is a remote sensing technique that produces a 3D point cloud of the structure of the terrain and the vegetation above it, and 3D structure of vegetation is known to be a primary determinant of habitat ...

Learn about the emergent light detection and ranging technology and how it's posing a threat to U.S. national security.

Lidar technology has undergone significant advancements in the past ten years, revolutionizing applications in various fields ...

A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how remote sensing can help monitor and remove plastic debris from freshwater environments like the ...

A new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system can remotely detect and identify various types of plastics, which could help ...

For remote detection, the researchers combined lidar for distance measurement with hyperspectral Raman spectroscopy. They did this by building a prototype system that included a pulsed 532- nm ...

Achieving remote detection The researchers previously demonstrated a monitoring system based on a flash Raman lidar technique in which bandpass filters were matched to each measurement target for ...