Above-ground Biomass
vegetationECV · GCOS Tier 1biosphere
Dry mass of living plant material above the soil surface, retrieved from
spaceborne lidar (GEDI, ICESat-2), L-/P-band SAR (BIOMASS, SAOCOM, NISAR)
and forest-inventory upscaling. Central to forest-carbon accounting.
Canonical units:
Mg ha-1