Global Mangrove Distribution, Aboveground Biomass, and Canopy Height | NASA Earthdata (original) (raw)
Description
This dataset characterizes the global distribution, biomass, and canopy height of mangrove-forested wetlands based on remotely sensed and in situ field measurement data. Estimates of (1) mangrove aboveground biomass (AGB), (2) maximum canopy height (height of the tallest tree), and (3) basal-area weighted height (individual tree heights weighted in proportion to their basal area) for the nominal year 2000 were derived across a 30-meter resolution global mangrove ecotype extent map using remotely-sensed canopy height measurements and region-specific allometric models. Also provided are (4) in situ field measurement data for selected sites across a wide variety of forest structures (e.g., scrub, fringe, riverine and basin) in mangrove ecotypes of the global equatorial region. Within designated plots, selected trees were identified to species and diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree height was measured using a laser rangefinder or clinometer. Tree density (the number of stems) can be estimated for each plot and expressed per unit area. These data were used to derive plot-level allometry among AGB, basal area weighted height (Hba), and maximum canopy height (Hmax) and to validate the remotely sensed estimates.
Citation
Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.
Copy Citation
Select a Citation Style:
Simard, M., Fatoyinbo, L., Smetanka, C., Rivera-monroy, V. H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Thomas, N., & Van der stocken, T. (2019). Global Mangrove Distribution, Aboveground Biomass, and Canopy Height (Version 1.3). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1665 Date Accessed: 2026-05-10
Simard, M., L. Fatoyinbo, C. Smetanka, V.H. Rivera-monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, N. Thomas, and T. Van der stocken. “Global Mangrove Distribution, Aboveground Biomass, and Canopy Height.” ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, January 1, 2019. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1665. Date Accessed: 2026-05-10
Simard, M., et al. Global Mangrove Distribution, Aboveground Biomass, and Canopy Height. 1.3, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2019, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1665. Date Accessed: 2026-05-10
Documents
USER'S GUIDE
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
Publications Citing This Dataset
| Title | Year Sort ascending | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanence risks limit blue carbon financing strategies to safeguard Southeast Asian mangroves | 2025 | Kwan, Valerie, Friess, Daniel A., Sarira, Tasya Vadya, Zeng, Yiwen | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mangroves and their services are at risk from tropical cyclones and sea level rise under climate change | 2025 | Hulsen, Sarah, Dee, Laura E., Kropf, Chahan M., Meiler, Simona, Bresch, David N. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mapping mangrove deforestation and blue carbon loss in global supply chains between 2000 and 2019 | 2025 | Ge, Naishun, Xin, Yu, Tian, Peipei, Yu, Yang, Zhang, Zengkai, Zhong, Honglin, Feng, Kuishuang | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Estuary, Erosion, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Erosion, Land Resources, Mangroves, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems |
| TorchGeo: Deep Learning With Geospatial Data | 2025 | Stewart, Adam J., Robinson, Caleb, Corley, Isaac A., Ortiz, Anthony, Lavista Ferres, Juan M., Banerjee, Arindam | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mangrove ecosystems in Southeast Asia region: Mangrove extent, blue carbon potential and CO2 emissions in 19962020 | 2024 | Rahman, Ceanturi, Ardan, Tuahatu, Juliana W., Lokollo, Frijona F., Supusepa, Junita, Hulopi, Mahriyana, Permatahati, Yustika Intan, Lewerissa, Yona A., Wardiatno, Yusli | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mangrove extraction from super-resolution images generated by deep learning models | 2024 | Hong, Yu, Que, Xiang, Wang, Zhe, Ma, Xiaogang, Wang, Hui, Salati, Sanaz, Liu, Jinfu | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Vulnerability and climate risk analysis of the mangrove socio-ecosystem in Colombia | 2024 | Herrera Carmona, Julio Cesar, Prussmann Uribe, Johanna, Abud Hoyos, Melissa, Zapata Padilla, Luis Alonso | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics, VEGETATION HEIGHT |
| Remote sensing techniques for mapping and monitoring mangroves at fine scales | 2024 | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | |
| Allometric Equation for Aerial Carbon Estimation (AGC) of Rhizophora racemosa and Avicennia germinans Mangroves of Olende and Ozouri in the Ogooue ... | 2023 | Aken, Igor Akendengue, Okanga-Guay, Marjolaine, Abaker, Madi, Dumont, Estelle, Boubala, Silas Davy Mbadinga, Ngombi-Pemba, Lauriss, Nieguitsila, Adelaide | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| A Spatial Model Comparing Above-and Belowground Blue Carbon Stocks in Southwest Florida Mangroves and Salt Marshes | 2023 | Radabaugh, Kara R., Moyer, Ryan P., Chappel, Amanda R., Breithaupt, Joshua L., Lagomasino, David, Dontis, Emma E., Russo, Christine E., Rosenheim, Brad E., Chambers, Lisa G., Peneva-Reed, Elitsa I., Smoak, Joseph M. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Estimated mangrove carbon stocks and fluxes to inform MRV for REDD+ using a process-based model | 2023 | Dai, Zhaohua, Trettin, Carl C., Burton, Andrew J., Tang, Wenwu, Mangora, Mwita M. