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Aboveground Biomass Density - International Space Station, LIDAR, L4A and L4B Models, Australia Coverage, 2020

This dataset contains predictions of the aboveground biomass density (AGBD) for Australia for 2020. Data were generated by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) NASA mission, which used a full-waveform LIDAR attached to the International Space Station to provide the first global, high-resolution observations of forest vertical structure. Data include both Level 4A (~25&nbsp;m footprints) and Gridded Level 4B (1&nbsp;km x 1&nbsp;km) Version 2. The Australian portion of the data was extracted from the original global datasets <a href=" https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=2056 ">GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density</a> and <a href=" https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=2299 ">GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density</a>.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2023-04-01
Date (Publication)
2024-09-24
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
2020

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

Australian National University - Abdollahi, Arnick ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
Data were collected to allow scientists to prepare aggregated and harmonized habitats and biomass data on a national scale, providing details on the Earth's carbon cycle and bushfire fuel data.
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Australian National University - Abdollahi, Arnick ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10 East Road
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

Description
Australia.
N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2020-01-01 2020-12-31
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
  • WILDFIRES
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Forestry management and environment
  • Environmental management
  • Fire ecology
  • Forestry fire management
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • above-ground biomass
  • Megagram per Hectare
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Megagram per Hectare
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Monthly - < Annual

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
File name
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File description
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File type
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Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Australia Monthly GEDIL4A AGB Data Year2020

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Australia GEDIL4B Gridded Data

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Aboveground Biomass Density - International Space Station, LIDAR, L4A and L4B Models

OnLine resource
gedi_agb_L4B

Aboveground Biomass Density

OnLine resource
Landscape Data Visualiser - Aboveground Biomass Density - International Space Station, LIDAR, L4A and L4B Models, Australia Coverage, 2020

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Title
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2.1
Website
https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=2056

Method documentation

Title
GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2
Website
https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=2017

Method documentation

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/d173aed1-50f0-4936-9dee-64d23ea1a501

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d173aed1-50f0-4936-9dee-64d23ea1a501

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-11-08T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:42:21.825812+00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Spatial extent

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W


Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Environmental management Fire ecology Forestry fire management Forestry management and environment
GCMD Science Keywords
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS WILDFIRES

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