authority: jecam
slug: crop-biomass
name: Crop Biomass
domain: agriculture
subdomain: yield
authority_id: jecam:crop-biomass
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: above_ground_biomass_amount_of_vegetation
  gcos_overlap: gcos:above-ground-biomass
canonical_units: t ha-1 (dry matter)
description: |
  Above-ground vegetative biomass of a standing crop (dry-matter basis),
  observed by destructive sampling or estimated remotely from
  vegetation indices, LAI, and SAR backscatter. Key intermediate
  variable for yield modelling.
theme: vegetation
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - http://jecam.org/