Global mapping of forest clumping index based on GEDI canopy height and complementary data

Clumping index (CI), describing the extent of foliage grouping within canopy structures that cause nonrandomness of the leaf spatial distribution within the canopy, is a structural parameter of plant canopies needed in modelling carbon and water cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. CI has been previously retrieved based on an angular index named Normalized Difference between Hotspot and Darkspot (NDHD) derived from multi-angle satellite data. …