Forest stand age map of Canada (2004) and the United States (2006)
dataset
posted on 2025-01-22, 02:18 authored by Yude Pan, Jing Chen, Richard Birdsey, Kevin McCullough, Liming He, Feng DengThis data publication contains the first continental forest stand age map of North America by combining forest inventory data, historical fire data, optical satellite data and the dataset from NASA's Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) project. Raster maps represent 2006 stand age at 1 kilometer resolution for Alaska, the conterminous United States, and each forest region. There is also a 2004 stand age map for Canada. A companion map of the standard deviations for age estimates, developed for quantifying uncertainty, is also included.
The forest stand age data can be used in large-scale carbon modeling, both for land-based biogeochemistry models and atmosphere-based inversion models, in order to improve the spatial accuracy of carbon cycle simulations.
Original metadata date was 10/28/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/14/2016 and 07/25/2019.
The forest stand age data can be used in large-scale carbon modeling, both for land-based biogeochemistry models and atmosphere-based inversion models, in order to improve the spatial accuracy of carbon cycle simulations.
Original metadata date was 10/28/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/14/2016 and 07/25/2019.
Funding
USDA-FS
History
Data contact name
Yude PanData contact email
yude.pan@usda.govPublisher
Forest Service Research Data ArchiveUse limitations
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the citation below when citing the data product: Pan, Yude; Chen, Jing; Birdsey, Richard; McCullough, Kevin; He, Liming; Deng, Feng. 2014. Forest stand age map of Canada (2004) and the United States (2006). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0025Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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United States and CanadaISO Topic Category
- geoscientificInformation
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- environment
- biota
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
Forestry, Wildland ManagementOMB Bureau Code
- 005:96 - Forest Service
OMB Program Code
- 005:059 - Management Activities
Pending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public
