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    • FIA Above Ground Forest Biomass (Image Service)

    Metadata Updated: August 5, 2025

    The United States has been providing national-scale estimates of forest carbon stocks and stock change to meet United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change reporting requirements for years. Through application of a nearest-neighbor imputation approach, mapped estimates of forest biomass density were developed for the contiguous United States using the annual forest inventory conducted by the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, MODIS satellite imagery, and ancillary geospatial datasets. This data product would contain the following 7 raster maps: Aboveground Forest Biomass, Belowground Forest Biomass, Forest Tree Bole Biomass, Forest Sapling Biomass, Forest Stump Biomass, Forest Top Biomass, Woodland Specias Biomass. All layers have a 250 meter pixel resolution and values represent biomass pounds per acre.  The paper on which these maps are based may be found here: https://dx.doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0004 ; Access to full metadata and other information can be accessed here: https://dx.doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0004

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date August 5, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date August 5, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2024-05-02
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-29
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:96
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::fia-above-ground-forest-biomass-image-service
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c93b5a6739f3a962c40a57c01c16de594486e670fa0cf2c959dcf9a2042ec90b
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