Role: Workshop Project Date: Dec 2025 Location: Missoula, MT, USA

Airborne Laser Scanning and tree identification methods with Canopy Height Models to quantify tree loss in avalanche paths.

Objective: test the possibility of using LiDAR data to measure post-avalanche tree loss.

Method: utilize tree detection algorithms from Canopy Height Models to quantify tree loss for plots in an avalanche path.

Result: measured average tree loss of 5% resulting from 2020 Utah South Monitor Bowl Avalanche, and identified locations of highest tree loss in the avalanche path.

Role: Workshop Project Date: Sep 2025 Location: Missoula, MT, USA

ArcGIS Story Map covering the uses of GNSS, TLS, and MLS scanning methods for building LiDAR point clouds in CloudCompare