Dragon training in China focuses on atmosphere
... ESA and the National Remote Sensing Centre of China (NRSCC) are sponsoring the course under the framework of the Dragon Programme a wide-ranging research initiative designed to encourage increased exploitation of ESA remote sensing satellite data within China as well as stimulate increased scienti...Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality
China's spectacular economic growth during the last decade has brought many benefits and some challenges. Global atmospheric mapping of nitrogen dioxide pollution performed by ERS-2's GOME and Envisat's SCIAMACHY reveals the world's largest amount of NO2 hanging above Beijing and northeast China, as reported in Nature this week....... As part of ESA's Dragon Programme, European and Chinese resea...China's rainy season has led to serious flooding in the north-east and south of the country. A joint Chinese-European team is gathering Envisat radar imagery of the developing situation to give the authorities a way to swiftly assess affected areas and plan their responses....... Summer flooding is nothing new in these regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), though this year it is provin...