Dataset
NCEO aboveground biomass maps of Africa for years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (v1.0)
Abstract
This product contains maps of aboveground biomass (AGB) estimates and their uncertainty (AGB standard deviation) in the African continent at 100m spatial resolution for years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017. The maps are in GeoTIFF format and the unit of pixel values is ton per hectare.
Aboveground biomass (AGB) was estimated using satellite-based canopy estimates and ground-based tree height and AGB data. Input data for modelling canopy height are HH and HV backscatter from ALOS PALSAR 1 and 2 and tree cover fraction from Landsat. Relative height 100% from spaceborne LiDAR GEDI was used for training. An empirical model, built with field and ALS data, was used for converting canopy height to aboveground biomass.
Details of the methods for data production are provided in the following paper, which is linked in the documentation section of this catalogue record: Rodríguez-Veiga, P., Carreiras, J.M.B., Quegan, S. et al. Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source. Sci Rep 15, 41744 (2025).
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| Access rules: |
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
The data was supplied by Nezha Acil of the NCEO University of Leicester research team to CEDA for archival. |
| Data Quality: |
Data quality tests were carried out by the NCEO research team at the University of Leicester
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| File Format: |
The maps are in GeoTIFF format and the unit of pixel values is ton per hectare.
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Process overview
No variables found.
Temporal Range
2007-01-01T00:00:00
2017-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
37.7310° |
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-18.2735° |
51.8642° |
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-35.0541° |