This section provides information on specific data sets identified by the participants as relevant to TCO.
For point data, refer also to Olson and Cook (Appendix 5).
Table A1. China (input provided by Chuang Liu)
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Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where (spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
Forest classification, distribution, and biomass |
Forest census (Chinese standards, not fully compatible with FAO and IGBP) |
80's and 90's |
1:250,000 scale and more than 20,000 points, county level 1:50,000 |
Main Land of China |
Bureau of Forestry of China (may be available in a few years) |
|
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
Forest classification, distribution,and biomass |
Forest census |
80' and 90' |
1:4M scale and 1:1M in county level |
Main land of China |
Academy of Forest Sciences (Dr. Ju Hongbo) |
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GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) available immediately |
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Root b. |
no |
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Species |
Same as above |
same |
same |
same |
|
same |
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Age |
Same as above |
same |
same |
same |
|
same |
|
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Crop/grassland yield |
Biomass Yield |
Most kind of crops and grassland classification, distribution and harvest |
Agriculture statistics |
Crops for each year Grassland for 90's |
1:1M in county level for crops each year |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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Statistics Bureau of China |
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Institute of Agriculture Regionalization (Dr. Tang, director of the institute) |
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GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) |
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|
same |
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Harvest index |
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Soil Carbon |
SOM |
Soil classification, chemical components and distribution |
Soil census |
90' |
1:1M scale both in soil census and in county level |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Agriculture of China |
|
Litter (may include litterfall, dead and down trees) |
Soil classification, chemical components and distribution |
Soil census |
90' |
1:400M scale in soil census and 1:1M in county statistics level |
Mail land of China |
GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) |
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Institute of Soil Studies/CAS (Nanjing) (Dr. Cai Zuchong) |
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DOC export |
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Land use |
Land use classification, regionalization, distribution |
Land census |
80' 90' |
1:250,000 and 1:50,000 |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Land Resources of China |
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|
1:1M scale county level in statistics each year |
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Land use |
Land use classification, regionalization, distribution |
Land census |
80' 90' |
1:1M scale in county level in statistics |
Main land of China |
Institute of Agriculture of Regionalization (Dr. Tang) |
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|
Land cover |
Land cover classification |
AVHRR ENVI based through in site validation together with land use census
and ground truth survey |
1999 |
1km resolution and 1:1M scale |
Main land of China |
GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) |
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Harvest and forest products |
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Disturbance |
Fire |
Biomass burning |
AVHRR based and ground truth survey (some of them) |
1999, 2000 |
1 km resolution and 1:1M scale 1:1M scale |
Main land of China |
Bureau of Forest of China |
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Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) |
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Windthrow |
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Agriculture census and statistics |
Each year after 1980 |
1:1M scale in county level |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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|
Insect |
|
Agriculture census and statistics |
Each year after 1980 |
1:1M scale in county level |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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Nitrogen |
Soil nitrogen Fertilize |
|
Agriculture census and statistics |
Each year after 1980 |
1:1M scale in county level |
Main land of China |
Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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GCIRC/CAS (Dr. Liu Chuang) |
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Atmospheric deposition |
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Institute of Atmosphere/CAS (Prof. Fu Congbin) |
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Others (specify) |
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Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where (spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
National map (CanFI) |
Merchantable volume to biomass |
1981 1996 because of problems should not be released |
Variable grid; nominally 10 km |
national |
CFS: Mark Gillis, Victoria |
|
Root b. |
Research driven data |
plots |
variable |
point |
Study sites |
CFS |
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Species |
national map (CanFI) |
Photo interp |
1991 |
Variable grid; nominally 10 km |
|
CFS: Gillis |
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Age |
national map (CanFI) |
Photo interp. |
1991 |
Variable grid; nominally 10 km |
|
CFS: Gillis |
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Crop/grassland yield
|
Biomass |
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|
Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada |
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Yield |
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|
Same |
|
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Harvest index |
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|
Same |
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Phenology |
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Soil carbon |
