NASA is using Lidar technology to quantify hurricane damage in forests in Puerto Rico

New remote sensing technologies allow for an unprecedented approach to quantify the damage of hurricanes on tropical forests. Prof. Uriarte is collaborating with NASA researchers on a project using high resolution Lidar imagery to quantify the damage of hurricane Maria on Puerto Rican forests at very fine scales.. Want to know more? Just access the link below:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-nsh071118.php

 

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