Above-ground biomass map of the savannahs and woodlands of continental Africa and Madagascar

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This dataset gives estimates of the woody above-ground biomass (AGB) of the savannahs and woodlands of continental Africa and Madagascar at a 25 meters spatial resolution, obtained from the 2010 ALOS PALSAR mosaic produced by the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA).AGB is estimated between 0 and 85 Mg.ha-1 following the methodology described in the referenced publication.The following land cover classes have been masked:- Dense forests and flooded forests, using classes 50 (Dense forests) and 160 (Flooded forests) of the ESA CCI Land Cover dataset: https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/- Mangroves, using the GMW (Global Mangrove Watch) dataset: https://www.globalmangrovewatch.org/- Urban areas, using the HBASE (Human Built-Up and Settlement Extent) dataset: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ulandsat-hbase-v1- Water bodies, using the GSW (Global Surface Waters) dataset: https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/The data can be used for a wide range of applications, from conservation to carbon accounting. .The dataset is divided into 10° × 10° tiles. The file names give the coordinates of the upper left corner of each tile (in degrees latitude and longitude).An additional file is provided: AGB_Bouvet_QGIS_style.qml, which is a QGis style file to visualize the AGB dataset in the QGis software.Year of estimate: 2010Projection: Geographic Lat/LonGeodetic Datum: WGS-84Data type: ByteFile type: Geotiff (LZW compression)Pixel size : 0.8 arcseconds × 0.8 arcseconds (approximately 25m × 25m at Equator)Pixel value:- 0 to 85: AGB in tons/ha- 100: dense forests mask- 160: flooded forests mask- 170: mangroves mask- 190: urban areas mask- 210: water bodies mask

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.982543
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.030
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.982543
Provenance
Creator Bouvet, Alexandre ORCID logo; Mermoz, Stephane; Le Toan, Thuy; Villard, Ludovic; Mathieu, Renaud; Naidoo, Laven; Asner, Gregory P ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) https://ror.org/04h1h0y33 ROR BCT_71SC TOSCA Earth, oceanography, land surfaces and atmosphere programme; European Space Agency https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000844 Crossref Funder ID 4000113100/14/I-NB ESA DUE Globbiomass; Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 685761 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/685761 Bringing Earth Observation Services for Monitoring Dynamic Forest Disturbances to the Users (EOMonDis)
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 90 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-17.500W, -35.000S, 51.500E, 37.500N); Africa