 |
03 February 2010
Within the next two years the German Aerospace Center will set up the infrastructure for both a Real-time Data Center and a Training facility (DLR campus) at the DLR research site Neustrelitz. On Feb. 3rd , Henry Tesch, the minister for Education, Science and Culture of the hosting Federal State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Klaus Hamacher, the acting chairman of DLR symbolically opened the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new buildings.
|
Read more  |
|
 |
25 January 2010
About 150 students from the Universities of Würzburg and Bayreuth have been visiting DFD in order to get informed about recent remote sensing research and projects. Since 2001 such excursions form an inherent part of the lectures at both research institutions. Both the given presentations and the discussions with Prof. Dech and other DFD scientists did not only deal with the pure scientific component, but also with the application and geopolitical aspects of research work, such as resource management and the impact of climate change.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
16 January 2010
After the disastrous earthquake in Haiti, local rescue teams need reliable and actual information about the recent state of the infrastructure and an assessment of the damages. For this purpose scientists of the German Remote Sensing Center of DLR have accomplished a major task: from recent earth observation satellite data they produce maps of the affected region is in near real time. Their focus is currently on Port-au-Prince, the severely damage capital of the island.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
12 January 2010
On January 12, 2010 a major earthquake of magnitude 7.0 and a depth of 10 km struck southern Haiti at 21:53 UTC. The epicentre was registred about 10 km deep and 16 km southwest of the capital city Port-au-Prince. The city was hit severely. Communication collapsed and major damage to buildings and infrastructure was reported. |
| Read more |
|
 |
27 November 2009
On 21 August 2009, the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea, to the northeast of Australia, started leaking oil. Over a period of ten weeks, more than two million litres of oil were lost into the sea, forming a 2000 square kilometre slick. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X followed the growth of the slick as it occurred. The picture shows the platform and the slick spreading out from it, visible as a dark area. |
| Read more |
|
 |
30 November 2009
The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (J-STARS) special issue on Fostering Applications of Earth Observation of the Atmosphere is just being published. |
| Read more |
|
 |
13 November 2009
From September 01 to October 31, 2009, the first global NDMC (Network for the Detection of Mesopause Change) measurement campaign has been successfully conducted; over 20 members of the international NDMC association participated in this global experiment. |
| Read more |
|
 |
01 November 2009
From Oktober 26 to 29 the first autumn school of the network EOS has been held at the „Haus der Bayerischen Landwirtschaft” in Herrsching. The workshop convened more than 30 PhDs and 20 further experts in order to discuss their work on the seven topics of the network. Both the organization and conduction of the event were in the responsibility of the "Cluster for Applied Remote Sensing" of DLR. |
| Read more |
|
 |
01 October 2009
On September 30, 2009, a severe earthquake took place in the Indian Ocean with a magnitude of 7.9 and several aftershocks. The epicentre was registered about 50 km north-eastern of Padang in a depth of 85 km. Heavy shocks caused the collapse of many buildings and bridges, fires broke out and major parts of the technical infrastructure failed. More than 500 people died, much more than 1000 are missing (data from October 1, 2009). |
| Read more |
|
 |
18 September 2009
The DLR Applied Remote Sensing Cluster continuously derives the global distribution of different trace gases in the atmosphere, based on data of the GOME-2/MetOp mission. Since August 2009, the data is also disseminated in near-real-time via the WMO Global Telecommunication System and can be received by all weather services worldwide within 2 hours from sensing. |
| Read more |
|
 |
12 September 2009
Heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in Istanbul and northwestern Turkey on September 8, 2009, killing at least 30 people, destroying bridges and flooding houses and streets. The maps, produced from DFD, show pre-event water extents (as detected on March 24, 2009) in the area west of Istanbul, compared to those analysed on September 11, 2009, after the event. Also annotated are areas which appear moist in the radar data. |
| Read more |
|
 |
07 September 2009
The 2009 workshop on SAR Ocean Remote Sensing will be held at "Haus der bayerischen Landwirtschaft" in Herrsching, Germany from September 7-11, 2009. The workshop is hosted and organized by the Remote Sensing Technology Institute IMF of the German Aerospace Center DLR. For more information please contact the web-portal of the workshop. |
