Table 2.
Land use category groupings used for establishing bias corrections, with corresponding IGBP indices and percentage of the domain occupied by each type.
| Aggregated Category | IGBP Index | IGBP Description | Percent of Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deciduous Forest | 4 | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest | 18.4 |
| Other Forest | 5 | Mixed Forests | 10.7 |
| 8 | Woody Savannas | 3.0 | |
| 2 | Evergreen Broadleaf Forest | 2.4 | |
| 1 | Evergreen Needleleaf Forest | 1.9 | |
| 3 | Deciduous Needleleaf Forest | <0.1 | |
| Crops | 12 | Croplands | 28.8 |
| 14 | Cropland/natural vegetation mosaic | 16.6 | |
| 16 | Barren or sparsely vegetated | <0.1 | |
| Grasslands | 10 | Grasslands | 14.3 |
| 9 | Savannas | 0.3 | |
| Shrublands | 7 | Open Shrublands | 0.8 |
| 6 | Closed Shrublands | <0.1 | |
| Urban | 13 | Urban and Built-Up | 2.7 |