Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - Indonesia Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Australia Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States 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	[-]	38.7
101	[-]	61.4	57.5	38.7	0.874	0.000568		4.93		0.474	0.685	0.580
105	[-]	43.9	41.0	38.7	0.603	0.000568		1.03		0.602	0.917	0.759
111	[-]	48.1	45.1	38.7	0.648	0.000568		1.98		0.577	0.858	0.717
112	[-]	44.6	41.8	38.7	0.661	0.000568		1.24		0.577	0.865	0.721
113	[-]	29.4	27.4	38.7	0.420	0.000568		-2.18		0.635	0.934	0.784
114	[-]	44.5	41.7	38.7	0.579	0.000568		1.15		0.595	0.895	0.745

	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	[-]	11.9
101	[-]	4.23	6.04	11.9	0.0807	0.000887		-0.853		0.479	0.815	0.647
105	[-]	3.57	4.99	11.9	0.0672	0.000887		-1.02		0.466	0.815	0.641
111	[-]	3.82	5.34	11.9	0.0633	0.000887		-0.965		0.483	0.832	0.658
112	[-]	3.56	4.93	11.9	0.0641	0.000887		-1.03		0.480	0.809	0.644
113	[-]	3.36	4.40	11.9	0.0525	0.000887		-1.11		0.478	0.728	0.603
114	[-]	3.92	5.36	11.9	0.0609	0.000887		-0.963		0.484	0.837	0.661

	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	[-]	24.6
101	[-]	18.2	17.5	24.5	1.00	0.0133		-0.404		0.480	0.600	0.540
105	[-]	14.5	14.0	24.5	0.724	0.0133		-0.876		0.499	0.772	0.636
111	[-]	15.9	15.2	24.5	0.778	0.0133		-0.724		0.490	0.719	0.605
112	[-]	15.2	14.6	24.5	0.759	0.0133		-0.803		0.491	0.744	0.618
113	[-]	13.5	13.1	24.5	0.553	0.0133		-1.03		0.498	0.849	0.674
114	[-]	16.8	16.2	24.5	0.767	0.0133		-0.631		0.492	0.731	0.611

	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	[-]	36.8
101	[-]	61.7	54.4	36.4	5.49	0.356		14.6		0.312	0.810	0.561
105	[-]	40.2	35.4	36.4	3.63	0.356		6.22		0.488	0.917	0.703
111	[-]	46.6	41.1	36.4	4.15	0.356		8.66		0.429	0.916	0.673
112	[-]	45.8	40.5	36.4	4.08	0.356		8.32		0.437	0.919	0.678
113	[-]	25.3	22.3	36.4	2.26	0.356		0.220		0.544	0.709	0.627
114	[-]	45.0	39.7	36.4	4.00	0.356		8.02		0.441	0.919	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	[-]	38.4
101	[-]	45.0	27.5	38.3	18.6	0.0457		-0.603		0.533	0.684	0.609
105	[-]	36.2	23.3	38.3	13.7	0.0457		-1.31		0.530	0.771	0.650
111	[-]	35.8	22.0	38.3	14.4	0.0457		-1.45		0.518	0.763	0.640
112	[-]	34.6	21.4	38.3	13.8	0.0457		-1.53		0.516	0.769	0.643
113	[-]	37.6	23.1	38.3	15.1	0.0457		-1.33		0.525	0.761	0.643
114	[-]	37.2	23.1	38.3	14.7	0.0457		-1.32		0.526	0.766	0.646

	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	[-]	43.7
101	[-]	37.8	33.4	43.7	1.86	0.0383		0.251		0.543	0.820	0.682
105	[-]	26.4	23.4	43.7	1.27	0.0383		-1.64		0.531	0.878	0.704
111	[-]	27.7	24.5	43.7	1.36	0.0383		-1.40		0.532	0.878	0.705
112	[-]	27.2	24.1	43.7	1.36	0.0383		-1.48		0.530	0.874	0.702
113	[-]	20.8	18.6	43.7	0.846	0.0383		-2.71		0.520	0.754	0.637
114	[-]	26.0	23.0	43.7	1.24	0.0383		-1.71		0.530	0.872	0.701

	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	[-]	13.7
101	[-]	13.3	5.17	13.6	7.41	0.0402		-1.12		0.481	0.714	0.597
105	[-]	6.87	2.80	13.6	3.72	0.0402		-1.57		0.448	0.768	0.608
111	[-]	7.12	3.10	13.6	3.63	0.0402		-1.51		0.457	0.785	0.621
112	[-]	6.53	3.03	13.6	3.17	0.0402		-1.53		0.454	0.774	0.614
113	[-]	7.45	2.76	13.6	4.30	0.0402		-1.61		0.451	0.698	0.575
114	[-]	8.29	3.33	13.6	4.54	0.0402		-1.48		0.455	0.791	0.623

	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	[-]	349.
101	[-]	726.	470.	348.	247.	0.825		2.92		0.462	0.569	0.515
105	[-]	504.	326.	348.	172.	0.825		0.513		0.518	0.826	0.672
111	[-]	538.	353.	348.	178.	0.825		0.982		0.506	0.766	0.636
112	[-]	520.	347.	348.	166.	0.825		0.882		0.507	0.765	0.636
113	[-]	437.	249.	348.	183.	0.825		-0.807		0.548	0.922	0.735
114	[-]	522.	335.	348.	181.	0.825		0.678		0.517	0.812	0.664

