Introduction to LiDAR Remote Sensing (ePub)

Xiaohuan Xi is an Associate Professor and a Master Supervisor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. She earned an MS in environmental geography at Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2000. Her research interests include LiDAR data acquisition, LiDAR urban application, and agricultural application. She is the Secretary-General of the LiDAR sub-committee of the Chinese National Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth. She is the Principal Investigator of eight national scientific research projects of China and the principal award recipient of five domestic science and technology prizes.

Sheng Nie is an Associate Professor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He earned a PhD at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, in 2017. His research interests include multi-mode LiDAR data processing, LiDAR for topography surveying and mapping, and LiDAR vegetation applications. He presides over the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He was awarded the Chinese LiDAR Young Scientist award and elected to the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Pinliang Dong is a Professor and a Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas. He earned a BSc at Peking University, China, an MSc at the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a PhD at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. His research interests include LiDAR data analysis and applications in forestry and vegetation mapping, urban environments, disaster damage assessment, and geosciences.