653fdd814dba4103a301221955781e35 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 82b29f96b8c94db28ecc51a479f8c9c6 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:23:26 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 NCEO Kenya forest aboveground biomass map 2015 v21.0 2021-05-14T13:03:44 publication 2021-05-14T13:03:44 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/653fdd814dba4103a301221955781e35 653fdd814dba4103a301221955781e35 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis The NCEO Kenya forest aboveground biomass map shows aboveground woody biomass (AGB) in Kenyan forests. Forest areas include vegetated wetlands and wooded grassland for the year 2015. The map was generated by combining field inventory plots (KFS) with Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS-2), Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR-2) and multispectral optical data (NASA Landsat 8), by means of a Random Forests algorithm within a k-Fold calibration/validation framework. The characterization of carbon stocks and dynamics at the national level is critical for countries engaging in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. However, several tropical countries, including Kenya, lack the essential information typically provided by a complete national forest inventory. These data were produced by the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), University of Leicester, in collaboration with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) with funding from the NCEO ODA Programme. Known Issues: Residual scan line corrector (SLC) effects due to the use of the SLEEK land cover product as a retrieval mask (derived from Landsat imagery) are visible in some areas Rodriguez-Veiga, Pedro Unavailable author Unavailable author Balzter, Heiko Unavailable author Unavailable author Ndambiri, Jamleck Unavailable author Unavailable author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) principal_investigator 01793 411500 Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1EU United Kingdom unknown principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher unknown dataset NCEO AGB Biomass Kenya forest vegetated wetlands wooded grassland orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, 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. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 33.909 41.899 -4.8995 4.62 2015-01-01T00:00:00 2015-01-31T00:00:00 GeoTiff Pixel type: unsigned integer Pixel Depth: 16 Bit NoData Value: 65535 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/653fdd814dba4103a301221955781e35 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/nceo_biomass_maps/data/kenya/v21.0/2015/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-005-0100-x Chave et al., 2005. 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