Monthly Net Biome Exchange for the Southern African Woodlands 2006-2017 estimated using the CARDAMOM model-data fusion framework

This dataset contains estimates of the monthly Net Biome Exchange for the Southern African Woodlands ecoregion from 2006-2017, mapped at 0.5 degree spatial resolution. The Net Biome Exchange describes the carbon (C) balance of the terrestrial ecosystem. Negative values indicate a C sink (more C absorbed by vegetation via photosynthesis than released to the atmosphere via respiration and fire). Positive values indicate a C source (more C released to the atmosphere than absorbed by vegetation).

This dataset was produced using the CARDAMOM model-data fusion framework, and accompanies the manuscript:

Precipitation-fire-trait interactions control biomass stocks and carbon exchanges across the world’s largest savanna

Authors: M Williams, D T Milodowski, T L Smallman, K G Dexter, G C Hegerl, I M McNicol, M O’Sullivan, C M Roesch, C M Ryan, S Sitch and A Valade