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d012·dataset

Forest carbon, mapped

GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density 1km
ORNL DAAC GEDI_L4B cloud-native 1 km cumulative (snapshot over the primary mission window) GeoTIFFNetCDF biospherebiomasscarbon

The operational gridded biomass product used by REDD+ and national biomass-inventory teams.

GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density 1km

The operational gridded biomass product used by REDD+ and national biomass-inventory teams.

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Gotchas

  • Gaps remain in cloudy-canopy regions where GEDI footprints were too sparse
  • 1 km hides intra-stand variability; for finer scale use L4A footprints + spatial models
  • Other datasets: d011

Sources

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

Quick access (cloud-direct)

gedi_l4b_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GEDI_L4B_Gridded_Biomass_2017",
    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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GEDI
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (lidar mission)