ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative (Biomass_cci): Global datasets of forest above-ground biomass for the years 2010, 2017 and 2018, v2

This dataset comprises estimates of forest above-ground biomass for the years 2010, 2017 and 2018. They are derived from a combination of Earth observation data, depending on the year, from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Envisat’s ASAR instrument and JAXA’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS-1 and ALOS-2), along with additional information from Earth observation sources. The data has been produced as part of the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme by the Biomass CCI team.

The data products consist of two (2) global layers that include estimates of:

1) above ground biomass (AGB, unit: tons/ha i.e., Mg/ha) (raster dataset). This is defined as the mass, expressed as oven-dry weight of the woody parts (stem, bark, branches and twigs) of all living trees excluding stump and roots

2) per-pixel estimates of above-ground biomass uncertainty expressed as the standard deviation in Mg/ha (raster dataset)

This release of the data is version 2, with data provided in both netcdf and geotiff format. The quantification of AGB changes by taking the difference of two maps is strongly discouraged due to local biases and uncertainties. Version 3 maps will ensure a more realistic representation of AGB changes.

Date (Publication): 2021-03-16T15:59:27

Date (Creation): 2021-03-16T15:59:27

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/84403d09cef3485883158f4df2989b0c

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 84403d09cef3485883158f4df2989b0c

Citation identifier: doi / 10.5285/84403d09cef3485883158f4df2989b0c

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Santoro, Maurizio	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Cartus, Oliver	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Owner
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_biomass_terms_and_conditions_v2.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 2010-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2020-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
Data are in NetCDF and GeoTiff formats

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/84403d09cef3485883158f4df2989b0c	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/biomass/data/agb/maps/v2.0/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/projects/biomass/	ESA CCI Biomass project website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/documents/617/Biomass_D4.3_CCI_PUG_V2.0.pdf	Product User Guide

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://cci.esa.int/sites/default/files/Biomass_D2.2_Algorithm_Theoretical_Basis_Document_V2.0.pdf	Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/biomass/key-documents/	Project documentation for Biomass CCI

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data was created by the Biomass CCI team.

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Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-16T03:20:17

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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