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Table 2 Comparison of mean biomass stocks and RMSE values for countries by continent

From: Uncertainty in the spatial distribution of tropical forest biomass: a comparison of pan-tropical maps

Continent

Mean country AGB

RMSE for country mean AGB

Number countries compared

 

RS1

RS2

FRA2010

RS1 vsRS2

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

  1. 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.