| Read more |
|
 |
02 September 2009
On September 2nd 2009 the German Remote Sensing Data Center DFD of DLR has launched the reception of data from the US satellite „Advanced Composition Explorer“ (ACE). The receiving facility in Neustrelitz is the European contribution to the global space weather observation system, it is characterized by uninterrupted recording of data from sunrise to sunset. The space weather service will provide operators and users of telecommunication-, navigation-, and earth observation systems with crucial information about corrections and disturbances on a long term base.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
24 August 2009
Several forest fires have occurred since August 21, 2009 in the prefecture Attika, north-eastern of Athens, Greece. The fires, fanned by strong winds, destroyed thousands of hectares of forest land, farming fields and olive groves. Many residents had to be evacuated from their homes. |
| Read more |
|
 |
18 August 2009
By means of installing a 13m parabolic antenna in the north Canadian permafrost region near UINUVIK, the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) has passed a further important milestone preparing for the TanDEM-X mission, scheduled to be launched late October. In Cooperation with the Canadian Center for Remote Sensing CCRS and the Swedish Space Corporation SSC the INUVIK station will provide the basic for the topographic mapping of the polar region and arctic environmental research. |
| Read more |
|
 |
7 August 2009
The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of DLR is implementing standardized Heterogeneous Mission Accessibility (HMA) interfaces for the Data and Information Management System (DIMS) to serve TerraSAR-X and IRS earth observation satellite data to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) users under contract of the European Space Agency (ESA). |
| Read more |
|
 |
6 August 2009
From March 17 to 19, the Hyperspectral Workshop 2010 will take place at ESA´s Earth Observation Center (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy. Conference details are provided at www.congrex.nl/10C02. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 13, 2009.
The workshop will be jointly organized by the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) together with the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The workshop will focus on the current and future hyperspectral / imaging spectroscopy capacity in Europe. It aims to combine the established user community of the ESA CHRIS Proba mission with the European and International user communities in preparation for the future hyperspectral missions PRISMA (ASI) and EnMAP (DLR/GFZ).
|
| Read more |
|
 |
5 August 2009
The earth observation mission RapidEye is composed of five satellites, equipped with optical sensors. In the framework of a private-public-partnership, DLR supports the RapidEye AG by means of governmental aid with ca. 10% of the total budget. In return, the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of DLR will acquire and archive 29.4 sqm or RapideEye data, which will be made available for research purposes.
Scientists may apply for cost free access to these data sets through the RESA web-interface of the DFD. The decision about the allotment will then be taken by a board of independent reviewers. (Image: Copyrights 2009 RapidEye AG) |
| Read more |
|
 |
04 August 2009
DLR and the World Meteorological Organization have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva on July 22nd, in which the World data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC-RSAT) operated by the DFD has been established as an official Worl Data Center of the WMO. |
| Read more |
|
 |
24 July 2009
In the context of the project ARGOS (Airborne Wide Area High Altitude Monitoring System) DLR has produced high-resolution aerial imagery of the Nachterstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) region that has been recently affected by a landslide. The imaging instrument was mounted on a Cessna Caravan.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
22 July 2009
This image – from the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite - shows the city of Kiel and the Kiel Fjord, an approximately 17-km long fjord or firth of the Baltic Sea on the northeastern shore of Schleswig-Holstein. The ships that were in this area at the time the image was captured are each marked with a circle. The high resolution of TerraSAR-X images makes them ideally suitable for the rapid identification of ships. The image was taken on 18 June 2009. It was acquired in stripmap mode with a resolution of three metres. |
| Read more |
|
 |
17 July 2009
Scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) have found a new area of deployment for the SCIAMACHY atmospheric instrument on the European environmental satellite ENVISAT. In March and June 2009, the spectrometer was directed away from its normal target, Earth, towards our neighbouring inner planet Venus and investigated its radiation at visible light and near-infrared wavelengths. |
