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	[-]	50.2
I123pd	[-]	39.4	40.1	50.2		1.65e-05		-1.42		0.653	0.938	0.795
post5.4	[-]	40.1	40.9	50.2		1.65e-05		-1.24		0.649	0.942	0.795

	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	[-]	10.5
I123pd	[-]	4.43	3.86	10.5		0.00136		-0.957		0.624	0.377	0.501
post5.4	[-]	4.52	3.94	10.5		0.00136		-0.944		0.620	0.388	0.504

	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	[-]	20.8
I123pd	[-]	14.5	14.2	20.8		0.00143		-0.365		0.547	0.840	0.693
post5.4	[-]	14.5	14.2	20.8		0.00143		-0.365		0.544	0.837	0.691

	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	[-]	3.92
I123pd	[-]	2.89	2.91	3.97		0.00		-0.0773		0.553	0.772	0.662
post5.4	[-]	3.09	3.12	3.97		0.00		-0.0121		0.544	0.785	0.665

	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	[-]	32.7
I123pd	[-]	43.8	43.8	32.6		0.0272		9.46		0.320	0.872	0.596
post5.4	[-]	44.6	44.6	32.6		0.0272		9.76		0.314	0.874	0.594

	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	[-]	52.3
I123pd	[-]	39.1	38.4	52.3		0.000181		-1.28		0.626	0.902	0.764
post5.4	[-]	40.5	39.7	52.3		0.000181		-1.13		0.626	0.907	0.766

	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	[-]	17.4
I123pd	[-]	32.9	33.7	17.2		0.000596		1.34		0.552	0.525	0.538
post5.4	[-]	34.2	34.9	17.2		0.000596		1.43		0.547	0.502	0.524

	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	[-]	11.4
I123pd	[-]	24.4	24.0	11.5		0.00536		2.91		0.367	0.527	0.447
post5.4	[-]	25.1	24.7	11.5		0.00536		3.03		0.360	0.512	0.436

	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	[-]	4.25
I123pd	[-]	4.15	4.26	4.22		1.23e-05		0.0956		0.537	0.715	0.626
post5.4	[-]	4.47	4.59	4.22		1.23e-05		0.190		0.518	0.729	0.624

	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	[-]	7.97
I123pd	[-]	6.41	6.39	7.96		0.0163		0.353		0.558	0.668	0.613
post5.4	[-]	6.63	6.62	7.96		0.0163		0.393		0.549	0.679	0.614

	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	[-]	19.2
I123pd	[-]	13.7	13.3	19.3		0.00448		0.0384		0.455	0.789	0.622
post5.4	[-]	14.2	13.9	19.3		0.00448		0.148		0.453	0.799	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	[-]	447.
I123pd	[-]	468.	467.	447.	0.00254	0.0766		0.834		0.577	0.888	0.733
post5.4	[-]	481.	480.	447.	0.00264	0.0766		0.932		0.572	0.884	0.728

	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	[-]	1.25
I123pd	[-]	2.68	2.68	1.25		0.000647		0.153		0.862	0.560	0.711
post5.4	[-]	2.78	2.78	1.25		0.000647		0.161		0.860	0.541	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	[-]	7.25
I123pd	[-]	6.62	6.45	7.25		0.00		0.157		0.558	0.771	0.664
post5.4	[-]	6.98	6.80	7.25		0.00		0.214		0.551	0.767	0.659

	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	[-]	7.19
I123pd	[-]	11.2	10.8	7.17		0.0177		3.14		0.342	0.521	0.432
post5.4	[-]	11.4	11.0	7.17		0.0177		3.24		0.338	0.510	0.424

	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	[-]	16.1
I123pd	[-]	17.8	17.7	16.1		2.79e-05		0.941		0.593	0.931	0.762
post5.4	[-]	18.3	18.2	16.1		2.79e-05		1.07		0.586	0.930	0.758

	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	[-]	25.1
I123pd	[-]	28.3	28.5	25.1		0.00		1.31		0.495	0.866	0.681
post5.4	[-]	28.7	28.8	25.1		0.00		1.38		0.493	0.861	0.677

	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	[-]	7.38
I123pd	[-]	6.05	6.14	7.36		0.00		0.0543		0.481	0.801	0.641
post5.4	[-]	6.23	6.33	7.36		0.00		0.115		0.477	0.816	0.647

	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	[-]	132.
I123pd	[-]	143.	143.	133.		0.000467		1.84		0.677	0.931	0.804
post5.4	[-]	147.	146.	133.		0.000467		2.25		0.670	0.936	0.803

	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	[-]	15.4
I123pd	[-]	20.9	21.5	15.3	0.00254	0.000561		1.11		0.467	0.837	0.652
post5.4	[-]	21.6	22.2	15.3	0.00264	0.000561		1.22		0.452	0.828	0.640

	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	[-]	4.33
I123pd	[-]	5.98	5.92	4.27		0.000238		1.02		0.492	0.756	0.624
post5.4	[-]	6.21	6.15	4.27		0.000238		1.11		0.487	0.744	0.616

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:

ESA CCI above-ground biomass product level

  Version:

3

  Institution:

GAMMA Remote Sensing

  Source:

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 FB and WB mosaics, Sentinel-1 GRD

  History:

2022-05-17: downloaded source from https://dap.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/biomass/data/agb/maps/v3.0/netcdf/ESACCI-BIOMASS-L4-AGB-MERGED-100m-2010-fv3.0.nc

2022-05-26: coarsened to 0.5 degree resolution using https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/ESACCI/convert.py

  References:

M. Santoro and O. Cartus (2021), ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative (Biomass_cci): Global datasets of forest above-ground biomass for the years 2010, 2017 and 2018, v3, NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/5f331c418e9f4935b8eb1b836f8a91b8