	0.786	0.461
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.6	10.4	9.14	1.01	0.0267		0.875		0.161	0.810	0.486

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	22.9	22.1	12.0	0.557	0.0529		2.62		0.392	0.440	0.416
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	22.8	22.0	12.0	0.549	0.0529		2.60		0.393	0.441	0.417
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	17.3	16.6	12.0	0.431	0.0529		1.47		0.459	0.652	0.556
I67_GSWP3	[-]	17.5	16.5	12.0	0.629	0.00608		1.60		0.431	0.488	0.459

	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.
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	852.	838.	362.	11.2	2.19		4.63		0.268	0.482	0.375
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	845.	832.	362.	11.1	2.19		4.58		0.272	0.482	0.377
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	681.	669.	362.	9.31	2.19		3.11		0.322	0.621	0.471
I67_GSWP3	[-]	605.	592.	364.	11.5	0.125		2.51		0.333	0.723	0.528

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	3.30	2.72	1.23	0.584	0.00652		0.421		0.151	0.686	0.419
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	3.28	2.70	1.23	0.590	0.00652		0.418		0.150	0.684	0.417
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	3.32	2.75	1.23	0.586	0.00652		0.434		0.149	0.682	0.415
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.26	1.86	1.24	0.422	0.000602		0.254		0.188	0.712	0.450

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	20.0	19.4	5.59	0.313	0.0265		2.62		0.155	0.321	0.238
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	18.8	18.3	5.59	0.270	0.0265		2.43		0.182	0.322	0.252
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	12.3	11.8	5.59	0.189	0.0265		1.26		0.268	0.595	0.431
I67_GSWP3	[-]	18.3	17.7	5.62	0.381	1.31e-05		2.34		0.148	0.414	0.281

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	17.1	16.0	8.09	0.668	0.122		4.41		0.323	0.316	0.320
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	17.1	16.0	8.09	0.668	0.122		4.41		0.323	0.316	0.320
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	14.1	13.1	8.09	0.555	0.122		3.18		0.363	0.464	0.414
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.6	10.5	8.19	0.716	0.0230		2.36		0.397	0.538	0.467

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	23.8	23.4	14.8	0.277	0.0147		2.58		0.515	0.636	0.576
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	23.8	23.3	14.8	0.276	0.0147		2.56		0.516	0.637	0.577
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	22.1	21.8	14.8	0.250	0.0147		2.13		0.539	0.706	0.622
I67_GSWP3	[-]	15.4	15.0	14.8	0.281	2.51e-05		0.415		0.567	0.830	0.698

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	61.0	60.9	19.8	0.359	0.219		8.26		0.180	0.631	0.405
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	59.8	59.7	19.8	0.357	0.219		8.04		0.183	0.649	0.416
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	43.0	42.9	19.8	0.287	0.219		4.78		0.271	0.791	0.531
I67_GSWP3	[-]	51.5	51.2	20.1	0.476			6.42		0.230	0.741	0.485

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	9.45	9.43	7.99	0.0706	0.0515		0.562		0.323	0.905	0.614
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	9.46	9.45	7.99	0.0704	0.0515		0.566		0.323	0.904	0.614
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	6.08	6.07	7.99	0.0545	0.0515		-0.313		0.350	0.792	0.571
I67_GSWP3	[-]	9.16	9.12	8.04	0.147	1.99e-06		0.523		0.323	0.871	0.597

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	238.	237.	88.8	0.566	0.0655		18.2		0.206	0.594	0.400
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	238.	237.	88.8	0.566	0.0655		18.2		0.206	0.594	0.400
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	197.	196.	88.8	0.447	0.0655		13.2		0.297	0.719	0.508
I67_GSWP3	[-]	157.	156.	88.9	0.703	0.00100		8.29		0.430	0.853	0.642

	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
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	42.8	43.0	9.08	0.393	0.0128		5.37		0.150	0.193	0.172
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	42.8	43.1	9.08	0.393	0.0128		5.38		0.149	0.194	0.171
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	37.8	38.0	9.08	0.342	0.0128		4.59		0.179	0.217	0.198
I67_GSWP3	[-]	26.9	27.0	9.09	0.341	0.000333		2.87		0.228	0.288	0.258

	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	[-]	2.45
I62_CRUJRA	[-]	8.65	8.51	2.40	0.169	0.0496		3.02		0.114	0.166	0.140
I63_CRUJRA	[-]	8.65	8.51	2.40	0.169	0.0496		3.02		0.113	0.166	0.140
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	8.35	8.19	2.40	0.170	0.0496		2.88		0.114	0.184	0.149
I67_GSWP3	[-]	9.43	9.38	2.45	0.166	0.000743		2.88		0.115	0.239	0.177

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