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Maximum Tree Canopy Height data of Nepal

Maximum Tree Canopy Height data of Nepal

Published date: 2015-09-22

Description

Leaf Area Index (LAI) generated based on Landsat-8 the OLI cloud free images. To generate tree canopy height map, a density scatter graph between the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) estimated maximum height and Landsat LAI nearest to the center coordinates of the GLAS shots show a moderate but significant exponential correlation (31.211*LAI0.4593, R2= 0.33, RMSE=13.25 m).

Access & Use Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Suggested Citation

ICIMOD. (2015). Maximum Tree Canopy Height data of Nepal [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.23174

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Thematic keywords
servircatForest Hotspotsicimod-servirMaximum Tree Canopy Heightgeo-ecosystemsForest Loss
Geography
Nepal
Contact
Name

Mr. Hammad Gilani

Position

Associate Remote Sensing Specialist

Organization

ICIMOD, SERVIR Himalaya