September brought a trip to North America for the SALCA
team. Rachel attended the ForestSAT 2012 conference in Corvallis, Oregon and
the whole team was present at Silvilaser 2012 in Vancouver with a presentation
providing an overview of the SALCA work and a more focussed poster on leaf
moisture measurements.
Silvilaser also brought the opportunity to learn more
about SALCA’s American cousin, DWEL. The DWEL system, being developed by Alan
Strahler at Boston University, shares some of the characteristics of SALCA,
including dual near- and short -wave infrared lasers, but also
has some important differences, opening the door for some interesting
comparisons in the future. Silvilaser also brought the inaugural meeting of
TLSIIG, the Terrestrial Laser Scanning International Interest Group, organised by Alan. The
meeting raised some great possibilities for future activities, including
instrument intercomparisons and data sharing.
To top off a great trip, Mark and
Rachel also found time for some rock climbing just up the road in Squamish.
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