A new high-resolution nation-wide aboveground carbon map for Brazil

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Oskar Englund - Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment

Description

Brazil is home to the largest tracts of tropical vegetation in the world, harbouring high levels of biodiversity and carbon. Several biomass maps have been produced for Brazil, using different approaches and methods, and for different purposes. These maps have been used to estimate historic, recent, and future carbon emissions from land use change (LUC). It can be difficult to determine which map to use for what purpose. The implications of using an unsuitable map can be significant, since the maps have large differences—both in terms of total carbon storage and its spatial distribution.

This dataset of aboveground carbon was created based on data from existing maps and an up-to-date LULC map. The map reflects current LULC, has high accuracy and resolution (50 m), and a national coverage. It can be a useful alternative for scientific studies and policy initiatives concerned with existing LULC and LUC outside of existing forests, especially at local scales when high resolution is necessary, and/or outside the Amazon biome.

Map unit: tonnes of aboveground carbon per hectare.

Subject area

Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Geoscientific Information, Environment (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords

vegetation, biomass, carbon, land use change (luc), aboveground carbon

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Principal organisation

Chalmers University of Technology

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Oskar Englund - Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment

Identifiers

SND-ID: ECDS 0244

Description

Brazil is home to the largest tracts of tropical vegetation in the world, harbouring high levels of biodiversity and carbon. Several biomass maps have been produced for Brazil, using different approaches and methods, and for different purposes. These maps have been used to estimate historic, recent, and future carbon emissions from land use change (LUC). It can be difficult to determine which map to use for what purpose. The implications of using an unsuitable map can be significant, since the maps have large differences—both in terms of total carbon storage and its spatial distribution.

This dataset of aboveground carbon was created based on data from existing maps and an up-to-date LULC map. The map reflects current LULC, has high accuracy and resolution (50 m), and a national coverage. It can be a useful alternative for scientific studies and policy initiatives concerned with existing LULC and LUC outside of existing forests, especially at local scales when high resolution is necessary, and/or outside the Amazon biome.

Map unit: tonnes of aboveground carbon per hectare.

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Brazil

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Subject area

Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Geoscientific Information, Environment (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords

vegetation, biomass, carbon, land use change (luc), aboveground carbon

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Publications

Englund, O., Sparovek, G., Berndes, G., Freitas, F., Ometto, JP., Valle, P., Costa C., and Lapola, D., 2017. A new high-resolution nation-wide aboveground carbon map for Brazil. Geo: Geography and Environment, 4(2), e00045. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/geo2.45>
Geo: Geography and Environment

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Version 1.0

2017-10-24
https://doi.org/10.5879/ecds/2017-09-12.1/1

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ECDS0244-001-V1.0.zip (1.25 GB)

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

A new high-resolution nation-wide aboveground carbon map for Brazil

Citation

Oskar Englund. Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment (2017). <em>A new high-resolution nation-wide aboveground carbon map for Brazil</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5879/ecds/2017-09-12.1/1">https://doi.org/10.5879/ecds/2017-09-12.1/1</a>

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Oskar Englund - Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment

Description

This dataset of aboveground carbon was created based on data from existing maps and an up-to-date LULC map. The map reflects current LULC, has high accuracy and resolution (50 m), and a national coverage. It can be a useful alternative for scientific studies and policy initiatives concerned with existing LULC and LUC outside of existing forests, especially at local scales when high resolution is necessary, and/or outside the Amazon biome.


Map unit: tonnes of aboveground carbon per hectare.

Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Published: 2017-11-16
Last updated: 2019-06-11