Forest dominant height is a fundamental structural attribute that reflects site conditions and forest growth potential. Here we present a nationwide 30 m resolution forest dominant height dataset for China (FDH-30C). The dataset is calibrated using 1,117 km² of high-density unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data distributed across all eight major […]
Effective plant area index (PAIe) is a fundamental metric for characterizing forest vertical structural complexity and ecosystem stability, serving as a critical input for ecological modeling, biodiversity assessment, and forest management. At the canopy stratum level, stratified PAIe reveals light interception and microclimatic heterogeneity, while cumulative total PAIe reflects overall plant material density and canopy […]
Correction: Data uploaded before May 8, 2026 may contain errors in minimum crown base height values (CBHmin) . Please re-download the latest version. Crown base height (CBH) is essential for characterizing forest vertical structure over time for sustainable forest management and serves as a key input in fire model and growth model. At plot level, […]
Global Vegetation Products (1) Global forest AGB map in 2004 Global forest ecosystems form a large carbon pool, and are a critical component of the global carbon cycle. Accurate estimations of global forest aboveground biomass (AGB) will improve understanding of global carbon dynamics and help quantify anthropogenic carbon emissions. In this study, we mapped the […]
Regional Vegetation Products Forests tree height across the Sierra Nevada Forests of the Sierra Nevada (SN) mountain range are valuable natural heritages for the region and the country, and tree height is an important forest structure parameter for understanding the SN forest ecosystem. There is still a need in the accurate estimation of wall-to-wall SN […]
This book systematically explains the principles of LiDAR technology and, using the LiDAR360 software platform as an example, provides detailed instructions on LiDAR point cloud data processing and its applications in various fields. It is divided into three parts and comprises fifteen chapters. The first part, Chapter 1, provides an overview of LiDAR technology, its […]
Vegetation is a crucial component of ecosystems, playing a vital role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating climate, and protecting soil and water resources. As one of the countries with the most diverse vegetation types in the world, China’s vegetation resources carry significant ecological functions and environmental benefits. In recent years, due to both natural and human […]
Global forest woody residence time by random forest method Woody residence time is an important parameter that expresses the balance between mature forest recruitment/growth and mortality. Using field data collected from the literature, our group explored the global forest τw and investigated its influence on model simulations of aboveground biomass (AGB) at a global scale. […]
Data description: Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data is one of the most commonly used data for terrain products generation. Filtering ground points is a prerequisite step for ALS data processing. Because canopy cover and terrain slope are various in forested environments, filtering in forested environments is more challenging than filtering in other environments, such as […]
Mangrove forest ecosystems are distributed at the land–sea interface in tropical and subtropical regions and play an important role in carbon cycles and biodiversity. Accurately mapping global mangrove aboveground biomass (AGB) will help us understand how mangrove ecosystems are affected by the impacts of climatic change and human activities. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) techniques […]