NASA’s CASALS instrument bridges gaps in 3D maps of Earth’s surface

October 21, 2026 · 12:17 pm 2 sources

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• NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface
  NASA · October 21, 2026 12:17
  From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning with an…

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• NASA's CASALS instrument bridges gaps in 3D maps of Earth's surface
  Phys.org · October 21, 2026 18:20
  A team of researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has developed a new instrument designed to eliminate blind spots between lines of lidar data on Earth's surface. Built with support from NASA's Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), the Concurrent Artificially-intelligent…