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Datacollected by the Jason-3 satellite, which was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in January this year, has been used to create theprobe's very first complete science map of global sea surface ...

Scientists have created the first global map of forest height using satellite data. The map will improve estimates of how much carbon is stored in Earth’s trees and how much carbon dioxide they absorb ...

Forest height in Indonesia and surrounding countries. NASA researchers have released a Google Earth version of a map showing the height of the world’s forests. The map was first published in 2010 by ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world’s forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how ...

A first-of-its-kind global map shows forest canopy height By using a satellite that fires the Earth with laser pulses from space, a researcher in the US has created the first global map of forest ...