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Description
This dataset provides temporally consistent and harmonized global maps of aboveground and belowground biomass carbon density for the year 2010 at a 300-m spatial resolution. The aboveground biomass map integrates land-cover specific, remotely sensed maps of woody, grassland, cropland, and tundra biomass. Input maps were amassed from the published literature and, where necessary, updated to cover the focal extent or time period. The belowground biomass map similarly integrates matching maps derived from each aboveground biomass map and land-cover specific empirical models. Aboveground and belowground maps were then integrated separately using ancillary maps of percent tree cover and landcover and a rule-based decision tree. Maps reporting the accumulated uncertainty of pixel-level estimates are also provided.
Product Summary
Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Projects
Vegetation
Spatial Extent
N: 84S: -61.1E: 180W: -180
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2764708636-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
4
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Biomass
,
Forests
,
Grasslands
,
Alpine/Tundra
Citation
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Spawn, S. A., & Gibbs, H. K. (2020). Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1763 Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
@article{spawn_gibbs_2020,
title={Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/ornl-cloud-global-maps-c-density-2010-1763-1},
DOI={10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1763},
abstractNote={This dataset provides temporally consistent and harmonized global maps of aboveground and belowground biomass carbon density for the year 2010 at a 300-m spatial resolution. The aboveground biomass map integrates land-cover specific, remotely sensed maps of woody, grassland, cropland, and tundra biomass. Input maps were amassed from the published literature and, where necessary, updated to cover the focal extent or time period. The belowground biomass map similarly integrates matching maps derived from each aboveground biomass map and land-cover specific empirical models. Aboveground and belowground maps were then integrated separately using ancillary maps of percent tree cover and landcover and a rule-based decision tree. Maps reporting the accumulated uncertainty of pixel-level estimates are also provided.},
publisher={ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Spawn, S.A. and Gibbs, H.K.},
year={2020},
language={en},
}
Spawn, S. A., & Gibbs, H. K. (2020). Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1763 Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
Spawn, S.A., and H.K. Gibbs. “Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010.” With ORNL DAAC, Version 1, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2020, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1763. Date Accessed: 2026-10-04
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