Article: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ISSUES GRANTS NOTICE TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUND-BASED LIDAR IN DETECTING VEGETATION, GEOMORPHIC CHANGE FOR USE IN RIPARIAN MONITORING ALONG LARGE RIVERS OF COLORADO PLATEAU

Article: Ground-based LIDAR in Afghanistan.(Mapplet: ...
Geospatial Solutions;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... an aircraft proved to be next to impossible. As a result, Mosaic decided to carry on the work using a prototype ground-based LIDAR mounted on a pole off the back of a pickup. The mounting method had its challenges, however. It needed to be designed in ...

Article: Ground-based LIDAR.(Services)
Geospatial Solutions;  August 1, 2003 ;     288 words ... ... combines a Leica Geosystems Cyrax 2500 3D laser scanner with data management and visualization software to provide ground-based LIDAR (light detection and ranging) data collection. The system's modeling software exports files to various platforms, including ...

Article: Area-based lidar-assisted estimation of forest ...
Canadian Journal of Forest Research;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... also called canopy height distribution methods. This research note focuses on a design-based approach for the area-based lidar-assisted estimation of standing forest volume. Once separated by basic elaboration processes, the ground and canopy returns ...

Article: Sanborn.(BUSINESSNEWS)(Sanborn purchased a ground-based ...
GEO World;  January 1, 2005 ;     507 words ...Sanborn purchased a ground-based LIDAR instrument for an alternate means of terrain and digital image acquisition. www.sanborn.com

Article: Intercomparison of Water Vapor Data Measured with Lidar during ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The water vapor data measured with airborne and ground-based lidar systems during the International H^sub 2^O Project (IHOP_2002), which took place in the Southern Great Plains during 13 ...

Article: Evaluation of Cloud-Phase Retrieval Methods for SEVIRI on ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Three cloud-phase determination algorithms from passive satellite imagers are explored to assess their suitability for climate monitoring purposes in midlatitude coastal climate zones. The algorithms are the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-like thermal infrared

Article: COLORADO PLATEAU STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 28, 2006 ;     395 words ... ... following news release: The second annual Colorado Plateau Studies Symposium comes to the Lone ... Dangerous Liaisons: Mining the Colorado Plateau features speakers who will be discussing ... oil shale energy resources on the Colorado Plateau and Western Slope. Topics include ...