Western cities map snow by plane
A device under the plane uses lasers, cameras and sensors to map snow and help drought-prone communities improve forecasts of how much water will fill reservoirs.
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A device under the plane uses lasers, cameras and sensors to map snow and help drought-prone communities improve forecasts of how much water will fill reservoirs.
GUNNISON, Colo. -- At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region's snow by air.
At a tiny airport in Colorado surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region's snow by air.
GUNNISON, Colo. (AP) — At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region's snow by air.
As climate change causes rising temperatures, snow is melting earlier than normal and pushing water managers to look for other ways to finetune forecasting methods.