• AIR Scientists Release Global Sea State Dataset
    AIR Scientists Release Global Sea State Dataset

    A global sea state dataset based on the ENVISAT/ASAR wave mode data has been recently released by the scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The dataset derived from decadal spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data is the first of this kind that describes global sea state in terms of ocean wave integral parameters of significant wave height and mean wave period.

    February 14, 2020
  • R&D Center for Aerostat System Wins Excellent Team Award for the Construction of LHAASO
    R&D Center for Aerostat System Wins Excellent Team Award for the Construction of LHAASO

    A review meeting on the construction of Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) was held in Chengdu on December 24, 2019. The engineering team from the R&D Center for Aerostat System (hereafter called the “Center”) under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) in charge of the engineering and construction of LHAASO project won the Excellent Team Award of 2019.

    January 18, 2020
  • AIR Scientists Propose New Method on Laser Beam Propagation through Air Turbulence
    AIR Scientists Propose New Method on Laser Beam Propagation through Air Turbulence

    A study on the "Pin-Like Optical Beams to Penetrate Turbulence" published by the scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was on the list of “30 exciting peer-reviewed optics researches” that had emerged around the world in 2019, according to a news on the annual highlights special issue recently released by the Optical Society of America (OSA), which has been highlighting a list of top 30 exciting optical research of the year on its annual special issue since 1990.

    December 17, 2019
  • China Releases 30-meter-resolution Global Forest Cover Map
    China Releases 30-meter-resolution Global Forest Cover Map

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has achieved a 30-meter-resolution Global Forest Cover Map (GFCM) of 2018 for forest management, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

    November 21, 2019
  • China Launches Big Earth Data System
    China Launches Big Earth Data System

    BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A big Earth data system was launched at the 1st China Digital Earth Conference that opened Monday in Beijing.

    November 19, 2019
  • China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station Confirms Data Reception from GaoFen-7 Satellite
    China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station Confirms Data Reception from GaoFen-7 Satellite

    The China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) under the Aerospace Information Research Institute has successfully tracked and received 6-track of data from the newly launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-7 (or GF-7) from November 4 to 6. A total of 616.6 GB of data was received.

    November 15, 2019