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Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar
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].
Suggested Citation
McKean, J., Isaak, D., and Wright, W., 2009, Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 90, no. 39, p. 341-342, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009EO390002.
ISSN: 2324-9250 (online)
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Article
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Journal Article
Title
Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar