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ECHIDNA LIDAR Campaigns: Forest Canopy Imagery and Field Data, U.S.A., 2007-2009 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2007-08-01 to 2009-08-05

N: 45.2148 S: 36.961 E: -68.7236 W: -119.249

multiple
Ecosystem Demography Model: U.S. Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Fluxes, 1700-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 52 S: 21.5 E: -30.5 W: -164.5

multiple
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

ERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

ERS-2 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS, THERMOMETERS 1972-08-01 to 2020-08-15

N: 71.334 S: 61.1397 E: -141.683 W: -166.41

CSV
Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
FLUXNET Research Network Site Characteristics, Investigators, and Bibliography, 2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 78.921 S: -62.2321 E: 175.554 W: -157.409

CSV
Foliar Trait and Spectroscopy Data, Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY SPECTROMETERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS 1966-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: -30.3922 S: -34.4 E: 24.4833 W: 18.374

CSV
Forest Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Sequestration Potential, Northeastern USA 1 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 49.0223 S: 36.8038 E: -66.0584 W: -81.2256

GeoTIFF
Forest Aboveground Biomass for Maine, 2023 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 47.461 S: 42.9074 E: -66.6761 W: -71.3389

COG
Forest Aboveground Biomass for the Southwestern U.S. from MISR, 2000-2021 1 Terra MISR 2000-05-15 to 2021-06-30

N: 46.2812 S: 28.599 E: -99.0185 W: -126.18

GeoTIFF
Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes After Disturbance, Southeastern USA, 1990-2010 1.1 MODELS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 40.8894 S: 23.2283 E: -71.2798 W: -89.0103

GeoTIFF
Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from the NFCMS, Conterminous USA, 1990-2010 2 MODELS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 50.366 S: 23.1873 E: -65.7307 W: -127.686

GeoTIFF
Forest Inventories at Burned and Unburned Tropical Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31

N: -9.73446 S: -9.89909 E: -67.0199 W: -67.637

CSV
Forest Inventory and Biophysical Measurements, Brazilian Amazon, 2009-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2009-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: -1.5 S: -13.0928 E: -46.8288 W: -67.9824

multiple
Forest Preservation Ranking and Vertebrate Species Richness, Western USA, 2020-2099 1 CLM-LSM Computer 2001-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 52.015 S: 27.71 E: -100.502 W: -132.503

multiple
Forest Structural Diversity of Central Africa and the Western US mapped using GEDI 1 AIRCRAFT, ISS LIDAR, GEDI 2013-01-01 to 2023-03-16

N: 49.662 S: -8.0836 E: 32.666 W: -125.311

multiple
Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CLINOMETERS 2006-02-11 to 2006-02-23

N: 10.4219 S: 10.4219 E: -84.0212 W: -84.0212

multiple
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Golden Weeks, Version 1 1.1 ISS, MODELS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-18 to 2019-09-05

N: 52.4561 S: -52.2008 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 1 1 MODELS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

N: 53.994 S: -54.1988 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2 2 ISS, COMPUTERS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-17 to 2021-08-05

N: 53.9933 S: -52.2046 E: 180 W: -180

binary
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2.1 2.1 COMPUTERS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-17 to 2025-07-09

N: 55.8 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5

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