Updated 10 January 2017
| Interest Group | Themes | Conveners | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Instrument Development | Experimental instruments (SALCA, DWEL, CBL, etc). New concepts. Commercial instruments. Aboveground Biomass Lidar Scanner. Simulation of instruments and data. | Sanna Kaasalainen, Crystal Schaaf | Supriya Chakrabarti, Mark Danson, Mat Disney, Jan Eitel, Rachel Gaulton, Steve Hancock, Francesco Peri, Peter Scarth, Michael Schaefer, Ahmed el Sherif, Jan van Aardt, Lee Vierling, Martin van Leeuwen. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |
| 2. Data Preprocessing and Analysis | Calibration. Interscan registration. Lidar tools. Full waveform point clouds. | John Armston, Zhan Li | Felipe Alencastro, Andy Burt, Kim Calders, Supriya Chakrabarti, Yiming Chen, Chris Gough, Steven Hancock, Markus Hollaus, Lucy Schofield, Michael Schaefer, Konrad Schindler, Jan van Aardt, Jan Wegner. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |
| 3. Algorithms for Information Extraction | Processing theory. QSM, physical structure. LAI, vertical foliage profiles. Ray tracing. | Steve Hancock, Pasi Raumonen, Will Woodgate | Meinrad Abegg, John Armston, Martin Béland, Kim Calders, Supriya Chakrabarti, Yiming Chen, Mark Danson, Mat Disney, Bob Fahey, Chris Gough, Lyndsey Graham, Markus Hollaus, Mikko Kaasalainen, Sruthi Moorthy, Ian Paynter, Cynthia Scheuerman, Konrad Schindler, Lucy Schofield, Alexander Shenkin, Jose Tanago, Jan van Aardt, Martin van Leeuwen, Hans Verbeeck, Matheus Vicari, Jan Wegner. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |
| 4. Ecological Drivers and Applications | Biomass sampling, upscaling. Land management, forestry. Nonforestry (agriculture, grasslands). Change monitoring (phenology, invasive species, etc.). Urban forestry. | Rachel Gaulton, Chris Gough, Brady Hardiman, Alvaro Lau, Andy Reinmann, Jose Tanago | John Armston, Jeff Atkins, Harm Bartholomeus, Martin Béland, Andy Burt, Kim Calders, Mat Disney, Jan Eitel, Angela Erb, Bob Fahey, Steve Hancock, Lucy Hutyra, Zhan Li, Sruthi Moorthy, Jasmine Muir, Fabian Schneider, David Orwig, Stuart Phinn, Fadal Sasse, Peter Scarth, Crystal Schaaf, Michael Schaefer, Cynthia Scheuerman, Fabian Schneider, Alexander Shenkin, Ahmed el Sharif, Ben Sparrow, Martin van Leeuwen, Hans Verbeeck, Matheus Vicari, Lee Vierling, Curtis Woodcock, Phil Wilkes, Julie Zinnert. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |
| 5. Field Measurement Protocols | Destructive sampling. allometry. Sampling designs for instruments/applications. Long-term monitoring plots, repeatability. Training resources, documentation, sourcebooks. Links to international long term monitoring programs. | Andy Burt, Meinrad Abegg, Kim Calders | John Armston, Felipe Alencastro, Harm Bartholomeus, Laura Duncanson, Steve Hancock, Brady Hardiman, Lucy Hutyra, Sruthi Moorthy, David Orwig, Stuart Phinn, Andy Reinmann, Fadal Sasse, Peter Scarth, Ben Sparrow, Hans Verbeeck, Matheus Vicari, Phil Wilkes, Curtis Woodcock. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |
| 6. Fire Hazard Assessment and Modeling | Fire fuels assessment. Fuel continuity. Horizontal radiance, attenuation. | Glenn Newnham | Mark Danson, Rachel Gaulton, Jasmine Muir. Alan Strahler, Tim Condon. |