Oct. 26, 2012
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HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland--An ERDC Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems (RS/GIS) Center of Expertise scientist, along with researchers from academia, has used Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) technology to scan a glacier in southeast Greenland.
Research Physical Scientist David Finnegan, with the RS/GIS Center of Expertise, teamed up with researchers from the Universities of Maine, Missouri and Kansas to conduct a successful field test of a newly-developed full-waveform scanning LiDAR on the Helheim Glacier in southeast Greenland.
The unique system is capable of acquiring high-precision topography over large areas at ranges in excess of 10 kilometers.
The LiDAR unit is the first of its kind and is optimally suited for quantitative acquisition of glacier, snow and sea-ice related processes.