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.

Saturday, 21 December 2013

Royal Society Leverhulme Fellowship for Mark Danson

Late breaking news is that Mark Danson has been awarded a Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship to work on SALCA data processing and analysis. The award provides funding to replace Mark's teaching for a period of 12 months and will enable him to work full time on research. The work in Australia set the scene for the project and he will continue to work on SALCA related projects through to October 2014.

Press coverage of the news can be found at the following links:

http://royalsociety.org/news/2013/Leverhulme-Trust-Fellowships-announced/

http://www.salford.ac.uk/news/laser-device-to-give-most-detailed-ever-picture-of-climate-change-effects-on-forests

https://bgreenblue.wordpress.com/tag/biomass/

http://www.surveyequipment.com/news/article/salford-researcher-creates-new-forest-canopy-surveying-technology-191805.html

http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1859

http://sensorsandsystems.com/news/top-stories/corporate-news/31257-researcher-creates-unique-lasser-for-forest-vegetation-surveys.html

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/campus-round-up-22-august-2013/2006578.article

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