Global belowground biomass carbon density of tundra vegetation in the year 2010

This layer represents the belowground biomass (BGB) carbon (C) density estimates for tundra vegetation that were used to create the harmonized global BGB C density map of Spawn et al. (2020). It has been scaled by 10 to reduce file size and should by multiplied by 0.1 before analysis to attain units...

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Main Authors: Gibbs, Holly, Spawn, Seth A, Sullivan, Clare C, Lark, Tyler J
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: figshare 2020
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11828766
https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Global_belowground_biomass_carbon_density_of_tundra_vegetation_in_the_year_2010/11828766
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Summary:This layer represents the belowground biomass (BGB) carbon (C) density estimates for tundra vegetation that were used to create the harmonized global BGB C density map of Spawn et al. (2020). It has been scaled by 10 to reduce file size and should by multiplied by 0.1 before analysis to attain units of megagrams C per hectare (MgC/ha). Since tundra vegetation may coexist with other vegetation types within the extent of a given grid cell, estimates in this layer have been proportionally adjusted to account for the relative spatial extent that tundra vegetation is assumed to occupy in each grid cell. Grid cells that do not contain tundra vegetation report a value of zero. As such, taking the pixelwise sum of the accompanying layers for tree, grass, tundra and crop BGB C will produce the harmonized global BGB C density map of Spawn et al. (2020).