The SALCA diaries

Vegetation structure is important for measuring forest growth and the carbon cycle. Developed by the University of Salford and Halo Photonics Ltd, the Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA) is a unique multi-spectral, full waveform laser scanner using two wavelengths allowing distinction between leaves and woody material. This blog follows our research funded by the UK NERC and involving University of Newcastle, University College London and UK Forest Research.

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Spring in Boston

Mark Danson has just returned from a one month study visit to Boston, hosted by Professor Crystal Schaaf from University of Massachusetts Boston. During the visit Mark worked on SALCA data collected in the Harvard Forest field experiment in 2017, had research discussions with Dave Orwig and Audrey Barker-Plotkin at Harvard Forest, and attended the Harvard Forest 2019 Annual Forest Ecology Symposium "Celebrating 30 Years of the Harvard Forest LTER Program"
https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/symposium

Thanks to Crystal for hosting the visit and for her great hospitality. Thanks also to the team and Peter Boucher, Arthur Elmes and Francesco Peri in particular for their interaction and support....and see you in Belgium for the TLS workshop in May!

Snowy Harvard Forest

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Spring in Boston

University of salford