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GEDI produces the first high resolution laser ranging observations of the 3D structure of the Earth. GEDI makes precise measurements of forest canopy height, canopy vertical structure, and surface elevation. GEDI radically improves our ability to understand important atmospheric and water cycling processes, biodiversity, and habitat. GEDI has been deployed [...]

On March 17th, 2023, the GEDI mission embarked on its next journey. GEDI completed its first four years on orbit and is heading into storage on the ISS. GEDI was powered down at 01:58 UTC. The video below shows GEDI being moved from EFU-6 to EFU-7, where it will remain [...]

New GEDI Competed Science Team announced! Sixteen researchers joined the GEDI team this year to work on projects through 2026. Meet them here!

The GEDI team continues to work towards the planned return to service of its lidar instrument. The robotics maneuvers, targeted for late day Eastern on 22 APR and completing overnight into 23 APR, will return GEDI to its previous operational home from its current hibernation location. While this is the [...]

News update on NASA Blogs: “That’s no moon, that’s a space station! The return of NASA’s GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation) is underway, as the agency’s very own “lightsaber” will soon be back to measuring forests in three dimensions after it was reinstalled on the International Space Station April 22. [...]

The Summary of the 2023 GEDI Science Team Meeting has been published in the NASA newsletter The Earth Observer! Read it here.

Access dataset here Summary This dataset contains Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 4C (L4C) Version 2 predictions of the Waveform Structural Complexity Index (WSCI) and estimates of prediction intervals for each footprint estimate at 95% confidence. In this version, the granules are in sub-orbits. The algorithm setting group selection [...]

The behavior of fire in the landscape, whether as a prescribed burn or a wildfire, is dependent on the amount and distribution (horizontal and vertical) of available fuel. Fuel, in turn, is linked to characteristics of the vegetation: structure as well as type and moisture. How fuel is organized spatially [...]