Gridded Estimates of Woody Cover and Biomass across Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2004
This dataset provides maps of woody (tree and shrub) cover and biomass across Sub-Saharan Africa at a resolution of 1 km for the period 2000-2004. Canopy cover observations and remote-sensing data related to woody vegetation were used to predict woody cover across Africa. Predicted woody cover, canopy height, and tree allometry were used to estimate woody biomass for Sub-Saharan Africa. Canopy cover observations were assembled from field measurements and Google Earth imagery collected from 2000-2004. Remote-sensing data related to the structural attributes of woody vegetation were derived from MODIS optical data and Q-SCAT (Quick Scatterometer) microwave measurements. Canopy height estimates were derived from spaceborne lidar and tree allometry equations were retrieved from GlobAllomeTree.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 22.01 S: -34.81 E: 61.53 W: -20.61 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: GeoTIFF |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Environmental Modeling | |
| Data Center(s): | ORNL_DAAC | Instrument(s): | Computer |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Hanan, N.P., L. Prihodko, C.W. Ross, G. Bucini, and A.T. Tredennick. 2020. Gridded Estimates of Woody Cover and Biomass across Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2004. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1777
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://daac.ornl.gov/VEGETATION/guides/Gridded_Biomass_Africa.html, ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/global_vegetation/Gridded_Biomass_Africa/comp/Gridded_Biomass_Africa.pdf, Gridded Estimates of Woody Cover and Biomass across Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2004: Gridded_Biomass_Africa.pdf
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10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1777
https://doi.org
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- CONTINENT
- AFRICA
- EASTERN AFRICA
- CONTINENT
- AFRICA
- SOUTHERN AFRICA
- CONTINENT
- AFRICA
- WESTERN AFRICA
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