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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ESSDD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2024-333</article-id>
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<article-title>PEATGRIDS: Mapping thickness and carbon stock of global peatlands via digital soil mapping</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Widyastuti</surname>
<given-names>Marliana Tri</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-4850</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Minasny</surname>
<given-names>Budiman</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Padarian</surname>
<given-names>José</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2250-5299</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Maggi</surname>
<given-names>Federico</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-8112</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aitkenhead</surname>
<given-names>Matt</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Beucher</surname>
<given-names>Amélie</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3076-5392</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Connolly</surname>
<given-names>John</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2897-9711</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fiantis</surname>
<given-names>Dian</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kidd</surname>
<given-names>Darren</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ma</surname>
<given-names>Yuxin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Macfarlane</surname>
<given-names>Fraser</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-1446</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Robb</surname>
<given-names>Ciaran</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2314-4985</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rudiyanto</surname>
<given-names></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Setiawan</surname>
<given-names>Budi Indra</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3046-8248</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Taufik</surname>
<given-names>Muh</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-6010</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH Scotland, UK</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, Prospect, Tasmania 7250, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Landcare Research, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IPB University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>27</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<volume>2024</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>29</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2024 Marliana Tri Widyastuti et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>Peatlands, which only cover 3 to 5 percent of the global land area, can store up to twice the amount of carbon as the world&amp;rsquo;s forests. Although recognised for their significant role in the global carbon cycle, discovering the global extent of peatlands and their carbon stock remains challenging. Referring to the UNEP&apos;s global peatland map, here we present PEATGRIDS, a data product containing global maps of peat thickness and carbon stock created created using the digital soil mapping approach. We compiled over 25,000 observations of peatland thickness, bulk density (BD) and carbon content (CC), globally. Using the Random Forest (RF) algorithm, we estimated peat thickness and peat BD and CC at ~1 km resolution at multiple depths (0&amp;ndash;2 m) globally. The estimates were generated using 19 land surface covariates from digital maps and remote sensing images of land use, soil characteristics, topographical features, and climate parameters. The RF models for peat thickness were trained on 25,200 points grouped into six geographic regions. Validation of the peat thickness estimates showed a good performance, with the coefficient of determination (R&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;)&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;ranging from 0.15 to 0.72. The prediction for peat BD and CC followed the same model architecture and were trained on 17,000 and 7,000 points, respectively. Overall, BD and CC models performed well and consistently across soil layers with average R&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; values of 0.61 for BD and 0.48 for CC. Based on the estimated peat thickness, BD and CC, the carbon stock of global peatland was estimated to be 1,029 Pg C for peat dominated area of 6.57 million km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. PEATGRIDS is made available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12559239&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12559239&lt;/a&gt; (Widyastuti et al., 2024) to support further analyses and modelling of peatlands across the globe.</p>
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<funding-source>Australian Research Council</funding-source>
<award-id>DP200102542</award-id>
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<funding-source>Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan</funding-source>
<award-id>LOG-7157/LPDP/LPDP.3/2023</award-id>
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