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Forest_Inventory_Brazil_2007·v1·dataset

Tree measurements from Amazon forest plots (2009-2018)

Forest Inventory and Biophysical Measurements, Brazilian Amazon, 2009-2018
biosphere NASA ORNL_CLOUD Level 2 multiple
In plain English

What it measures. On-the-ground tree measurements from Amazon forest plots, including trunk diameter, tree height, species names, location, crown size, and, for some sites, estimated aboveground biomass.

How it's made. Collected by field crews who measured and cataloged individual trees at research sites across the Brazilian Amazon between 2009 and 2018, provided as spreadsheets and map files.

How & where you'd use it. A valuable reference for estimating how much carbon Amazon forests store, for studying biodiversity, and for checking satellite-based forest measurements against real ground data.

What's measured

BIOSPHERE › ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS › ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS › DECOMPOSITIONBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › CROWNBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › CANOPY CHARACTERISTICSBIOSPHERE › ECOSYSTEMS › TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS › FORESTSBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › BIOMASS

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2009-01-01 → 2018-12-31
  • Measured byFIELD SURVEYS (VISUAL OBSERVATIONS)
  • Processing levelLevel 2
  • Spatial extent-67.9824, -13.0928, -46.8288, -1.5
  • Formatsmultiple
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map vegetation, forests and biomass
  • Monitor ecosystem productivity and carbon
  • Support habitat and biodiversity studies
Official description

This dataset provides the complete catalog of forest inventory and biophysical measurements collected over selected forest research sites across the Amazon rainforest in Brazil between 2009 and 2018 for the Sustainable Landscapes Brazil Project. This dataset includes measurements for diameter at breast height (DBH), commercial tree height, and total tree height for forest inventories. Also included for each tree are the family, common and scientific names, coordinates, canopy position, crown radius, and for dead trees, the decomposition status. Aboveground biomass estimate is available for selected sites. The data are provided in comma-separated values (CSV) and shapefile formats. Sampling methodology for each site and year is described in companion files.

Get the data

forest_inventory_brazil_2007_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="Forest_Inventory_Brazil_2007",
    version="1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ORNL_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.