Description
This data set provides a single raster image containing the spatial distribution of aboveground live forest biomass of the Amazon basin. This product was derived using a methodology based on a combination of land cover map, remote sensing derived metrics, and more than 500 forest plots distributed over the basin (Saatchi, et al., 2007).The distributed map was produced in ENVI, in Tiff format and it contains forest biomass divided among 11 classes at 1 km spatial resolution with reasonable accuracy (better than 70%). Remote sensing and ground data used in this product were collected from 1990-2000. The Biomass map represents average biomass distribution over the Amazon basin over this period and was used to estimate the total carbon stock of the basin, including the dead and belowground biomass.
Resources
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| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation | Open resource |
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| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Use Web Coverage Service (WCS) to download the dataset's data | HTML | Web Coverage Service for this collection. | Open resource |