Basal Area data of 2012 for Kayerkhola watershed, Chitwan District, Nepal

At the watershed level, crown projection area (CPA) vs. basal area (BA) model was developed and validated. At the watershed level, for CPA delineation, region growing technique was adopted. GeoEye-1 images captured on 15 December, 2012 was used.

Date ( Publication ): 2015-09-22

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Hammad Gilani ( Associate Remote Sensing Specialist )

Nepal

977-1-5275222

Other citation details: ICIMOD. (2015). Basal Area data of 2012 for Kayerkhola watershed, Chitwan District, Nepal [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.23289

Purpose: The methodology for BA mapping at the watershed level as well as district level is convenient and easy to replicable. BA maps can be easily translated for biomass and carbon stock quantification.

Credit: This dataset has been developed by SERVIR Himalaya. SERVIR is a joint USAID-NASA project. For more information on SERVIR, visit http://www.servirglobal.net. For references, use: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), SERVIR Himalaya. REDD Information System. Dec 2014. http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/redd/

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEOSS THEME ( Theme )

Basal Area(BA)
REDD+
Forest
servircat
icimod-servir
geo-biodiversity

Keywords ( Place )

Nepal
Chitwan

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Use limitation: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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