Research Article

Evaluating the Marginal Land Resources Suitable for Developing Bioenergy in Asia

Table 1

Input data for identification of marginal land resources.

Input data Data sourcesOriginal spatial resolution

Land coverESA 2010 and UCLouvain [48]1 km
Terrain
 Elevation SRTM [49]90 m
 Slope 90 m
Meteorological data
 Precipitation WorldClim [50]30 arc-seconds (~1 km)
 Temperature30 arc-seconds (~1 km)
Soil data
 Organic matter content FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISS-CAS/JRC [51]30 arc-seconds (~1 km)
 Soil depth30 arc-seconds (~1 km)
 Soil texture 30 arc-seconds (~1 km)