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University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. "Space-laser AI maps forest carbon in minutes—a game-changer for climate science." ScienceDaily.
Using space lasers and AI, scientists can now measure forest carbon with greater speed and precision—transforming global climate monitoring and forest management.
More information: Hamdi A. Zurqani, A multi-source approach combining GEDI LiDAR, satellite data, and machine learning algorithms for estimating forest aboveground biomass on Google Earth Engine ...
Satellite data used by archaeologists to find traces of ancient ruins hidden under dense forest canopies can also be used to ...
LiDAR stands for “light detection and ranging” and uses light pulses to measure distance and create 3D models. Zurqani also used imagery data from the European Space Agency’s collection of Earth ...
Using the drone’s high-resolution lidar on small sites enabled the researchers to interpret what they saw on the larger, low-resolution maps that were already available, Stichelbaut says.
Groundwater remains a critical resource for Arkansas, with approximately 71% of the state's water use sourced from aquifers, ...
Since the 2020 U.S. census, this was the second challenge to the Arkansas congressional district lines decision. All of Pulaski County was under the state's 2nd Congressional District until that year.
Her maps, after all, were meant to be “gay” in the older sense of the word: lively, instructive, innocent. Disturbed yet intrigued, I clicked again — on Georgia, where I was born and where ...
In the Arkansas map, you find a certain pride in the land’s abundance, a depiction of working people with giant saws and cotton bales. Georgia comes alive with bustling ports and peach trees.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s latest report shows a slight rebound in groundwater levels in the Alluvial and Sparta aquifers, but recommends continued monitoring, conservation ...