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Terrestrial Ecosystems Datasets

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GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2 2 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2021-08-04

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2.1 2.1 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-16

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

COG
GEDI L4C Footprint Level Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 2 2 ISS, COMPUTERS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-17 to 2025-07-09

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

HDF5
GEDI L4C Footprint Level Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 3 3 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2025-07-10

N: 56 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4C Global Waveform Structural Complexity Index (WSCI) Fusion Product, Version 2 2 Sentinel-1B, TSX, ALOS-2, Sentinel-1A, ISS SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, X-SAR, PALSAR-2, GEDI 2015-01-01 to 2023-01-01

N: 75.1138 S: -56.0002 E: 178.685 W: -177.692

COG
GEDI L4C Gridded Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 2 2 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-17

N: 52.5243 S: -53.2463 E: 180 W: -180

COG
Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1941-01-01 to 1981-12-31

N: 49.3844 S: 24.4981 E: -66.9499 W: -124.763

Text File
Geospatial Data for Modeling Soil Carbon Stocks across Pacific Northwest Watersheds 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS 2012-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 58.7242 S: 46.7725 E: -118.086 W: -134.983

multiple
Global 1-degree Maps of Forest Area, Carbon Stocks, and Biomass, 1950-2010 1 MAPS 1950-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 70 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010 1 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 84 S: -61.1 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 2.1 2 TRMM, Terra, ERS-2 VIRS, MODIS, ATSR 1997-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 179.5 W: -179.5

multiple
Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021 1 ICESat-2, ISS ATLAS, GEDI 2018-10-01 to 2021-10-01

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

COG
Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5

Shapefile
Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene 1 MODELS Computer 1000-01-01 to 2001-12-31

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

multiple
Greater Kruger National Park, GEDI Canopy Metrics, 2007-2024 1 ISS, Sentinel-1A, COMPUTERS GEDI, PALSAR, Computer 2007-01-01 to 2024-12-31

N: -22.2749 S: -26.1412 E: 32.0531 W: 29.7381

COG
Green Vegetation Fraction High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015 1 Airplane, LANDSAT CAMERA, ETM+ 2013-09-25 to 2015-08-27

N: 47.121 S: 25.0847 E: -69.9266 W: -122.746

GeoTIFF
Gridded Estimates of Woody Cover and Biomass across Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2004 1 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2005-01-01

N: 22.0081 S: -34.8145 E: 61.5253 W: -20.6077

GeoTIFF
Gridded GEDI-Fusion Forest Structure Metrics across Six Western US States, 2016-2020 1 ISS, COMPUTERS GEDI, Computer 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 51.4317 S: 34.383 E: -101.728 W: -127.113

COG
Gross Primary Production Maps of Tidal Wetlands across Conterminous USA, 2000-2019 1 Terra, MODELS MODIS, Computer 2000-03-05 to 2019-11-17

N: 47.6967 S: 23.5017 E: -65.9019 W: -128.026

GeoTIFF
Ground-Based Vegetation Community Photos, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska, 2014-2015 1 FIELD SURVEYS GNSS RECEIVER, CAMERAS 2014-06-17 to 2015-07-31

N: 68.6495 S: 68.6019 E: -149.292 W: -149.662

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High-Resolution Shrub Biomass and Uncertainty Maps, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska, 2013 1 Airplane, COMPUTERS, FIELD SURVEYS LIDAR, CAMERA, Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2013-08-01 to 2014-07-15

N: 68.6496 S: 68.6018 E: -149.288 W: -149.662

multiple
ISLSCP II Global Primary Production Data Initiative Gridded NPP Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Total Plant-Available Soil Water Storage Capacity of the Rooting Zone 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IR CO2 ANALYZER 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

ASCII
ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC Composite Monthly Runoff 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

multiple
JERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 JERS-1 SAR 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11

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

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