FORMOSAT-2 Mission: Current Status and Contributions to Earth Observations

Author

Chen, Kun-Shan ; Wu, An-Ming ; Chern, Jeng-Shing ; Chen, Liang-Chien ; Chang, Wen-Yen

Author_Institution

Center for Space & Remote Sensing Res., Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan

Volume

98

Issue

5

fYear

2010

fDate

5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

878

Lastpage

891

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the current status and data applications of FORMOSAT-2, Taiwanese´s first earth observation satellite mission. Highlights of its contributions to monitoring of global natural disasters and earth environmental changes will be illustrated. The FORMOSAT-2 satellite successfully complements existing high spatial resolution imaging satellites such as SPOT-5, IKONOS, and QuickBird, among others, with its unique capability of daily revisits worldwide. The FORMOSAT-2 follow-up program to ensure data continuity to the user community is briefly introduced.

Keywords

geophysical techniques; remote sensing; topography (Earth); Earth observation satellite mission observations; FORMOSAT-2 satellite mission; Taiwan; earth environmental changes monitoring; global natural disasters monitoring; satellite imaging; Agriculture; Artificial satellites; Data processing; Disaster management; Earth; Forestry; High-resolution imaging; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Scheduling; Space technology; Spatial resolution; Earth observation; environmental changes; global natural disasters; imaging satellite;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2009.2035355

Filename

5451096