Above ground carbon stock data in Nepal
The Above Ground Biomass(AGB) data obtained from the model was converted into carbon stock by applying a conversion factor of 0.47, as suggested by IPCC.
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- Date ( Publication )
- 2015-09-22
- Purpose
- This cost effective and operational methodology is replicable, over 5-10 years with minimum ground samples through integration of satellite images.
- 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. Above Ground Biomass in Nepal. Nov 2013.http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/biomass
- Status
- Completed
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GEOSS THEME ( Theme )
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- Carbon Stock
- Forest
- icimod-servir
- geo-ecosystems
- servircat
- Keywords ( Place )
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- Nepal
- Use limitation
- geossDataCore
- Use limitation
- The SERVIR Project, NASA, USAID and ICIMOD make no express or implied warranty of this data as to the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Neither the US Government nor its contractors shall be liable for special, consequential or incidental damages attributed to this data.
- Use limitation
- Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2015). Above ground carbon stock data in Nepal [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.23173
- Use limitation
- Users are permitted to copy, use, adapt, and redistribute SERVIR data without limitations. SERVIR encourages users to keep any adapted or redistributed versions of this data freely available for public use.
- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
- Copyright
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Denominator
- 5000
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
- OnLine resource
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Above Ground Biomass in Nepal
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Above Ground Biomass in Nepal
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Data Download
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Data Download
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- NASA-Ames research centre and WWF-Nepal
- File identifier
- cf2e79e9-5244-46f5-a9e5-25a70dcc416c XML
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-09-08T14:37:09
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
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