Malawi-focused data from the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), which supports national forest monitoring systems. The initiative, part of the inter-governmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO), aims to provide sustained observations for reporting to international assessments like the FAO's Forest Resources Assessment and UNFCCC greenhouse gas inventories. It is provided by the organization CEOS_EXTRA via the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Monitor national forest cover change based on satellite observations mentioned in the description
- Support greenhouse gas inventory reporting to the UNFCCC based on IPCC methods referenced in the description
- Coordinate and validate observations for international forest assessments like the FAO's FRA, as described
Strengths
- Data is part of a formal inter-governmental initiative (GEO/GFOI) aimed at sustained observations
- Designed to support reporting to major international frameworks (UNFCCC, FAO FRA)
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via NASA Earthdata
- Collection Method
- Likely contains satellite or remote sensing observations coordinated through the GFOI platform
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
- Geography
- Malawi