• AIR to Build National Earth Observation Data Center
    AIR to Build National Earth Observation Data Center

    A review meeting was held at AIR on September 2 to discuss the construction of the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA). Prof. LI Guoqing, head of the center, gave a detailed report on NODA’s 2020-2025 development and implementation plan.

    September 30, 2019
  • In-situ Data Collected to Support Common Applications of Land Observation Satellites
    In-situ Data Collected to Support Common Applications of Land Observation Satellites

    In Changchun and Songyuan, two northeastern cities of China, AIR scientists has led a series of satellite-air-ground-based experiments from June 17 to August 25, obtaining high-quality integrated in-situ observation dataset over the areas, which can be used to assess the quality of common remote sensing products based on China’s land observation satellites.

    September 17, 2019
  • AIR Completes UAV-based Field Measurement Campaign in Qinghai Golmud Area
    AIR Completes UAV-based Field Measurement Campaign in Qinghai Golmud Area

    Scientists from the CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology with the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) carried out a field measurement campaign in the Golmud area of Qinghai Province from August 7 to August 17, 2019.

    September 05, 2019
  • Plasma Diagnostic System Improved to Ensure Safe Nuclear Fusion
    Plasma Diagnostic System Improved to Ensure Safe Nuclear Fusion

    BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have improved a diagnostics system for nuclear fusion devices, paving the way for producing controlled thermonuclear fusion power in the future.At the temperatures required for fusion reactions, the matter can only exist in the plasma state, free negative electrons and positive nuclei. Some fusion reactors use a magnetic field to confine hot plasma for fusion actions to take place.

    June 27, 2019
  • Meeting Held to Summarize Mid-term Advances on  Global Carbon Cycle Program
    Meeting Held to Summarize Mid-term Advances on Global Carbon Cycle Program

    A meeting on“stereo observation and inversion of the key parameters of global carbon cycle” was held on July 8 to summarize the mid-term advances of the program.A meeting on the “stereo observation and inversion of the key parameters of global carbon cycle” was held on July 8 to summarize the mid-term advances of the program.

    July 23, 2019
  • Giant Balloon to Garner Climate Data
    Giant Balloon to Garner Climate Data

    Chinese scientists launched a giant aerostat, a helium-filled tethered balloon, called Jimu-1 on Thursday morning to observe atmospheric water vapor at a record altitude of 7,003 meters in the Nam Co region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Jimu-1 is the first of three Chinese made aerostats that will be tasked with collecting more accurate atmospheric data to be used in studying climate change and sustainable development in the region, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the balloon's manufacturer and operator.

    May 24, 2019