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How much carbon a patch of forest holds

GEDI L4A Above-Ground Biomass Density per Footprint
ORNL DAAC GEDI_L4A 25 m footprint opportunistic HDF5 biospherebiomasscarbon

Per-footprint above-ground biomass density (Mg/ha) — the input to every GEDI-based forest-carbon study.

GEDI L4A Above-Ground Biomass Density per Footprint

Per-footprint above-ground biomass density (Mg/ha) — the input to every GEDI-based forest-carbon study.

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Gotchas

  • Saturates around 250 Mg/ha in dense tropical canopies
  • Use agbd_se uncertainty alongside agbd
  • Allometric models differ by region; check the prediction_stratum
  • Other datasets: d010, d012
  • Questions: q01

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

gedi_l4a_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GEDI_L4A_AGB_Density_V2_1_2056",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from ORNL DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (lidar mission)