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CBERS: the Brazilian Experience. Gilberto Camara Director for Earth Observation INPE. Workshop – 3 Years of CBERS, Beijing, October 2002. Overview. CBERS Ground and Application Segment in Brazil CBERS Products and Distribution Statistics CBERS Associated Software Technology
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CBERS: the Brazilian Experience Gilberto Camara Director for Earth Observation INPE Workshop – 3 Years of CBERS, Beijing, October 2002
Overview • CBERS Ground and Application Segment in Brazil • CBERS Products and Distribution Statistics • CBERS Associated Software Technology • CBERS Applications • Perspectives for CBERS-2 and CBERS-3/4 • The rôle of CBERS as an International Cooperation program
CBERS Ground and Application Segment Data Reception Image Production Software Develop. Applications
CCD: Agricultural Region in São Paulo Crops= soy (red) and harvest (green)
WFI: Belo Horizonte Mining = dark regions
CBERS-1 Image Production • Total number • 2000 = 653 products • 2001 = 757 products • 2002 = 863 products (September) • One product = CCD scene (+IRMSS) • CBERS demand is similar to LANDSAT
Promoting CBERS • Partnerships • Universities, research institutes and industry • Education projects • High-school teachers • ISPRS – International society for remote sensing • Workshops/symposium (SBSR, SELPER, IRSE, etc)
CBERS: Partnership examples • University of Michigan: mapping selective logging of timber (wood) in Amazon • University of Viçosa (Brazil): Vegetation index mapping • Military: maps with scales ranging from 1:250,000 (WFI) to 1:50,000 (CCD) • University of São Paulo: Geological studies • Agricultural Agency (EMBRAPA): Monitoring the expansion of agricultural area
R&D in Image Processing and GIS • SPRING – Image processing and GIS software. • Multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris) • Web: http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring (25.000 downloads)
Restoration Corrected image Digital image Restoration filter scene sensor 1 1 f (cycles/pixels) f (cycles/pixels) • Objective • Correct sensor distortions • Reduces the blur effect
Image Registration and Mosaicking tools • Objective • Combine two images to generate a large-area composite • Amount of data is very large • Difficult to get control points manually • INPE developed a semi-automatic registration system
A comparison study between CBERS IR-MSS and Landsat TM images to evaluate deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
DEFORESTATION PRIMARY FOREST NON-FOREST WATER BODIES Classification COLOR COMPOSITION FINAL MAP
CBERS images in Remote Sensing Training Course for Grade Teachers
Perspectives for CBERS-2 • Estalishment of a Joint Cooperation Agreement for Ground and Application Segments • Strong partnership between CRESDA and INPE
CRESDA-INPE Cooperation • Standards for CBERS image products; • Quality control and quality assessment plans for CBERS images; • A joint commercialization proposal for the marketing of CBERS images for countries other than Brazil and China
CRESDA-INPE Cooperation • Joint image reception and image production ground station for the CBERS 3 and CBERS 4 satellites • Image processing software to extract information from CBERS • Establishment of an applications development center to develop end-user products
Ground Segment: CBERS-3/4 • To be developed as part of the joint agreement between Brazil and China • Establish an international network of receiving stations for CBERS-3/4 • INPE Initiatives • Initial development of ground station for CBERS-2 • Replace CBERS-1 processing station
Concluding Remarks: The Rôle of CBERS for International Cooperation
Significant Contribution of CBERS • Competitive advantages of RS imagery • When there is a need to routinely monitor a large area consistently, reliably and/or independently. • Where there is a need to gather information rapidly about events whose location and timing are unpredictable. • Where there is a need for cost-effective cartographic mapping, and imagery can replace or complement aerial surveys. • CBERS serves the “public good”
Significant Contribution of CBERS • International Earth Observation satellites • USA and Europe: Earth Observation as commercial service • Increase image cost for other countries • China and Brazil response • CBERS as a “public-good” satellite • International cooperation programs • Major oportunity for CBERS!
Conclusion • Many thanks and honors • CAST for developing CBERS-1 • CNSA and COSTIND for supporting CAST • CRESDA for the application development and cooperation with INPE • May CBERS Project have a long life!