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BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon and Flux Data of NSA-MSA in Raster Format 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1937-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

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Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27

N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929

multiple
Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 1 LANDSAT-5, SPACE SHUTTLES, ALOS, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, ALOS-2, LANDSAT-8, MODELS TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 52.8561 S: 21.5875 E: -64.1285 W: -130.233

GeoTIFF
CARDAMOM Carbon-Water-Energy Reanalysis v1100.1, 2001-2021 1 GOSAT, OCO-2, MODELS, Terra, Aqua TANSO-FTS-2, OCO SPECTROMETERS, Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 82 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

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CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 71.499 S: 58 E: -141 W: -168.5

GeoTIFF
CENTURY: Modeling Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change, Version 4 (VEMAP 1995) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Characteristics of African Savanna Biomes for Determining Woody Cover 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-7, LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS DENSIOMETERS, AVHRR, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1981-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 16.761 S: -27.75 E: 37.2375 W: -15.8392

CSV
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR 1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30

N: 90 S: 55.8 E: 180 W: -180

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Circumpolar Boreal Forest Aboveground Biomass Density, V3 3 ICESat-2, LANDSAT, ISS, MODELS ATLAS, Sentinel-2 MSI, GEDI, Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 78.5313 S: 43.7519 E: 179.822 W: -180

COG
Classification of Global Forests for IPCC Aboveground Biomass Tier 1 Estimates, 2020 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

COG
CMS: Estimated Deforested Area Biomass, Tropical America, Africa, and Asia, 2000 1 SATELLITES, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-7 GLAS, Computer, ETM+ 2000-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 30 S: -29.9999 E: 180 W: -119

GeoTIFF
CMS: Forest Aboveground Biomass from FIA Plots across the Conterminous USA, 2009-2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2009-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 49.5076 S: 24.3193 E: -66.6917 W: -125.009

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CMS: Forest Biomass and Productivity, 1-degree and 5-km, Conterminous US, 2005 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 52 S: 21 E: -65 W: -129

netCDF-4
CMS: Forest Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Net Flux for the Conterminous US: 2005-2010 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 50 S: 19.2881 E: -55.8472 W: -136.153

GeoTIFF
CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.0) 1 MODELS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.3.1) 1.3.1.1 MODELS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -89.75 E: 179.75 W: -179.75

netCDF-3
CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.3.3) 1.3.3 COMPUTERS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2022-08-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-3
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Areas in Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012-2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2012-07-27 to 2014-12-27

N: -2.55319 S: -3.76718 E: -46.7931 W: -48.4958

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CMS: LiDAR-derived Estimates of Aboveground Biomass at Four Forested Sites, USA 1 ALOS LIDAR 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 43.96 S: 35.78 E: -76.36 W: -123.61

GeoTIFF
CMS: LiDAR-derived Tree Canopy Cover for States in the Northeast USA 1.1 MODELS, Airplane Computer, AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, CAMERAS 2008-01-01 to 2014-08-30

N: 43.0987 S: 37.7092 E: -74.1541 W: -81.1415

GeoTIFF
CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 1 LANDSAT-8, Aqua, ALOS, ALOS-2, DEM, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 50 S: 25 E: -60 W: -130

netCDF-4
CMS: Tree Canopy Cover at 0.5-meter resolution, Vermont, 2016 1 MODELS Computer 2016-07-27 to 2016-09-13

N: 45.0224 S: 42.7004 E: -71.4559 W: -73.4858

COG
CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 2 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 33.7967 S: 13.4057 E: -84.6252 W: -119.226

COG
CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 1 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, G-LiHT, LANDSAT-7 Computer, TM, LIDAR, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 50.6625 S: 23.2663 E: -65.0638 W: -126.714

GeoTIFF
CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Waterbodies, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2016-2019 1 SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, COMPUTERS Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, WATER BOTTLES, Computer 2016-07-07 to 2019-07-07

N: 61.6781 S: 60.895 E: -162.073 W: -163.82

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