Global Forest Canopy Height, 2005

NASA/JPL/global_forest_canopy_height_2005
Dataset Availability
2005-05-20T00:00:00Z–2005-06-23T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.Image("NASA/JPL/global_forest_canopy_height_2005")

Description

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.

Bands

Resolution
927.67 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Description
1 m 0* 73*

Tree heights
* estimated min or max value

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Citations

Citations:

  • Simard, M., Pinto, N., Fisher, J., Baccini, A. 2011. Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116: G04021. doi:10.1029/2011JG001708

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.Image('NASA/JPL/global_forest_canopy_height_2005');
var forestCanopyHeight = dataset.select('1');
var forestCanopyHeightVis = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 30.0,
  palette: [
    'ffffff', 'fcd163', '99b718', '66a000', '3e8601', '207401', '056201',
    '004c00', '011301'
  ],
};
Map.setCenter(-28.1, 28.3, 1);
Map.addLayer(forestCanopyHeight, forestCanopyHeightVis, 'Forest Canopy Height');
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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.
NASA/JPL/global_forest_canopy_height_2005, canopy,forest,geophysical,jpl,nasa
2005-05-20T00:00:00Z/2005-06-23T00:00:00Z
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