New GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics Now Available

[ORNL-EDL - mthornton]

The ORNL DAAC has released new GEDI Level 3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics for April, 2019 to March, 2023 (GEDI mission weeks 19 through 223). The GEDI L3 dataset provides gridded mean canopy height, standard deviation of canopy height, mean ground elevation, standard deviation of ground elevation, and counts of valid laser footprints per 1-km x 1-km grid cells used in the gridding process.



On March 17th, 2023, GEDI was temporarily moved to an alternate location on ISS, where it will remain offline for about 18 months. In 2024, GEDI will return to its original location and resume operations on the station.

Data Citation:
Dubayah, R.O., S.B. Luthcke, T.J. Sabaka, J.B. Nicholas, S. Preaux, and M.A. Hofton. 2021. GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 2. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1952