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Colorado Avalanche Information Center

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Colorado, United States
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The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is testing satellite optical imagery to detect and build a seasonal and year-over-year library of avalanche activity.

Mentioned as: colorado avalanche information centerTechnical ProductMar 7, 2021Satellites, Airplanes And Lasers Are Tracking Colorado Avalanches

ESA provided funding in 2018 for a test of the NORCE Sentinel-1 avalanche detection method in Colorado in partnership with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Mentioned as: colorado avalanche information centerOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2021Satellites, Airplanes And Lasers Are Tracking Colorado Avalanches

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center used optical satellite imagery to review the March 2019 once-in-a-century avalanche cycle that impacted Interstate 70 and multiple avalanche advisory zones.

Mentioned as: colorado avalanche information centerTechnical ProductMar 7, 2021Satellites, Airplanes And Lasers Are Tracking Colorado Avalanches

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center assesses that optical satellite imagery can identify avalanches from the March 2019 cycle with about 90% confidence by detecting vegetation destruction or decaying vegetation signatures.

Mentioned as: Colorado Avalanche Information CenterTechnical ProductMar 7, 2021Satellites, Airplanes And Lasers Are Tracking Colorado Avalanches