Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - Indonesia Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Australia Globe 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]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.7
CESM2_1	[-]	48.0	48.6	0.213	38.7	0.0457		2.55		0.668	0.866	0.767
CRUJRA	[-]	49.0	49.7	0.214	38.7	0.0457		2.81		0.667	0.864	0.766
GSWP3	[-]	38.6	38.8	0.203	38.7	0.0457		0.312		0.774	0.951	0.863
PRINCETON	[-]	52.4	53.4	0.220	38.7	0.0457		3.65		0.630	0.833	0.732

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.9
CESM2_1	[-]	4.43	3.84	0.0294	11.9	0.0196		-1.19		0.467	0.782	0.624
CRUJRA	[-]	6.29	5.58	0.0492	11.9	0.0196		-0.936		0.504	0.820	0.662
GSWP3	[-]	3.23	2.83	0.0442	11.9	0.0196		-1.35		0.453	0.593	0.523
PRINCETON	[-]	6.98	5.98	0.0451	11.9	0.0196		-0.873		0.491	0.792	0.642

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.6
CESM2_1	[-]	20.9	20.2	0.348	24.5	0.0612		-0.330		0.532	0.682	0.607
CRUJRA	[-]	25.6	24.8	0.410	24.5	0.0612		0.197		0.537	0.637	0.587
GSWP3	[-]	12.1	11.5	0.368	24.5	0.0612		-1.22		0.505	0.797	0.651
PRINCETON	[-]	22.0	21.2	0.413	24.5	0.0612		-0.177		0.536	0.665	0.601

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	36.8
CESM2_1	[-]	45.7	43.5	2.02	35.7	1.10		7.14		0.649	0.935	0.792
CRUJRA	[-]	45.6	43.2	2.10	35.7	1.10		7.28		0.672	0.930	0.801
GSWP3	[-]	39.8	37.8	1.80	35.7	1.10		5.12		0.716	0.918	0.817
PRINCETON	[-]	50.3	47.8	2.17	35.7	1.10		8.88		0.607	0.927	0.767

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	38.4
CESM2_1	[-]	34.2	23.3	11.8	38.3	0.0891		-1.52		0.613	0.851	0.732
CRUJRA	[-]	37.3	24.0	14.2	38.3	0.0891		-1.38		0.553	0.712	0.632
GSWP3	[-]	32.4	23.8	9.37	38.3	0.0891		-1.45		0.587	0.793	0.690
PRINCETON	[-]	48.8	32.3	17.8	38.3	0.0891		-0.222		0.601	0.682	0.641

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	43.7
CESM2_1	[-]	24.7	23.2	0.675	43.4	0.257		-1.94		0.593	0.878	0.736
CRUJRA	[-]	30.6	29.2	0.739	43.4	0.257		-1.05		0.631	0.876	0.753
GSWP3	[-]	25.0	23.5	0.673	43.4	0.257		-1.94		0.608	0.890	0.749
PRINCETON	[-]	32.7	31.0	0.750	43.4	0.257		-0.764		0.638	0.865	0.752

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	13.7
CESM2_1	[-]	11.7	4.30	7.27	13.5	0.139		-1.28		0.459	0.598	0.528
CRUJRA	[-]	12.8	5.45	7.09	13.5	0.139		-1.08		0.484	0.584	0.534
GSWP3	[-]	11.0	3.66	7.17	13.5	0.139		-1.38		0.444	0.636	0.540
PRINCETON	[-]	14.2	5.70	8.31	13.5	0.139		-1.01		0.463	0.472	0.468

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	352.
CESM2_1	[-]	486.	328.	158.	348.	3.81		0.331		0.614	0.819	0.716
CRUJRA	[-]	626.	394.	232.	348.	3.81		1.36		0.579	0.756	0.668
GSWP3	[-]	490.	310.	181.	348.	3.81		0.0772		0.638	0.853	0.746
PRINCETON	[-]	714.	420.	294.	348.	3.81		1.75		0.567	0.729	0.648

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.53
CESM2_1	[-]	1.14	0.220	0.939	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.399	0.0286	0.214
CRUJRA	[-]	1.92	0.288	1.62	2.53	0.00250		-1.01		0.400	0.0297	0.215
GSWP3	[-]	1.59	0.213	1.39	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.395	0.0215	0.208
PRINCETON	[-]	2.28	0.263	2.01	2.53	0.00250		-1.02		0.401	0.0322	0.216

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.1
CESM2_1	[-]	9.83	9.15	0.448	10.9	0.149		0.516		0.602	0.832	0.717
CRUJRA	[-]	12.4	11.5	0.591	10.9	0.149		1.72		0.567	0.701	0.634
GSWP3	[-]	10.2	9.43	0.548	10.9	0.149		0.831		0.607	0.774	0.691
PRINCETON	[-]	13.7	12.8	0.623	10.9	0.149		2.13		0.558	0.692	0.625

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.55
CESM2_1	[-]	9.51	1.37	8.06	1.52	0.0247		0.411		0.500	0.583	0.542
CRUJRA	[-]	18.0	3.74	14.2	1.52	0.0247		3.78		0.488	0.524	0.506
GSWP3	[-]	11.9	1.28	10.5	1.52	0.0247		0.374		0.548	0.689	0.619
PRINCETON	[-]	19.2	3.80	15.2	1.52	0.0247		3.89		0.476	0.499	0.487

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.219
CESM2_1	[-]	1.65	0.0965	1.57	0.219			-0.393		0.488	0.205	0.346
CRUJRA	[-]	3.43	0.124	3.35	0.219			-0.311		0.519	0.219	0.369
GSWP3	[-]	3.12	0.0823	3.07	0.219			-0.440		0.466	0.0843	0.275
PRINCETON	[-]	6.92	0.0851	6.86	0.219			-0.430		0.482	0.164	0.323

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	100.
CESM2_1	[-]	130.	129.	0.323	100.	0.0690		3.73		0.662	0.848	0.755
CRUJRA	[-]	163.	162.	0.427	100.	0.0690		7.69		0.552	0.825	0.689
GSWP3	[-]	128.	128.	0.396	100.	0.0690		3.64		0.709	0.919	0.814
PRINCETON	[-]	168.	167.	0.454	100.	0.0690		8.29		0.535	0.827	0.681

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	18.4
CESM2_1	[-]	13.6	13.7	0.250	18.4	0.0281		-0.496		0.608	0.779	0.693
CRUJRA	[-]	28.3	28.4	0.368	18.4	0.0281		1.74		0.541	0.633	0.587
GSWP3	[-]	21.9	21.8	0.347	18.4	0.0281		0.741		0.546	0.579	0.562
PRINCETON	[-]	29.9	30.1	0.397	18.4	0.0281		2.01		0.530	0.594	0.562

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Pg]		Bias [kg m-2]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	7.28
CESM2_1	[-]	7.17	7.07	0.125	7.15	0.128		0.452		0.585	0.653	0.619
CRUJRA	[-]	5.19	5.07	0.150	7.15	0.128		0.145		0.511	0.527	0.519
GSWP3	[-]	6.26	6.15	0.145	7.15	0.128		0.390		0.526	0.568	0.547
PRINCETON	[-]	7.47	7.39	0.135	7.15	0.128		0.845		0.508	0.511	0.510

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  title: Global Tropical Forest Biomass

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

  institute_id: NASA-JPL

  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

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

  Conventions: CF-1.6

  product: observations

  data_structure: grid

  realm: land

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

  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.