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AirMOSS - Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface – Earth Ventures -1

Friday, July 10, 2015

The P-band radar onboard the JSC G-III was deployed in Saskatoon, Canada for the boreal forest observation (first of three observations this year).  Our study site is at the southern end of a number of large wildfires raging in Saskatchewan, Canada.  We were able to add two flight lines to our last (of three) flights to image the wildfire scars on July 5, 2015 (see graphic).  The raw data are being returned to JPL for processing.  Our pilot-in-command for the deployment, Tom Ryan, was interviewed on CBC Radio broadcast in Canada.  The Canadians were quite excited about a NASA aircraft studying wildfires in their country (granted it was opportunistic).

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