| Read more |
|
 |
26 June 2009
The image, taken by the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, shows the volcano 'Piton de la Fournaise' (Furnace Peak) in the south of the island of La Réunion (Indian Ocean). This is the last active volcano on the island and is 2631 metres high. By means of very precise repeat-pass interferometric measurements, TerraSAR-X is able to detect even small movements of the Earth's surface, thus supporting volcano monitoring. |
| Read more |
|
 |
15 June 2009
In early 2009, Friedrichshafen-based aerospace company Astrium completed construction of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X. This satellite was created in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The satellite, five metres in length and weighing 1.3 tons, has now been transported to Ottobrunn, a town near Munich. In special-purpose test facilities operated by Astrium and IABG, the satellite will undergo trials until mid-September 2009 to confirm its suitability for operation in outer space. It will be subjected to extreme temperatures and radiation and, in particular, the loads experienced during launch will be simulated. Once the tests are completed, the satellite will be transported to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
| Read more |
|
 |
27 May 2009
The image of the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X shows the region of L’Aquila in central Italy after the earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on April 6th. The so-called interferogram was computed from two records of TerraSAR-X, one of them taken 2 months before the event , the other one 6 days after the hazard. |
| Read more |
|
 |
27 May 2009
The post-war development of both German states is also reflected by the architectural concepts, the buildings, streets and places – in particular in Berlin. These historical architectural changes have now been elaborated by scientists of the Geo-Visualisation Center (GeoVis) of DFD. Using aerial photographs and satellite imagery from 1928 to 2009 they have produced video-animations showing distinctly the damages by war, the reconstruction progress, the wall and other DDR buildings, the renovating period after reunification and the recent status of Berlin. |
| Read more |
|
 |
25 May 2009
Data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor on board of the NOAA weather satellites are received and processed at DLR-DFD on a daily time scale since the beginning of the 1990. |
| Read more |
|
 |
18 May 2009
Scientists from around the world attended the 2nd NDMC Meeting from 4-8 May in Bad Reichenhall to present their scientific results and to discuss NDMC’s further development. Currently, scientists from 21 countries participate with their measurements at 48 sites around the globe. |
| Read more |
|
 |
28 April 2009
Following the loss of an ice bridge on the Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf, the northern ice front is now becoming unstable. The first icebergs broke off at this point on 20 April 2009. This was observed by scientists using the TerraSAR-X Earth observation satellite operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). "We anticipate that, over the next days and weeks, an area of 570 to 3370 square kilometres will break away before – hopefully – a new and more stable northern ice front will form", states Dr Angelika Humbert, a glaciologist at the University of Münster's Geophysics Institute. |
| Read more |
|
 |
21 April 2009
The image shows the mudflats near the island of Sylt. It was compiled from two satellite images that were taken by the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X in April and May 2008. The individual pictures are coloured red and green respectively. The difference in the reflected radar signals is especially large over the areas of water, as it is here that there were the most changes between when the first picture was taken in April and the second in May. The blue coloured strip has been used to highlight this. The resulting image can be used to extensively study the morphology, sediments and habitats in the Wadden Sea. |
| Read more |
|
 |
15 April 2009
On Tuesday, 14 April 2009, Mr. Horst Köhler, President of Germany, and Mr. Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria, visited the Environmental Station "Schneefernerhaus (UFS)" on top of the mountain Zugspitze, Germany, to learn about the research work being performed at UFS.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
26 March 2009
TELIS (Terahertz and submillimeter LImbSounder) is a new remote sensing instrument measuring atmospheric trace gases from a stratospheric balloon platform in the submillimeter and far infrared spectral region. On March, 11th, 0:18 local time a 400.000 m3 helium balloon was launched in Kiruna / Sweden for a 12 hour flight reaching a maximum altitude of 36 km. TELIS operated without any problems during this first scientific mission. A large number of atmospheric trace gases especially instable species and water isotopologues were measured in the height range 12-36 km. TELIS data will improve the understanding of atmospheric processes (ozone, climate), support the investigation of long term atmospheric changes and can validate satellite measurements. |
