Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI)
OperatorNASA
ManufacturerGoddard Space Flight Center
Instrument typeLIDAR
Function3D structure of forests
Mission duration2 years
Websitescience.nasa.gov/missions/gedi/
Host spacecraft
SpacecraftInternational Space Station
Launch date5 December 2018
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-40

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI, pronounced /ˈdʒɛdaɪ/) is a NASA mission to measure how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations. 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.

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.

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