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
Fullgrid	[-]	50.7	47.3	32.8	0.832	9.13e-05		4.19		0.454	0.752	0.603
Sparsegrid	[-]	50.8	47.2	32.8	1.69	9.13e-05		3.34		0.457	0.781	0.619

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Benchmark	[-]	8.35
Fullgrid	[-]	4.12	5.44	8.35	0.256	0.000513		-0.482		0.444	0.861	0.653
Sparsegrid	[-]	8.37	8.52	8.35	0.796	0.000513		0.0171		0.412	0.617	0.515

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	18.3	17.6	10.6	0.964	0.00708		1.11		0.374	0.366	0.370
Sparsegrid	[-]	22.0	19.7	10.6	2.10	0.00708		1.01		0.369	0.499	0.434

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	7.63	7.66	4.68	0.222	0.00995		1.19		0.340	0.882	0.611
Sparsegrid	[-]	10.5	10.1	4.68	0.619	0.00995		1.63		0.342	0.550	0.446

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	49.9	44.7	27.4	3.82	0.386		12.4		0.261	0.852	0.556
Sparsegrid	[-]	97.2	76.6	27.4	15.2	0.386		12.8		0.252	0.855	0.553

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	70.3	67.7	43.5	0.428	0.0248		2.89		0.458	0.881	0.669
Sparsegrid	[-]	66.4	62.9	43.5	1.09	0.0248		2.14		0.477	0.883	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	[-]	32.0
Fullgrid	[-]	42.0	41.4	31.9	1.57	0.0412		1.04		0.330	0.771	0.550
Sparsegrid	[-]	52.9	48.1	31.9	4.29	0.0412		0.963		0.290	0.727	0.509

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	34.8	31.0	21.0	1.49	0.0221		2.95		0.313	0.751	0.532
Sparsegrid	[-]	50.7	40.9	21.0	6.14	0.0221		2.77		0.312	0.711	0.511

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	8.21	9.11	3.81	0.107	2.17e-05		1.57		0.241	0.796	0.519
Sparsegrid	[-]	7.99	8.85	3.81	0.378	2.17e-05		1.41		0.297	0.725	0.511

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	13.2	11.2	9.06	1.21	0.103		1.01		0.129	0.799	0.464
Sparsegrid	[-]	23.7	17.4	9.06	4.92	0.103		1.01		0.144	0.755	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	[-]	12.0
Fullgrid	[-]	18.2	17.5	12.0	0.724	0.00375		1.76		0.417	0.731	0.574
Sparsegrid	[-]	28.9	25.4	12.0	3.05	0.00375		2.30		0.357	0.654	0.505

	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.
Fullgrid	[-]	645.	620.	363.	17.3	0.890		2.90		0.314	0.673	0.493
Sparsegrid	[-]	801.	725.	363.	56.2	0.890		2.92		0.309	0.654	0.481

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	4.22	3.22	1.24	0.828	0.000229		0.577		0.125	0.642	0.384
Sparsegrid	[-]	5.23	4.20	1.24	0.950	0.000229		0.610		0.151	0.445	0.298

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	12.7	11.7	5.62	0.370	0.00290		1.36		0.255	0.581	0.418
Sparsegrid	[-]	16.1	14.7	5.62	1.08	0.00290		1.52		0.235	0.467	0.351

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	14.1	11.9	8.14	1.41	0.0760		3.27		0.336	0.539	0.437
Sparsegrid	[-]	24.5	18.0	8.14	4.41	0.0760		2.87		0.350	0.475	0.413

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	22.4	21.7	14.8	0.521	0.0107		2.26		0.492	0.798	0.645
Sparsegrid	[-]	26.6	23.3	14.8	1.76	0.0107		2.03		0.478	0.849	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	[-]	20.1
Fullgrid	[-]	43.0	42.3	20.0	0.608	0.0806		4.87		0.243	0.791	0.517
Sparsegrid	[-]	48.0	46.6	20.0	1.42	0.0806		4.91		0.271	0.798	0.535

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	5.60	5.72	8.04	0.141	0.00192		-0.273		0.328	0.808	0.568
Sparsegrid	[-]	6.53	6.75	8.04	0.944	0.00192		-0.333		0.326	0.807	0.566

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	183.	180.	88.8	1.09	0.0416		11.5		0.334	0.785	0.560
Sparsegrid	[-]	197.	192.	88.8	3.05	0.0416		12.1		0.329	0.756	0.543

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	34.0	33.7	9.07	0.430	0.0211		4.00		0.195	0.276	0.235
Sparsegrid	[-]	41.6	39.8	9.07	1.41	0.0211		4.54		0.189	0.223	0.206

	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
Fullgrid	[-]	9.32	8.73	2.39	0.244	0.0570		3.10		0.104	0.172	0.138
Sparsegrid	[-]	14.7	12.6	2.39	0.686	0.0570		3.15		0.134	0.192	0.163

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