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EM Identity and Description

EM Identification (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Short Name em.detail.shortNameHelp ?	Global forest stock, biomass and carbon downscaled	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Full Name em.detail.fullNameHelp ?	Global forest growing stock, biomass and carbon downscaled map	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Source or Collection em.detail.emSourceOrCollectionHelp ?	None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Source Document ID	442	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Document Author em.detail.documentAuthorHelp ?	Kindermann, G.E., I. McCallum, S. Fritz, and M. Obersteiner	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Document Year em.detail.documentYearHelp ?	2008	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Document Title em.detail.sourceIdHelp ?	A global forest growing stock, biomass and carbon map based on FAO statistics	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Document Status em.detail.statusCategoryHelp ?	Peer reviewed and published	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Comments on Status em.detail.commentsOnStatusHelp ?	Published journal manuscript	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Software and Access (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Software Access info Exit em.detail.modelAccessInformationHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Contact Name em.detail.contactNameHelp ?	Georg Kindermann	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Contact Address	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Contact Email	kinder(at)iiasa.ac.at	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM Description (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Summary Description em.detail.summaryDescriptionHelp ?	ABSTRACT: "Currently, information on forest biomass is available from a mixture of sources, including in-situ measurements, national forest inventories, administrative-level statistics, model outputs and regional satellite products. These data tend to be regional or national, based on different methodologies and not easily accessible. One of the few maps available is the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO 2005) which contains aggregated country-level information about the growing stock, biomass and carbon stock in forests for 229 countries and territories. This paper presents a technique to downscale the aggregated results of the FRA2005 from the country level to a half degree global spatial dataset containing forest growing stock; above/belowground biomass, dead wood and total forest biomass; and above-ground, below-ground, dead wood, litter and soil carbon. In all cases, the number of countries providing data is incomplete. For those countries with missing data, values were estimated using regression equations based on a downscaling model. The downscaling method is derived using a relationship between net primary productivity (NPP) and biomass and the relationship between human impact and biomass assuming a decrease in biomass with an increased level of human activity. The results, presented here, represent one of the first attempts to produce a consistent global spatial database at half degree resolution containing forest growing stock, biomass and carbon stock values. All results from the methodology described in this paper are available online at www. iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/. "	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Specific Policy or Decision Context Cited em.detail.policyDecisionContextHelp ?	None identified	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Biophysical Context	No additional description provided	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Scenario Drivers em.detail.scenarioDriverHelp ?	No scenarios presented	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM Relationship to Other EMs or Applications

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Method Only, Application of Method or Model Run em.detail.methodOrAppHelp ?	Method + Application (multiple runs exist)	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application	Model Run Associated with a Specific EM Application
New or Pre-existing EM? em.detail.newOrExistHelp ?	New or revised model	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon

Related EMs (for example, other versions or derivations of this EM) described in ESML

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Document ID for related EM em.detail.relatedEmDocumentIdHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
EM ID for related EM em.detail.relatedEmEmIdHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None

EM Modeling Approach

EM Relationship to Time (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Temporal Extent em.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	1999-2005	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Time Dependence em.detail.timeDependencyHelp ?	time-stationary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Time Reference (Future/Past) em.detail.futurePastHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Time Continuity em.detail.continueDiscreteHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Temporal Grain Size Value em.detail.tempGrainSizeHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Temporal Grain Size Unit em.detail.tempGrainSizeUnitHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM spatial extent (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Bounding Type em.detail.boundingTypeHelp ?	No location (no locational reference given)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Spatial Extent Name em.detail.extentNameHelp ?	Global	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Spatial Extent Area (Magnitude) em.detail.extentAreaHelp ?	>1,000,000 km^2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Spatial Distribution of Computations (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Spatial Distribution em.detail.distributeLumpHelp ?	spatially distributed (in at least some cases)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Spatial Grain Type em.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	area, for pixel or radial feature	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Spatial Grain Size em.detail.spGrainSizeHelp ?	0.5 x 0.5 degrees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM Structure and Computation Approach (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Computational Approach em.detail.emComputationalApproachHelp ?	Analytic	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Determinism em.detail.deterStochHelp ?	deterministic	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Statistical Estimation of EM em.detail.statisticalEstimationHelp ?	Conventional (frequentist) statistics	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Model Checking Procedures Used (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Model Calibration Reported? em.detail.calibrationHelp ?	No	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Model Goodness of Fit Reported? em.detail.goodnessFitHelp ?	Yes ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.	* ? Comment: For the 0.5 grid level equation where the country forest level is missing.
Goodness of Fit (metric\| value \| unit) em.detail.goodnessFitValuesHelp ?	r2 \| Varies by run; view runs to see values \| unitless	r2 \| 0.76 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.44 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.69 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.41 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.76 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.75 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.72 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.41 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.29 \| unitless	r2 \| 0.19 \| unitless
Model Operational Validation Reported? em.detail.validationHelp ?	Yes	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Model Uncertainty Analysis Reported? em.detail.uncertaintyAnalysisHelp ?	No	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Model Sensitivity Analysis Reported? em.detail.sensAnalysisHelp ?	No	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Model Sensitivity Analysis Include Interactions? em.detail.interactionConsiderHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM Locations, Environments, Ecology

