Forest Canopy Heights Across the United States

From the Pacific Northwest—home of the towering redwoods&mdash to the Southern Appalachians, this map shows forest canopy heights across the United States.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Michael Lefsky (Colorado State University). Caption by Rebecca Lindsey and Adam Voiland.

Published July 22, 2010
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2004

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Land Surface > Land Use/Land Cover > Land Cover