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GEDI Lidar | NASA Earthdata The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument is a full-waveform lidar installed on the International Space Station that produces detailed observations of the 3D structure of Earth’s surface GEDI's three lasers precisely measure forest canopy height, canopy vertical structure, and surface elevation
Wetlands | NASA Earthdata Wetlands are a type of terrain where the land is permanently or seasonally saturated with water Swamps and marshes are types of wetlands Insects, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, and other animals often find a home in wetlands, creating a complex ecosystem that combines land-based and aquatic life
Biodiversity Functions | NASA Earthdata Having a diverse assemblage of plants, animals, and other organisms in a wide range of habitats promotes ecosystem productivity Thriving, diverse ecosystems help balance processes like nutrient storage and recycling, pollution filtration, and water resource maintenance
Biosphere | NASA Earthdata Vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife are the primary components of a biome’s composition Maintaining species richness in the biosphere ensures the productivity and stability of ecosystem processes, making it critical to monitor vegetation and wildlife health and prevent their loss
Where the Wetlands Are | NASA Earthdata Wetlands are places where land is permanently or seasonally saturated with water, forming a distinct ecosystem that is both aquatic and land-based Although wetlands may exist wherever water collects, they often border rivers and lakes, creating spongy coastlines astir with fish, birds, and the drone of mosquitoes and dragonflies
Water Use Efficiency, Carbon Mapping, and Wildfire Prediction Using the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station , scientists are now able to evaluate pre-fire vegetation moisture conditions, including daily evapotranspiration (ECO3ETPTJPL), daily evaporative stress index (ECO4ESIPTJPL), and daily water use efficiency to investigate how these conditions impact the spatial
The Human Footprint | NASA Earthdata Although ecosystem services have not historically been priced, the authors estimated that an effective global conservation program would repay its cost a hundredfold But is human presence necessarily bad? “People convert land cover for a host of reasons, some of which are very necessary and good for human welfare,” said DeFries
New Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Available at NASA’s SEDAC The EPI provides quantitative metrics for evaluating a country’s environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets, and aggregates data on many indicators of sustainability into a single number – the EPI Score, which ranges from 0 to 100
New GEDI Data Product Provides Estimates of Forest Canopy Complexity In general, canopy structural complexity (CSC) is a measure of how leaves, branches, and stems are distributed across both horizontal and vertical spaces in a forest canopy It also is an ecosystem attribute that can be accurately estimated from airborne- or terrestrial-lidar measurements, according to Shrestha