Production of a harmonised biomass product providing estimates at a jurisdictional level globally. And provision of Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) to support aboveground biomass research. MAAP will bring together relevant data, algorithms, and computing capabilities in a common cloud environment in order to address the challenges of sharing and processing data from field, airborne, and satellite measurements.
For 2023 this actitvity will focus on intercomparison and validation of global biomass products from CEOS Agency missions.
October 2023: Article on the intercomparison of NASA GEDI v2 and ESA CCI v4 2020 products is under review.
November 2023: Biomass harmonization efforts will be focussed on aligning products with policy requirements to facilitate the update of AGB maps by countries for reporting to the UNFCCC.