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.
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Space, Earth and Environment
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No
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Brazil
Research 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
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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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.
Version 1.0
https://doi.org/10.5879/ecds/2017-09-12.1/1
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Geospatial
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Oskar Englund - Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment