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Global changes are fundamentally altering Earth’s tropical and temperate forests …

… but we don’t have a complete picture of their impact on global ecosystems

GEDI laser ranging observations provide the missing piece - high resolution measurements of the Earth’s 3D structure

… enabling us to address urgent questions about the Earth.

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
is a high resolution laser ranging of Earth’s forests and topography located in the International Space Station (ISS).

THE MISSION SCIENCE

GEDI has provided an unprecedented number of highly precise ecosystem structure measurements.>>

THE INSTRUMENT & PLATFORM

GEDI observes nearly all tropical and temperate forests using a self-contained laser altimeter on the International Space Station.>>