Mapping biomass with remote sensing: a comparison of methods for the case study of Uganda

Table 2 Total and mean AGB of Uganda for different biomass maps

Map	Total AGB (Tg)	Mean AGB (Mg/ha)	Bias (Mg/ha)
Avitabile	343	14.2	-5.2
Baccini	443	18.4	-1.0
NBS	468	19.4	-
Gibbs & Brown	579	24.0	4.6
Drigo	1191	49.3	29.9
Henry	1550	64.2	44.8
Reusch & Gibbs	2201	91.1	71.7
Houghton [42]/DeFries [43]^a	674	27.9	8.5
Brown [44]/Achard [45, 46]^a	744	30.8	11.4
Olson [47]/Gibbs [16]^a	832	34.5	15.1
IPCC [24]^a	1921	79.5	60.2

The map bias is relative to the NBS value. The values for the maps indicated with the symbol (^a) are derived from [11]

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