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Vegetation & Ecosystem Data

GEDI Forest Canopy Height (NASA)

NASA GEDI provides 30m resolution forest canopy height and vertical structure measurements from the ISS lidar (2019-2023).

Format HDF5 / GeoTIFF
Coverage Global (51.6°N-51.6°S, forested areas)
Resolution 30m
License Free open access (NASA)
Update Static archive (2019-2023)
Download source Open official source

Format

HDF5 / GeoTIFF

Geometry

Raster (canopy height)

Coverage

Global (51.6°N-51.6°S, forested areas)

Resolution

30m

About this dataset

NASA GEDI lidar global forest canopy height and structure at 30m resolution from the International Space Station.

NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) provides high-resolution lidar measurements of forest canopy height, vertical structure, and aboveground biomass at 30m resolution. GEDI operated from the International Space Station (2019-2023), collecting billions of lidar waveforms over temperate and tropical forests between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Forest carbon assessment Canopy height mapping Biodiversity habitat modeling Forest degradation monitoring

How to download

  1. 1 Open NASA Earthdata search for GEDI.
  2. 2 Select the product level (L2A: canopy height, L4A: biomass).
  3. 3 Download the HDF5 footprint data or gridded GeoTIFF.
  4. 4 Open in GIS or process with Python for forest structure analysis.

NASA Earthdata GEDI

Download GEDI L2-L4 products

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Google Earth Engine

GEDI data via Earth Engine

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FAQ

What is the spatial coverage of GEDI?

GEDI collected measurements between 51.6°N and 51.6°S latitude, covering most of the world's tropical and temperate forests. The boreal zone north of 51.6°N is not covered.

What vegetation metrics does GEDI provide?

GEDI provides canopy height (RH metrics at percentiles), canopy cover, leaf area index, total biomass, and vertical profile metrics from full-waveform lidar returns.