{"id":558,"date":"2019-01-11T19:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/?p=558"},"modified":"2019-01-11T19:30:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T19:30:58","slug":"nau-scientists-on-mission-to-revolutionize-how-forest-carbon-biodiversity-and-habitat-are-measured-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/2019\/01\/11\/nau-scientists-on-mission-to-revolutionize-how-forest-carbon-biodiversity-and-habitat-are-measured-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU scientists on mission to revolutionize how forest carbon, biodiversity, and habitat are measured from space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163\" src=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gedi_vertical.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gedi_vertical.png 786w, https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gedi_vertical-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gedi_vertical-768x936.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 5, 2018 the GEDI lidar instrument lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida and made its way towards the International Space Station.\u00a0 The instrument &#8212; which uses laser pulses to measure distances and map 3D structure &#8212; is expected to capture at least 10 billion cloud-free samples over its two-year lifespan, as it hurtles around the Earth at\u00a017,150 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>GEODE lab members share their experiences being part of the GEDI science team, and their excitement about how GEDI will revolutionize research on biodiversity and forest carbon in a new <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/goetz-nasa-mission-gedi\/#.XDjfGFxKiiN\">NAU News article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 5, 2018 the GEDI lidar instrument lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida and made its way towards the International Space Station.\u00a0 The instrument &#8212; which uses laser pulses to measure distances and map 3D structure &#8212; is expected to capture at least 10 billion cloud-free samples over its two-year lifespan, as it hurtles &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/2019\/01\/11\/nau-scientists-on-mission-to-revolutionize-how-forest-carbon-biodiversity-and-habitat-are-measured-from-space\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NAU scientists on mission to revolutionize how forest carbon, biodiversity, and habitat are measured from space&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}