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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
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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 [-] 48.4
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 109. 107. 48.3 0.182 0.0978 4.14 0.425 0.631 0.528
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 89.9 89.2 48.3 0.164 0.0978 2.86 0.431 0.663 0.547
CLM-Princeton [-] 139. 138. 48.3 0.188 0.0978 6.26 0.322 0.529 0.426
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 56.8 57.4 48.4 0.0496 0.00568 0.647 0.602 0.904 0.753
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 50.9 51.5 48.4 0.0464 0.00568 0.238 0.623 0.898 0.761
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 76.7 77.7 48.4 0.0624 0.00568 2.07 0.553 0.799 0.676
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 24.6 24.7 47.5 0.0293 0.899 -1.66 0.456 0.709 0.582
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 37.0 36.7 47.5 0.123 0.899 -0.793 0.495 0.760 0.628
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 47.4 48.1 47.5 0.0601 0.899 0.0493 0.522 0.798 0.660
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 62.3 64.0 48.4 0.0963 0.00479 1.08 0.577 0.906 0.742
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 57.8 59.6 48.4 0.124 0.00479 0.773 0.571 0.888 0.730
Mean-Princeton [-] 86.0 88.6 48.4 0.115 0.00479 2.79 0.536 0.870 0.703
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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.
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 721. 684. 362. 31.7 2.19 2.62 0.507 0.698 0.602
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 577. 542. 362. 28.4 2.19 1.46 0.573 0.786 0.679
CLM-Princeton [-] 812. 776. 362. 32.9 2.19 3.37 0.470 0.648 0.559
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 740. 671. 364. 62.1 0.203 2.48 0.551 0.750 0.650
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 663. 599. 364. 57.9 0.203 1.90 0.604 0.811 0.708
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 851. 775. 364. 68.3 0.203 3.33 0.519 0.695 0.607
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 354. 345. 337. 7.09 27.2 0.0790 0.579 0.843 0.711
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 387. 378. 337. 7.51 27.2 0.377 0.625 0.864 0.744
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 453. 443. 337. 7.83 27.2 0.963 0.613 0.853 0.733
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 673. 608. 364. 65.0 0.369 1.97 0.590 0.814 0.702
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 604. 544. 364. 60.5 0.369 1.46 0.641 0.872 0.756
Mean-Princeton [-] 781. 710. 364. 70.3 0.369 2.80 0.563 0.788 0.676
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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 [-] 2.80
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 7.32 5.73 2.73 1.03 0.0754 0.192 0.508 0.706 0.607
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 5.05 4.06 2.73 0.707 0.0754 0.0839 0.488 0.669 0.578
CLM-Princeton [-] 6.55 5.07 2.73 0.871 0.0754 0.150 0.518 0.697 0.608
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 9.97 8.30 2.79 1.52 0.0125 0.356 0.454 0.270 0.362
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 9.20 7.90 2.79 1.18 0.0125 0.332 0.469 0.306 0.387
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 11.9 10.1 2.79 1.56 0.0125 0.470 0.415 0.212 0.314
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 9.92 8.72 2.52 1.18 0.279 0.435 0.473 0.439 0.456
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 12.1 11.1 2.52 1.05 0.279 0.602 0.465 0.323 0.394
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 8.97 8.01 2.52 0.817 0.279 0.386 0.493 0.446 0.469
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 10.5 8.44 2.80 1.86 0.00844 0.353 0.515 0.385 0.450
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 10.2 8.47 2.80 1.42 0.00844 0.355 0.514 0.482 0.498
Mean-Princeton [-] 10.9 8.80 2.80 1.79 0.00844 0.376 0.498 0.327 0.412
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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 [-] 1.35
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 2.73 2.41 1.35 0.340 0.00234 0.177 0.473 0.680 0.576
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 2.46 2.19 1.35 0.208 0.00234 0.150 0.476 0.639 0.557
CLM-Princeton [-] 3.00 2.79 1.35 0.280 0.00234 0.242 0.486 0.642 0.564
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 2.96 2.23 1.35 0.194 7.30e-05 0.131 0.467 0.590 0.528
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 3.18 2.33 1.35 0.224 7.30e-05 0.151 0.467 0.537 0.502
