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Studying Kelp dispersal areas and biomass – South Africa

July 29, 2024 Leave a comment

Investigating and surveying underwater forests: Studying the Kelp dispersal areas, density, and biomass along the South African West Coast Project Background & Details To determine Kelp bed dispersal and extent together with density and biomass calculations along the South African West Coast, multiple stakeholders initiated a project to gather more precise orthorectified aerial imagery as the current National Biodiversity maps were […]

funding to improve how LiDAR can be used to study forests

December 14, 2020 Leave a comment

RIT imaging scientist receives funding to improve how LiDAR can be used to study forestsNGA and NASA award Professor Jan Van Aardt grants for projects focused on LiDAR Imaging scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology have several new projects in the works to improve the way waveform LiDAR can be used to study forests. Professor Jan van Aardt from the Chester F. Carlson […]

riegl – Spaceborne Data: Mapping and Monitoring Carbon

February 17, 2019 Leave a comment

Spaceborne Data:Mapping and Monitoring the Carbon Content of Earth’s Forests Laura Duncanson, Assistant Professor University of Maryland; NASA Goddard Space flight Center presents recent NASA laser missions – the ICESat-2 satellite and the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) – and their contributions to mapping global forest biomass, to guide forest management programs and inform climate mitigation plans. Duncanson will show […]

Search and Rescue Drones to Find Lost Forest Hikers

November 6, 2018 Leave a comment

Search and Rescue drones to use autonomous car tech to find lost forest hikers Drones are already being used by the emergency services to help locate missing people. But in forests the densely packed trees can interfere with the drones’ GPS connection, making their performance unreliable. In a bid to fix this, a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute […]