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Table 2 Summary statistics of peat thickness (PT) measurements over 3 m in eastern Sumatra lowland

From: Mapping deep peat carbon stock from a LiDAR based DTM and field measurements, with application to eastern Sumatra

Province

No. of measurements

Avg. PT (m)

St. dev. PT (m)

Avg. PB (m +MSL)

St.dev. PB (m)

% of measurements with PB below

0 m +MSL

1.5 m +MSL

2 m +MSL

Riau

1587

7.10

2.39

0.02

1.91

49.2

81.4

86.7

Jambi

372

7.12

2.71

0.72

2.99

40.3

59.9

67.5

South Sumatra

487

5.47

1.60

2.47

2.18

12.9

30.8

41.9

Total

2446

6.78

2.40

0.61

2.36

40.6

68.1

74.9

  1. PB peat bottom