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	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
CLM4	[-]	49.5	50.3	0.175	38.7	0.0457		2.84		0.65	0.81	0.73
CLM4.5	[-]	45.4	45.4	0.214	38.7	0.0457		1.81		0.61	0.78	0.69
CLM5	[-]	38.5	38.7	0.202	38.7	0.0457		0.293		0.77	0.95	0.86

	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
CLM4	[-]	7.62	6.82	0.00883	11.9	0.0196		-0.754		0.58	0.88	0.73
CLM4.5	[-]	2.26	2.02	0.0241	11.9	0.0196		-1.47		0.43	0.38	0.40
CLM5	[-]	3.25	2.85	0.0430	11.9	0.0196		-1.35		0.45	0.59	0.52

	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
CLM4	[-]	10.9	10.4	0.239	24.5	0.0612		-1.42		0.53	0.84	0.68
CLM4.5	[-]	4.94	4.60	0.227	24.5	0.0612		-2.04		0.44	0.70	0.57
CLM5	[-]	12.3	11.7	0.367	24.5	0.0612		-1.21		0.51	0.80	0.65

	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
CLM4	[-]	62.7	60.1	2.37	35.7	1.10		12.8		0.45	0.68	0.57
CLM4.5	[-]	54.1	51.6	2.16	35.7	1.10		10.3		0.53	0.87	0.70
CLM5	[-]	39.9	37.9	1.80	35.7	1.10		5.14		0.72	0.92	0.82

	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
CLM4	[-]	40.6	30.7	10.5	38.3	0.0891		-0.539		0.58	0.64	0.61
CLM4.5	[-]	40.9	30.9	10.3	38.3	0.0891		-0.477		0.53	0.60	0.57
CLM5	[-]	31.6	23.2	9.15	38.3	0.0891		-1.53		0.59	0.80	0.69

	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
CLM4	[-]	28.1	26.8	0.491	43.4	0.257		-1.57		0.61	0.86	0.73
CLM4.5	[-]	22.9	21.6	0.572	43.4	0.257		-2.15		0.53	0.79	0.66
CLM5	[-]	24.8	23.2	0.670	43.4	0.257		-1.98		0.61	0.89	0.75

	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
CLM4	[-]	7.61	1.66	5.85	13.5	0.139		-1.85		0.42	0.58	0.50
CLM4.5	[-]	7.63	1.55	6.01	13.5	0.139		-1.85		0.41	0.54	0.48
CLM5	[-]	11.0	3.66	7.16	13.5	0.139		-1.38		0.44	0.64	0.54

	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.
CLM4	[-]	467.	376.	90.9	348.	3.81		0.986		0.54	0.63	0.58
CLM4.5	[-]	452.	327.	125.	348.	3.81		0.359		0.54	0.70	0.62
CLM5	[-]	486.	309.	178.	348.	3.81		0.0653		0.64	0.85	0.75

	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
CLM4	[-]	1.32	0.117	1.21	2.53	0.00250		-1.09		0.39	0.011	0.20
CLM4.5	[-]	1.34	0.119	1.24	2.53	0.00250		-1.08		0.39	0.020	0.20
CLM5	[-]	1.55	0.211	1.35	2.53	0.00250		-1.04		0.39	0.021	0.21

	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
CLM4	[-]	4.64	4.09	0.284	10.9	0.149		-1.52		0.45	0.66	0.56
CLM4.5	[-]	8.47	7.78	0.434	10.9	0.149		0.0277		0.54	0.68	0.61
CLM5	[-]	10.2	9.38	0.547	10.9	0.149		0.813		0.61	0.77	0.69

	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
CLM4	[-]	13.4	2.27	11.0	1.52	0.0247		1.54		0.64	0.77	0.70
CLM4.5	[-]	14.7	1.63	12.9	1.52	0.0247		0.864		0.60	0.76	0.68
CLM5	[-]	11.9	1.32	10.5	1.52	0.0247		0.434		0.55	0.68	0.62

	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
CLM4	[-]	3.99	0.100	3.95	0.219	0.00		-0.388		0.49	0.19	0.34
CLM4.5	[-]	2.99	0.0814	2.95	0.219	0.00		-0.445		0.47	0.13	0.30
CLM5	[-]	3.04	0.0844	2.99	0.219	0.00		-0.433		0.47	0.082	0.27

	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.
CLM4	[-]	159.	158.	0.331	100.	0.0690		7.20		0.51	0.49	0.50
CLM4.5	[-]	141.	141.	0.404	100.	0.0690		5.17		0.59	0.67	0.63
CLM5	[-]	128.	128.	0.396	100.	0.0690		3.63		0.71	0.92	0.81

	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
CLM4	[-]	17.8	17.9	0.122	18.4	0.0281		0.0899		0.55	0.53	0.54
CLM4.5	[-]	13.5	13.4	0.195	18.4	0.0281		-0.573		0.52	0.57	0.54
CLM5	[-]	21.8	21.8	0.347	18.4	0.0281		0.735		0.55	0.58	0.56

	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
CLM4	[-]	4.80	5.04	0.0866	7.15	0.128		-0.164		0.49	0.50	0.49
CLM4.5	[-]	5.00	5.06	0.113	7.15	0.128		-0.0225		0.47	0.51	0.49
CLM5	[-]	6.25	6.14	0.145	7.15	0.128		0.387		0.52	0.57	0.55

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 Globe 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 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.