1. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS China Earth Observation Satellite Program Dr. Yuan Zeng yuanz@irsa.ac.cn Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IRSA) China Centre For Resources Satellite Data & Application (CRESDA) China National Space Administration (CNSA) China Meteorological Administration (CMA) China Oceanic Administration (COA) 4 th Global Vegetation Workshop, June 16-19, 2009

2. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS China Earth Observation Satellite Program  Meteorological Satellite (FY series)  Oceanic Satellite (HY series)  China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS series)  Environmental and Disaster Monitoring Satellite System (HJ-1 series)

3. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS China Meteorological Satellite Program  Polar orbiting meteorological satellites were launched  FY-1A Sept. 7, 1988  FY-1B Sept. 3, 1990  FY-1C May 10, 1999  FY-1D May 15, 2002  Geostationary meteorological satellites were launched  FY-2A June 10, 1997  FY-2B June 25, 2000  FY-2C Oct. 19, 2004  FY-2D Dec. 8, 2006

4. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Water Vapor Image of FY-2C MIR Image of FY-2C

5. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Typhoon July 25, 2002 May 13, 1991 Applications of China Meteorological Satellites

6. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Urban heat Island Applications of China Meteorological Satellites

7. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Cloud and Wind Map from FY-2 Applications of China Meteorological Satellites

8. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS FY-1D RGB Image June 17, 2003, 1km Applications of China Meteorological Satellites

9. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Aerosol Optical Depth monthly over global sea by FY-1D June, 2003 MODIS Aerosol Product over global sea in the same period for comparison Applications of China Meteorological Satellites

10. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS To detect the marine environmental parameters of the China Seas To detect the marine environmental parameters of the China Seas HY-1 Development objectives  developing and utilizing the marine bio-resources  developing and utilizing the marine bio-resources  constructing and managing the harbor  constructing and managing the harbor  detecting the ocean pollution  detecting the ocean pollution  investigating and developing coastal resources  investigating and developing coastal resources  studying the global environmental changes  studying the global environmental changes China Ocean satellite

11. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Satellite and orbit characteristics 10-band Chinese Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (COCTS), 8VNIR, 2TIR, 1.1km 10-band Chinese Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (COCTS), 8VNIR, 2TIR, 1.1km 4-band CCD – 0.42-0.89µm, 250m 4-band CCD – 0.42-0.89µm, 250m Launched on 15th May, 2002 Launched on 15th May, 2002

12. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS 3 Days coverage of HY-1 COCTS

13. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Red tide

14. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Suspendedsedimentdistribution

15. SST from COCTS

16. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS  Time interval between adjacent track: 3 days  Orbit: sun-synchronous recurrent and frozen orbit  Mean altitude: 778Km  Local time at descending node: 10:30 AM  Repeat cycle :26 days  Repeat cycle: 100.26 min  Revolution/Day: 14+9/26  Inter-track distance: 107.4 Km The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) CBERS was jointly developed by China and Brazil since 1988

17. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS CBERS-01/02 payloads CBERS-01: Oct. 1999 - Aug. 2003 CBERS-02: Oct. 2003 – present Download for free based on research contract in China

18. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS CBERS-02B payloads CBERS-02B: Sept. 2007 - present

19. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS CBERS-03/04 payloads CBERS-03/04 will be launched in 2011

20. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Crop Growth Monitoring 2004.02.05 2004.03.28 2004.04.20 NDVI green index map for wheat based on WFI data of CBERS-02

21. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Fire monitoring Forest fire disaster in Anning county, Yunnan province, Mar. 29, 2006 Fire disaster monitoring, Lantao Island and Tuen Mun Mountain in Hongkong, November 2007 Fire disaster in Inner Mongolia, May 2005

22. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Flood monitoring Flood evaluation in Xincai and Huaibin counties, Henan province, July 18, 2007

23. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Algae bloom monitoring in Taihu lake Blue-green algae bloom regions in red color, Mar. 28th and Apr. 23rd, 2007

24. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Desertification monitoring Jinta in Gansu province, 1987(Landsat) and 2000(CBERS-01)

25. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Urban expandingmonitoring Applications of CBERS – Urban expanding monitoring Wuxi in JiangSu province, 2000 to 2003, urban expanding regions in red color

26. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Jiangni region, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province CBERS-02B CCD Vegetation Map Integration image of CBERS-02B CCD and HR Applications of CBERS – land use classification CBERS-02B CCD Land Use Map

27. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Beijing Olympic Construction CBERS-02B HR, Aug. 2008 Beijing Olympic Center Tianjin Olympic CenterShanghai Olympic Center

28. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS beforeafter Applications of CBERS – Snow disaster monitoring CBERS-02B WFI, Jan. to Feb. 2008, south of China

29. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of CBERS – Earthquake disaster monitoring CBERS-02B CCD and HR, Jun. 1st, 2008, Beichuan county, Sichuan province

30. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Environmental and Disaster Monitoring Satellite System  HJ-1 series satellites: HJ-1A, HJ-1B and HJ-1C  “HJ” is the “environment” in Chinese for short  HJ-1A/B were launched in Sept., 2008  High spatial and high temporal resolution of HJ-1A/B  Currently, HJ-1A/B data are available for free based on research contract in China  HJ-1C is a SAR sensor, will be launched in 2009

31. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS HJ-1 payloads

32. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of HJ-1 – Change detection HJ-1A/B CCD combined with Landsat TM/ETM for land use change detection, natural protection area of Huanghe Delta between 1999 to 2008 2008 (HJ-1B) 2006 2005 2004 2001 1999

33. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of HJ-1 – Fire monitoring Forest fire in Chayu county, Tibet, Dec 13, 2008 Estimating fire area using HJ-1A/B CCD and IRS images

34. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of HJ-1 – Hyperspectral data HJ-1A Hyperspectral image, Zhujiang, Guangdong province, Oct. 1st, 2008

35. Institute of remote sensing applications, CAS Applications of HJ-1 HJ-1A CCD, California, Dec. 17th, 2008