2001

September 30, 2001

New weather station in Neustrelitz

At the end of September 2001, a new weather station of the Kachelmann weather network was set up on the site of the NZ remote sensing station.

01. August 2001

CORONAS-F

8.0 KB | PDF (in german); DLR ground station in Neustrelitz receives signals from the CORONAS-F scientific satellite

July 26, 2001

Tenfold increase in sulphur dioxide concentration due to Etna eruptions

...Tenfold increase in sulphur dioxide concentration due to Etna eruptions Toxic sulphur dioxide cloud the size of Germany Scientists observe Etna intensively from space

July 26, 2001

High SO2 levels in the atmosphere due to the eruption of the Majon volcano in the Philippines

While Aetna was still in its eruptive phase, the notorious Majon volcano in the Philippines erupted again on 26 July 2001. Unlike Aetna, this volcano is far more dangerous for its immediate surroundings due to its explosive eruptions and is also capable of injecting significant quantities of sulphur dioxide into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.

May 2001

MOS

DLR spectrometer MOS on board the Indian satellite IRS-P3 has been used successfully for 5 years to study the ocean ecosystem

April 20, 2001

Data reception from the CHAMP satellite

As part of the cooperation with the Geo Research Center Potsdam (GFZ), the DLR-DFD has installed the 'Mobile Satellite Receiving Station', which was previously used in Argentina, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

March 1, 2001

DFD uses ERS-Radar data to monitor changes of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Glacier motion in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West-Antarctic ice sheet has been a research topic at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) for several years. Since 1991 DFD acquires ERS SAR data of Antarctica via its receiving station at O'Higgins. This data set allows to measure glacier motion variations on seasonal and annual time scales.

January 20, 2001

MODIS

The MODIS sensor onboard the TERRA satellite, was launched on December 18, 1999. On May 4, 2002 the second MODIS sensor followed onboard AQUA. The 'Moderate Resolution Imaging Instrument' MODIS, a 36-channel imaging spectrometer with a pixel size of 250 m, acquires a global data coverage within one to two days. Detailed technical specifications can be found on the NASA MODIS pages.

January 8, 1998

Cloud-free Africa

Satellites have been providing two-dimensional views of the earth for a long time, often in different spectral channels. The third dimension can also be opened up by means of remote sensing: Terrain models depict heights and depths, new types of sensors and computing methods enable 3D views, which in turn allow additional useful applications.