Table 2.
Comparison of mean biomass stocks and RMSE values for countries by continent
|
Continent |
Mean country AGB |
RMSE for country mean AGB |
Number countries compared |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
RS1
|
RS2
|
FRA2010 |
RS1
vs
RS2
|
RS1
vs FRA2010 |
RS2
vs FRA2010 |
|
| (Mg ha -1 ) | (Mg ha -1 ) | (Mg ha -1 ) | (Mg ha -1 ) | (Mg ha -1 ) | (Mg ha -1 ) | ||
| Africa |
68.9 |
74.2 |
83.4 |
25.0 |
54.8 |
44.3 |
37 |
| Americas |
113.8 |
130.2 |
99.0 |
20.8 |
50.4 |
63.5 |
28 |
| Asia |
157.1 |
142.2 |
99.0 |
27.5 |
102.4 |
85.7 |
14 |
| Pantropics | 100.5 | 106.1 | 91.0 | 24.1 | 65.0 | 59.7 | 79 |
Comparison of mean aboveground biomass (AGB) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between estimates at a country level, using only countries where there is complete coverage in both RS1 and RS2. Country-level data available in Additional file 2: Table S2.