Global Airborne Observatory
The Global Airborne Observatory (GAO) was developed by Greg Asner with the mission to make scientific discoveries, support conservation, and galvanize action to protect the environment at large geographic scales. Now in its third generation, the GAO is a complete airborne laboratory based on a highly modified Dornier 228-202 aircraft, and it carries what is […]
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Spectranomics
Mapping the biodiversity and functioning of forests and coral reefs is critical to understanding how best to conserve and manage them in a changing world. Advanced Global Airborne Observatory (GAO) mapping technology has reached performance levels required for operational monitoring of forest and reef biodiversity and functional properties from the air. However, spectral-chemical libraries are […]
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A.I.
Understanding ecological systems at a global or regional scales is a complex problem, requiring the integration of a wide variety of different sources and types of data. The Asner Lab uses an array of approaches to address this challenge, many of which enhance human-scale analyses with machine intelligence. Guided by project-specific experts, A.I. allows the […]
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Allen Coral Atlas
For the Allen Coral Atlas, Asner Lab researchers have pioneered coral reef monitoring using Planet’s constellation of more than 100 small satellites. Our lab is currently developing new algorithms and innovative approaches for this project such as an atmospheric correction algorithm, a water bio-optical properties estimation algorithm, an auto bathymetry detection algorithm, coral reef bleaching […]
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