Tools for the PPRS course on waveform lidar

This is an introduction to the power of programming for handling large and novel data.

A rapid overview of the essential features of python needed to process lidar data.

Shows the basic operation of python, including variables and printing.

Gives a brief introduction to storing and accessing large amounts of data in single variables, as a list or array.

Shows how to read data from a file and calculate basic statistics.

Shows how to plot scatterplots, line graphs and histograms

Introduces the use of functions to make reusable code, loops for performing repetative operations and ifs for making within code decisions.

A library of code to produce remote sensing products from NASA LVIS lidar data.