AfriSAR: Mondah Forest Tree Species, Biophysical, and Biomass Data, Gabon, 2016

Description

This dataset provides plot-level estimates of basal area, aboveground biomass, number of trees, maximum tree height, and basal-area-weighted wood specific gravity that were derived from observations of nearly 6,700 individual trees including tree family, species, DBH, the height of each tree, and their x, y location within 25 x 25 m subplots. These field data were collected from 15 1-hectare plots located across the Mondah Forest of Gabon as part of the AfriSAR Campaign in 2016. These biophysical and biomass data were used for training models to derive the AfriSAR remote sensing-based aboveground biomass products.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1580
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/afrisar/AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/AFRISAR/guides/AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1580
34 View of Mondah rainforest, Gabon. Location of field plots for identification of dominant vegetation, biophysical measurements of trees, and estimates of biomass for validation of remote sensing data. Credit: Carla Thomas in NASA (2016). https://daac.ornl.gov/AFRISAR/guides/AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data_Fig1.png
33 AfriSAR: Rainforest Species, Biomass, Biophysical Measurements, Mondah Forest, Gabon: AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/afrisar/AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data/comp/AfriSAR_Mondah_Field_Data.pdf

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  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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