wwww
NUS CRISP-1st station in the world receive
data fr two 50-cm resolution satellites at the same
facility
It will be naive to say that these two satellites will not help
in
military applications.It will help in certain degree.
So,not bad.The more in merrier!!I heard teams from national
Taiwan satellites
can get the live images faster than American and European
stations.
If so,SG shall learn from them.Speed is very important in
satellites,
not just resolutions!!
For example,can CRISP help to trace the NK ship carrying WMD
related materilas?
anyway,SG and Taiwan will replace old satellite.
Pl read at the end of this post.
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翻译此页 ]NUS centre taps top satellite. New
facility to access high-resolution data for research projects.
Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 20 Jun 09;
New facility to access high-resolution data for research
projects
Amresh Gunasingham,
Straits Times 20 Jun 09;
Professor Peter Ng, the director
of TMSI, said the institutes are working together on a study on the
state of the marine environment in Pulau Semakau. He said
researchers will work on a long-term conservation plan for the
island, using the razor-sharp satellite imaging to study the growth
patterns of mangrove and coral reefs there.
A SATELLITE dish at the top of a new $9 million building at the
National University of Singapore (NUS) can allow scientists to pick
up satellite images of objects as small as 50cm in size.
This level of precision means that the satellite can pick out a man
walking, although he will appear as only a speck. For bigger
objects, such as a car, the satellite can keep track of where the
vehicle is heading.
Researchers in Singapore have previously depended on satellite
imagery with a resolution of 1m.
The Sea-to-Space centre, which was opened by Environment and Water
Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday, will tap data from the
US$500 million (S$730 million) GeoEye-1 satellite - the world's
highest-resolution remote sensing satellite available for civilian
use.
More than $5 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment is
currently housed at the 1,830 sq m facility, where over 80
researchers from two research institutes - the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and
Processing (Crisp) and the Tropical Marine Science Institute
(TMSI) - will come together to engage in projects covering a
range of disciplines.
Established 17 years ago, Crisp currently operates a ground station
which tracks, receives and processes data from remote sensing
satellites. It monitors hot spot regions over parts of Indonesia
during the haze season.
TMSI has a large portfolio of projects in the field of
environmental science.
At the opening ceremony, Professor Barry Halliwell, deputy
president (research and technology) at NUS, said: 'The coming
together of these two research bodies under one roof is in tandem
with the university's drive towards high quality research over a
broad range of cross-disciplinary projects.'
Professor Peter Ng, the director of TMSI, said the institutes are
working together on a study on the state of the marine environment
in Pulau Semakau. He said researchers will work on a long-term
conservation plan for the island, using the razor-sharp satellite
imaging to study the growth patterns of mangrove and coral reefs
there.
'This will be a test site where we can bring our different skills
together,' he said.
Mr Kwoh Leong Keong, director of Crisp, said: 'The new technology
really provides a close-up view...We can now see intricate details
such as the lines along a tennis court on top of a building.'
The new satellite imaging system also has a part to play in the
humanitarian relief operations that Singapore participates in.
'With this technology, we can see the actual activity on the ground
- the layout of roads, canals, and even trees,' he said.
The ability to see very fine features improves mapping
capabilities.
'This is important in conducting relief operations during disasters
such as typhoons,' said Mr Kwoh. 'We need to know such details to
know exactly where to go.'
He highlighted the example of Crisp's role during the 2004 tsunami
in providing high resolution imagery of areas in Indonesia's Aceh
province stricken by the disaster as something that can be improved
upon. 'The roads were broken, so evacuation teams needed to map out
alternative paths to rescue people. Previous satellite imaging
could not provide such detail,' said Mr Kwoh.
The centre is the only ground station in the region to be able to
receive and process data from the GeoEye-1 satellite.
The facility's capabilities will be further boosted later this year
when it gains access to another 0.5m resolution satellite - the
WorldView.
This will make Crisp the first station in the world to receive data
from two 0.5m resolution satellites at the same facility, said Prof
Halliwell. This means satellite images can be received in a shorter
amount of time.
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2009/06/nus-centre-taps-top-satellite.html
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http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/
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翻译此页 ]Back to NUS homepage Tropical Marine Science
Institute ... What looked like a bean sprout
in the sea here identified by TMSI as a new species of
sponge
www.tmsi.nus.edu.sg/
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