Scientists Use NASA Satellite Data To Map Height of Forest Canopy

摘要

A new map that relies on satellite data to show the varying height of forests around the world is one step in a campaign to improve climate models by offering scientists information on the amount of carbon stored in trees.rnThe map, which uses data drawn from NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) as well as the Terra and Aqua Earth-observation satellites to show forest canopy height around the globe, was created by Michael Lefsky, an assistant professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.