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Aboveground biomass dataset from SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth and reference maps
Simon Boitard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Arnaud Mialon
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Stéphane Mermoz
GlobEO (Global Earth Observation), Toulouse, France
Nemesio J. Rodríguez-Fernández
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Philippe Richaume
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Julio César Salazar-Neira
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Stéphane Tarot
IFREMER, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
Yann H. Kerr
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, Univ. Toulouse, CNES/IRD/CNRS/INRAe, CESBIO, Toulouse, France
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Aboveground biomass (AGB) is a critical component of the Earth's carbon cycle. The presented dataset aims to help monitor this essential climate variable with AGB time series from 2011 onward, derived with a carefully calibrated spatial relationship between the measurements of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission and pre-existing AGB maps. The produced dataset has been extensively compared with other available AGB time series and can be used in AGB studies.
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is a critical component of the Earth's carbon cycle. The presented...
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