Indicator: Above ground carbon

Status	Available on project basis
Description	Quantifies the expected density of carbon stored in woody biomass across the landscape. It measures carbon in woody vegetation 5 meters or taller
Unit	Megagrams of Carbon per hectare (MgC/ha or ton C/ha)⁠
Temporal Resolution	Annual, with data available from 2013⁠
Spatial Resolution	30 meters
Input Data	Planet forest diligence product, which is based on: Airborne and spaceborne LiDAR data Surface reflectance data from Landsat and Sentinel-2 L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar mosaics from ALOS-PALSAR-2
Method	Planet forest diligence product methodology: Uses U-Net image regression models to predict canopy height and cover, followed by light gradient boosting-machine regression models to predict aboveground carbon based on the predicted height, cover, and elevation data. The model converts biomass to carbon using a global mean carbon concentration of 0.476.