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 3.56 2.68 1.35 0.236 7.30e-05 0.206 0.455 0.522 0.488
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 0.919 0.813 1.27 0.124 0.0869 -0.0811 0.437 0.266 0.351
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 3.64 3.12 1.27 0.449 0.0869 0.300 0.464 0.643 0.553
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 1.92 1.69 1.27 0.248 0.0869 0.0645 0.463 0.542 0.503
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 1.95 1.81 1.35 0.300 0.00237 0.0742 0.494 0.661 0.577
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 2.89 2.52 1.35 0.386 0.00237 0.188 0.515 0.673 0.594
Mean-Princeton [-] 2.72 2.42 1.35 0.349 0.00237 0.172 0.504 0.699 0.602
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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
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 7.62 7.11 3.70 0.217 5.43 0.551 0.879 0.715
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 7.08 6.56 3.70 0.217 4.62 0.570 0.892 0.731
CLM-Princeton [-] 8.85 8.21 3.70 0.217 7.40 0.501 0.884 0.693
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 5.32 4.84 3.92 0.00461 1.67 0.580 0.834 0.707
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 5.30 4.62 3.92 0.00461 1.33 0.608 0.845 0.727
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 6.67 5.79 3.92 0.00461 3.05 0.625 0.842 0.733
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 3.11 3.02 2.93 0.994 0.234 0.576 0.805 0.690
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 2.72 2.66 2.93 0.994 -0.551 0.578 0.680 0.629
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 4.49 3.76 2.93 0.994 1.84 0.599 0.795 0.697
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 6.91 5.71 3.91 0.0123 2.69 0.603 0.861 0.732
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 6.47 5.34 3.91 0.0123 2.13 0.621 0.825 0.723
Mean-Princeton [-] 8.28 6.84 3.91 0.0123 4.36 0.621 0.895 0.758
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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 [-] 60.2
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 107. 106. 59.8 0.274 0.445 2.98 0.493 0.700 0.597
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 88.2 87.6 59.8 0.216 0.445 1.76 0.557 0.772 0.664
CLM-Princeton [-] 127. 126. 59.8 0.269 0.445 4.22 0.493 0.653 0.573
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 122. 119. 60.2 0.831 0.0123 3.69 0.465 0.759 0.612
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 113. 110. 60.2 0.775 0.0123 3.12 0.507 0.804 0.656
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 158. 155. 60.2 1.12 0.0123 5.94 0.386 0.652 0.519
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 40.5 39.2 55.7 0.0758 4.48 -1.18 0.520 0.763 0.642
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 63.5 61.9 55.7 0.137 4.48 0.448 0.610 0.848 0.729
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 77.5 75.1 55.7 0.123 4.48 1.39 0.545 0.798 0.671
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 95.8 95.4 60.1 0.591 0.0858 2.23 0.555 0.843 0.699
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 93.7 93.0 60.1 0.564 0.0858 2.07 0.594 0.874 0.734
Mean-Princeton [-] 128. 127. 60.1 0.766 0.0858 4.22 0.489 0.808 0.649
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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 [-] 50.9
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 98.7 97.8 49.8 1.07 10.2 0.480 0.910 0.695
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 84.6 84.1 49.8 1.07 7.24 0.587 0.955 0.771
CLM-Princeton [-] 103. 102. 49.8 1.07 11.1 0.445 0.886 0.665
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 90.1 89.1 50.8 0.0545 7.65 0.582 0.942 0.762
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 80.1 79.4 50.8 0.0545 5.73 0.663 0.947 0.805
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 88.4 87.4 50.8 0.0545 7.32 0.599 0.940 0.770
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 60.2 57.2 43.0 7.91 3.69 0.668 0.916 0.792
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 47.1 44.9 43.0 7.91 0.508 0.778 0.963 0.871
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 55.2 52.5 43.0 7.91 2.47 0.716 0.949 0.833
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 88.2 90.8 50.8 0.0566 7.93 0.576 0.949 0.763
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 76.2 78.2 50.8 0.0566 5.44 0.681 0.952 0.816
Mean-Princeton [-] 88.5 90.9 50.8 0.0566 7.95 0.579 0.945 0.762
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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 [-] 156.
