ISPRS-Archives The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS-Archives Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. 2194-9034 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-109-2014 Hyperspectral lidar in non-destructive 4D monitoring of climate variables Kaasalainen S. 1 Hakala T. 1 Nevalainen O. 1 Puttonen E. 1 Anttila K. 1 2 Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, Finland Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological research, Finland 19 09 2014 XL-7 109 111 Copyright: © 2014 S. Kaasalainen et al. 2014 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XL-7/109/2014/isprs-archives-XL-7-109-2014.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XL-7/109/2014/isprs-archives-XL-7-109-2014.pdf

The first applications of a prototype 8-channel full waveform active hyperspectral lidar (HSL) show a possibility to determine various target 3D characteristics with remote observations. The results open up a prospect for four-dimensional (4D – a three dimensional target representation with time as a fourth dimension) monitoring of important climate variables, such as those related to tree physiology or snow pollution.