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d015·dataset

Where carbon is stored and released

NASA Carbon Monitoring System Products
ORNL DAAC CMS varies (typically 100m–1km) varies NetCDFGeoTIFFshapefile biospherecarbonforests

NASA's portfolio of carbon-budget and forest-biomass products designed for policy applications (REDD+, national-inventory baselines).

NASA Carbon Monitoring System Products

NASA’s portfolio of carbon-budget and forest-biomass products designed for policy applications (REDD+, national-inventory baselines).

Access

Gotchas

  • Many sub-projects with distinct methodologies; check the project page
  • Some products are pilot/regional, not yet global
  • Other datasets: d011, d012

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

cms_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="varies",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from ORNL DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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