BIOMASS Above Ground Biomass Products Format Specification#
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Document information
Field |
Value |
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Title |
BIOMASS Above Ground Biomass Products Format Specification |
External reference |
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Issue |
3.4.0 |
Date |
13 March 2026 |
Pages |
80 (authoritative PDF) |
Recipients
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Cristiano Lopes |
ESA - ESRIN |
Michele Caccia |
ESA - ESRIN |
Muriel Pinheiro |
ESA - ESRIN |
Prepared by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Francesco Banda |
Aresys |
Emanuele Giorgi |
Aresys |
Riccardo Piantanida |
Aresys |
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
Aresys |
Checked by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Approved by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Change history
Date |
Issue |
Change summary |
Author |
|---|---|---|---|
2022-03-23 |
1.0 |
First issue of the document |
Francesco Banda |
2022-06-09 |
2.0 |
CDR1-007: generic referencing to processing environment (sec. 2) CDR1-008: explained L2a/L2b/L3 geocoding grids (sec. 2) CDR1-009: clarification of GN image polarizations layering in COG (sec. 3, 4.2) CDR1-010: added L2a and L2b/L3 Products Format Specification (sec. 4, 6) CDR1-019: L2a product naming convention updated (sec. 3.2) CDR1-020: L2b/L3 product naming convention updated (Sec. 5.3) CDR1-163: added STAC metadata placeholder (sec. 3, 5) |
Emanuele Giorgi Francesco Banda |
2022-10-28 |
2.1 |
BPSPDR2-1, BPSPDR2-10: fixed reference AD7 (sec. 2) BPSPDR2-3: Local Incidence Angle MDS moved to LUT ADS (sec. 2, 3, 4.2) BPSPDR2-4: Removed optional and not needed elements from MPH (sec. 4.1) BPSPDR2-5: GeoCellID substituted with tileID (all the document) BPSPDR2-6: updated name and description of the ground cancellation flag (sec. 4.3.1) BPSPDR2-9: reordered acronyms in alphabetical order (sec. 1.3) BPSPDR2-11: Added ZSTD compression EXIF code to GeoTIFF tag table (sec. 4.2) BPSPDR2-12: specialized the processing parameters related to ground cancellation, for the AGB algorithm (sec. 4.3.1) BPSPDR2-29: removed repetitions already described in Sec 1.2 (sec. 2); added missing quotes (sec. 3.1) BPSPDR2-32: solved TBD/TBC from document (all) BPSPDR2-34: added to processing parameters of L2b, the forest Masking Flag (sec. 6.3.1.4) BPSPDR2-46: multiLookingWindowSize renamed as product resolution for L2a AGB (sec. 4.3.1) BPSPDR2-54: specify that “no data values” are not used to apply modifications of the FNF (sec. 3, 5) BPSPDR2-63: compression strategy (description and processing parameters) updated for COG and NetCDF (sec. 4.2, sec. 4.3, 6.3) BPSPDR2-64: specified TAG numbers for custom GeoTIFF private tags (sec. 4.2) BPSPDR2-66 removed redundant NetCDF parameters (sec. 4.3.2, 6.3.2) BPSPDR2-79: updated L2b/L3 product structure, consequent removal of unneeded ADS LUT section (sec. 5, 6.2, 6.3) BPSPDR2-80: added to L2b/L3 input information, the tracking of L1c acquisitions used, in xml and with a heat map (sec. 5, 6.2, 6.3.1.3) BPSPDR2-81: removed start and stop times from L2b/L3 file name convention (Sec. 5.3) BPSPDR2-82: added description in the text for the pixels marked as “no data value” and for its approach for each case (sec. 3, 4.2, 4.3.1.2, 5) BPSPDR2-83: improved consistency between documents (all the document) Updated LUT ADS NetCDF format description for consistency with NetCDF4 (sec. 4.3.2, 6.3.2) Other processing parameters updates out of BPSPDR2 (sec. 4.3, 6.3) Introduced CFM (Computed Forest Mask), and updated initial FNF description (sec. 2, 5, 6, 6.2) Removed Quick look and overlay ADS sections, not foreseen for L2 (all the document). Inserted RFI decorrelation factor in ADS (sec. 4.3.1) |
Emanuele Giorgi Paolo Mazzucchelli Francesco Banda |
2023-03-13 |
2.2 |
BPS-219: updated naming convention, sections 3.2 and 5.3 BPSCDR2-44: Quicklook reinserted |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-07-31 |
2.2.1 |
Post-FAT2 issue of the document |
P. Mazzucchelli |
2023-11-17 |
3.0 |
CDR3 issue of the document Added Overviews (sec. 4.2, 6.2) Basin ID converted to list of strings (sec. 4.2, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.2.1, 6.3.1.1) Units of measurement fixed where needed (sec. 4.3, 6.3) AGB processing parameters section filled (sec. 6.3.1.4) Input Information DSR updated (sections 4.3.1, 6.3.1) Inserted agbTileStatus in MPH (sections 4.1, 6.1) Removed L3 references across all the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-11-30 |
3.0.1 |
Release v2.1.4: new issue of the document Updated productType in Sec 4.3.1, 6.3.1 and 7.1.1 Updated pixelRepresentation, pixelType, noDataValue types in Sec 4.3.1, 6.3.1 and 7.1.1 Updated least_significant_digit in sec Sec 4.3.1, Sec 4.3.2 Updated acquisitionFolderName definition (Tab 12, Tab 32) Updated L2b Product Format overview (Sec 5) BPSCDR2-25: added new ref. BPSCDR2-26: underline of common checked BPSCDR2-79: added bio:rds in MPH BPS-484: Updated Primitive and common types (Tab 31) also replaced “uint8” with “ubyte” (all document) |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-12-12 |
3.0.2 |
Release v2.1.4 updated issue of the document LUT attributes (list of strings), specified as json encoded BPS-435: L2b product structure updated Table with primitive types with attributes extended |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2024-02-05 |
3.0.3 |
Post-CDR3 issue of the document BPSCDR3-1: added bio:agbTileIteration Added referenceSelection in sec. 6.3.1.4 |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-09-06 |
3.0.4 |
FAT3 issue of the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2024-12-13 |
3.1.0 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-03-07 |
3.2.0 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document BPS-668: applyCalibrationScreen type updated least_significant_digit type updated in localIncidenceAngle lut annotation BPS-FTO-BATCH4.2, L2 format changes added forestCoveragePercentage and selectedReferenceImage in 4.3.1.1 product L2a DSR added verticalWavenumbers and heightOfAmbiguity in 4.3.1.3 Input Information DSR added forest_coverage_percentage, selected_reference_image and acquisition_id_reference_image in NetCDF, in 4.3.2.1 BPS-685: updated naming convention |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-04-30 |
3.2.1 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document BPS-693: 4.3.2.1 Local Incidence Angle variable name renamed to localIncidenceAngle BPS-FTO-BATCH4: updated L2B AGB, sec. 6.3.1, main annotation xml with new <product> element fields (contributingTiles, calABcoveragePerTile, GNcoveragePerTile) BPS-680: sec. 4.3.2, added units to local incidence angle LUT variable and fixed units typo in LUT latitude longitude |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-11-28 |
3.3.0 |
Post-launch issue of the document (associated to BPS V4.2.0) Added Overlay ADS |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2026-03-13 |
3.4.0 |
Post-launch issue of the document (associated to BPS V4.4.0) Updated staQualityParametersType Added polarisationCombinationMethod to generalConfigurationParametersType Removed old, solved comments |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |