AGU Surface Topography and Vegetation Session

[Andrea Donnellan]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We encourage you to submit an abstract to STV Session GC074 - Mapping Earth’s Changing Surface and Overlying Vegetation Structure with Radar, Lidar, and Stereoimaging (https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/251281). 

 

Earth’s surface topography and vegetation structure and changes provide information about climate change, natural hazards, ecosystem structure, and water availability. Precise measurement of both and their changes has wide ranging applications including for geologic hazards, ecosystems, cryosphere, hydrology, and coastal geomorphology. Lidar, radar, and stereoimaging are all methods for determining surface topography and vegetation structure. Each method contributes unique and complementary measurements. Lidar measurements provide canopy height and ground models but can be sparse. Stereoimaging provides digital surface models over broad areas. Both lidar and stereoimaging require clear sky. Radar provides broad area coverage while penetrating clouds and can indirectly measure vegetation 3-dimensional structure. This session will cover needed spatial and temporal scales to meet science challenges. Abstracts that demonstrate needed measurements or the fusion of measurements that address the science challenges are encouraged as are ones outlining data fusions benefits and techniques.

 

The AGU Fall Meeting 2025 will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from December 15-19.

 

The abstract submission deadline is July 30, 2025, 23:59 ET/03:59 UTC.

 

We look forward to seeing you at AGU.

 

Andrea Donnellan and Craig Glennie

STV Lead and STV Co-Lead

 

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Andrea Donnellan, PhD
Department Head/Professor 
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department
Purdue University
and...@purdue.edu | 765-494-3258

Tracy McGirt, Senior Administrative Assistant

tmc...@purdue.edu | 765-496-4950
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