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Lasering In on Corn Fields

An instrument designed to measure tree height can also distinguish corn from other crops.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from DiTommaso et al. (2021) and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Emily Cassidy, NASA Earthdata.

Published March 7, 2022
Data acquired 2019

Sources:
GEDI
Landsat 8 > OLI
Model
Sentinel-2
Collections:
Applied Sciences
Food and Agriculture