International
funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has been secured to
support work to measure and monitor change in terrestrial biomass and carbon in
forest environments. Researchers from the School of Environment and Life
Sciences will join an international network of scientists developing new approaches
to measure forest structure and function using terrestrial laser scanners
(TLS). TLS provide detailed three-dimensional measurements of forests by firing
millions of laser pulses up into the canopy and recording information that can
be used to monitor changes in forest biomass with unprecedented accuracy.
Salford has been at the forefront of TLS research for several years and the
team lead by Professor Mark Danson recently developed the Salford Advance
Canopy Analyser (SALCA), a novel TLS that has produced the most detailed
measurements of forest structure ever made.
As part of
the $500,000 NSF grant the Salford team will take part in collaborative
workshops and TLS inter-calibration activities in the US, and host meetings of
the project group in Salford. Exchange of
staff between the US participants at the University of Boston, and University
of Massachsetts, and the University of Salford will also take place. Professor
Danson is a member of the project Steering Committee that will guide project
development. The project is led by Professor Alan Strahler from the University
of Boston and includes groups from University College London, UK, University of
Wageningen, Netherlands, and University of Queensland, Australia.
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