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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	55.7	56.6	38.7	0.245	0.0457		4.41		0.510	0.770	0.640
I67_GSWP3	[-]	45.5	45.8	38.7	0.376	2.83e-06		2.00		0.604	0.886	0.745
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	48.5	49.0	38.7	0.430	2.83e-06		2.80		0.537	0.815	0.676
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	49.2	49.9	38.7	0.225	0.0457		2.83		0.539	0.806	0.673

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	6.84	6.06	11.9	0.0412	0.0196		-0.861		0.511	0.818	0.664
I67_GSWP3	[-]	4.43	3.85	11.9	0.0362	0.00349		-1.19		0.490	0.745	0.618
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.74	5.08	11.9	0.0478	0.00349		-0.998		0.511	0.822	0.667
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.59	5.01	11.9	0.0382	0.0196		-1.02		0.508	0.817	0.663

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	24.5	23.5	24.5	0.463	0.0612		0.0824		0.472	0.510	0.491
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.7	11.1	24.6	0.412	0.00368		-1.26		0.501	0.844	0.672
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	18.6	17.6	24.6	0.508	0.00368		-0.544		0.504	0.765	0.635
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	18.5	17.6	24.5	0.421	0.0612		-0.552		0.488	0.676	0.582

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	54.8	52.2	35.7	2.43	1.10		10.6		0.396	0.862	0.629
I67_GSWP3	[-]	49.8	46.2	36.7	3.30	0.0600		8.97		0.428	0.903	0.665
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	52.9	49.2	36.7	3.43	0.0600		9.87		0.398	0.884	0.641
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	51.4	48.9	35.7	2.28	1.10		9.37		0.424	0.877	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	[-]	38.4
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	40.5	26.2	38.3	15.2	0.0891		-1.07		0.513	0.677	0.595
I67_GSWP3	[-]	42.0	29.9	38.4	13.0	0.00403		-0.503		0.549	0.767	0.658
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	38.8	24.4	38.4	15.3	0.00403		-1.13		0.518	0.726	0.622
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	39.0	24.9	38.3	15.1	0.0891		-1.28		0.516	0.714	0.615

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	34.9	33.2	43.4	0.833	0.257		-0.400		0.524	0.843	0.684
I67_GSWP3	[-]	27.6	26.0	43.7	0.874	0.0121		-1.41		0.525	0.898	0.711
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	31.9	30.3	43.7	1.05	0.0121		-0.617		0.531	0.878	0.704
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	32.5	30.9	43.4	0.767	0.257		-0.781		0.537	0.876	0.706

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	13.4	5.05	13.5	8.16	0.139		-1.17		0.465	0.653	0.559
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.6	3.90	13.6	7.49	0.0119		-1.26		0.442	0.671	0.557
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	13.2	4.51	13.6	8.47	0.0119		-1.21		0.466	0.734	0.600
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	13.0	4.77	13.5	8.10	0.139		-1.23		0.464	0.676	0.570

	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.
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	680.	463.	347.	215.	2.11		2.41		0.468	0.625	0.546
I67_GSWP3	[-]	604.	372.	349.	230.	0.130		1.12		0.508	0.755	0.631
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	639.	424.	349.	213.	0.130		1.92		0.485	0.676	0.580
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	635.	423.	347.	210.	2.11		1.79		0.486	0.670	0.578

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	3.32	0.389	2.53	2.94	0.00250		-0.961		0.481	0.0745	0.278
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.26	0.241	2.53	2.04	4.44e-06		-0.995		0.478	0.0342	0.256
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	3.28	0.373	2.53	2.91	4.44e-06		-0.936		0.482	0.0668	0.274
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	3.42	0.386	2.53	3.05	0.00250		-0.962		0.485	0.0734	0.279

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	14.1	13.0	10.9	0.639	0.149		2.27		0.496	0.653	0.574
I67_GSWP3	[-]	11.6	10.3	11.0	0.822	0.0275		1.45		0.503	0.723	0.613
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	13.4	12.0	11.0	0.962	0.0275		2.19		0.493	0.706	0.599
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	13.6	12.6	10.9	0.603	0.149		2.06		0.502	0.661	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	[-]	1.55
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	22.1	4.84	1.52	17.1	0.0247		5.32		0.288	0.382	0.335
I67_GSWP3	[-]	15.4	3.23	1.55	12.0	4.74e-05		3.09		0.383	0.536	0.459
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	21.7	4.39	1.55	17.1	4.74e-05		4.84		0.293	0.457	0.375
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	21.4	4.48	1.52	16.8	0.0247		4.79		0.312	0.419	0.366

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	6.07	0.215	0.219	5.91			-0.0339		0.590	0.374	0.482
I67_GSWP3	[-]	9.16	0.189	0.219	9.08			-0.113		0.614	0.389	0.502
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.72	0.224	0.219	5.60			-0.00267		0.597	0.217	0.407
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.69	0.212	0.219	5.53			-0.0436		0.591	0.368	0.479

	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.
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	197.	196.	100.	0.482	0.0690		11.8		0.379	0.659	0.519
I67_GSWP3	[-]	157.	155.	100.	0.778	0.000737		6.91		0.536	0.805	0.671
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	186.	185.	100.	0.804	0.000737		10.4		0.416	0.733	0.575
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	184.	183.	100.	0.447	0.0690		10.3		0.422	0.703	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	[-]	18.4
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	37.8	38.0	18.4	0.421	0.0281		3.19		0.417	0.468	0.442
I67_GSWP3	[-]	27.0	27.0	18.4	0.446	0.00509		1.47		0.514	0.573	0.544
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	32.7	32.7	18.4	0.461	0.00509		2.35		0.475	0.590	0.533
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	32.2	32.3	18.4	0.395	0.0281		2.32		0.477	0.540	0.508

	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
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	8.34	8.18	7.15	0.176	0.128		1.33		0.499	0.368	0.433
I67_GSWP3	[-]	9.42	9.36	7.28	0.174	0.00117		1.35		0.481	0.462	0.471
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	9.87	9.65	7.28	0.238	0.00117		1.58		0.488	0.375	0.431
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	8.40	8.21	7.15	0.177	0.128		1.34		0.500	0.366	0.433

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)