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According to: https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=40
"Footprint and Gridded Above Ground Biomass (L4) products will be available later in calendar year 2021."

According to: https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=40 "Gridded (L3) GEDI data are available from ORNL DAAC. Footprint and Gridded Above Ground Biomass (L4) products will be available later in calendar year 2021." GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 1 are available at...

There is some work done on generating a Global Forest Canopy Height, which is an extrapolation of GEDI with Landsat, led by the GLAD team at UMD. There are limitations, with saturation above 30m height. It was the first demo of combining GEDI with Landsat. (Hansen et al; combining optical with versi...

Use the quality flags to assure that you are only using high-quality returns over high-relief or mountainous regions. Be mindful as the uncertainty will increase over high slopes.

1 micron data does not penetrate water.

GEDI data acquired at night may be more useful/have slightly better data quality due to the lack of solar background noise.

GEDI is designed to measure tree height. ICESat-2 and GEDI measure in different ways with GEDI being full waveform. GEDI was specifically designed for veg height, so the footprint size is designed as such. Canopy has a better reflectance at 1064 nm (GEDI) than 532 nm(ICESat-2). GEDI was specificall...

GEDI is not designed for measurement of non-woody or near ground vegetation, where it may be difficult to separate the canopy and ground signals. In addition to canopy height of woody vegetation, GEDI provides estimates of canopy cover, Plant Area Index and their vertical profiles, and aboveground b...

GEDI is not designed for measurement of non-woody or near ground vegetation. Additionally, over wetlands, water levels and inundation can affect the estimation.

GEDI is not designed for measurement of non-woody or near ground vegetation, and it can be difficult to separate canopy and ground in non-woody environments.