Table 4 Initial potential terrestrial carbon stock calculated from different sources.

From: Spatially explicit terrestrial carbon densities for calibrating the carbon cycle in human-Earth system Models

Data source

Topsoil (0–30 cms) carbon in PgC

vegetation (above+ below ground biomass) in PgC

Erb et al.9

 

916

moirai (Q3)

1553

591.7

moirai (90th percentile)

2063

966

Walker10

 

795

Sanderman et al.26

2119

 

Houghton12

1462

662

  1. Sources from moirai are calculated using land maps in 1700. Sanderman et al. represents a carbon stock in 1800 given no land use. Walker and Erb et al. are based on potential vegetation carbon estimations.
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