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Airborne Snow Observatory pilot presented: preliminary SWE maps, data-sharing and cost discussed
Summary
Division of Water Resources staff presented the Airborne Snow Observatory pilot for the upper basin: snow-free and snow-on flights completed, preliminary SWE products show small differences versus SNOTEL samples, and staff said the pilot costs about $1.8 million over three years; data-sharing arrangements for funding partners were discussed.
The council received a technical briefing on an Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) pilot covering roughly half of the river basin.
Richard Salas, water resources engineer with the Division of Water Resources, described how ASO combines lidar and imaging spectrometer flights to measure snow depth and derive snow-water-equivalent (SWE). "We have received some preliminary results from the survey processing," Salas said, adding that forecast results were under correction and validation and…
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