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GEDI - Global Forest Canopy Height, 2019

https://glad.umd.edu/dataset/gedi/

Citation​

P. Potapov, X. Li, A. Hernandez-Serna, A. Tyukavina, M.C. Hansen, A. Kommareddy, A. Pickens, S. Turubanova, H. Tang, C.E. Silva, J. Armston, R. Dubayah, J. B. Blair, M. Hofton (2020) Mapping and monitoring global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112165

Data access​

In Google Earth Engine Image Collection id: users/potapovpeter/GEDI_V27 Data provided only within GEDI data range Data value: Forest canopy height, meters. No data = 0.

Data Download​

Map data within the GEDI data range provided in the geographic coordinates using the WGS84 reference system. Data format: 8-bit unsigned LZW-compressed GeoTiff. Pixel size is 0.00025 x 0.00025 degree. Data aggregated into continental mosaics. Pixel values:

  • 0-60 Forest canopy height, meters
  • 101 Water
  • 102 Snow/ice
  • 103 No data
source ~/proyectos/CES/cesdata/env/project-env.sh
mkdir -p $GISDATA/veglayer/global/GEDI-forest-canopy-height
cd $GISDATA/veglayer/global/GEDI-forest-canopy-height
for rgn in AUS SASIA NAFR SAFR NASIA NAM SAM
do
  wget --continue https://glad.geog.umd.edu/Potapov/Forest_height_2019/Forest_height_2019_${rgn}.tif
done