SOM |
Soil Landscape of Canada |
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Agri-food Canada |
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Litter (may include litterfall, dead and down trees) |
Point and transect data from literature |
What is included? |
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DOC export |
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Land cover- and use-related |
Land use |
Canada land inventory |
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None current |
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Land cover |
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Harvest and forest products |
National forestry data base |
Aspatial management information |
current |
aspatial |
national |
CFS: Gillis |
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Disturbance |
Fire |
Large fire data base; fire M3 |
RS+sketch map |
1995-now |
Raster 1 km And polygon |
National for raster data |
NRCan |
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Windthrow |
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Insect |
FIDS |
Field and aerial survey |
To 1995 |
Point and polygon |
national |
CFS-AFC |
|
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Nitrogen
|
Soil nitrogen |
SLC |
Airphoto+filed |
One time |
polygon |
national |
Agri-food Canada |
|
Atmospheric deposition |
ARNEWS |
field |
1980's- |
Point data |
national |
Environment Canada |
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DEM |
NatGRID |
National map at multiple scales |
interpolation |
NA |
100 m grid |
national |
CFS-GLFC |
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Carbon |
CFS-Carbon |
National estimates |
Model |
Past, current, projected |
11 ecoclimatic cell |
national |
CFS-PFC Mike Apps Werner Kurz |
|
Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where(spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
Country reports to UNFCCC and EU-MM of Changes in forest and other woody
biomass stocks (Cat.5A) |
carbon increment in forests, expanded and converted with default factors
from stem volume |
Annual updates from forest inventories of stem volume |
Point-aggregated to country statistics from forest inventories |
EU15 |
Sink experts of EU-MMC |
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Grid data available from countries |
Total Europe |
TBFRA 2000 |
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Root biomass |
Selected plots of ICP 2 and MAB. CANIF, FORECAST-projects, |
Interpolated from ICP I, overlaid with forest area |
When needed may be updated annually |
Point data |
All Europe |
G. Matteucci UNITUS |
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Species |
Map of tree species distribution (115 species) |
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|
1 × 1 km grid |
EU 15 and total Europe |
JRC-EI, |
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Age |
6 age classes from ICP I |
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JRC-EI, |
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|
Crop/grassland yield |
Biomass |
EUROSTAT |
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National stats |
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Yield |
EUROSTAT |
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National stats |
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Harvest index |
EUROSTAT |
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Phenology |
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International Phenological Programme long term (>30ys) monitoring
plots |
Annual phenology of common trees |
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Point data |
Cca.60 plots in Europe, only few in Mediter. area |
TU-Munich, Prof. Farina |
|
Soil carbon
|
SOM |
SOC content upper 30 cm from surveying ICP I |
|
Once in 1994/95 Again in 2004/05 |
Grid 16 × 16 km |
6000 plots in all Europe |
FSCC E.v.Ranst JRC-ESB |
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SOM |
SOC total in ICP II plots |
|
annually |
Point data |
400 plots in all Europe |
FIMCI W. de Vries |
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DOC export |
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Land cover- and use- related |
Land use |
FAOSTAT |
|
annual |
|
All Europe |
FAO |
|
Land cover |
CORNE |
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|
National stats |
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Harvest and forest products |
Eurostat |
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Disturbance |
Fire |
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Nitrogen
|
Soil nitrogen |
N content from ICP I |
Upper 30 cm |
|
6000 plots gridded |
|
FSCC E.v.Ranst JRC-ESB |
|
Atmospheric deposition |
N total in ICP II |
Bulk, throughfall, stem-flow of S,N,Cl, cations |
Continuous, weekly |
400 point data |
All Europe |
FIMCI W. de Vries |
|
Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where (spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
X |
Based on or derived from different Russian investigators |
1990 and 1998 |
Spatial (polygons of different sizes) |
All Russia |
IIASA (Vladimir Stolbovoi) |
|
Root b. |
X |
Same |
|
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Species |
X |
Same |
|
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Age |
X |
Same |
|
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Crop/grassland yield |
Biomass |
X |
Same |
|
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|
Yield |
X |
Same |
|
|
|
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|
Harvest index |
|
Same |
|
|
|
|
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Phenology |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Soil carbon |
SOM |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Litter (may include litterfall, dead and down trees) |
X |
Litter and dead wood separated |
|
|
|
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|
|
DOC export |
X |
Same |
|
|
|
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|
Land cover and use |
Land use |
X |
|
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Land cover |
X |
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Harvest and forest products |
X |
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Disturbance |
Fire |
X |
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Windthrow |
X |
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Insect |
X |
|
|
|
|
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Soil nitrogen |
|
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Nitrogen |
