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* Metric Name: Total Aboveground Carbon *  

* Tier: 1  

* Data Vintage: 09/2020  

* Unit Of Measure: Grams dry matter/m2  

* Represent element and pillar: Yes  

* Type and distribution of data: Normal, right-skewed distribution representing continuous values. Raw data values range from 0 to 100000.  

* Translation: Where is total aboveground carbon the highest?  

* Translation method and outcome: Raw data values translated to range from +1 to -1 representing more favorable to less favorable conditions, respectively. **** The proposition of more favorable is based on the objective of higher total aboveground carbon (positive linear slope). More favorable (translated to +1) set at 0, less favorable (translated to -1) set at > 80000\. Alternative approaches could be to set -1 at the top value, but that would result in a less favorable interpretation of damage potential. 

Figure 66. Histogram and scoring criterion of current condition of total
aboveground carbon across the Central Coast.

Figure 67. Histogram of translated current condition of total aboveground
carbon across the Central Coast.

Figure 68. Maps displaying raw metric and translated metric of current
condition of total aboveground carbon across the Central Coast.

  

* Metric Definition and Relevance: Identifying ecosystem carbon is essential to land managers and the Total Aboveground Carbon metric provides an estimate of the amount of existing carbon and its location on California’s landscape. The metric also serves to provide context for the other metrics used to quantify carbon sequestration. For example, instability or lack of resilience in forests with low total aboveground carbon would be of less concern than the same degree of instability in a forest that has large total aboveground carbon.  

* Credits: CECS;