Aboveground Biomass Change for Amazon Basin, Mexico, and Pantropical Belt, 2003-2016

Description

This dataset provides gridded estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB) for live dry woody vegetation density in the form of both stock for the baseline year 2003 and annual change in stock from 2003 to 2016. Data are at a spatial resolution of approximately 500 m (463.31 m; 21.47 ha) for three geographies: the biogeographical limit of the Amazon Basin, the country of Mexico, and a Pantropical belt from 40 degrees North to 30 degrees South latitudes. Estimates were derived from a multi-step modeling approach that combined field measurements with co-located LiDAR data from NASA ICESat Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) to calibrate a machine-learning (ML) algorithm that generated spatially explicit annual estimates of AGB density. ML inputs included a suite of satellite and ancillary spatial predictor variables compiled as wall-to-wall raster mosaics, including MODIS products, WorldClim climate variables reflecting current (1960-1990) climatic conditions, and SoilGrids soil variables. The 14-year time series was analyzed at the grid cell (~500 m) level with a change point-fitting algorithm to quantify annual losses and gains in AGB. Estimates of AGB and change can be used to derive total losses, gains, and the net change in aboveground carbon density over the study period as well as annual estimates of carbon stock.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Aboveground Biomass Change for Amazon Basin, Mexico, and Pantropical Belt, 2003-2016: AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/cms/AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico/comp/AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1824
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/cms/AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico/
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1824
21 Web Coverage Service for this collection. https://webmap.ornl.gov/wcsdown/dataset.jsp?ds_id=1824
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico.html
34 Pantropical aboveground biomass density change from 2003 to 2016. Data have been aggregated to ca. 5 km resolution for illustration. https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/AGB_Pantropics_Amazon_Mexico_Fig1.png

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  • biosphere
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • ngda
  • vegetation
  • ecological-dynamics
  • earth-science

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