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| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Instrument type | LIDAR |
| Function | 3D structure of forests |
| Mission duration | 2 years |
| Website | science |
| Host spacecraft | |
| Spacecraft | International Space Station |
| Launch date | 5 December 2018 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI, pronounced /ˈdʒɛdaɪ/) is a NASA mission to measure how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations.[1][2] A full-waveform LIDAR was attached to the International Space Station to provide the first global, high-resolution observations of forest vertical structure. This will allow scientists to map habitats and biomass, particularly in the tropics, providing detail on the Earth's carbon cycle.[3]
The Principal Investigator is Ralph Dubayah, at the University of Maryland. The Deputy Principal Investigator & Instrument Scientist is J. Bryan Blair at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
- ^ GEDI Ecosystem LIDAR Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. Home site. Accessed on 1 December 2018.
- ^ NASA probe will reveal 3D architecture of forests from space Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Richard Moss, New Atlas. 14 September 2014.
- ^ NASA has a plan to take the most detailed scans of the world's forests ever . Pierre Bienaimé, Business Insider - UK. 3 March 2015.