Vegetation Canopy  Lidar (VCL)
-VCL Team Members-


Science Team

J. Bryan Blair NASA/GSFC Algorithms, LVIS bryan@avalon.gsfc.nasa.gov
Jack L. Bufton NASA/GSFC MBLA Instrument jbufton@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov
David B. Clark University of Missouri-St. Louis Calibration/Validation dbclark@sloth.ots.ac.cr
Ralph Dubayah  University of Maryland Principal Investigator, Calibration/Validation rdubayah@geog.umd.edu
Robert G. Knox NASA/GSFC Calibration/Validation knox@spruce.gsfc.nasa.gov
Scott B. Luthcke Hughes STX--NASA/GSFC Laser return geolocation sluthcke@geodesy2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Stephen Prince University of Maryland Calibration/Validatation sp43@umail.umd.edu
John Weishampel University of Central Florida Calibration/Validation jweisham@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Michelle Hofton Universtiy of Maryland Algorithms, LVIS  mhofton@geog.umd.edu

 
 

Graduate Students

Birgit Peterson Ph.D. Student, UMD Calibration and Validation, Modeling and simulation of lidar waveform properties bpeterso@geog.umd.edu
Peter Hyde Ph.D. Student, UMD Calibration/Validation, Wildlife habitat analysis using lidar phyde@geog.umd.edu
Jason Drake Ph.D. Student, UMD Calibration and Validation, Estimation of tropical forest structure using lidar jasdrak@geog.umd.edu
Dan Gillespie  M.A. Student, UMD Calibration/Validation dgillesp@geog.umd.edu
Meghan Salmon M.A. Student, UMD Calibration/Validation jsalmon@geog.umd.edu