Forest Structure - Sentinel-1/2, GEDI - Germany, Yearly

The product shows forest structure information on canopy height, total canopy cover and Above-ground biomass density (AGBD) in Germany as annual products in 10 m spatial resolution. The products were generated using a machine learning modelling approach that combines complementary spaceborne remote sensing sensors, namely GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation; NASA; full-waveform LiDAR), Sentinel-1 (Synthetic-Aperture-Radar; ESA, C-band) and Sentinel-2 (Multispectral Instrument; ESA; VIS-NIR-SWIR). Sample estimates on forest structure from GEDI were modelled in 10 m spatial resolution as annual products based on spatio-temporal composites from Sentinel-1 and -2. The derived products are the first consistent data sets on canopy height, total canopy cover and AGBD for Germany which enable a quantitative assessment of recent forest structure dynamics, e.g. in the context of repeated drought events since 2018. The full description of the method and results can be found in the publication of Kacic et al. (2023).
 
Citation proposal
German Aerospace Center (DLR). Forest Structure - Sentinel-1/2, GEDI - Germany, Yearly. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/a3c5b57f-8d87-42d2-a3b2-8f5a230964ae
 

INSPIRE

Identification

File identifier
a3c5b57f-8d87-42d2-a3b2-8f5a230964ae   XML
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Online resource
Protocol
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Protocol
OGC:WMS
Protocol
OGC:WMS
Protocol
OGC:WMS
Protocol
OGC:WMS-http-get-capabilities
Protocol
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Resource identifier
code
https://geoservice.dlr.de/catalogue/srv/metadata/a3c5b57f-8d87-42d2-a3b2-8f5a230964ae
Metadata language
English
Spatial representation type
Grid
Encoding
Format
GeoTIFF
Projection
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource
Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource
Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land cover
Spatial scope ( Place )
Other keywords
Keywords
  • DLR
  • EOC
  • Forest
  • Forest structure
  • Drought
  • Machine Learning Model
  • Germany
  • Yearly
  • Sentinel-1
  • Sentinel-2
  • GEDI
  • opendata
 
 

Geographic coverage

N
S
E
W


 

Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Date ( Creation )
2023-11-16T12:48:00
 

Quality and validity

Lineage
Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 (less than 60 % cloud coverage) data for the months April to September available through the Google Earth Engine (GEE) were used. In addition, GEDI L2A, L2B, and L4A data from 2019 to 2022 for the months June to August were used. At the date of data processing GEDI data for 2022 was only available for the month June.
Denominator
20000
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
Explanation
See the referenced specification.
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints
Nutzungsbedingungen: Lizenz, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 / Terms of use: License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Access constraints

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"quelle": "Copyright DLR (year of production)"}

 

Restrictions on access and use

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Email
patrick.kacic@dlr.de
Organisation name
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Email
geoservice@dlr.de
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Email
patrick.kacic@dlr.de
Organisation name
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Email
geoservice@dlr.de
 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Email
geoservice@dlr.de
Date stamp
2025-02-14T13:08:04
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Coordinate reference system
 
Quality of Service
 
Access constraints
Limitation
 
Use constraints
Limitation
 
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
 
 

Conformance class 3: harmonized

 
 

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