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Study Reveals Influencing Factors on Global Waste Distribution via Deep-Learning Based Dumpsite Detection from Satellite Imagery
A study published in Nature Communications describes an efficient and intelligent dumpsite detection technique and analyses the correlation between the number of dumpsites and social/economic factors.This work is proposed by a research team of the Key Laboratory of Network Information System Technology at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Mar 31, 2023
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Estimating Forest Functional Diversity by Remote Sensing
A research group led by Prof. ZENG Yuan from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the Remote Sensing Laboratories of University of Zurich, retrieved forest functional traits and FD from airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data, and investigated forest functional diversity–productivity relationships using wall-to-wall data in a subtropical forest.
Mar 30, 2023
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Global Fire Carbon Emissions Contribute to Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations: Study
A research team led by Dr. SHI Yusheng from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) quantified the impact of global fire carbon emissions on atmospheric CO2 concentrations through atmospheric transport model simulations, combined with ground-based and satellite observations validation.
Mar 17, 2023
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Satellite Successfully Monitors Power Plant CO2 Emissions from Space
A research team led by Dr. SHI Yusheng from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a method for estimating CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants based on an improved Gaussian plume model and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2/3 satellite.
Feb 24, 2023
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Researchers Develop High-efficiency Mid- and Long-wave Optical Parametric Oscillator Pump Source
A study published in Scientific Reports describes a high-efficiency mid- and long-wave optical parametric oscillator pump source: Ho: YAG laser, the system achieves high-efficiency 2.1 μm laser output by scanning and optimizing the pump laser wavelength.
Feb 13, 2023
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