Table 1.
Dataset summary.
Figure 1.
Estimated above-ground biomass area density (AGBD) at the scale of Africa, Mozambique and the study area.
Colours are used to denote the primary source of information. Depending on temporal extent, the style of line or marker is used indicate if an estimate is Tier 1, 2 or 3 appropriate. Where available, uncertainties have been scaled to 95% confidence levels and are indicated with error bars or shading (in the case of the FRA 2000 report). To the right of the plots, bars are used to indicate the ranges of three groupings (i.e. different scales, different Tiers, or Tiers 1 and 2 versus Tier 3 for Africa).
Table 2.
Above-ground biomass area density.
Figure 2.
Flow of errors in inventory and satellite based AGB estimates.
Boxes are used to highlight particular steps that contribute to the overall uncertainty. The groups of users that typically carry out each step, and specific sources of error are indicated in the text within each box. Where an error is likely to be systematic, the descriptive text is shown in bold. Arrows indicate the flow of information and therefore errors. This diagram is for illustrative purposes and should not be seen as an attempt to set out a comprehensive list of all errors, for all estimates of AGB. The references included are: [17], [19], [23], [28], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42].