Research News

China Receives Data from Newly Launched LT-1A Satellite

On February 9, the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station successfully received the first data transmitted from the newly launched land observation satellite LT-1A, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Feb 18, 2022

China GEO Supports Tonga Volcano Eruption and Tsunami Disaster Response

Responding to requests from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the South Pacific Commission (SPC) and the New Zealand Disaster Risk Agency, China GEO Secretariat activated its Disaster Data Response (CDDR) Mechanism to provide high-resolution satellite imagery in support of disaster response.

Jan 21, 2022

AIR Conducts Airborne SAR Load Calibration Experiment

An Airborne SAR Payload Calibration Experiment, organized by a research team from the Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), was conducted on the National High-resolution Remote Sensing Integrated Calibration Field from December 16 to 28, 2021. This experiment was commissioned by the Aerospace Microwave Remote Sensing System Department of AIR.

Jan 14, 2022

Project Progress on China-ASEAN Big Earth Data Platform and its Pilot Applications

The "China-ASEAN Big Earth Data Platform and its Pilot Applications (CADA)" Project annual meeting was held on December 17, 2021, in Beijing and Guilin separately.

Jan 05, 2022

Study Provides New Benchmark for Surface Radiation Product over East-Pacific Region

Prof. Husi Letu from the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences,and his team on cloud remote sensing recently published a paper entitled "A new benchmark for surface radiation products over the East Asia-Pacific region retrieved from the Himawari-8" in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS),a flagship journal of the American Meteorological Society.

Dec 29, 2021