SilvaLab

Forest Biometrics, Remote Sensing
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

University of FloridaGainesville, Florida, USA

Latest News

  • SilvaLiDAR Air is now featured on our Tools page, with desktop tools for airborne LiDAR processing, analysis, and visualization. Explore the tool »
  • Explore ICESat2VegR on our Tools page: an R package for processing and visualizing ICESat-2 data for land and vegetation applications. Explore the package »
  • Carlos Silva and Inacio Bueno visited the University of Maine in Orono to share forest remote sensing research and lead hands-on training with SilvaLiDAR Air. View highlight »
  • SilvaLab participated in the virtual NASA Carbon Monitoring System Science Team Meeting. Meeting details »
  • SilvaLab shared highlights from its June 17–July 2 field campaign in Utah’s Fish Lake and Arizona’s North Kaibab national forests, collecting field measurements and LiDAR data to advance wildfire research. View fieldwork »
  • SilvaLab attended the NASA Biosphere Meeting in College Park, Maryland, joining the Earth science research community. Meeting details »
  • SilvaLab announced “Beyond Ice,” a review of NASA’s ICESat-2 mission for land and vegetation applications, published in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. Read the paper »
  • SilvaLab hosted ForestSAT 2026 at UF. Explore the conference »
  • FOX 13 featured SilvaLab’s AI and LiDAR research on hurricane impacts. Watch and read »
  • Monitoring post-hurricane recovery with ICESat-2, SAR and optical data. Learn more »
  • Fire and carbon research in the Brazilian Cerrado. Learn more »
  • rTLsDeep: classifying post-hurricane tree damage with TLS and deep learning. Learn more »

Welcome to SilvaLab

Forest Biometrics, Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
University of Florida

Dr. Carlos Alberto Silva

Dr. Carlos Alberto Silva


Associate Professor of Quantitative Forest Science
School of Forest, Fisheriers and Geomatics Science - FFGS
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - IFAS
University of Florida - UF
1745 McCarty Drive / 138 Newins-Ziegler Hall
PO Box 110410 Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
E-mail: c.silva@ufl.edu
Office: +1 (352) 294-6885
http://ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty/silva-carlos-alberto/
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School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics SciencesUniversity of Florida

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Forest structure visualized with lidar
Pine canopy viewed from below
Preparing a drone for forest research
Field research in a pine forest
Forest research fieldwork
Forest monitoring and remote sensing
Forest landscape
Forest science in the field
Forest research landscape