Location of EM Application (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Centroid Latitude em.detail.ddLatHelp ?	44.51	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Centroid Longitude em.detail.ddLongHelp ?	-123.51	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Centroid Datum em.detail.datumHelp ?	WGS84	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Centroid Coordinates Status em.detail.coordinateStatusHelp ?	Estimated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Environments and Scales Modeled (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Environmental Sub-Class em.detail.emEnvironmentalSubclassHelp ?	Forests	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Specific Environment Type em.detail.specificEnvTypeHelp ?	Forests	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EM Ecological Scale em.detail.ecoScaleHelp ?	Ecological scale corresponds to the Environmental Sub-class	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Organisms modeled (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left)

Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
EM Organismal Scale em.detail.orgScaleHelp ?	Not applicable	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
None Available	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EnviroAtlas URL

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems	GAP Ecological Systems

EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system

* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left

CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

National Ecosystem Services Classification System (NESCS) Plus

(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)

EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

EM Variable Names (and Units)

* Note that for runs, variable name is displayed only where data for that variable differed by run AND those differences were reported in the source document. Where differences occurred but were not reported, the variable is not listed. Click on variable name to view details.

To view run information for variables, select any variable below or view run data for all variables.

Predictor

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Driving Variables (and Units) em.detail.drivingVariableHelp ?	Area (grid cell) (km^2) Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (multiple) Forest share (%) Human influence (Not applicable) Net primary production (gC m^-3 yr^-1)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (m^3 ha^-1)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (country level) (MtC)
Constant or Factor Variables (and Units) em.detail.constantFactorVariableHelp ?	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)	Coefficient of growing stock (unitless) Coefficient of human influence (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production (unitless) Coefficient of net primary production x human influence (unitless) Linear intercept (unitless)

Intermediate

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Intermediate (Computed) Variables (and Units) em.detail.intermediateVariableHelp ?	None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Response

EM ID em.detail.idHelp ?	EM-948	Above-ground biomass	Growing stock	Below-ground biomass	Dead biomass	Total biomass	Above-ground carbon	Below-ground carbon	Dead carbon	Litter carbon	Soil carbon
Observed Response Variables (and Units) em.detail.observedResponseHelp ?	None	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Computed Response Variables (and Units) em.detail.computedResponseHelp ?	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree lat/long level) (multiple) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (multiple)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (m^3 ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (Mm^3)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (Mt)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (MtC)	Forest biomass attribute quantity (0.5 degree level) (t ha^-1) Forest biomass attribute quantity (global level) (MtC)

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EM Identity and Description

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EM Locations, Environments, Ecology

Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])

Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)

Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)

Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled

Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified

EnviroAtlas URL

EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system

* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry shown at left

CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)

National Ecosystem Services Classification System (NESCS) Plus

(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)

EM Variable Names (and Units)

* Note that for runs, variable name is displayed only where data for that variable differed by run AND those differences were reported in the source document. Where differences occurred but were not reported, the variable is not listed. Click on variable name to view details.

Predictor

Intermediate

Response