Data from northern Wisconsin forest sites uncovered that vertical heterogeneity metrics are the most influential factors underlying rates of photosynthesis.
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A Lidar’s-Eye View of How Forests Are Faring
Success in Yosemite is driving the wider use of lidar surveys to support forest health and wildfire resilience, study wildlife habitats, and monitor water resources.
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Running Water on Topographic Data to Better Delineate Channels
Two-dimensional hydraulic simulations are a powerful tool to identify process domains such as channels, hillslopes, and floodplains in high-resolution topographic data.
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Scientists Fight to Keep Lidar on the Space Station
Remote sensing experts may lose a key tool in the fight against climate change.
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Mapeando el pasado, presente y futuro de Teotihuacan
Un nuevo proyecto con tecnología lidar revela cómo la minería y la expansión urbana han puesto en riesgo a uno de los sitios del patrimonio cultural más icónicos de México.
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Mapping Teotihuacan’s Past, Present, and Future
A new lidar project reveals how mining and urban expansion have put one of Mexico’s most iconic cultural heritage sites at risk.
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New Lidar Comparisons of Temperatures Near the Mesopause
For the first time, simultaneous measurements of upper atmosphere temperatures over altitudes 80 to 110 kilometers have been made by two complementary lidar techniques.
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Lidar Uncovers Thousands of New Maya Structures
Jungle-piercing lidar surveys over ancient Maya sites give scientists the most extensive maps of lowland Maya civilization to date.
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Hacking a Climate Satellite to See Beneath the Ocean's Surface
When NASA launched its CALIPSO spacecraft, the space agency did not intend to estimate phytoplankton populations.
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Shooting Stars and Cosmic Dust Help Form Clouds, Fertilize Plankton
Tons of cosmic dust enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, triggering a range of phenomena that scientists are only just beginning to understand.