Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Validating and enhancing airborne lidar snow- depth mapping with ground-based lidar

Profiles
People
Jeffrey S. Deems
Year Awarded
2012
Type
IRP
Affiliation
NSIDC
Geography
CIRES

This project will combine ground-based and airborne lidar mapping in a novel approach to validate and increase the accuracy of snow-depth mapping in mountainous terrain, with benefits for water supply inventory and forecasting in the western U.S.