Airborne Lidar Measurements.

Potential of airborne lidar measurements for cirrus cloud studies

Aerosol and water vapour measurements were performed with the lidar system WALES of Deutsches Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR) in October and November 2010 during the first mission with the new German research aircraft G55-HALO. Curtains composed of lidar profiles beneath the aircraft show the vertical and horizontal distribution and variability of water vapour mixing ratio and backscatter r...

Error Analysis of Airborne LiDAR Retro-Reflection Measurements

Detecting tropical forest biomass dynamics from repeated airborne Lidar measurements

ha or more. Our results indicate that the 50-ha BCI plot lost a significant amount of 20 biomass (−0.8±2.2Mgha−1 yr−1) over the past decade (2000–2010). Over the entire island and during the same period, mean AGB change is −0.4±3.7Mgha−1 yr−1. Old growth forests lost biomass (−0.7±3.5Mgha−1 yr−1), whereas the secondary forests gained biomass (+0.4±3.4Mgha−1 yr−1). Our analysis demonstrates that...

Calibrating Airborne Lidar Systems

To fully exploit the potential of LIDAR technology and to consequently achieve maximum accuracy of the laser points on the ground, the entire multi-sensory measurement system should be carefully calibrated. The overall system calibration is a very complex task and includes individual sensor calibration as well as the determination of the sensors’ spatial relationships. High-performance integrat...

Airborne Lidar Bathymetry