Improving aboveground biomass maps of tropical dry forests by integrating LiDAR, ALOS PALSAR, climate and field data

Table 4 Evaluation statistics for predicting aboveground biomass from ALOS PALSAR and climate variables, using field and LiDAR biomass plots

Data	Approach	n	R²	RMSE	%RMSE	Bias	SD of error
Calibration	Field plots	200	0.52	49.0	37.4	1.2	49.1
	LiDAR plots	5021	0.84	31.3	20.3	0.5	31.3
	Field and LiDAR plots	5221	0.83	32.8	21.4	0.6	32.8
Validation	Field plots	87	0.44	43.8	32.1	− 1.1	43.8
	LiDAR plots	87	0.26	86.7	63.4	43.9	74.6
	Field and LiDAR plots	87	0.35	57.1	41.8	18.5	54.0

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