aboestpetersen/icesat2_canopy_heights

(WORK IN PROGRESS) Derive estimated canopy heights from raw ICESat-2 ATL03 photon returns.

icesat2_canopy_heights

Table of Contents

• About the Project
  • Built With
• Examples
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

About The Project

Tools for deriving ground and canopy elevation from raw ATL03 ICESat-2 returns from NASA's ATLAS sensor.

Workflow employed for this study:

Comparison of resolutions (user can change output resolution):

Built With

• Python
• ICESat-2
• icepyx
• PhoREAL

Examples

Built with Jupyter Notebooks:

• Downloading ATL03 Data
• Deriving Canopy Estimates

Getting Started

To get a local copy use the following git command:

git clone https://github.com/aboestpetersen/icesat2_canopy_heights.git

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

Any contributions made are greatly appreciated and welcomed.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

Alexander Boest-Petersen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderboest-petersen/ - [email protected]

icesat2_canopy_heights's Issues

Optimize canopy height selection.

RANSAC Regressor?

DRAGANN?

Remove rows with no canopy estimates.

Select canopy heights from 95th percentile.