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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	48.5	48.9	32.8	0.496	2.31e-06		4.41		0.464	0.759	0.612
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	49.3	49.9	32.8	0.290	0.0526		4.47		0.463	0.749	0.606

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.75	4.95	8.35	0.181	0.00323		-0.563		0.448	0.849	0.648
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.60	4.88	8.34	0.174	0.0114		-0.589		0.441	0.837	0.639

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	18.6	17.6	10.6	0.572	0.00201		0.968		0.383	0.477	0.430
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	18.5	17.6	10.6	0.490	0.0246		0.969		0.391	0.397	0.394

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	7.81	7.72	4.69	0.173			1.21		0.342	0.898	0.620
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	7.78	7.75	4.67	0.102	0.0241		1.15		0.345	0.880	0.613

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	52.9	49.8	27.7	2.90	0.0497		12.5		0.253	0.831	0.542
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	51.5	49.3	26.8	1.91	0.921		12.1		0.279	0.834	0.557

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	67.7	66.2	43.5	0.233	3.68e-05		2.73		0.477	0.874	0.675
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	67.8	66.4	43.5	0.221	0.0288		2.67		0.473	0.829	0.651

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	38.8	38.6	32.0	1.08	0.00351		0.820		0.343	0.779	0.561
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	39.0	39.0	31.9	0.932	0.0700		0.738		0.352	0.773	0.563

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	31.9	30.4	21.1	0.954	0.00771		2.66		0.349	0.754	0.551
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	32.5	30.9	20.9	0.711	0.146		2.53		0.361	0.747	0.554

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	8.66	8.91	3.81	0.0863	1.59e-06		1.58		0.235	0.809	0.522
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	8.66	8.92	3.81	0.0733	0.000319		1.54		0.249	0.796	0.523

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	13.2	12.0	9.14	0.975	0.0267		1.03		0.136	0.799	0.468
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	13.1	12.1	8.87	0.763	0.289		0.968		0.141	0.797	0.469

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	17.5	16.5	12.0	0.605	0.00608		1.56		0.443	0.729	0.586
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	17.7	17.1	12.0	0.427	0.0529		1.55		0.451	0.651	0.551

	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.
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	640.	625.	364.	12.3	0.125		2.81		0.327	0.670	0.498
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	635.	625.	362.	8.90	2.19		2.72		0.334	0.664	0.499

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	3.29	2.67	1.24	0.624	0.000602		0.464		0.136	0.660	0.398
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	3.43	2.86	1.23	0.583	0.00652		0.457		0.142	0.677	0.409

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	12.3	11.8	5.62	0.267	1.31e-05		1.32		0.265	0.613	0.439
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	12.1	11.7	5.59	0.181	0.0265		1.24		0.277	0.586	0.431

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	13.4	12.1	8.19	0.851	0.0230		3.09		0.363	0.518	0.441
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	13.6	12.7	8.09	0.522	0.122		2.97		0.368	0.472	0.420

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	21.7	21.2	14.8	0.370	2.51e-05		2.02		0.547	0.769	0.658
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	21.5	21.1	14.8	0.244	0.0147		1.95		0.551	0.735	0.643

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	42.7	42.5	20.1	0.447			4.77		0.264	0.827	0.546
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	42.8	42.8	19.8	0.292	0.219		4.77		0.272	0.796	0.534

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.72	5.69	8.04	0.134	1.99e-06		-0.356		0.349	0.782	0.566
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.70	5.69	7.99	0.0572	0.0515		-0.390		0.352	0.797	0.575

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	186.	185.	88.9	0.718	0.00100		11.7		0.326	0.789	0.557
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	184.	183.	88.8	0.420	0.0655		11.6		0.332	0.762	0.547

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	32.7	32.8	9.09	0.360	0.000333		3.75		0.211	0.287	0.249
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	32.2	32.3	9.08	0.321	0.0128		3.72		0.227	0.256	0.241

	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
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
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	9.89	9.68	2.45	0.222	0.000743		3.12		0.0926	0.184	0.138
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	8.41	8.22	2.40	0.172	0.0496		2.90		0.113	0.183	0.148

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