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First GEDI Level 4 Biomass Data Highlighted by NASA's Earthdata

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.

GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 1 released.

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GEDI Level 3 Data Highlighted by NASA's Earthdata

The GEDI instrument onboard the ISS uses three lasers split into eight tracks that fire 242 times per second illuminating a 25-meter footprint of the Earth's surface.

GEDI Level 3 gridded estimates of canopy height, ground elevation, and laser footprint counts from the instrument's full waveform lidar from the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA's GSFC.

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Sea Water Elevation Profile and Change from Pre-Delta-X Campaign Datasets

AirSWOT, UAVSAR and the ASO lidar Collage

Collage of dataset airborne imagery from AirSWOT, UAVSAR and the ASO lidar instrument provide examination of water level elevation estimates and changes.

Five Pre-Delta-X Airborne datasets recently published provide sea water level profile and change derived from UAVSAR, AirSWOT, and lidar.

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Digital Elevation Models for the Global Change Research Wetland

DEM of the Global Change Research Wetland (GCReW) site.

DEM of the Global Change Research Wetland (GCReW) site generated using the LEAN (LiDAR Elevation Correction with NDVI) method. LEAN uses ground measurements of elevation and NDVI in a multivariate linear regression model to estimate vertical bias.

Four digital elevation models (DEMs) at 1-m resolution and 2106 model performance metrics for the GCReW site, Maryland, USA are now available.

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LiDAR Point Clouds for the Forest-Tundra Ecotone

Study plot at the forest-tundra ecotone.

A perspective of one study plot at the forest-tundra ecotone with mature spruce trees transitioning into short-stature trees and low-stature deciduous shrubs.

Terrestrial lidar scanning point cloud data are available for research plots in the Brooks Range of Alaska.

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Biomass Data from the Carbon Monitoring System

Aboveground biomass for the tri-state region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

Aboveground biomass (Mg/ha) at 30-m resolution for the tri-state region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in 2011.

LiDAR-derived aboveground biomass, canopy height, and canopy coverage estimates for Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania are now available.

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Aboveground Biomass of California Forests

Per-tree aboveground biomass (kg) derived from LiDAR-measured tree heights for the Blacksmith site in 2012.

A new dataset provides LiDAR-derived estimates of aboveground biomass from locations throughout California between 2005 and 2014.

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Biomass of Boreal Forests in Eurasia

Eurasia boreal forests aboveground carbon estimates

Eurasia boreal forests aboveground carbon estimates (Neigh et al., 2013).

LiDAR measurements were used in a series of models to estimate aboveground biomass (AGB) across the boreal forest biome of western and eastern Eurasia.

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