Table 3 Environmental factor maps used in the analyses
From: Mapping data gaps to estimate biomass across Brazilian Amazon forests
Environmental factors | Maps | Description | N° of classesa | Scale | Spatial resolution Scale | Download site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetation | Vegetation map of Brazil (IBGE and USGS 1992) | Vegetation map, digitalized by the U.S. Geological Survey | 36 | National | 1:5,000,000 | |
Vegetation map (SIVAM 2002) | Based on RadamBrasil project map, with the land-use classes updated by the SIVAM project | 80 | National | 1:250,000 | ||
Vegetation map of Brazil (IBGE 2004b) | Part of the wall maps of IBGE, based on RadamBrasil map Includes forest and non-forest formations according to plant physiognomies, also used remote sensing | 38 | National | 1:5,000,000 | ||
Brazilian biomes vegetation cover (MMA 2006a) | PROBIO project gather all the other vegetation mapping initiatives with more detailed satellite images analysis | 298 | Regional | 1:250,000 | ||
Vegetation physiognomies of Brazil (MCT 2010) | Map used in the National Communications of Brazil, grouping the transition classes of the IBGE (2004a, 2004b) and the PROBIO vegetation maps | 28 | Regional | 1:250,000 | ||
Soils | Soil map of Brazil (IBGE 2001) | The soil map used the new Brazilian system of soil classification of Embrapa and published by IBGE and Embrapa | 32 | National | 1:5,000,000 | |
Soils of Legal Amazon (MMA 2006b) | This map is part of the Environmental and Ecological Zoning (ZEE) of the Legal Amazon | 26 | Regional | 1: 250,000 | http://mapas.mma.gov.br/mapas/aplic/zee/atlas_zee_openlayers.htm?1c421f54qsjnqii3frjqj03vq2 | |
Soil carbon stocks (Bernoux et al. 2002) | Soil carbon stocks is a combination of IPCC global soils with vegetation classes | 42 | National | – | – | |
Soil map (Quesada et al. 2011) | Soil maps with particular reference to RAINFOR sites. Basin-wide distributions of soils under forest vegetation | 13 | Regional | 1:5,000,000 | – | |
Climate | Water deficit (Fonseca et al. 2016) | Cumulative water deficit (1988–2014) calculated using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data | 14 | Global | 0.25° | |
Climate map of Brazil (IBGE 2002a) | Thematic map of Brazil, data from 1978 with adaptations in 2002, dry months | 5 | National | 1:5,000,000 | http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/geociencias/default_prod.shtm | |
Topography | Relief map 2002 (IBGE 2002b) | Relief map 2002 (Compartimentos do relevo do Brasil – 2002) | 32 | National | 1:250,000 | |
Relief units map of Brazil (IBGE 2006) | Thematic map, based on the RadamBrasil project and improved with remote sensing products | 69 | National | 1:5,000,000 | ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/informacoes_ambientais/geomorfologia/vetores/brasil/ | |
Geomorphology of the Legal Amazon (MMA 2006b) | This map is part of the Environmental and Ecological Zoning (ZEE) of the Legal Amazon | 64 | Regional | 1:250,000 | http://mapas.mma.gov.br/mapas/aplic/zee/atlas_zee_openlayers.htm?1c421f54qsjnqii3frjqj03vq2 |