Characterizing Vegetative Structure using Discrete-Return, Airborne Laser Scanner Data
Robert McGaughey
Research Forester, USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Affiliate Instructor, UW College of Forest
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24 April 2007
About the speaker
Robert J. McGaughey is a research forester with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Stations located in Seattle, WA. He has been involved in research related to operations research, remote sensing, decision support, and visual simulation and the development of software tools for over 20 years. He developed the Preliminary Logging Analysis System (PLANS), UTOOLS/UVIEW landscape analysis and visualization system, Stand Visualization System (SVS), the EnVision environmental visualization system. Recent work focuses on the use of LIDAR and IFSAR data to characterize tree and stand characteristics over large areas and the development of software to merge LIDAR data with other data layers to facilitate analysis and visualization of LIDAR data. Bob received his bachelors and masters degrees in forestry from Purdue University.