Clouds

Clouds have no effect on Lidar data collects from the ground or a low flying sUAS. Lidar can be used for data collects using manned planes only if the manned plane is under the cloud cover at all times during the collect. When under the cloud cover, the laser provides its own light source, so there is no issue. Lidar collects can occur at night. Using EO sensors, the same is true. The contract and the saturation of the data will be lower with less light, but there are no issues with data collects. While precision agriculture needs very consistent lighting throughout the data capturing phase, spotty clouds and thus spotty shadows do not cause issues with surveying data collects.