Table 6 LiDAR-AGB Linear Mixed Effects Model performance statistics at 1-ha and 0.16-ha plot sizes.

From: LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa

Plot Size (1-ha)

Plot Size (0.16-ha)

LCM

AIC

R2

RMSE [Mg ha−1]

RMSE [%]

LCM

AIC

R2

RMSE [Mg ha−1]

RMSE [%]

meanH

−180.42

0.89

43.62

15.2

meanH

149.94

0.71

88.55

32.4

RH60

−169.22

0.88

44.75

15.6

QMCH_chm

194.11

0.70

89.31

32.7

RH50

−167.22

0.88

45.27

15.8

RH90

379.89

0.65

96.81

35.4

RH70

−151.53

0.87

45.83

16.0

RH98

642.43

0.59

105.29

38.5

QMCH_chm

−148.49

0.88

45.30

15.8

RH40

869.25

0.60

106.49

39.0

RH80

−133.52

0.87

47.14

16.5

RH50

889.42

0.59

106.84

39.1

RH40

−114.58

0.86

48.46

16.9

CCF10

928.45

0.50

116.11

42.5

RH90

−102.74

0.85

50.54

17.7

RH60

975.37

0.59

106.68

39.0

RH98

−23.33

0.79

59.26

20.7

RH80

1033.34

0.62

103.08

37.7

CCF10

15.74

0.72

70.11

24.5

RH70

1036.05

0.59

106.41

38.9

CCF5

66.87

0.63

79.56

27.8

CCF5

1101.04

0.46

120.43

44.1

CV

85.22

0.61

81.18

28.4

CCF2

1105.63

0.45

121.80

44.6

CCF2

90.21

0.60

82.20

28.7

CV

1265.00

0.41

132.29

48.4

sdH

114.75

0.62

79.52

27.8

sdH

1365.98

0.41

128.62

47.1

rumple

131.76

0.58

83.77

29.3

rumple

1473.62

0.39

130.34

47.7

  1. The table is sorted in ascending order based on the column “AIC” (Akaike information criterion) when the respective LiDAR Canopy Metric (LCM) is used for Eq. 1. R2 and RMSEs (in Mg ha-1 and in %) are computed on back-transformed predictions.