| Read more |
|
 |
25 March 2009
After an inactive phase of 20 years Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano erupted explosively on 23rd March 2009 at 5:38 UTC. Four further eruptions followed. A 60 hours forecast provides the dispersion of the ash cloud and trace gases over North America. |
| Read more |
|
 |
24 March 2009
The German Space Agency (DLR) and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) jointly organize the first national EnMAP Workshop on October 13/14, 2009 in Potsdam. The workshop addresses scientific as well as application oriented users in Germany. |
| Read more |
|
 |
11 February 2009
Stratospheric warmings are one the most dramatic phenomena of the atmosphere: this spontaneous warming of the winter stratosphere is sometimes even linked to a reversal of the large scale circulation. |
| Read more |
|
 |
05 February 2009
In January 2009, the German Aerospace Center, DLR in collaboration with UN-SPIDER are carrying out a national Capacity Building Workshop and technical training on earth observation technology for flood mapping and emergency management in Namibia. |
| Read more |
|
 |
04 February 2009
On January 01, 2009, the EU-project „SAFER - Services und Applications for Emergency Response“ started. Aim of SAFER is to develop the existing satellite based emergency response service into an operational service (ERCS - Emergency Response Core Service). |
| Read more |
|
 |
02 February 2009
The EDDY-proposal of DFD has been selected for promotion by DLR's board of directors in the "Competition of Visions 2009". |
| Read more |
|
 |
28 January 2009
The official kick-off meeting for the FP-7 project GMES Services for Management of Operations, Situation Awareness and Intelligence for regional Crisis (G-MOSAIC, duration of project 01.01.2009 – 31.12.2011) was held in Rome on 20th and 21st of January. Within the context of the GMES initiative, the G-MOSAIC Collaborative Project aims at identifying and developing products, methodologies and pilot services to provide geo-spatial information to support EU external relations policy and to define and demonstrate sustainability of GMES global security perspective. Researchers from Applied Remote Sensing Cluster will provide significant contributions to G-Mosaic. |
| Read more |
|
 |
13 January 2009
On January 7, 2009, Prince Albert II of Monaco visited the German Antarctic Receiving Station of DFD in O’Higgins. Local staff representatives of both DFD and BKG took the opportunity to present the role of the receiving station and the activities towards long-term observation of the Antarctica with ERS-1 and ERS-2 and the recent support of the TerraSAR-X background mission. |
| Read more |
|
 |
10 December 2008
On December 4, 2008, the Antarctic cruise vessel MV Ushuaia grounded at the entrance of Wilhelmina Bay near Cape Anna in the NW Antarctic Peninsula.
The 82 passengers which were on board were transferred to Chilean Naval Vessel Achilles next day using a Zodiac landing craft from the MV Ushuaia and from another Anarctic tourist vessel. The crew of the Ushuaia remained on board. Two diesel tanks were damaged and spilled marine gasoil into the sea. The size of the spill was initially estimated with 50 x 300 meters. |
| Read more |
|
 |
12 November 2008
On 4th November 2008 the atmospheric sensor GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) detected a big SO2-plume over Yemen with sulphur dioxide amounts of more than 40 DU. So far no observation from ground nor any eye-witness have reported on the eruption. |
| Read more |
|
 |
11 November 2008
On November 11th 2008 the German Aerospace Center DLR and Kayser-Threde GmbH signed a contract on the development and operation of the German Earth observation Satellite EnMap (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Programme). EnMap is equipped with hyperspectral sensors, recording solar radiation reflected from the Earths surface in the spectral range from the visible to the short-wave infrared in more than 200 spectral bands. The resulting data will be used to derive precise information about the state and changes of the surface of the Earth. The mission will be launched in 2012, the scheduled operation time is five years. |
| Read more |
|
 |
11 November 2008
The propagation times of tsunamis in Indonesia are very short due to the geological conditions in the region. This means that a tsunami early warning is only useful when it is generated quickly and automatically. DLR's Decision Support System (DSS) will help to make this possible. Quick and effective evacuation of people out of the affected coastal areas before catastrophe strikes is equally important. DLR therefore also performed a risk assessment, investigating the possible consequences of a tsunami impact on the coast. |
