RAP Production - 30m - Yearly¶
Description¶
This dataset consists of gridded estimates of herbaceous aboveground biomass, partitioned into vegetation types for annual forbs and grasses and perennial forbs and grasses. The estimates are produced at 30m spatial resolution from 1986-present. Estimates are provided annually and at 16-day intervals. Values are reported in terms of net primary productivity which can be converted to pounds per acre of new growth of aboveground biomass using the function in the Google Earth Engine script below- estimates do not reflect standing biomass from previous years. Estimates are calculated using a light use efficiency model (to estimate net primary production in terms of carbon) which is then allocated to aboveground and belowground pools (based on mean annual temperature) and further converted to biomass using a carbon-to-dry matter ratio.
Climate Engine details¶
- Dataset type
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Engine ID
- RAP_PRODUCTION
- Documentation
- https://support.climateengine.org/article/81-rap
Dataset details¶
- Scale
- 30m
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Coverage
- CONUS
- Start year
- 1986
- End year
- Present
Earth Engine collection details¶
- Earth Engine asset
- projects/rap-data-365417/assets/npp-partitioned-v3
- Earth Engine asset URL
- https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/rap/?h=rangela
- Earth Engine source catalog
- Awesome GEE Community Catalog
Variables¶
API variable docs: #rap-herbaceous-production
| Name | Units |
|---|---|
| Herbaceous production from annual forbs and grasses | lbs/acre |
| Herbaceous production from perennial forbs and grasses | lbs/acre |
| Production from shrubs | lbs/acre |
| Total herbaceous production | lbs/acre |
References¶
- Jones, M.O., N.P. Robinson, D.E. Naugle, J.D. Maestas, M.C. Reeves, R.W. Lankston, and B.W. Allred. Annual and 16-day rangeland production estimates for the western United States. Rangeland Ecology and Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2021.04.003
- Robinson, N. P., M. O. Jones, A. Moreno, T. A. Erickson, D. E. Naugle, and B. W.Allred. 2019. Rangeland productivity partitioned to sub-pixel plant functional types. Remote Sensing 11:1427. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11121427
Website: https://www.rangelands.app/
Terms of use¶
Public Domain-CC0