Hikers on the Konza Prairie may look up this summer and see something unusual in the air. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No — it's Kansas State University research in action.
Research combats woody encroachment
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Plant-canopy height analysis is viewable via machine learning.
Zak Ratajczak and his lab crew take a closer look at one of the planes that collects the data used by their lab.
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