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ATL08 data visualized along-track (100m step size), showing the estimated ground elevation, estimated canopy top height, and the individual photon return heights with their classifications.  Image credit: Amy Neuenschwander, Center for Space Research, University of Texas.

RGB composite image of the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins (R=Bathymetry, G=NIR of 1st quarter, B=NIR of 3rd quarter) highlighting the various ecological and geomorphological features of the landscape.

RGB composite MASTER image from data collected during the SARP campaign over Pyramid Lake, California, USA  on 2009-07-24. Image derived from bands 12, 10, 9 spanning visible to near-infrared wavelengths.

Gridded mean aboveground biomass density (top) and standard error of the mean (bottom).

Global map of daily mean Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) for July 2010 at 0.05 degree resolution. The USA's Corn Belt (insert) showed the largest SIF emission during the growing Season (Image Credit: Jiaming Wen 2022).

Annual timeseries of daily cross-validation mean absolute error (MAE), averaged over all station days for each year, comparing results for Daymet V4 and Daymet V3. (a) MAE for estimation of daily maximum temperature. (b) MAE for estimation of daily total precipitation. Image from Thornton et al. 2021.

 An example of aerosols (Salt, Dust, and Carbon and Sulfates) modeled by the Goddard Earth Observing System Version 5 (GOES-5) on 12/27/2020, image source NASA.

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument provides high resolution laser ranging of Earth's forests and topography from the International Space Station (ISS).

Example subset of aboveground biomass density (AGBD; Mg ha-1) predictions from the GEDI Level-4A footprint version 2.1 product over Northern California, USA, spanning April to July 2019. GEDI footprints are spaced 60m along track and 600m across-track.

ABoVE flight paths of the AVIRIS-NG instrument during 2017, 2018 and 2019.