"tree height map [Simardetal.,2011] " represents the
"average tree height" in 1km pixel. For the small forest cover
(<1km2), the tree height is underestimated, because of the mixture
of land/forest in Simard's data. MERIT downscaled Simard's forest
height to 90m, using Hansen forest cover.
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