# Plot coordinates with aboveground carbon density (ACD) This CSV file includes the geographical coordinates and aboveground carbon density (ACD in Mg.ha-1) of 1771 forest plots in Madagascar. ## Description of the variables INV_REF: inventory source CLUST_ID: cluster identifier PLOT_ID: plot identifier Ecoregion: forest ecoregion (moist, dry or spiny) DATE: date of the inventory LAT: latitude (decimal degree) LON: longitude (decimal degree) ACDobs: observed ACD (Mg.ha-1) SaatchiOrig1km: ACD (Mg.ha-1) from Saatchi et al. 2011 at 1km resolution Saatchi1km: ACD (Mg.ha-1) from Saatchi et al. 2011 after resampling at 1km resolution BacciniOrig500m: ACD (Mg.ha-1) from Baccini et al. 2012 at 500m resolution Baccini1km: ACD (Mg.ha-1) from Baccini et al. 2012 after resampling at 1km resolution ELEV: elevation (m) from SRTM EVI: enhanced vegetation index (from 0 to 1) from MODIS VCF: vegetation continuous field percent tree cover (%) from MODIS TEMP: mean annual temperature (°C x 10) from WorldClim TSEAS: temperature seasonality (standard deviation of monthly temperature x 100) from WorldClim PRECIP: annual precipitation (mm.yr-1) from WorldClim