Atmospheric deposition |
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|
Gas/oil exploration |
|
X |
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|
Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where (spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
Carbon budgets of UK forests |
Combination of FC maps, EO and models, |
|
Census (survey by foresters) |
|
Univ. Oxford |
|
|
Vegetation carbon (a) |
Combination of field, EO and lit data |
c 1990 |
1 km2 |
GB (not sure about N. Island) |
DETR/CEH |
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|
Root b. |
Point data in literature |
|
|
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|
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Species |
Forest Inventory |
Commercial forest |
|
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|
FC |
|
|
|
Countryside Survey |
Random survey of 1 km squares |
6-8 years 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 |
|
|
CEH |
|
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Age |
Same as forest inventory |
Farm questionnaires |
|
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Crop/grassland yield |
Biomass |
Agricultural Census Data |
|
Annual |
Census but not all farms included |
Aggregated data available for England and Wales |
MAFF |
|
Yield |
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Harvest index |
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Phenology |
|
UK Phenology Network |
Annual data of phenological events (e.g. bud-burst, flowering) |
Annual |
Point data from c 100 sites across UK |
UK |
CEH |
|
Soil carbon |
SOM |
Soil inventory data |
Soil survey |
Baseline info |
|
Eng&Wales N. Ireland Scotland |
SSLRC(LandIS) DANI |
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Long-term monitoring |
ECN |
5-yearly from c 1993 |
11 sites |
UK |
ECN |
|
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Soil carbon pool |
Combination of field, EO and lit data |
c 1990 |
1 km2 |
GB |
DETR/CEH |
|
|
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|
|
DETR/EA/CEH |
|
|
|
Soil microbial diversity |
Baseline data from sample of 1 km squares |
1998 |
1 km2 |
GB |
|
|
|
Litter (may include litterfall, dead and down trees) |
UN/ECE Level II (b) |
Continuous Integrated monitoring |
N/A |
10 sites C 60 sites |
GB |
FC |
|
|
DOC export |
Long-term monitoring sites |
|
2-weekly/monthly |
|
UK |
ECN |
|
|
Land cover and use
|
Land use |
See below |
Land use inferred from land cover + land manager survey. |
As below |
|
|
|
|
Land cover |
Countryside Surveys |
Survey of random 1 km squares in UK |
6-8 years 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 |
1 km data aggregated by a land classification |
UK |
CEH |
|
|
Harvest and forest products |
Forest Inventories |
Periodic surveys, Species, yield class data. |
|
census |
Cca. 1987 |
FC |
|
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Disturbance
|
Fire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windthrow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insect |
Rothamsted Insect Survey |
Data on aphids and moth species |
Weekly |
Point data |
GB |
IACR Rothamsted |
|
|
Nitrogen |
Soil nitrogen |
Soil inventories |
Survey data |
|
|
|
SSLRC, MLURI, DARD |
|
Atmospheric deposition |
National AQ monitoring |
Precipitation chemistry and atmospheric conc'n |
2-weekly |
Point data gridded to 10 km maps |
UK |
DETR |
|
|
Others (specify) |
C-fluxes |
Eddy covariance |
|
Continuous |
c 6 sites |
EUROFLUX FC/ECN |
FC |
|
Product type |
Existing product |
What exists |
Characteristics (methods of derivation, etc.) |
Time period(s) and temp. resolution |
Spatial resolution or point data |
Where (spatial extent) |
Who is responsible |
|
Forest Inventory |
Above-ground biomass (stem, foliage) |
Merchantable volume and biomass |
Double sampling (RS + plots) |
Biomass starting now 20% per year5 year repeat |
4 plots rep. 2 ha every 240 acres for phase I, every 6000 acres in phase
II and less in phase III |
All USA forests |
USDA-FIA |
|
Root b. |
No. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Species |
All species |
|
20% per year |
Same |
same |
same |
|
|
Age |
|
Tree coring |
Increment every 5 years |
Same |
same |
same |
|
|
Crop/grassland yield |
Biomass |
|
|
|
|
|
USDA-ARS |
|
Yield |
|
|
|
|
|
same |
|
|
Harvest index |
|
|
|
|
|
same |
|
|
Phenology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soil carbon SOM |
|
Polygon-based STATSGO |
Airphoto+soil survey |
One time |
Polygons of different sizes 1km version data have been created |
All USA |
USDA |
|
Litter (may include litterfall, dead and down trees) |
Litter and woody debris |
|
20% per year |
Same as biomass and only phase III |
All USA |
USDA-FIA |
|
|
DOC export |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land cover and use |
Land use |
|
Airphoto + RS + field measurements |
Same as biomass |
Same as biomass, but only phase I and II |
|
USDA-FIA |
|
Land cover |
|
Field observations |
same |
Only phase II |
|
USDA-FIA |
|
|
Harvest and forest products |
|
survey by county |
annual |
By county |
All USA |
USDA-FIA |
|
|
Disturbance |
Fire |
Wildfire |
Field observations +aircraft for many fires |
By event |
Same as biomass, only phase I and II |
All USA |
USFS-BLM |
|
Windthrow |
|
Field observations |
20% per year |
Same |
All USA |
USDA-FIA |
|
|
Insect |
|
Aircraft+field obs. |
Annual +20% per year |
Phase I, II |
All USA |
USDA-FIA |
|
|
Nitrogen.
|
Soil nitrogen |
|
Field obs |
+20% per year |
Phase III |
All USA |
USDA-FIA |
|
Atmospheric deposition |
|
|
|
|
|
EPA? |
|
|
Others (specify) |
|
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|
|
|
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Australia: |
Damian Barrett ([email protected]), John Raison
([email protected]), or Ray Leuning ([email protected]) |
|
Indonesia: |
digital files listed in CGER-report for Indonesia, 1999,
edited by Kuninori Otsubo |
|
Africa: |
RS derived land cover data in preparation |
|
Circum-Sahara: |
ROSELT (12 long-term ecological monitoring sites, some point
data are also available; contact Jean-Marc d'Herbes, [email protected])
Sporadic inventory for rest of Africa. |
|
South Africa: |
CSIR (R. Scholes; multiple layers). |
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Southeast Asia: |
FAO (Paul Reichert). |
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South America: |
LBA |
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Tropics: |
Tropical Forest Resource Assessment-FAO; Arctic: International
Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program. |
