{
  "id": 613828,
  "title": "Are these Biomass densities or the absolute amount of Biomass visible in the given image?",
  "url": "/competitions/csiro-biomass/discussion/613828",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-10-30T05:14:14.261701900Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Absolute values would be harder predict than estimated densities.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3308713",
      "postDate": "10/30/2025 05:14:14",
      "content": "<p>Absolute values would be harder predict than estimated densities.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Absolute values would be harder predict than estimated densities.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3308715",
      "postDate": "10/30/2025 05:21:03",
      "content": "<p>They're absolute amounts of biomass in the given image.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "They're absolute amounts of biomass in the given image.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3308870",
      "postDate": "10/30/2025 12:41:20",
      "content": "<p>absolute amount of biomass I think</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "absolute amount of biomass I think",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3309118",
      "postDate": "10/31/2025 01:55:17",
      "content": "<p>Each image represents a ground plot of the same area. Therefore, although the values are given as absolute biomass (in grams), they can also be treated as biomass densities by assuming this area equals 1.</p>\n<p>Alternatively, by checking in the <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.22916v1\" target=\"_blank\">paper</a>  (the area is 70 cm × 30 cm = 0.21 m²) and dividing the values by this area, you can obtain the exact biomass density.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Each image represents a ground plot of the same area. Therefore, although the values are given as absolute biomass (in grams), they can also be treated as biomass densities by assuming this area equals 1.\n\nAlternatively, by checking in the [paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.22916v1)  (the area is 70 cm × 30 cm = 0.21 m²) and dividing the values by this area, you can obtain the exact biomass density.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3308715,
      "author_name": "qiyuliaocsiro",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/30/2025 05:21:03",
      "content": "<p>They're absolute amounts of biomass in the given image.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3308870,
      "author_name": "anamitramajumder",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/30/2025 12:41:20",
      "content": "<p>absolute amount of biomass I think</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3309118,
      "author_name": "sapr3s",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/31/2025 01:55:17",
      "content": "<p>Each image represents a ground plot of the same area. Therefore, although the values are given as absolute biomass (in grams), they can also be treated as biomass densities by assuming this area equals 1.</p>\n<p>Alternatively, by checking in the <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.22916v1\" target=\"_blank\">paper</a>  (the area is 70 cm × 30 cm = 0.21 m²) and dividing the values by this area, you can obtain the exact biomass density.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "3308713": "Absolute values would be harder predict than estimated densities.",
    "3308715": "They're absolute amounts of biomass in the given image.",
    "3308870": "absolute amount of biomass I think",
    "3309118": "Each image represents a ground plot of the same area. Therefore, although the values are given as absolute biomass (in grams), they can also be treated as biomass densities by assuming this area equals 1.\n\nAlternatively, by checking in the [paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.22916v1)  (the area is 70 cm × 30 cm = 0.21 m²) and dividing the values by this area, you can obtain the exact biomass density."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}