Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems are sophisticated surveying tools that work by scanning ax000D
surface with a pulsed laser beam to create high-resolution topography data. Ground-based LiDAR systems,x000D
such as those mounted on tripods, have been used with great success for monitoring open-pit mining operationsx000D
and for assessing safety hazards from landslides. There have been recent developments in mobile LiDARx000D
scanning systems as well. Here, high-precision topographic data can be collected while traversing terrain in ax000D
car, by ATV, or on foot. These techniques have only recently been invented, and the application of thisx000D
technology to geologic field investigations remains in its infancy. Working with Teledyne Optech, we seek tox000D
apply two new instruments (the Polaris long-range tripod LiDAR, and the Maverick mobile mapping LiDAR)x000D
to field investigations that will create innovative and novel products for the interpretation of geologicx000D
processes. Our proposed project specifically aims to characterize cold-climate geologic processes that dictatex000D
the morphology of the terrain in the Canadian High-Arctic. Teledyne Optech's company specific problem isx000D
that they lack field studies that demonstrate the utility of these new scanners for scientific geologic research.x000D
We will address this problem by providing information about how geoscientists might use these systems,x000D
helping them to make technology improvements and open up potential new markets.