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    • Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    This dataset provides global gridded estimates of forest aboveground carbon stocks and potential fluxes at a 0.01-degree resolution. It was derived by initializing a newly developed global Ecosystem Demography model (ED v3.0) with novel remote sensing observations of tree canopy height collected by GEDI and ICESat-2, two NASA spaceborne lidar missions. A total of 3.77 billion lidar samples were used to generate gridded canopy height histograms that were then linked to ED simulations of canopy height and carbon dynamics during ecosystem succession. This process constrained representation of contemporary forest conditions and associated carbon stocks and fluxes in the model. Inputs that drove these simulations included meteorology, carbon dioxide levels, and soil properties. The data are provided in cloud-optimized GeoTIFF format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Estimated aboveground carbon stocks (top) and fluxes (bottom) from forest estimated by Ecosystem Demography model using inputs from both GEDI and ICESat-2.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2756296671-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-08-23
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-08-24
    Category CMS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Ma, L., G.C. Hurtt, H. Tang, R. Lamb, A.J. Lister, L.P. Chini, R.O. Dubayah, J. Armston, E. Campbell, L. Duncanson, S.P. Healey, J. ONeil-Dunne, L. Ott, B. Poulter, and Q. Shen. 2023. Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2180
    Graphic Preview Description Estimated aboveground carbon stocks (top) and fluxes (bottom) from forest estimated by Ecosystem Demography model using inputs from both GEDI and ICESat-2.
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/CMS_Global_Forest_AGC_Fig1.jpg
    Harvest Object Id d2643790-a79d-4cd8-bbba-8845c2d49062
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2180
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 981a1fd5785846e0c0a7e1210dbe64e30cffc653d643b845febe8f4b1eca5d90
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z/2021-10-01T23:59:59Z

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