Super excited to see Department of Geographical Sciences Elisabeth Powell defend her UMD Research graduate studies today..to a *completely* packed audience. Great job 👏

Latest press release! 📢 U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny Hoyer announce NASA's reinstallation of the #GEDI instrument to its original location on the ISS vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-rel… Department of Geographical Sciences BSOS @ UMD NASA Goddard

Thank you NBC4 Washington for covering #GEDI's return to its original location on the International Space Station! nbcwashington.com/news/local/cha…

Three academic generations of Department of Geographical Sciences lidar - thrilled to celebrate the newly minted Drs with their academic ‘grandfather’ Ralph Dubayah. Congrats MengyuLiang(Amber) and Tony Feng - Very proud of your GEDI and ICESat-2 Vegetation Applications NASA_ABoVE research!

#ICYMI faculty from Department of Geographical Sciences are part of a team that was recently awarded $5M to to explore the potential of a new satellite mission set to launch in 2030 or 2032! Learn more about the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) mission at go.umd.edu/geogEDGE

Return Of The GEDI: Scanning The Amazon With Lasers Science Friday América Futura naiara galarraga gortázar Jay Rasgorshek BSOS @ UMD Department of Geographical Sciences sciencefriday.com/articles/gedi-…

La misión que escanea la Amazonia con rayos láser para saber cuánto carbono almacena 🌳 EL PAÍS América Science Friday BSOS @ UMD Department of Geographical Sciences elpais.com/america-futura…

GEDI L4C Footprint Level Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 2 has been released! This dataset estimates of prediction intervals for each footprint estimate at 95% confidence. daac.ornl.gov/GEDI/guides/GE…

Summary of the 2023 #GEDI Science Team Meeting published in NASA newsletter, The Earth Observer! Check it out to learn more about mission status, data products, and the first competed science team cohorts' research using GEDI! science.nasa.gov/uncategorized/…

Census + TLS + UAV lidar + airborne lidar in Australia! Led by PI John Armston’s NASA CMS project with huge support from CSIRO, Queensland DESI and UQ we measured a range of vegetation biomass for calval of satellite products GEDI NASA CMS Queensland Science UQ News

Wonderful to be a part of this workshop, sharing #NASA #GEDI data to enhance national forest monitoring capabilities!

🌳What are old forest ecosystems? 🌲Why are they important? 🛰️How does #GEDI help identify and map old and mature forests throughout the United States? Learn more at our website: gedi.umd.edu/applications/o…

New update from MAAP! 🛰️❗ Thanks to the help of two new tools, MAAP #213 gives us a more detailed look at above-ground carbon estimates within protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon. 🌳 amazonconservation.org/how-maap-is-us…

Congratulations to #GEDI team member and Department of Geographical Sciences Assistant Research Professor AdPscual for receiving the IUFRO Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA)!

I am so pleased to share the GREAT news that the Department of Geographical Sciences-led Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is once again collecting data that will help researchers address the grand challenge that is climate change. Well done, GEDI! x.com/bsosumd/status…

Our boreal biomass modeling paper is now online! Complementing GEDI L4A models to fill in the north! Amy Neuenschwander NASA_ABoVE ICESat-2 Vegetation Applications

new 12m resultion of global mangrove canopy height map is online! Using TanDEM-X data, calibrated by GEDI GEDI . Very important datasets for coastal forest structure and blue carbon dynamics! daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/CMS…

🛰️ At the ASEAN Carbon Trading Workshop in Indonesia, researcher Adrian Pascual Arranz showcased GEDI and TanDEM-X's potential in advancing forest carbon mapping in Southeast Asia. Learn more: go.umd.edu/carbon-mapping #remotesensing #lidar