Forest Aboveground Carbon Density for the Hawaiian Islands, 2015-2016

Forest aboveground carbon density (ACD) data for the eight main Hawaiian Islands. The data are provided at a 30-meter resolution with units of megagrams of carbon per hectare for the years 2015-2016. The dataset was created by Gregory P. Asner of Arizona State University and is published as a standard GeoTIFF file.

Use Cases

• Modeling forest carbon sequestration based on aboveground carbon density data.
• Assessing regional carbon budgets for oceanic islands based on 30-meter resolution maps.
• Monitoring changes in forest carbon stocks over time using the 2015-2016 baseline data.

Strengths

• Data has a defined spatial resolution of 30 meters.
• Covers the eight main Hawaiian Islands.
• Specific temporal coverage for 2015-2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Gregory P. Asner, Arizona State University

Collection Method

Likely derived from airborne remote sensing observations, as suggested by the dataset title 'Global Airborne Observatory'.

Time Range

2015-2016

Geography

The eight main Hawaiian Islands