getLevel2BPAVDProfile {rGEDI}R Documentation

Get GEDI Plant Area Volume Density (PAVD) Index Profile (GEDI Level2B)

Description

This function extracts the Plant Area Volume Density (PAVD) Profile from GEDI Level2B data.

Usage

getLevel2BPAVDProfile(level2b)

Arguments

level2b

A GEDI Level2B object (output of readLevel2B function). An S4 object of class "gedi.level2b".

Details

Characteristics. Flag indicating likely invalid waveform (1=valid, 0=invalid).

Value

Returns an S4 object of class data.table-class containing the Plant Area Volume Density Index.

See Also

https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gedi02_bv001/

Examples

# Specifying the path to GEDI level2B data (zip file)
outdir = tempdir()
level2B_fp_zip <- system.file("extdata",
                  "GEDI02_B_2019108080338_O01964_T05337_02_001_01_sub.zip",
                  package="rGEDI")

# Unzipping GEDI level2A data
level2Bpath <- unzip(level2B_fp_zip,exdir = outdir)

# Reading GEDI level2B data (h5 file)
level2b<-readLevel2B(level2Bpath=level2Bpath)

# Extracting GEDI Plant Area Volume Density (PAVD) Index
level2BPAVDProfile<-getLevel2BPAVDProfile(level2b)
head(level2BPAVDProfile)

close(level2b)

[Package rGEDI version 0.1.9 Index]