Specification
Biomass Proxy
Description
Biomass Proxy is a fusion of microwave and optical satellite imagery, using the advantages of each to accurately estimate relative above-ground crop biomass regardless of cloud cover and at a high spatial resolution (10 m x 10 m). It integrates microwave data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellites and optical images from its Sentinel-2 satellites. Planetary Variables then fuses the output from these combined data sources in an algorithm designed to provide a reliable measurement of crop biomass over agricultural areas under all circumstances. This is a relative measure of biomass, so each pixel value has a value of 0 (low biomass) to 1 (high biomass). The product is provided daily and near real time.
Biomass Proxy |
Key Specification |
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Name |
Biomass Proxy |
API name |
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Abbreviation |
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Versions |
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Unit |
[-] |
Pixel size |
10x10m / 0.000089831117499 degree |
Temporal resolution |
Daily |
Coverage |
Global |
Data availability |
Jan 2019 - present |
Satellites used |
Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 |
Available to user |
Every day at 6:00 AM local time |
File format |
GeoTIFF, NetCDF (images), CSV (time series) |
Data delivery |
Planetary Variables API (Subscription) |
Image properties
GeoTIFF properties:
Parameter |
Value |
|---|---|
Data type |
uint16 |
Compression |
LZW |
Scale |
0.001 |
Offset |
0 |
Band 1 |
Biomass Proxy |
NoData |
65535 |
NetCDF properties:
Parameter |
Value |
|---|---|
Data type |
uint16 |
Compression |
Zip 6 |
Scale |
0.001 |
Offset |
0 |
Band 1 |
Biomass Proxy |
NoData |
65535 |
Terms of use
Data is property of Planet Labs PBC and may only be used for the purpose specified in the service/data contract.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2015-2022
Version history
Version 2.0
Version 1.0 Langano