Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar

Jim A. McKean; Daniel J. Isaak; Wayne Wright

doi:10.1029/2009eo390002

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Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar

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Authors:

Jim A. McKean, Daniel J. Isaak, Wayne Wright

Year:

2009

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1029/2009eo390002

Source:

Eos. 90(39): 341-342.

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Abstract

Technology is changing how scientists and natural resource managers describe and study streams and rivers. A new generation of airborne aquatic-terrestrial lidars is being developed that can penetrate water and map the submerged topography inside a stream as well as the adjacent subaerial terrain and vegetation in one integrated mission. A leading example of these new cross-environment instruments is the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), a NASAbuilt sensor now operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [Wright and Brock, 2002].

Keywords

green lidar, streams and rivers, Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar, EAARL

Citation

McKean, Jim; Isaak, Dan; Wright, Wayne. 2009. Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar. Eos. 90(39): 341-342.