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Publication Details

Title:
Forest carbon stocks of the contiguous United States (2000-2009) Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Wilson, Barry Tyler; Woodall, Christopher W.; Griffith, Douglas M.
Publication Year:
2013
How to Cite:
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Wilson, Barry Tyler; Woodall, Christopher W.; Griffith, Douglas M. 2013. Forest carbon stocks of the contiguous United States (2000-2009). Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0004
Abstract:
Through application of a nearest-neighbor imputation approach, mapped estimates of forest carbon density were developed for the contiguous United States using the annual forest inventory conducted by the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, MODIS satellite imagery, and ancillary geospatial datasets. This data publication contains the following 8 raster maps: total forest carbon in all stocks, live tree aboveground forest carbon, live tree belowground forest carbon, forest down dead carbon, forest litter carbon, forest standing dead carbon, forest soil organic carbon, and forest understory carbon.

Keywords:
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Climate change; Carbon; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Soil; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; stocks; forest; United States; CONUS
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