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.
| Schema | iso19139 |
| Purpose | This cost effective and operational methodology is replicable, over 5-10 years with minimum ground samples through integration of satellite images. |
| Descriptive Keyword | Carbon Stock, Forest, icimod-servir, geo-ecosystems, servircat (theme) Nepal (place) |
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| Language | eng |
| Charset | utf8 |
| Hierarchy Level | dataset |
| Date | 2025-07-17T12:00:54 |
| Standard Name | North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 |
| Contact | |||
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| Name | Mr. Hammad Gilani | metadata@icimod.org | |
| Organization Name | ICIMOD, SERVIR Himalaya | Voice | |
| Position name | Associate Remote Sensing Specialist | Address | |
| Role | author | ||
| Identification Info | |
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| Title | Above ground carbon stock data in Nepal |
| Date | 2015-09-22 |
| Date Type | publication |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Purpose | This cost effective and operational methodology is replicable, over 5-10 years with minimum ground samples through integration of satellite images. |
| Status | completed |
| Charset | utf8 |
| Topic Category | geoscientificInformation |
| Spatial Representation Type | grid |
| Equivalent Scale | 5000 |
| Cited Responsible Parties | |||
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| Name | Mr. Hammad Gilani | metadata@icimod.org | |
| Organization Name | ICIMOD | Voice | 977-1-5275222 |
| Position name | Associate Remote Sensing Specialist | Address | Nepal |
| Role | author | ||
| Geographic Extent | |||
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| Geographic Extent East | 88.3904 | Geographic Extent West | 79.8862 |
| Geographic Extent North | 30.5175 | Geographic Extent South | 26.2307 |
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| Maintenance and update frequency | asNeeded |
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| Legal Constraints | |
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| 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. |
| Use Limitation | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
| Access Constraints | license |
| Use Constraints | license |
| Reference System Information | |
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| Code | WGS 1984 |
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| Hierarchy level | dataset |
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| metadata@icimod.org | Organization Name | ICIMOD | |
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| Address | Role | distributor | |
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| Online Resource | Above Ground Biomass in Nepal |