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Drivers of Mangrove Vulnerability and Resilience to Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic Basin | 2023 | Amaral, Cibele, Poulter, Benjamin, Lagomasino, David, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Taillie, Paul, Lizcano, Gil, Canty, Steven, Silveira, Jorge Alfredo Herrera, Teutli-Hernandez, Claudia, Cifuentes-Jara, Miguel, Charles, Sean Patrick, Moreno, Claudia Shantal, Gonzalez-Trujillo, Juan David, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria | Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Human Settlements, Sustainability, Crop/Plant Yields, Land Use Classes, Landscape Patterns, Cropland, Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mangrove biomass and carbon estimates for REDD+ from national forest inventory in two regions of Myanmar | 2023 | Arnold, F.E., Piazza, M., Wynn, K.Z., Htut, P., Tun, S.S. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mapping Mangrove Above-Ground Carbon Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Approach in Loh Buaya, Komodo National Park, Indonesia | 2023 | Rijal, Seftiawan Samsu, Pham, Tien Dat, NoerAulia, Salma, Putera, Muhammad Ikbal, Saintilan, Neil | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mapping Multi-decadal Mangrove Forest Change in the Philippines: Vegetation Extent and Impacts of Anthropogenic and Climate-Related Factors | 2023 | Baloloy, Alvin B., Martinez, Kayziel P., Blanco, Ariel C., Neri, Margaux Elijah P., Di V. Ticman, Kristina, Burgos, Diana Faith, Principe, Jeark A., Reyes, Rosalie B., Salmo, Severino G., Nadaoka, Kazuo | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Satellite-based global maps are rarely used in forest reference levels submitted to the UNFCCC | 2023 | Melo, Joana, Baker, Timothy, Nemitz, Dirk, Quegan, Shaun, Ziv, Guy | Land Surface/Agriculture Indicators, Plant Phenology, Vegetation Cover, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass Dynamics, Carbon |
| Towards a roadmap for space-based observations of the land sector for the UNFCCC global stocktake | 2023 | Ochiai, Osamu, Poulter, Benjamin, Seifert, Frank Martin, Ward, Stephen, Jarvis, Ian, Whitcraft, Alyssa, Sahajpal, Ritvik, Gilliams, Sven, Herold, Martin, Carter, Sarah, Duncanson, Laura Innice, Kay, Heather, Lucas, Richard, Wilson, Sylvia N., Melo, Joana, Post, Joanna, Briggs, Stephen, Quegan, Shaun, Dowell, Mark, Cescatti, Alessandro, Crisp, David, Saatchi, Sassan, Tadono, Takeo, Steventon, Matt, Rosenqvist, Ake | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing | 2022 | Campbell, Anthony D, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Charles, Sean P, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L, Goes, Joaquim, Gomes, Helga, Halabisky, Meghan, Holmquist, James, Lohrenz, Steven, Mitchell, Catherine, Moskal, L Monika, Poulter, Benjamin, Qiu, Han, Resende De Sousa, Celio H, Sayers, Michael, Simard, Marc, Stewart, Anthony J, Singh, Debjani, Trettin, Carl, Wu, Jinghui, Zhang, Xuesong, Lagomasino, David | Burned Area, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence, Wetlands, Forests, Fire Ecology, Wetlands, Coastal, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Intertidal Zone, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Dominant Species, Salt Marsh, Vegetation Species, Carbon, Biogeochemical Cycles |
| Disturbance frequency, intensity and forest structure modulate cycloneinduced changes in mangrove forest canopy cover | 2022 | Peereman, Jonathan, Hogan, J. Aaron, Lin, TengChiu | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Mangroves cover change trajectories 1984-2020: The gradual decrease of mangroves in Colombia | 2022 | Murillo-Sandoval, Paulo J., Fatoyinbo, Lola, Simard, Marc | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Land use classification Bangladesh: combining and downscaling existing databases | 2022 | Alterra - Earth informatics, van Haren, C., van Eupen, M., Verweij, P., Vittek, M., Islam, S., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C., Hasan, S., Saha, C.R., Banik, A., Rashid, M.A., Moghayer, S., Herens, M. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Coastal ecosystem services modeling in Latin America to guide conservation and restoration strategies: the case of mangroves in Guatemala and El Salvador | 2022 | Hernandez-Blanco, Marcello, Moritsch, Monica, Manrow, Marilyn, Raes, Leander | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Torchgeo: deep learning with geospatial data | 2022 | Stewart, Adam J., Robinson, Caleb, Corley, Isaac A., Ortiz, Anthony, Ferres, Juan M. Lavista, Banerjee, Arindam | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| The novel mangrove environment and composition of the Amazon Delta | 2022 | Bernardino, Angelo F., Mazzuco, Ana Carolina A., Souza, Fernanda M., Santos, Thuareag M.T., Sanders, Christian J., Massone, Carlos G., Costa, Rodolfo F., Silva, Antonio Elves B., Ferreira, Tiago O., Nobrega, Gabriel N., Silva, Thiago S.F., Kauffman, J. Boone | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
| Alkalinity production coupled to pyrite formation represents an unaccounted blue carbon sink | 2021 | Reithmaier, Gloria M. S., Johnston, Scott G., Junginger, Tobias, Goddard, Madeline M., Sanders, Christian J., Hutley, Lindsay B., Ho, David T., Maher, Damien T. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |