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EEBIOMASS Gap Analysis

We developed this questionnaire, to better understand what the EEBIOMASS community is working. We want to know what you are looking for in the ESA BIOMASS mission.

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Data

In your activity, which Earth Observation (EO) parameters are you looking for?

	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Pure retrieval at different wavelengths (SAR backscatter, reflectances, ...)	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Vegetation products	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Biomass	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, etc.)	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
LAI	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
fAPAR	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Chlorophyll-a concentration	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Tree cover	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Solar (Sun)-induced fluorescence	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Other land products	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Land surface temperature and / or emissivity	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Land cover	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Fire detection / burned area	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
Any other? Please use the comment field	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer
In general, any product available to characterize the land surface	never	sometimes	often	mainly	No answer

Are there any other parameters you are looking for?

What time coverage of data are you looking for?

What spatial coverage are you looking for?

What temporal resolution are you looking for?

What spatial resolution are you looking for?

What meta information do you need to use the data?

In your opinion, what is missing in existing biomass-related EO-based products?

	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
A clear understanding on the measurements	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Confidence in the data	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
A higher accuracy	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Better data access	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Reporting of uncertainties	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Spatial resolution	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Spatial coverage	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Temporal resolution	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Temporal coverage	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Clear documentation	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Tutorials on how to use the data	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Complementary data (e.g. tree cover from independent observations, NDVI)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer

Something else? Please, leave your comments here

What does a dataset need to have to be considered "complete" ?

	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
A full Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Uncertainty quantification	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Data quality flags	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
An associated peer reviewed scientific publication	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Tools for data access	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
Others? Please use the comments	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer

Please leave your comments here

Data access

How would you like to access the data

	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
To have the possibility to download it all in large chunks (e.g. ftp)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
To download selected regions and time spans (e.g. selection in an online mapping tool)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
To access it via webservices (e.g. APIs)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
To do the processing online and download the analysis results / figures (e.g. like Google Earth Engine)	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
The file format is something very important	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer

Please, give us some more information on your preprocessing needs

	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
I need the data already at a particular resolution before using it	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
I take the data products (biomass and height) and do the processing myself	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
I just need an above ground biomass height value per gridcell	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer
I will work with the backscatter data from the polarimetric / tomographic phase	0 = strongly disagree	1	2	3 = strongly agree	No answer

Wrap up

Give us a good example from EO-based products when related to the BIOMASS mission:

Comment only when you choose an answer.

documentation
metadata / data types
data access
available tools

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