Geographical Distribution of Woody Biomass Carbon in Tropical Africa: An Updated Database for 2000 (NDP-055.2007, NDP-055b))

Dataset · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP055.2007· OSTI ID:1389504

Gibbs, Holly K. ^[1]; Brown, S. ^[2]

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1. Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin; OSTI
2. Winrock International

Maps of biomass density are critical inputs for estimating carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation of tropical forests. Brown and Gatson (1996) pioneered methods to use GIS analysis to map forest biomass based on forest inventory data (ndp055). This database is an update of ndp055 (which represent conditions in circa 1980) and accounts for land cover changes occurring up to the year 2000. To access the older version of this data package see: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp055/ndp055b.html

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science (SC) > Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
• OSTI ID: 1389504
• Report Number(s): cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/lue.ndp055.2007; osti:1389504; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP055.2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Africa
Biomass
Biosphere
Carbon
Carbon cycle
Climate change
Deforestation
Degradation
Forestry
Human Impacts
Land cover
Land use
Population
Release of carbon from land use change
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Tropical Ecosystems
VALUE - GLC2000 land cover
VALUE - biomass carbon (Mg/ha)
VALUE - biomasss (Mg/ha) in woody vegetation
VALUE - ndp055 land cover type
VALUE - potential biomass