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１巻２号 （2020年10月） Volume 1, Number 2 (October 2020) |
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解説: 宇宙から植生を観測するライダーミッション MOLI (Multi-footprint Observation Lidar and Imager) pp. 45-54 Technical Review: Lidar Mission of Vegetation Observation from Space Multiple-footprint Observation Lidar and Imager (MOLI) 浅井和弘，境澤大亮，水谷耕平，西澤智明 Kazuhiro ASAI, Daisuke SAKAIZAWA, Kohei MIZUTANI, Tomoaki NISHIZAWA |
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Abstract The purpose of the MOLI (Multi-footprint Observation Lidar and Imager) mission is to demonstrate Japanʼs first space lidar and to obtain canopy height / three-dimensional forest structure information required for the evaluation of Above Ground Biomass (AGB), which plays an important role in the carbon cycle and climate change mechanisms. The lidar also makes a possibility for observing clouds and aerosols. The results obtained by MOLI will bring a guideline for the future global vegetation observation satellite. In addition, MOLI mission will provide a foothold for application development to Doppler lidar aiming at global three-dimensional observation of wind vectors, the scanning lidar realizing precision DEM, and H2O DIAL for water vapor profiling. |