Global canopy top height estimates from GEDI LIDAR waveforms for 2019

[Version 1.1 includes footprint level predictions]

Canopy top height (RH98) is estimated from GEDI L1B waveforms globally between 51.6° N & S. The map is based on the first four months of L1B data (April-July 2019). The sparse predictions are averaged at 0.5 degree resolution (approx. 55 km raster cells at the equator) to obtain a dense map. We refer to the original research article below for further information.

GEDI mission website: https://gedi.umd.edu/.

Citation: Use of these data require citation of this dataset and the original research article. These citations are as follows:

Lang, N., Kalischek, N., Armston, J., Schindler, K., Dubayah, R., & Wegner, J. D. (2022). Global canopy height regression and uncertainty estimation from GEDI LIDAR waveforms with deep ensembles. Remote Sensing of Environment, 268, 112760.

Lang, Nico, Kalischek, Nikolai, Armston, John, Schindler, Konrad, Dubayah, Ralph, & Wegner, Jan Dirk. (2021). Global canopy top height estimates from GEDI LIDAR waveforms for 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5112904