The Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) is a suite of instruments that fly aboard an aircraft. In this suite is a Riegl Q1560 scanning lidar and a CASI 1500 imaging spectrometer. ASO measures snow water equivalent, albedo, and reflected radiance.
Instrument Details
- Multi
- Earth Science > Cryosphere > Snow/ice > AlbedoEarth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow Water EquivalentEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance
- Land Surface
- 12-14 ms
- 3 m, 50 m
- 857 THz- 286 THz, 282 THz
- Currently unavailble
Thomas H. Painter
Thomas H. Painter
JPL, Airborne Snow Observatories Inc
NASA
 Beechcraft King Air A90 1 Campaign · 2 Instruments |  SnowEx 2016—2023 Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Alaska Ongoing 4 Deployments · 26 Data Products
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 DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 15 Campaigns · 62 Instruments |  Olympic Mountains Experiment 2015—2016 Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State 1 Deployment · 36 Data Products
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