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Period Mean (original grids) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Pg]
Model Period Mean (complement) [Pg]
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Bias [kg m-2]
Bias Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 19.1
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 45.8 42.6 19.0 0.286 0.0995 2.42 0.445 0.520 0.483
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 27.1 24.5 19.0 0.285 0.113 0.569 0.561 0.856 0.709
CanESM2 [-] 23.9 24.3 19.1 0.260 0.532 0.552 0.722 0.637
CanESM5 [-] 22.7 22.6 19.1 1.04 0.373 0.486 0.750 0.618
CESM2 [-] 39.4 38.8 19.0 0.645 0.240 2.03 0.439 0.612 0.525
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 30.4 30.3 19.1 1.58 0.00501 1.13 0.539 0.856 0.697
EnsembleCMIP5 [-] 40.8 36.9 19.1 5.98 1.79 0.542 0.799 0.671
EnsembleCMIP6 [-] 35.3 32.5 19.1 5.08 1.36 0.572 0.905 0.739
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 116. 99.5 19.1 18.5 8.05 0.325 0.585 0.455
GFDL_ESM4 [-] 73.1 56.9 19.1 16.2 3.80 0.496 0.733 0.615
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 68.4 60.7 19.1 4.57 0.0319 4.25 0.397 0.404 0.400
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 13.9 13.5 18.8 0.598 0.298 -0.552 0.558 0.702 0.630
MIROC-ES2L [-] 35.3 34.0 19.1 2.15 0.000434 1.51 0.502 0.641 0.571
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 8.37 8.73 18.2 0.0507 0.910 -1.06 0.511 0.359 0.435
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 17.2 17.7 18.2 0.168 0.910 -0.0517 0.471 0.692 0.581
NorESM1-M [-] 9.31 8.37 19.1 0.273 -1.08 0.531 0.384 0.457
NorESM2-LM [-] 42.1 37.3 19.1 2.47 1.84 0.462 0.611 0.536
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 30.1 28.8 18.8 1.33 0.297 1.04 0.599 0.903 0.751
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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 [-] 368.
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 684. 691. 365. 17.2 3.02 2.63 0.544 0.749 0.646
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 393. 408. 364. 14.3 3.41 0.331 0.653 0.896 0.774
CanESM2 [-] 534. 500. 368. 35.4 1.02 0.514 0.753 0.634
CanESM5 [-] 640. 594. 368. 152. 1.76 0.554 0.800 0.677
CESM2 [-] 579. 541. 363. 38.0 4.62 1.43 0.573 0.784 0.678
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 728. 583. 367. 145. 0.401 1.70 0.600 0.813 0.706
EnsembleCMIP5 [-] 694. 580. 368. 114. 1.64 0.610 0.865 0.738
EnsembleCMIP6 [-] 664. 534. 368. 130. 1.29 0.664 0.903 0.784
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 897. 836. 368. 154. 3.64 0.521 0.704 0.613
GFDL_ESM4 [-] 265. 385. 368. 86.8 0.134 0.556 0.806 0.681
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 696. 715. 365. 188. 3.16 2.80 0.506 0.647 0.576
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 445. 396. 364. 48.8 3.89 0.257 0.636 0.877 0.756
MIROC-ES2L [-] 479. 577. 367. 170. 0.883 1.66 0.601 0.831 0.716
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 335. 325. 337. 10.2 30.6 -0.0999 0.582 0.809 0.695
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 370. 362. 337. 7.40 30.6 0.235 0.574 0.824 0.699
NorESM1-M [-] 718. 618. 368. 99.4 1.94 0.464 0.517 0.491
NorESM2-LM [-] 612. 553. 368. 122. 1.43 0.577 0.779 0.678
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 711. 625. 363. 85.9 4.38 2.12 0.606 0.793 0.700

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceDownwardSWRadiation|CERESed4.1 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceDownwardSWRadiation|CERESed4.1 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.740 0.499 0.706 0.629 0.0548 0.373 0.352
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.760 0.472 0.704 0.349 0.526
CanESM2 [-] 0.726 0.529 0.657 0.815 0.514 0.471 0.600
CanESM5 [-] 0.690 0.581 0.636 0.655 0.364 0.502 0.507
CESM2 [-] 0.500 0.662 0.106 0.532 0.319
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 0.765 0.726 0.729 0.604 0.363 0.627 0.532
EnsembleCMIP5 [-] 0.694 0.431 0.464 0.608 0.395 0.444 0.483
EnsembleCMIP6 [-] 0.763 0.468 0.619 0.663 0.361 0.511 0.512
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 0.00
GFDL_ESM4 [-] 0.507 0.439 0.402 0.606 0.270 0.368 0.414
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.780 0.652 0.646 0.460 0.0459 0.343 0.283
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.841 0.772 0.744 0.504 0.669 0.648 0.607
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.653 0.608 0.627 0.367 0.418 0.695 0.494
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.00
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 0.767 0.538 0.737 0.487 0.671 0.667 0.608
NorESM1-M [-] 0.727 0.585 0.695 0.406 0.483 0.405 0.431
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.683 0.556 0.630 0.580 0.126 0.469 0.392
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.721 0.578 0.518 0.652 0.406 0.571 0.543
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceDownwardSWRadiation|CERESed4.1 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceDownwardSWRadiation|CERESed4.1 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.714 0.600 0.698 0.610 0.378 0.356 0.448
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.739 0.654 0.846 0.570 0.708
CanESM2 [-] 0.661 0.626 0.661 0.443 0.546 0.549 0.513
CanESM5 [-] 0.700 0.638 0.695 0.584 0.565 0.556 0.568
CESM2 [-] 0.650 0.755 0.583 0.613 0.598
CNRM-ESM2-1 [-] 0.741 0.677 0.735 0.617 0.476 0.479 0.524
EnsembleCMIP5 [-] 0.719 0.666 0.720 0.603 0.537 0.589 0.577
EnsembleCMIP6 [-] 0.703 0.667 0.747 0.572 0.538 0.564 0.558
GFDL-ESM2M [-] 0.00
GFDL_ESM4 [-] 0.646 0.623 0.662 0.500 0.493 0.518 0.503
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.680 0.620 0.736 0.240 0.237 0.358 0.278
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.822 0.724 0.807 0.785 0.528 0.611 0.642
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.731 0.661 0.712 0.688 0.491 0.536 0.571
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.00
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 0.652 0.607 0.728 0.503 0.504 0.630 0.546
NorESM1-M [-] 0.676 0.656 0.658 0.642 0.561 0.511 0.571
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.639 0.639 0.676 0.590 0.553 0.560 0.568
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.639 0.613 0.670 0.485 0.303 0.533 0.440

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GFDL-ESM2M
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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