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 295. 292. 153. 0.301 2.33 3.92 0.520 0.766 0.643
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 220. 217. 153. 0.255 2.33 1.79 0.627 0.864 0.746
CLM-Princeton [-] 305. 302. 153. 0.329 2.33 4.21 0.492 0.734 0.613
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 330. 332. 156. 1.12 0.251 4.87 0.546 0.821 0.683
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 285. 287. 156. 0.948 0.251 3.62 0.621 0.873 0.747
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 357. 359. 156. 1.16 0.251 5.61 0.517 0.798 0.657
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 189. 190. 142. 0.110 13.9 1.55 0.654 0.903 0.779
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 176. 177. 142. 0.0994 13.9 1.13 0.670 0.894 0.782
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 207. 209. 142. 0.123 13.9 2.18 0.658 0.902 0.780
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 301. 294. 155. 1.11 0.348 3.84 0.602 0.869 0.735
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 254. 248. 155. 0.946 0.348 2.56 0.680 0.914 0.797
Mean-Princeton [-] 322. 315. 155. 1.12 0.348 4.42 0.571 0.856 0.714
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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 [-] 22.0
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 27.0 30.2 22.0 0.353 0.00951 0.708 0.657 0.918 0.788
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 18.2 19.5 22.0 0.225 0.00951 -0.197 0.549 0.777 0.663
CLM-Princeton [-] 43.6 47.9 22.0 0.516 0.00951 2.20 0.522 0.836 0.679
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 15.6 15.9 22.0 0.0307 0.00142 -0.496 0.634 0.810 0.722
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 13.9 14.2 22.0 0.0274 0.00142 -0.641 0.627 0.722 0.674
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 21.1 21.6 22.0 0.0326 0.00142 -0.0191 0.644 0.920 0.782
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 7.90 7.93 21.8 0.0221 0.147 -1.22 0.455 0.298 0.376
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 12.1 12.1 21.8 0.0451 0.147 -0.857 0.470 0.478 0.474
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 19.2 18.8 21.8 0.0398 0.147 -0.255 0.591 0.793 0.692
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 17.6 18.3 22.0 0.156 4.20e-06 -0.307 0.644 0.692 0.668
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 14.9 15.5 22.0 0.118 4.20e-06 -0.540 0.576 0.514 0.545
Mean-Princeton [-] 29.0 29.9 22.0 0.227 4.20e-06 0.658 0.697 0.938 0.817
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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 [-] 22.0
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 25.2 25.1 21.9 0.139 0.140 0.200 0.541 0.794 0.668
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 23.5 23.0 21.9 0.135 0.140 0.0681 0.557 0.815 0.686
CLM-Princeton [-] 34.3 33.8 21.9 0.148 0.140 0.710 0.561 0.765 0.663
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 43.1 43.0 22.0 0.204 0.00748 1.23 0.517 0.730 0.623
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 43.4 42.9 22.0 0.207 0.00748 1.22 0.526 0.744 0.635
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 57.6 57.0 22.0 0.244 0.00748 2.04 0.468 0.613 0.540
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 11.7 11.2 20.5 0.0389 1.55 -0.573 0.479 0.564 0.522
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 27.8 26.6 20.5 0.103 1.55 0.397 0.532 0.779 0.656
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 24.4 23.3 20.5 0.0777 1.55 0.191 0.532 0.777 0.655
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 29.8 29.2 21.9 0.212 0.0925 0.425 0.580 0.813 0.696
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 34.3 33.6 21.9 0.232 0.0925 0.683 0.598 0.835 0.716
Mean-Princeton [-] 42.2 41.4 21.9 0.255 0.0925 1.14 0.560 0.801 0.680

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Data Information

  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