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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3219-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3219-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Data description article
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04 Jul 2025
Data description article |  | 04 Jul 2025

China's annual forest age dataset at a 30 m spatial resolution from 1986 to 2022

Rong Shang, Xudong Lin, Jing M. Chen, Yunjian Liang, Keyan Fang, Mingzhu Xu, Yulin Yan, Weimin Ju, Guirui Yu, Nianpeng He, Li Xu, Liangyun Liu, Jing Li, Wang Li, Jun Zhai, and Zhongmin Hu

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Short summary
Forest age is critical for carbon cycle modeling and effective forest management. Existing datasets, however, have low spatial resolutions or limited temporal coverage. This study introduces China's annual forest age dataset (CAFA), spanning 1986–2022 at a 30 m resolution. By tracking forest disturbances, we annually update ages. Validation shows small errors for disturbed forests and larger errors for undisturbed forests. CAFA can enhance carbon cycle modeling and forest management in China.
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