dataset · Global

Global Forest Canopy Height, 2005

This dataset represents global tree heights based on a fusion of spaceborne-lidar data (2005) from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) and ancillary geospatial data. See [Simard et al. (2011)](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2011JG001708) for details.

Source details

Licence: proprietary

Evidence quality: 23.6

Listed in gee public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• ee.Image('NASA/JPL/global_forest_canopy_height_2005')
• https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/NASA_JPL_global_forest_canopy_height_2005

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.