Title :
The German Earth Observation Activities in an International Context
Author :
Luttenberg, Hans-Peter ; Schaadt, Peter
Author_Institution :
Space Adm., German Aerosp. Center-DLR, Bonn, Germany
Abstract :
The German Earth Observation program is structured in several lines of activities: the national program, the research activities at the German Aerospace Center DLR and the contributions to ESA, to EUMETSAT and through the European Commission to the Copernicus program. In this article the harmonized approach of these programs in order to fulfill the user requests in an efficient way are described.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing; Copernicus program; ESA; EUMETSAT; European Commission; German Aerospace Center DLR; German Earth Observation program; German Earth observation activities; International Context; national program; research activities; Earth; Germany; Radar imaging; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Space research; Synthetic aperture radar;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MGRS.2014.2318073
