AfriSAR: Gridded Forest Biomass and Canopy Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016

Description

This dataset contains gridded forest characterization products derived from full-waveform lidar data acquired by NASA's airborne Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) instrument for five forested sites in Gabon, Africa, during the 2016 NASA-ESA AfriSAR campaign. The LVIS lidar instrument was flown over study sites in Lope, Mondah/Akanda, Pongara, Rabi, and Mabouni from February to March 2016. Derived canopy cover, canopy heights, bare ground elevation, plant area index (PAI), and foliage height diversity (FHD), and respective uncertainties are provided at a 25 m resolution for each of the five study sites. Aboveground biomass density (AGBD) and uncertainty were modeled at 50 m and 100 m resolutions for the Lope, Mondah, and Mabounie sites using field inventory data and waveform height and cover metrics. Lidar grid cell data collection statistics (i.e., number of shots and flight lines) and a data mask are also included. This research leverages high-quality forest inventory datasets collected during the AfriSAR campaign for one of the least studied and most unique forest ecosystems in the world.

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34 Gridded Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) instrument data products at 25 m spatial resolution over the Mondah Forest (left) and Mabounie (right) sites in Gabon. Note that the images labeled "DEM" are plotted from the bare ground elevation data files included in the dataset. Source: J. Armston https://daac.ornl.gov/AFRISAR/guides/Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles_Fig1.png
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1775
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/AFRISAR/guides/Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles.html
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/afrisar/Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles/
33 AfriSAR: Gridded Forest Biomass and Canopy Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016: Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/afrisar/Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles/comp/Afrisar_LVIS_Biomass_VProfiles.pdf
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1775

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  • topography
  • ecosystems
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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