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USGS FCT Nepal

Entry ID: USGS_FCT_Nepal

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Summary

Abstract: The Forest Carbon Tracking Task (GEO FCT) has been established to support countries wanting to establish national forest-change, carbon estimation and reporting systems. It will facilitate access to long-term satellite, airborne and in situ data, provide the associated analysis and prediction tools, and create the appropriate framework and technical standards for a global network of national forest carbon tracking systems. The task follows the guidelines set out by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its outputs will be available to support interested countries in their efforts to implement the Convention. The task is being carried out by a partnership of GEO member governments, key UN bodies, space agencies, the science community and the private sector.

Purpose: The GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task seeks to:

1) Define a set of standards, methods and requirements that future spatially explicit National Forest Monitoring and Carbon Accounting Systems could adopt, to provide the most accurate results relying on the full potential of existing observational and processing capabilities.
2) Coordinate the use of data from current and planned Earth ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Forest Carbon Tracking (FCT) home page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 31.3

S: 24.98

E: 89.95

W: 78.11

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio

Dataset Title: SeaWiFS: NASA Carbon Cycle Initiative

Dataset Series Name: SeaWiFS Biosphere

Dataset Release Date: 2001-07-02

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS)

Issue Identification: 2195

Data Presentation Form: Animation

Online Resource: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002100/a002195/index.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-09-20

Stop Date: 2000-09-20

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > CARBON

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Platform

SEASTAR > Orbital Sciences Corporation OrbView-2 Satellite

Instrument

SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

Use Constraints Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (http://www.geoeye.com).

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Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Carbon Cycle

CO2

NASA Code 610

Data Center

Scientific Visualization Studio, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: STUART SNODGRASS Email: stuart.a.snodgrass at nasa.gov Contact Address: GSFC, Code 610.3 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2008-12-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-09-14

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