Overview of the new LIDAR

Abstract

Airborne Laser Hydrography （ALH） enables us to sound wide areas such as shallow waters and coral areas in a short time. Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department （JHOD） had performed the ALH by a Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging （LIDAR） system “Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Laser Survey （SHOALS）” since 2003. A new LIDAR system “Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar （CZMIL）” was introduced and its operation was started in June, 2014. In this article, I report an overview of the new LIDAR system.