Season 2 Episode 4 Repeat terrestrial laser scanning for documenting and monitoring prescribed fire efficacy

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Episode 4
Interview with Aaron Maxwell and Michael Gallagher

Host: Jeff Kane, Editor of Fire Ecology and Professor at Cal Poly Humbolt

Guests: Aaron Maxwell, Associate Professor at Western Virginia University & Michael Gallagher, Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service

In this episode Aaron and Mike discuss the kind of information LiDAR should aim to capture, and how it’s like watching Looney Tunes through a fuzzy TV. LiDAR is constantly improving, and there’s a LiDAR for you! So tune in to learn more about the latest advancements in terrestrial laser scanning.

Want to see the data from this paper for yourself? Check out the IntELiMon - Interagency Ecosystem Lidar, a USGS aero-status center portal. See the 3D pictures in the Points2Pano Project.


Hosted by Jeff Kane

Featuring Aaron Maxwell & Michael Gallagher

Edited by Hannah Hull

Outro Video Credit: The Nature Conservancy