Research Portal

FOREST
MICROCLIMATE
IN 3D

Content and tools focused on how canopy structure shapes light, temperature, humidity, and ecological response across forested landscapes.

VegLab, Yunnan University · Structure-aware ecology, microclimate physics, UAV sensing, and open tools

Question

How forest structure regulates local climate

Modeling

Energy balance, edge effects, cooling, and sheltering

Sensing

UAV-LiDAR, field observations, and multiscale remote sensing

Output

Verified papers, datasets, and reusable ecological software

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What This Site Covers

Research, tools, and publications around structure-aware forest microclimate.

The site is organized around one central theme: how three-dimensional vegetation structure propagates into light environments, microclimate gradients, and ecological interpretation.

Instead of functioning as a personal dossier, the homepage now serves as a content-first entry point into research questions, software assets, publications, and one dedicated contact page.

Theme Forest microclimate in 3D
Methods UAV-LiDAR, process-based models, spatial analytics
Scales Understory, edges, patches, and landscapes
Outputs Software, datasets, and verified publications

Core Themes

Three research threads and one applied layer.

The content is centered on climate regulation by forest structure, the data used to observe it, and the tools used to analyze it.

Theme 01

Forest Microclimate

Edge-to-interior gradients, canopy cooling, humidity buffering, and seasonal thermal variation in forest patches.

Research context
Theme 02

3D Vegetation Structure

Voxel metrics, canopy heterogeneity, and structure-aware descriptors for light and ecological opportunity.

Structure questions
Theme 03

Remote Sensing

UAV-LiDAR, drone multispectral data, and multiscale observation workflows for forest reconstruction and mapping.

Observation workflows
Applied Layer

Open Research Tools

Software and data products, including FLApy, Graph Lab, and structure-aware analysis workflows.

Open software

Browse Content

Use the site by content type, not by biography.

Each section now answers a different need: research framing, software access, publication record, or direct contact.

Research

Questions, methods, and recent scientific directions.

Use the research page to understand the scientific focus: structure, light, microclimate, sensing, and ecological interpretation.

Software

What is available now, and what is still under development.

The software page separates mature tools such as Graph Lab and FLApy from active workflows like the forest digital twin system and mapping products.

Publications

Recent and representative outputs verified from public records.

The publications page concentrates the recent paper list, DOI links, dataset routes, and external academic profiles for the full record.

Contact

Direct details are kept in one place only.

Personal information, affiliation, email, and profile links are now confined to the contact page so the rest of the site stays focused on content.

Contact

Open for collaboration on forest microclimate, vegetation structure, and ecological modeling.

For research collaboration, data exchange, software discussion, or method-related questions, use the dedicated contact page.