Preliminary studies for a vegetation LADAR/LIDAR space mission in France

This paper gives an overview of French studies realized in the frame of the CNES (French Space Agency) working group on spaceborne lidar missions. These studies include (1) the development of forest scenery and radiative transfer models for the simulation of lidar waveforms under forest cover, (2) preliminary instrumental studies to ensure the feasibility of the scientific requirements and (3) evaluation and improvement of inversion methods to retrieve forest parameters from large footprint lidar data.

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Main Authors: Durrieu, Sylvie, Cherchali, S., Costeraste, J., Mondin, L., Debise, Henri, Chazette, Patrick, Dauzat, Jean, Gastellu Etchegorry, Jean-Philippe, Baghdadi, Nicolas, Pélissier, Raphaël
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: s.n.
Subjects:U30 - Méthodes de recherche, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, B10 - Géographie,
Online Access:http://agritrop.cirad.fr/572652/
http://agritrop.cirad.fr/572652/1/document_572652.pdf
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Summary:This paper gives an overview of French studies realized in the frame of the CNES (French Space Agency) working group on spaceborne lidar missions. These studies include (1) the development of forest scenery and radiative transfer models for the simulation of lidar waveforms under forest cover, (2) preliminary instrumental studies to ensure the feasibility of the scientific requirements and (3) evaluation and improvement of inversion methods to retrieve forest parameters from large footprint lidar data.