BIOMASS Forest Height Products Format Specification#
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Document information
Field |
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Title |
BIOMASS Forest Height Products Format Specification |
External reference |
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Issue |
3.4.0 |
Date |
13 March 2026 |
Pages |
68 (authoritative PDF) |
Recipients
Name |
Organisation |
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Cristiano Lopes |
ESA - ESRIN |
Michele Caccia |
ESA - ESRIN |
Muriel Pinheiro |
ESA - ESRIN |
Prepared by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Francesco Banda |
Aresys |
Emanuele Giorgi |
Aresys |
Riccardo Piantanida |
Aresys |
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
Aresys |
Checked by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Approved by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Change history
Date |
Issue |
Change summary |
Author |
|---|---|---|---|
2022-03-23 |
1.0 |
First issue of the document |
Francesco Banda |
2022-06-09 |
2.0 |
Added L2a and L2b/L3 Products Format Specification (sec. 4, 6) Product schemas and descriptions updated (sec. 3, 5) CDR1-007: generic referencing to processing environment (sec. 2) CDR1-017: L2a product naming convention updated (sec. 3.2) CDR1-018: L2b/L3 product naming convention updated (Sec. 5.3) CDR1-165: added STAC metadata placeholder (sec. 3, 5) CDR1-166: forest mask moved from measurement to annotation (sec. 3, 5) |
Emanuele Giorgi Francesco Banda |
2022-10-28 |
2.1 |
BPSPDR2-4: Removed optional and not needed elements from MPH (sec. 4.1) BPSPDR2-5: GeoCellID substituted with tileID (all the document) BPSPDR2-7: verticalReflectivityDefaultProfile function clarified (sec. 4.3.1) BPSPDR2-9: reordered acronyms in alphabetical order (sec. 1.3) BPSPDR2-11: Added ZSTD compression EXIF code to GeoTIFF tag table (sec. 4.2) BPSPDR2-29: removed repetitions already described in Sec 1.2 (sec. 2); added missing quotes (sec. 3.1); added TCH acronym (sec. 1.3) BPSPDR2-32: solved TBD/TBC from document (all) BPSPDR2-34: added to processing parameters of L2b the forest Masking Flag (sec. 6.3.1.4) BPSPDR2-54: specify that “no data values” are not used to apply modifications of the FNF (sec. 3, 5) BPSPDR2-63: compression strategy (description and processing parameters) updated for COG and NetCDF (sec. 4.2, sec. 4.3, 6.3) BPSPDR2-64: specified TAG numbers for custom GeoTIFF private tags (sec. 4.2) BPSPDR2-66 removed redundant NetCDF parameters (sec. 4.3.2, 6.3.2) Updated LUT ADS NetCDF format description for consistency with NetCDF4 (sec. 4.3.2, 6.3.2) BPSPDR2-79: updated L2b/L3 product structure, consequent removal of unneeded ADS LUT section (sec. 5, 6.2, 6.3) BPSPDR2-80: added to L2b/L3 input information, the tracking of L1c acquisitions used, in xml and with a heat map (sec. 5, 6.2, 6.3.1.3) BPSPDR2-81: removed start and stop times from L2b/L3 file name convention (Sec. 5.3) BPSPDR2-82: added description in the text for the pixels marked as “no data value” and for its approach for each case (sec. 3, 4.2, 4.3.1.2, 5) BPSPDR2-83: improved consistency between documents (all the document) Other processing parameters updates out of BPSPDR2 (sec. 4.3, 6.3) Updated LUT ADS NetCDF format description for consistency with NetCDF4 (sec. 4.3.2, 6.3.2) Introduced CFM (Computed Forest Mask), and updated initial FNF description (sec. 2, 5, 6, 6.2) Removed Quick look and overlay ADS sections, not foreseen for L2 (all the document). Inserted RFI decorrelation factor in ADS (sec. 4.3.1) |
Emanuele Giorgi Paolo Mazzucchelli Francesco Banda |
2023-03-13 |
2.2 |
BPS-219: updated naming convention, sections 3.2 and 5.3 BPSCDR2-30: updated HeatMap definition BPSCDR2-44: Quicklook reinserted |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-07-31 |
2.2.1 |
Post-FAT2 issue of the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-11-17 |
3.0 |
CDR3 issue of the document Added Overviews (sec. 4.2, 6.2) Basin ID converted to list of strings (sec. 4.2, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.2.1, 6.3.1.1) Units of measurement fixed where needed (sec. 4.3, 6.3) Input Information DSR updated (sections 4.3.1, 6.3.1) Removed L3 references across all the document BPS-491: Acquisition ID image COG layers order specified |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-11-30 |
3.0.1 |
Release v.2.1.4 issue of the document Updated productType in Sec 4.3.1, 6.3.1 and 7.1.1 Updated pixelRepresentation, pixelType, noDataValue types in Sec 4.3.1, 6.3.1 and 7.1.1BPS-376: STAC position updated in doc Updated compression options images and tables in Sec 4.3.1, 6.3.1 Updated L2b Product Format overview (Sec 5) Updated acquisitionFolderName definition (Tab 12, Tab 26) BPSCDR2-79: MPH: reinserted bio:rds (Sec 4.1) BPSCDR2-25: added new ref. BPSCDR2-32: added ref to sec. 4.2 in sec. 3 BPSCDR2-26: underline of common checked BPS-484: Updated Primitive and common types (Tab 25) also replaced “uint8” with “ubyte” (all document) |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2023-12-12 |
3.0.2 |
Release v2.1.4 updated issue of the document LUT attributes (list of strings), specified as json encoded BPS-435: L2b product structure updated Table with primitive types with attributes extended |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2024-01-19 |
3.0.3 |
DeltaFAT2 issue of the document: BPSCDR2-29: removed references from LUT content |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-05-17 |
3.0.4 |
Post DeltaFAT2 issue of the document Added Acquistion Id Image to pixelRepresentationType Added temporalDecorrelationGroundToVolumeRatio |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-09-06 |
3.0.5 |
FAT3 issue of the document Added correctTerrainSlopes flag to L2A FH processing parameters |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2024-12-13 |
3.1.0 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-03-07 |
3.2.0 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document BPS-668: applyCalibrationScreen type updated BPS-FTO-BATCH4.2, L2 format changes added forestCoveragePercentage in 4.3.1.1 product L2a DSR added verticalWavenumbers and heightOfAmbiguity in 4.3.1.3 Input Information DSR added forest_coverage_percentage in NetCDF, in 4.3.2.1 BPS-685: updated naming convention |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-04-30 |
3.2.1 |
BPS-680: sec. 4.3.2, fixed units typo in LUT latitude longitude |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2025-11-28 |
3.3.0 |
Post-launch issue of the document (associated to BPS V4.2.0) Added Overlay ADS |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |
2026-03-13 |
3.4.0 |
Post-launch issue of the document (associated to BPS V4.4.0) Updated staQualityParametersType Added polarisationCombinationMethod to generalConfigurationParametersType Removed old, solved comments |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |