Getting Started with NASA Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Lidar Data

Brief Description: During this webinar, we provide an introduction to NASA’s GEDI mission and GEDI datasets and show you how to get started with GEDI data using the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) web service, data prep script, and Jupyter Notebook Python tutorial series.
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Detailed Description: NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission was launched on December 5, 2018 and is attached to the International Space Station. GEDI is a full-waveform lidar instrument that produces high-resolution laser ranging observations of the 3-dimensional structure of the Earth’s surface. GEDI collects data globally between 51.6° N and 51.6° S latitudes at the highest resolution and densest sampling of any light detection and ranging (lidar) instrument in orbit to date. GEDI aims to characterize ecosystem structure and dynamics to enable radically improved quantification and understanding of Earth’s carbon and water cycles, habitat, and biodiversity. NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) has begun distributing GEDI Level 1B and Level 2 products, which include geolocated full waveform measurements (L1B), elevation and height metrics (L2A), and canopy cover and vertical profile metrics (L2B), all provided as ~30 m footprints. In addition to learning about the mission, tune in to learn about GEDI Level 1B-2 products and where to find additional resources for getting started with GEDI data.
To get started with GEDI data at NASA LP DAAC:
lpdaac.usgs.go...
GEDI Mission: gedi.umd.edu/
Download Presentation Slide Deck: go.nasa.gov/2Z...

[@muhammadpramulya9412]

Awesome NASA...
I have applied to monitor the forests in parts of West Kalimantan, hopefully, one day I can go to NASA to intern, learn more,
there may also be opportunities for cooperation/collaboration research someday to apply LiDAR to forests in West Kalimantan. Love and Kind Regards from Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan Indonesia

[@veducatube5701]

THank YOu NASA... I learn a lot from your team. Regards from India

[@NASAEarthdata]

That's great, we are happy to hear that our data resources have proven helpful to you in your work.

[@theforester_]

awesome, thanks for the video. big shout out from brazil

[@NASAEarthdata]

You are welcome! We are glad you found this webinar useful.

[@earthhouseentertainment4024]

Thank you 💯🌹🍒

[@SpaceFactsWax]

Thanks so much for sharing. I got the opporunity to witness a rocket launch in 2018. Amazing experience. I uploaded a pretty awesome clip of the experience to my channel.

[@NASAEarthdata]

This sounds amazing!

[@ms.truptisatapathy5372]

Thank you for the information, they were very helpful. But I have a doubt... The PAVD data which we get at 5 m intervals (30 values), are they registered in top to bottom of canopy or vice versa

[@hermanediesse6035]

thank you for this presentation. I try to download the presentation slide but it doesnt work. Could you please send us the good link?

[@BThePhD]

@NASA Earthdata Why are some of the rxwaveform values zero'd out? Shouldn't there atleast be noise. I'm currently parsing GEDI data in Matlab. The region of interests I'm looking at were located on salt flats if that helps.

[@NASAEarthdata]

Hi Brandon, thank you for your data inquiry. This question would be best addressed by the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). They manage, archive and distribute GEDI datasets. Please email your GEDI data inquiry to [e-mail] or [e-mail]. You can reference the GEDI webinar. Thank you

[@ananyagupta5009]

How can I upload the shapefile of my Area of Interest to download the data?

[@schylerbrown7364]

I know this video is over a year old but maybe someone can answer this... I was able to download GEDI L2A data for a specific bounding box directly from the LP DAAC. I didn't have to subset or clip anything.. am I just confused by what everyone says when they say "sub-setting" or is the earthdata search just changed recently to where you can subset by a boundary? Thanks.

[@kyawnaingwin8300]

please watch at 28:00 (I just watched and downloaded just a subset (my AOI only)

[@AB-hu2uw]

Hi what is GEDI'S accuracy?

[@mrjohnokolie]

I am interested in downloading GEDI LIDAR data L2A V002 from NASA Earthdata portal.
I noticed the files are in h5 format. Can you pls assist me with how to convert the h5 files to csv format.
Thanks.

[@NASAEarthdata]

Hi Chukwuma, thank you for reaching out. Please submit your inquiry noted here directly to the NASA Land Processes DAAC at: [e-mail] or via [e-mail]. Someone at LP DAAC will be able to help guide you through this process. Let us know if you need further assistance.

[@mrjohnokolie]

@@NASAEarthdata thanks