Total Biomass Carbon Uncertainty

Almost as important as knowledge of the amount of biomass in an area is information about the uncertainty of the data. Areas where the carbon biomass is relatively well known are shown in green, while more uncertain measurements are orange and red.

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NASA map by Robert Simmon, using data from Saatchi et al., 2011.

Published January 6, 2012
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2000

Source:

ICESat > GLAS