• DocumentCode
    143444
  • Title

    Ecosystem studies using profiling polarization LiDAR

  • Author

    Churnside, James H.

  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    13-18 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    2699
  • Lastpage
    2702
  • Abstract
    Airborne lidar has been demonstrated to be a useful tool to obtain horizontal distributions and vertical profiles of fish, zooplankton, and phytoplankton. Polarization filtering allows scattering from larger irregular particles like fish and plankton to be distinguished from the general background scattering. When combined with other observations, airborne lidar has been demonstrated to be a useful tool to investigate the effects of physical processes on the ecosystem and the interactions between different trophic levels.
  • Keywords
    airborne radar; ecology; geophysical techniques; microorganisms; optical radar; radar polarimetry; airborne lidar; fish; general background scattering; horizontal distributions; physical ecosystem processes; phytoplankton; polarization filtering; trophic level interactions; vertical profiles; zooplankton; Ecosystems; Ice; Laser radar; Marine animals; Oceans; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Lidar; fish; plankton; polarization; thin layers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Quebec City, QC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947031
  • Filename
    6947031