@prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix np: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix prov: . @prefix npx: . @prefix dc: . @prefix xsd: . sub:Head { this: a np:Nanopublication; np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:pubinfo . } sub:assertion { sub:beni-biomass-gedi-forest-height-outcome a ; "2026-10-03"^^xsd:date; "ESA BIOMASS forest height is lower than GEDI lidar canopy height in most Beni lowland forest, but not in low canopies"; "Partially supported. Across Beni lowland forest, ESA BIOMASS forest height is lower than GEDI lidar canopy height on average (mean difference -3.0 m, 95 percent block-bootstrap interval -4.4 to -1.1 m) and in 78 percent of forest cells, so the claim holds for most of the forest. It does not hold for low canopies: where GEDI canopy height is lowest (median 10.4 m), BIOMASS is on average 2.1 m higher. BIOMASS compresses the height range: the fitted relation crosses the 1:1 line near 24 m of BIOMASS height. The two heights rank forests only moderately consistently. BIOMASS forest height in its first year is therefore usable for the EBV Ecosystem Vertical Profile only with a stated uncertainty of several metres."; ; """Comparison on 1900 forest cells (HEALPix depth 11, WorldCover tree cover at least 50 percent, at least 5 GEDI footprints, at most 5 percent burned in 2024). BIOMASS minus GEDI RH98: mean -3.03 m (95 percent spatial block-bootstrap interval -4.39 to -1.06 m), median -3.83 m, root-mean-square difference 7.18 m; BIOMASS lower in 77.7 percent of cells. Spearman rank correlation 0.58, Pearson 0.52. By thirds of GEDI height (medians 10.4, 19.5, 25.6 m): mean difference +2.1, -4.6, -6.6 m; BIOMASS lower in 48, 87, 97 percent of cells. Linear relation GEDI = 8.61 + 0.645 x BIOMASS, in-sample R2 0.27, cross-validated error 6.59 m (5-fold, 42 spatial blocks). Checks: night-time footprints only, mean difference -2.91 m and Spearman 0.58 (1832 cells); passes combined without the bias weight, mean difference -3.35 m and Spearman 0.59; disagreement against the BIOMASS bias index, Spearman 0.15. Results: results/summary.json. Github repository: https://github.com/annefou/beni-canopy-height-ebv"""; "One region and one BIOMASS season (April to August 2026, Level-2A, processors 4.4.4 and 4.4.5 mixed during reprocessing); the products are early and may change. GEDI footprints span 2019 to 2025, so the two heights are years apart; cells burned in 2024 are excluded but later disturbance is not. GEDI RH98 is a lidar energy percentile over 25 m footprints and BIOMASS forest height is an upper-canopy stand height (H100) from radar at 200 m, so part of the difference is definitional; GEDI is itself a satellite product, and no open field-plot heights exist in the region for an independent check. BIOMASS also reports non-zero heights over grassland, and one of 18 products was excluded for reporting about 30 m over grassland. The breakdown by thirds of GEDI height is affected by regression to the mean. The forest focus group uses a 50 percent tree-cover threshold that is our choice."; ; ; . } sub:provenance { sub:assertion prov:wasAttributedTo . } sub:pubinfo { "Anne Fouilloux" . this: dc:created "2026-10-03T12:07:44.249Z"^^xsd:dateTime; dc:creator ; dc:license ; npx:introduces sub:beni-biomass-gedi-forest-height-outcome; npx:wasCreatedAt ; "ESA BIOMASS forest height is lower than GEDI lidar canopy height in most Beni lowland forest, but not in low canopies"; . sub:sig npx:hasAlgorithm "RSA"; npx:hasPublicKey "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"; npx:hasSignature "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"; npx:hasSignatureTarget this:; npx:signedBy . }