BETA-FOR_SP3_ForestStructure_GEDI_2017/2023_mean

This data set contains per patch information of forest structure attributes derived from spatial modelling of GEDI data (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation; spaceborne sensor from NASA; full-waveform LiDAR; discrete footprints; sampling mission) based on Sentinel-1 (Radar; ESA) and Sentinel-2 (multispectral; ESA) composites from 2017 to 2022 at 10 m spatial resolution. The pixels of three forest structure attributes (canopy height, total canopy cover, above-ground biomass density) per patch and year are aggregated as spatial statistic (mean). The dataset is available for all 234 patches with annual information (column "Year") (mean; column "SpatialStats") of different attributes (column "Attribute") for forest structure: canopy height (rh_95; 95th percentile of the canopy height metrics; meters), total canopy cover (cover, %) and above-ground biomass density (agbd, Mg/ha) and stored in a single .csv file. More information on the modelling approach can be found in the following publication: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15081969. From January 2024 on, the continuous rasters of the three forest structure attributes (2017 to 2022) covering all forested area of Germany at 10 m spatial resolution is also published under https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/ with the name "Forest Structure - Germany, 2017-2022".