2012 Forest Above-ground Biomass, Northeast
type: Dataset
description: This dataset measures the total amount of above-ground live biomass in forested systems, which is an important attribute of forested communites and an indicator of successional development, and an important habitat attribute for many forest-associated wildlife species. The dataset is derived from a combination of remote sensing products derived from multi-temporal Landsat TM data and Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot data and forest succession models derived from FIA plot data. It is expected this dataset will be useful for distinguishing early successional from mature forests as they existed in approximately 2012. Units are in kilograms/meters squared times 10. To create this dataset, the Woods Hole North American Carbon Program (NACP) Aboveground National Biomass and Carbon Baseline Data (NBCD 200) Version 2 (Kellndorfer et al. 2013) was updated with the High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change (Hansen et al. 2013) to generate the current biomass grid. Development of the NBCD 2000 data set used an empirical modeling approach that combined USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data with high-resolution InSAR data acquired from the 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and optical remote sensing data acquired from the Landsat ETM+ sensor. Three-season Landsat ETM+ data were systematically compiled by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) between 1999 and 2002 for the entire U.S. and were the foundation for development of both the USGS National Land Cover Dataset 2001 (NLCD 2001) and the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project (LANDFIRE). Products from both the NLCD 2001 (landcover and canopy density) and LANDFIRE (existing vegetation type) projects as well as topographic information from the USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) were used within the NBCD 2000 project as spatial predictor layers for canopy height and biomass estimation. The response variables (canopy he…
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keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: biomass
keyword: ckan
keyword: dsl
keyword: environment
keyword: forest
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: umass
keyword: united-states
theme: {geospatial}

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