Young Forest Distribution and Stand Age Across Russia, 2012

Young forest distribution and estimated stand ages across Russia at 500-meter resolution for 2012. NASA produced this dataset by modeling 12- to 27-year-old forests from MODIS records and augmenting with 0- to 11-year-old forest data aggregated from 30-meter Landsat imagery. The dataset provides a detailed spatial snapshot of early-stage forest recovery for the entire country.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon sequestration potential in regenerating Russian forests.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of forest regrowth following disturbances like fires or logging.
• Validating or calibrating larger-scale land cover and vegetation models.
• Studying the relationship between forest age and other biophysical parameters.

Strengths

• Provides full spatial coverage of Russia's young forests.
• Integrates data from two satellite sources (MODIS and Landsat) for different age classes.
• Offers a consistent 500-meter resolution product for the year 2012.

Limitations

• Specific column names and dataset dimensions (row count, file size) are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one lists 2012-12-31, another lists 2026-03-13.
• License is listed as 'other-license-specified' without further details.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Modeled from MODIS 500-m records for ages 12-27 and augmented with 0-11 year-old forest distribution aggregated from 30-m Landsat imagery.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

2026-03 13 03:11:26.977086

Geography

Full extent of Russia