AI-generated Key Takeaways
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Datasets are available for global vegetation height, including short vegetation and forest canopy.
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Several datasets provide near-global gridded vegetation structure metrics and biomass density at different resolutions (1km, 6km, 12km).
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Some datasets are derived from lidar data, including spaceborne and airborne sources.
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Datasets are produced by initiatives like Global Pasture Watch and utilize data from NASA missions like GEDI and GLAS, and NEON.
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GPW Annual short vegetation height v1
This dataset provides global median vegetation height from 2000 at 30-m spatial resolution. Produced by the Land & Carbon Lab’s Global Pasture Watch initiative, this dataset provides median vegetation height values (50th percentile) globally at 30-m spatial resolution from 2000 onwards. The dataset is based … canopy global global-pasture-watch land landcover plant-productivity -
Global Forest Canopy Height, 2005
This dataset represents global tree heights based on a fusion of spaceborne-lidar data (2005) from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) and ancillary geospatial data. See Simard et al. (2011) for details. canopy forest forest-biomass geophysical jpl nasa -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density with COUNTS metrics, 12KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density with COUNTS metrics, 1KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density with COUNTS metrics, 6KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density, 12KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density, 1KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density, 6KM pixel size
This dataset consists of near-global, analysis-ready, multi-resolution gridded vegetation structure metrics derived from NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 2 and 4A products associated with 25-m diameter lidar footprints. This dataset provides a comprehensive representation of near-global vegetation structure that is inclusive of the … biomass canopy forest forest-biomass gedi larse -
NEON Canopy Height Model (CHM)
Height of the top of canopy above bare earth (Canopy Height Model; CHM). The CHM is derived from the NEON LiDAR point cloud and is generated by creating a continuous surface of canopy height estimates across the entire spatial domain of the LiDAR survey. The … airborne canopy forest forest-biomass lidar neon