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Gabon Forest Height Profiles by TomoSAR

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Tomographic image of Lope National Park for the cross-section marked by the blue line. Note the contrast between dark areas dominated by surface scattering and the bright areas with scattering through the forest canopy.

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Three-dimensional maps of forest structure in Gabon are now available from the 2016 AfriSAR campaign.

GEDI Launched!

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The GEDI instrument's 80 cm telescope will receive laser-light returning from Earth.

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The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument will produce the first high-resolution laser ranging observations of the 3D structure of the Earth.