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Remote Sensing Study Reveals Increasing Water Clarity of China's Lakes
The water clarity of lakes across China shows a significant spatial pattern of “higher in the West while lower in the East”, and an overall ever-increasing water clarity over the past two decades, according to a research based on remote sensing algorithm on MODIS measurements for 153 large lakes and reservoirs nationwide from 2000 to 2017.
September 15, 2020 -
Chinese Institute Introduces Remote Sensing to Forecast Pest Attacks
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China has launched a remote sensing system for plant pests and disease monitoring and forecasting, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
August 31, 2020 -
Chinese Researchers Release Reports on Desert Locusts in Asia and Africa
Researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the CAS drafted a report on the core breeding areas and migration path of desert locusts in Asia and Africa between 2018 and 2020, as well as assessment of losses to agriculture and animal husbandry caused by desert locusts in hard-hit countries including Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kenya.
August 17, 2020 -
Space Information Services Safeguard Chinese Ships in Arctic
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers used remote sensing and model forecast data to help Chinese merchant ships Tian'en and Tianyou safely navigate the Northeast Passage of Arctic this summer.
August 13, 2020 -
Quake-hit Jiuzhaigou's Water Environment Restoring: Remote Sensing Study
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A remote sensing study shows that the water environment of the Jiuzhaigou scenic spot in southwest China's Sichuan Province has started to rehabilitate after being hit by an earthquake, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
August 11, 2020 -
China Builds Automatic Leaf Area Index Monitoring Network
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have realized continuous national-scale ground observation of the leaf area index by building an automatic monitoring network, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.
July 29, 2020