	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	[-]	2.53
101	[-]	4.59	0.449	2.53	3.94	5.07e-05		-0.890		0.481	0.0899	0.286
105	[-]	3.52	0.257	2.53	3.10	5.07e-05		-0.977		0.456	0.0358	0.246
111	[-]	3.23	0.270	2.53	2.83	5.07e-05		-0.971		0.477	0.0289	0.253
112	[-]	3.16	0.270	2.53	2.76	5.07e-05		-0.970		0.476	0.0294	0.253
113	[-]	3.88	0.329	2.53	3.38	5.07e-05		-0.945		0.476	0.0493	0.263
114	[-]	3.91	0.332	2.53	3.41	5.07e-05		-0.944		0.476	0.0494	0.263

	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	[-]	11.1
101	[-]	16.5	13.7	11.0	1.85	0.0920		3.36		0.442	0.577	0.509
105	[-]	11.7	9.73	11.0	1.35	0.0920		1.48		0.505	0.822	0.664
111	[-]	12.7	10.6	11.0	1.43	0.0920		1.85		0.494	0.765	0.629
112	[-]	12.1	10.1	11.0	1.37	0.0920		1.62		0.503	0.779	0.641
113	[-]	8.33	6.99	11.0	0.917	0.0920		0.0453		0.552	0.869	0.710
114	[-]	12.3	10.3	11.0	1.39	0.0920		1.69		0.503	0.796	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	[-]	1.55
101	[-]	21.9	4.51	1.54	17.2	0.00901		5.10		0.280	0.468	0.374
105	[-]	16.3	3.56	1.54	12.6	0.00901		3.58		0.343	0.599	0.471
111	[-]	20.0	3.44	1.54	16.4	0.00901		3.37		0.351	0.629	0.490
112	[-]	19.0	3.29	1.54	15.5	0.00901		3.13		0.368	0.645	0.506
113	[-]	19.3	3.63	1.54	15.5	0.00901		3.68		0.338	0.597	0.467
114	[-]	18.4	3.60	1.54	14.6	0.00901		3.61		0.340	0.600	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	[-]	0.219
101	[-]	9.28	0.282	0.219	9.20			0.229		0.579	0.571	0.575
105	[-]	7.51	0.160	0.219	7.52			-0.163		0.605	0.548	0.577
111	[-]	6.53	0.185	0.219	6.52			-0.0793		0.583	0.516	0.549
112	[-]	6.13	0.183	0.219	6.18			-0.0877		0.582	0.513	0.548
113	[-]	7.35	0.194	0.219	7.32			-0.0495		0.581	0.542	0.561
114	[-]	7.40	0.194	0.219	7.37			-0.0519		0.582	0.542	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	[-]	100.
101	[-]	211.	209.	100.	1.35	0.0486		13.6		0.332	0.647	0.490
105	[-]	143.	141.	100.	0.936	0.0486		5.42		0.578	0.901	0.739
111	[-]	155.	153.	100.	1.00	0.0486		6.83		0.529	0.856	0.692
112	[-]	157.	155.	100.	1.01	0.0486		7.06		0.520	0.832	0.676
113	[-]	103.	102.	100.	0.638	0.0486		0.626		0.719	0.972	0.845
114	[-]	140.	139.	100.	0.916	0.0486		5.12		0.593	0.912	0.753

	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	[-]	18.4
101	[-]	32.9	32.7	18.4	0.489	0.0435		2.47		0.474	0.567	0.521
105	[-]	21.2	21.1	18.4	0.316	0.0435		0.613		0.571	0.755	0.663
111	[-]	24.1	23.8	18.4	0.342	0.0435		1.05		0.558	0.691	0.624
112	[-]	23.3	23.1	18.4	0.343	0.0435		0.942		0.569	0.712	0.640
113	[-]	19.8	19.6	18.4	0.259	0.0435		0.361		0.620	0.790	0.705
114	[-]	23.7	23.5	18.4	0.322	0.0435		0.982		0.554	0.698	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	[-]	7.28
101	[-]	8.80	8.21	7.14	0.253	0.137		1.30		0.504	0.388	0.446
105	[-]	5.21	4.89	7.14	0.142	0.137		-0.0581		0.511	0.675	0.593
111	[-]	5.99	5.65	7.14	0.153	0.137		0.296		0.501	0.554	0.527
112	[-]	5.69	5.35	7.14	0.138	0.137		0.173		0.505	0.574	0.539
113	[-]	5.50	5.20	7.14	0.142	0.137		0.0854		0.516	0.647	0.582
114	[-]	6.08	5.73	7.14	0.152	0.137		0.251		0.508	0.617	0.563

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 Tropical Forest Biomass

  Institution:

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

  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

  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.

  Conventions:

CF-1.6

  Institute_id:

NASA-JPL

  Creation_date:

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

  Product:

observations

  Data_structure:

grid

  Realm:

land

  Contact:

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