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CAO Highlight: 3D Amazon Biodiversity

The CAO AToMS system imaged this Amazonian forest, revealing its three-dimensional canopy structure and biological diversity.

Our Mission

The Carnegie Airborne Observatory combines 3D spectroscopic and laser imaging with unique scientific approaches to study, explore and conserve ecosystems at large geographic scales.

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The Carnegie Airborne Observatory is made possible by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and William R. Hearst III.

CAO science and conservation applications are currently supported by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

CAO Status

CAO AToMS is operating in Latin America and South Africa in 2012. Click here for facts about AToMS.

Stats (Dec 2011): 11 in-house projects, 143 collaborator-led projects, 2042 publication requests

Research Highlights

Carbon Mapping for REDD
Archeological Discoveries
Mapping Lion Kills in Africa
Forests of Madagascar
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