VI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America, Bolivia

> 1. VI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America, Bolivia
> (Kate Lance)
>
> http://www.chacaltaya.edu.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157&Itemid=99
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> VI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America - first announcement
> September 26 - October 1, 2011
> La Paz, Bolivia
>
> The main topics of this Workshop are:
> Lidar technologies and methods.
> Lidar applications in environmental sciences.
> Lidar Networking.
> Synergy between lidar and others instruments.
> Regional and international cooperation in lidar technologies.
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> LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that
> can measure the distance to, or other properties of a target by illuminating the
> target with light, often using pulses from a laser. LIDAR technology has
> application in geomatics, archaeology, geography, geology, geomorphology,
> seismology, forestry, remote sensing and atmospheric physics.
>
> The specific goals of the Workshop are to promote communication and cooperation
> between scientific members of the LIDAR community in Latin America, and to plan
> future LIDAR research projects in the region.
>
> A training course (Escuela B?sica de L?dares, open to students from Latin
> America) will fill the first three days of the Workshop; the next two days will
> be devoted to oral and poster presentations and the last day is reserved for
> touristic and social activities.