Author :
Shimoda, Haruhisa
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. Res. Center, Nat. Space Dev. Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
ADEOS is the first polar orbit Earth observation platform equipped with multiple Earth observation sensors and it is no exaggeration to say that its scientific results will determine the future trends of global environment observation. It was launched from Tanegashima Space Center on 17, August 1996, and the all the 8 sensors on-board had been operational and had sent data of the global environment. Unfortunately, ADEOS has stopped its operation on 30, June, 1997 because of solar paddle failure. However, ADEOS had collected about 8 to 9 months data from its on-board sensors, and the ADEOS science program is still going on using these data. This paper describes the outline of ADEOS science program and its current status
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; ADEOS; Advanced Earth Observing Satellite; air pollution; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; global environment observation; hydrology; ice; land surface; meteorology; ocean; optical imaging; polar orbit; polar orbit Earth observation platform; radar remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; terrain mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702269
