Bruce- Do you know what time of year the LIDAR imagery was captured? -DonRB
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [ENTS] Re: Eucaypt redemptionDate: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:48:57 -0500 Bruce, ENTS, That should be one of the goals of the Congaree Trip - to ground truth the LIDAR results. To see how well the upper branches were seen and figure out what density of branches is needed to show up on the image. Are you going to make the trip in the end of February? (21 -23rd) Ed Frank "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. "Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Allen To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:04 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Eucaypt redemption There already is a lidar for the Congaree. The park service has acopy. I had to sign away my first child to get a copy and promise notto use it for anything useful. I am not sure it is sensitive enoughto pick up fine twigs though.BruceOn Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:52 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Gary Beluzo-> While I took your ribbing good-naturedly a couple of months ago, it was> interesting to see that LIDAR was used successfully to identify tree> heights...my proposal months ago to utilize LIDAR as a filter to reduce the> number of trees to be measured, and as a means of studying crown height> relationships would seem to merit more than a 'balloon man' graphic...> When and if there is interest in use of LIDAR for Congaree crowns, I'd be> happy to discuss grants that might support such a mission...> -DonRB>>>>> ________________________________>> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:57:21 -0700>> Subject: [ENTS] Eucaypt redemption>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: [email protected]>>>>>> Greetings,>>>> After living for several years with the knowledge that it had the>> FIFTH highest leaf (for a species) in the world, Eucalyptus has com>> back with a vengance!>>>> Check out the new discovery:>>>> http://www.forestrytas.com.au/news/2008/10/welcome-to-the-centurion>>>> It has LEAPED past Pseudotsuga, Picea, and Sequoiadendron to become>> the second tallest tree species!>>>> This is fitting, as it historically (probably) was 2nd or 3rd.>>>> My friends Brett Mifsud and Tom Greenwood will be climbing and>> verifying the height on Thursday.>>>> BTW - the tree was discovered by LIDAR!>>>> Cheers,>> - BVP>>>> >>-- Bruce P. Allen Wilmot, NHCell 603 545-7902Home 603 526-6776Work 603 646-4480http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/lianas.htmhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289966,00.html<BR_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
