GEDI Data Formats

[elizabeth.joyner]

What formats do GEDI data come in?

[CDDIS – RB]

GEDI files come in .h5 format.

Third party tools with HDF5 support include IDL and Matlab. The following list of open source tools is also applicable to GEDI HDF5 files:

Open Source Tools

HDFView
Python

[LP DAAC - dgolon]

Hi @elizabeth.joyner The Level 1 and Level 2 GEDI datasets that are distributed by the LP DAAC are available as HDF5 (.h5). ORNL DAAC also distributes Level 3 and Level 4 GEDI datasets. The Level 3 and Level 4 B datasets are gridded Tiff (.tiff) and the L4a are HDF5 (.h5)

You can find a list of the Level 1 and 2 GEDI datasets from the LP DAAC here: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/product_search/?collections=GEDI&status=Operational&view=cards&sort=title

You can find a list of the Level 3 and 4 GEDI datasets from ORNL DAAC here: https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=40

The LP DAAC also provides several Data Prep Scripts and Tutorials for GEDI data that you might be interested in. Please visit https://github.com/nasa/GEDI-Data-Resources to learn more.

[ORNL - bewilson_ornl]

The Level 3 (gridded canopy metrics; https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1952 ), 4A (footprint level biomass; https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2056 ), and 4B (gridded Biomass; https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2017 ) data are also available through the ORNL DAAC's Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting and Visualization Services (TESViS) tool (https://modis.ornl.gov), which can provide subsets in text (comma separated value) and GeoTIFF format.

[ORNL - mthornton]

Hi @elizabeth.joyner ,
In addition to LP DAACs tutorials, the ORNL DAAC has a set of tutorials you might find useful.
You can find those here: Tutorials on GEDI Science Data Products
Lots of tutorials! Hope it's not overwhelming. LP or ORNL are happy to address any questions.