Harvard Forest Research Project 2023

Title: Ground-Based Lidar Datasets of Forest Canopies and Biomass
Principal investigator: Crystal Schaaf (crystal.schaaf@umb.edu)
Institution: University of Massachusetts - Boston
Primary contact: Crystal Schaaf (crystal.schaaf@umb.edu)
Team members: Angela Erb
Charlotte Levy
Ian Paynter
Francesco Peri
Alan Strahler
Abstract:
Terrestrial LiDAR instruments are increasingly being used to survey canopy and sub-canopy forest structure. The acquired information is being used to characterize forest ecosystems in terms of their role in biogeochemical cycling, surface energy budgets, and biodiversity. Terrestrial Lidar data, which include higher resolution vegetation structure, understory information, and surface features obscured by forest canopy, are also being used to enhance and validate satellite and airborne forest characterizations. Using the ultra portable Canopy Biomass Lidar (CBL), the new small Leica BLK 360 lidar, and the new RieglVZ400i (as well as historical data that had been collected from the Dual Wavelength Echidna Lidar (DWEL)) we can produce estimates and reconstructions of forest structure.

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