Lidar-based approaches for estimating solar  insolation in heavily forested streams

Richardson, Jeffrey J.; Torgersen, Christian E.; Moskal, L. Monika

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2813-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2813-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2813-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

Research article

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05 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 05 Jul 2019

Lidar-based approaches for estimating solar insolation in heavily forested streams

Jeffrey J. Richardson, Christian E. Torgersen, and L. Monika Moskal

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Lidar-based modelling approaches for estimating solar insolation in heavily forested streams J. J. Richardson https://doi.org/10.17632/vwmxw4hcj7.1

Short summary

High stream temperatures can be detrimental to the survival of aquatic species such as endangered salmon. Stream temperatures can be reduced by shade provided by trees in riparian areas. Two lidar-based methods were effective at assessing stream shading. These methods can be used in place of expensive field measurements.