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Monday, March 19, 2012

Carbon stock data for the world's tropical forests

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Based on satellite measurements from NASA including LiDAR and MoDIS data plus on-the-ground field measurements, researchers have posted carbon stock data for the world's tropical forests on ArcGIS Online.

 
The data of the biomass of tropical forests is at a 500-meter resolution.This kind of resolution for the biomass of tropical forests has  never been seen before. The national level data set is freely available for use for scientific, conservation, and educational purposes. Users should agree to cite the dataset as: A. Baccini, S J. Goetz, W.S. Walker, N. T. Laporte, M. Sun, D. Sulla-Menashe, J. Hackler, P.S.A. Beck, R. Dubayah, M.A. Friedl, S. Samanta and R. A. Houghton.
 
To access data click HERE
 

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