Observing the Forest Canopy with a New Ultra-Violet Compact Airborne Lidar

Observing the Forest Canopy with a New Ultra-Violet Compact Airborne Lidar

We have developed a new airborne UV lidar for the forest canopy and deployed it in the Landes forest (France). It is the first one that: (i) operates at 355 nm for emitting energetic pulses of 16 mJ at 20 Hz while fulfilling eye-safety regulations and (ii) is flown onboard an ultra-light airplane fo...

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Main Authors: Dominique Guyon, Denis Loustau, Pascal Genau, Sylvie Durrieu, Joseph Sanak, Pierre H. Flamant, Tristan Allouis, Patrick Chazette, Juan Cuesta, Cyrille Flamant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-08-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
vegetation active remote sensing
laser
canopy lidar
airborne lidar
ultra-violet emission
ultra-light airplane
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/8/7386/

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