Data:Global Forest Heights
From CSDMS
Global Forest Heights dataset information page
Short Description
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| Global forest canopy height |
Statement: Forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar
Abstract: Data from spaceborne light detection and ranging (lidar) opens the possibility to map forest vertical structure globally. Presented here is a wall-to-wall, global map of canopy height at 1-km spatial resolution, using 2005 data from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) aboard ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite).
Data format
| Data type: | Land Cover |
| Data origin: | Measured |
| Data format: | GeoTIFF, NetCDF, ASCII |
| Other format: | |
| Data resolution: | 1km |
| Datum: | WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) |
Data Coverage
Spatial data coverage: Global
Temporal data coverage: Time snap shot
Time period covered: 2005
Availability
Download data: http://webmap.ornl.gov/wcsdown/dataset.jsp?ds id=10023
Data source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/forest-height-map.html
References
- Simard, M., N. Pinto, J. B. Fisher, and A. Baccini (2011), Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 116, G04021, doi:10.1029/2011JG001708.
