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If you can't find an existing package, you could write a quick node that uses the PCL passthrough filter (http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/passthrough.php). You would first transform the pointcloud into a frame like base_link or base_footprint, and then cut out anything with a z < 0.

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