A ground network, which contains a canopy analyzer and a leaf area index (LAI) wireless sensor system has been built and passed the acceptance check, according to the National Engineering Laboratory of Remote Sensing Satellite Applications at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) on September 14, 2020.

A research team led by Prof. NIU Zheng from the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Sciences, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and their cooperators proposed a remote-sensing driven model to estimate global Rs and analyzed its relationship with climate and land-cover.

The absolute model age (AMA), or geologic age of Finsen crater on the Moon’s farside is determined to be about 3.5 billion years (Ga) based on crater counting method, according to a research paper titled “Absolute model age of lunar Finsen crater and geologic implications” which was published online in the journal of Icarus. The research is conducted by the planetary mapping and remote sensing team led by Prof. DI Kaichang from the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Sciences under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

"Thanking to the dynamic monitoring and early warning reports routinely provided by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) on pests and diseases, China has realized effective prevention and control of biological pests and diseases over forests and grasslands recent years”, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

A research team led by Prof.LI Zhengqiang from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR),Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),together with their cooperators proposed an artificial Neural Network method for AEROsol retrieval (NNAero) to jointly retrieve FMF and AOD derived from MODIS data. The research was published in Remote Sensing of Environment.

Based on trend analyses of anthropogenic and meteorological drivers, the average PM2.5 concentrations in polluted regions of China are expected to decline to 35 μg m-3 in 2021 in a scenario where emissions continue to decrease and meteorological factors are favorable. However, if emissions are held constant at current levels, meteorological drivers will lead to a rebound of PM2.5 concentrations in the future. These results strongly support continuous efforts for anthropogenic emission control to achieve a big decline of PM2.5 pollution in China.