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Green Space Environment and Resources Lab (Kato)
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A forest measurement lab that uses lasers to capture detailed forest structure.
AboutAbout the lab
Measuring the shape of forests with lasers.
The Green Space Environment and Resources Lab studies how to capture detailed forest structure using high-resolution laser scanning.
Its main fields are forest remote sensing, GIS, and landscape ecology.
In recent years, the lab has established a method for automatically conducting individual tree inventories from terrestrial laser scanning data, and uses it to estimate woody biomass in satoyama (traditional managed woodland near farming communities) and to quantify ecosystem services.
Currently, the lab is deploying terrestrial laser scanners in forests around the world, including tropical and temperate forests, and working to establish on-site monitoring techniques that can be used to validate satellite observations.
Key terms
- Forest remote sensing
- Techniques for examining the condition of forests using data observed from a distance, such as from satellites or lasers
- GIS
- A system for overlaying data on geographic locations on a map for analysis and display. Short for Geographic Information System
- Individual tree inventory
- A survey in which every tree in a forest is measured one by one and details such as trunk diameter and height are recorded
ResearchResearch themes
The lab measures forest structure in detail with lasers, estimating woody biomass in satoyama and quantifying ecosystem services. Its main current interest is deploying terrestrial laser scanners in diverse forests around the world to establish on-site forest monitoring techniques.
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- Associate ProfessorAkira Kato
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Tall open forest canopy from below Mt Glorious 01” John Robert McPherson / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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