LiDAR-based aboveground biomass changes data of tropical montane forest in Borneo

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/1897683· OSTI ID:1897683

Phua, Mui-How ^[1]; Loh, Ho Yan; James, Daniel; Ioki, Keiko; Wong, Wilson Vun Chiong; Tsuyuki, Satoshi

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1. ESS-DIVE

Anthropogenic activities are increasingly impacting the carbon storage of tropical montane forests. We employed airborne LiDAR data to estimate the aboveground biomass (AGB) changes at high resolution in a human-modified tropical montane forest in northern Borneo. The data package consists of LiDAR-based AGB changes at 1m resolution in GeoTIFF format, a table of field and estimated AGB changes at plot level and a shape file of the plots’ coordinates. The raster data (GeoTIFF) at 1 m resolution covers two study sites (site 1: 2.67 km x 8 km; site 2: 2 km x 8 km). The GeoTIFF and shape files can be read using any GIS or image processing software. The dataset can be utilized to deepen our understanding of the carbon storage of tropical montane forests, establish reference values for Southeast Asian tropical montane forests, guide forest resource managers on rehabilitation strategies and further research on the impacts of anthropogenic land use activities.

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; High-resolution Estimation of Carbon Stock and Changes in Tropical Forests of Sabah for Capturing Climate Change Funds
• Sponsoring Organization: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
• OSTI ID: 1897683
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Airborne laser scanning
Carbon stock changes
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Sabah