EO SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT IN P.R. CHINA

摘要

ESA together with the National Remote Sensing Centre of China (NRSCC), an entity under the Ministry of Science and Technology, have cooperated in the field of Earth observation applications development for the last 10 years. Following initial high-level meetings between Chinese and ESA officials, it was decided to reinforce the cooperation in the field of Earth observation. The cooperation has taken a new momentum with the creation of a dedicated three years Earth Observation exploitation programme called Dragon. This programme focuses on science and applications development in China using mainly data from the ERS and Envisat missions. This preface will present the background to the cooperation and highlight some of the mid term results.