Nasa’s Casals Instrument Bridges Gaps
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- CASALS uses a seed laser centered at 1040 nanometers.
- The CASALS instrument cycles through 256 unique wavelengths.
- The CASALS detector operates at 80% Quantum Efficiency.
- An airborne prototype of CASALS was flown on a NASA B200 King Air aircraft in November 2024.
- The airborne CASALS prototype has a horizontal resolution of 22 centimeters.
- The CASALS team plans to participate in the Airborne Surface, Cryosphere, Ecosystem, and Nearshore Topography (ASCENT) campaign in summer 2027.
- John Yorks stated: "This worked really well from the first time we flew it, which is pretty impressive."
