Africa Platform

Forest canopy height
Forest canopy height measures the average height of the tree canopy in 2012. This dataset is created by integrating broadscale optical remotely sensed data at 30-metre spatial resolution with on-the-ground measurements.

Data provider

NASA
Suggested citation

Hansen, M.C., Potapov, P.V., Goetz, S.J., Turubanova, S., Tyukavina, A., Krylov, A., Kommareddy, A., Egorov, A., 2016. Mapping tree height distributions in Sub-Saharan Africa using Landsat 7 and 8 data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Landsat 8 Science Results 185, 221–232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.023
Related tool or portal

https://www.unbiodiversitylab.org/index.html
Licence

No information provided
Date or time period of observation

2012
Frequency of update

Frequency of updates not provided
Geographic coverage

Africa
Spatial Resolution

30 meters
Technical background

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Cautions

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Related SDGs and targets

GOAL 15: Life on land,
Related Topics

Natural Resources, Forests