Application of Signal Processing in Lidar
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 1945
Special Issue Editors
Interests: study on laser echo characteristics; application of laser radar
Interests: space-borne aerosol-cloud high-spectral-resolution lidar: retrieval algorithm and airborne demonstration
Interests: light scattering and spectroscopy technology
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Dear Colleagues,
Lidar technologies have long been used through the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) but have been commercially used since the 1990's. Lidar is commonly used to make high-resolution maps, with applications in surveying, geodesy, geomatics, archaeology, geography, geology, geomorphology, seismology, forestry, atmospheric physics, laser guidance, airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), and laser altimetry. It is used to make digital 3D representations of areas on the Earth's surface and the ocean bottom of the intertidal and near coastal zones, and measure atmospheric and marine environments by varying the wavelength of light. It has also been increasingly used in control and navigation for autonomous cars and for the helicopter Ingenuity on its record-setting flights over the terrain of Mars. Lidar’s emergence as a cost effective and efficient tool in cloud point data acquisition has seen a growing body of peer-reviewed literature documentation in recent years.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for scholars to share the latest achievements in this field. We invite submissions of original research and review articles that are of high quality, impact, and novelty. The scope of this Special Issue encompasses papers in all areas of Lidar research, including, but not limited to:
LiDAR-related theory, design, experiments, applications, signal processing, system modeling, system composition, technology, light sources, optical systems, optical signal detection, and numerical simulations. Reviews of LiDAR-related developments of systems and technologies are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Kun Liang
Prof. Dr. Lingbing Bu
Prof. Dr. Jiulin Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lidar signal processing
- optical signal processing
- lidar mapping
- LIDAR data analysis
- RADAR data analysis
- geographic information systems (GISs)
- terrestrial laser scanning
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