A global product of 150-m urban building height based on spaceborne lidar

作者：Xiao Ma, Guang Zheng, Chi Xu, L. Monika Moskal, Peng Gong, Qinghua Guo, Huabing Huang, Xuecao Li, Xinlian Liang, Yong Pang, Cheng Wang, Huan Xie, Bailang Yu, Bo Zhao, Yuyu Zhou · 发表于：Scientific Data · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1038/s41597-024-04237-5 · 被引用次数：20 · 研究领域：Remote Sensing in Agriculture、Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications、Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Urban building height, as a fundamental 3D urban structural feature, has far-reaching applications. However, creating readily available datasets of recent urban building heights with fine spatial resolutions and global coverage remains a challenging task. Here, we provide a 150-m global urban building heights dataset around 2020 by combining the spaceborne lidar (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, GEDI), multi-sourced data (Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-1), and topographic data. The validation results revealed that the GEDI-estimated building height samples were effective compared to the reference data (Pearson's r = 0.81, RMSE = 3.58 m). The mapping product also demonstrated good performance, as indicated by its strong correlation with the reference data (Pearson's r = 0.71, RMSE = 4.73 m). Compared with the currently existing datasets, it holds the ability to provide a spatial resolution (150 m) with a great level of inherent details about the spatial heterogeneity and flexibility of updating using the GEDI samples as inputs. This product will boost future urban studies across many fields, including environmental, ecological, and social sciences.