| Read more |
|
 |
11 November 2008
The purpose of the Tsunami decision support system DSS is timely warning of the possibly affected population of the approaching wave. Torsten Riedlinger, responsible Project Coordinator of DLR (German Aerospace Center) explicates in the webcast, how the decision support system works, and how various datasets from sensors on the sea floor and along the coast line are integrated in order to produce a reliable situation scenario. The DSS has been developed at the German Remote Sensing Center DFD of DLR. |
| Read more |
|
 |
11 November 2008
On 11 November 2008, almost four years after the devastating tsunami catastrophe, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia inaugurated the InaTEWS tsunami early warning system (Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System) in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Germany has made a significant contribution to this system. |
| Read more |
|
 |
28. September 2008
Eine international zusammengesetzte Gruppe anerkannter Wissenschaftler, darunter der Nobelpreisträger Paul Crutzen, besuchte am 26. September 2008 im Kontext ihrer Beratungen zu Fragen des "Earth System Engineering – The art of dealing wisely with the Planet Earth" die Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus (UFS) auf der Zugspitze. |
| Read more |
|
 |
17 September 2008
Dipl. Math. Sabine Wüst of DFD was recently granted the "Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award" of the World Meteorological Organization for her publication on "Non-linear resonant wave-wave interaction (triad): Case studies based on roket data and first appliation to satellite data" , co-authored by M. Bittner. |
| Read more |
|
 |
12 September 2008
Since mid of August, the hurricanes "Fay", "Gustav", "Hannah", and now on September 8, 2008 "Ike" hit Haiti, leaving behind a path of destruction. More than 500 people died and many more are still missing. Strong rain intensity as a consequence of the hurricanes led to large inundations in the poorest country of America. |
| Read more |
|
 |
EC Commissioner visited the Applied Remote Sensing Cluster
08 September 2008
On the occasion of the opening ceremony for the Galileo Control Center the EC Commissioner Antonio Tajani visited the Applied Remote Sensing Cluster. Commissioner Tajani and the member of the cabinet J.F. Colsman were informed about recent activities and perspectives of the Cluster AF in the field of satellite-based disaster management and traffic surveillance by means of radar imagery and optical airborne sensors. The photo shows Mr. Tajani and Prof. Wörner (CEO of DLR) inspecting the DLR book “Montagne dallo spazio” which was handed over as present.
|
| |
|
 |
07 September 2008
From Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the GeoEye-1 Satellite was launched successfully on
6-SEP-2008. In cooperation with European Space Imaging and GeoEye the DFD Ground Station at Oberpfaffenhofen recorded the tracking data of the first orbits. The 40 cm images will be available after commission phase is completed by end of October 2008.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
04 September 2008
On September 4th, the illustrated book "Globaler Wandel - Die Erde aus dem All" has been published. This book which has been recently produced by DLR presents satellite imagery of the Earth and documents the influence of mankind on the planet, reflecting effectively the fingerprints of the human race.
|
| Read more |
|
 |
30 August 2008
On 18th August, 2008 the Koshi River breached an embankment causing flooding in the Sunsari district as well as further South in the Supaul district of Bihar which is situated 7 kilometres downstream in India. It also inundated the districts of Madhepura, Araria, Purnea and Saharsa. |
| Read more |
|
 |
03 July 2008
In four month - on November 11 - the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System will be officially inaugurated in Jakarta. Therefore DLR conducted a workshop with Indonesian partners to prepare for the deployment and installation of the newly developed Tsunami Decision Support System (DSS). The workshop took place at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) in Oberpfaffenhofen for elaborating and fine-tuning the last system details and organizational issues. |
| Read more |
|
 |
30 June - 04 July 2008
The joint Indonesian-German working group met 30th June - 4th July 2008 to present and discuss results and products from risk assessment relevant for disaster management and early warning.The risk assessment products deliver specific information reflecting the different phases within the disaster management cycle. During the workshop it was recognized that the presented risk assessment products deliver an important source of information, contributing to disaster management needs at the national and local level. |
| Read more |
|
 |
08 Mai 2008
On May 2nd, 2008, tropical cyclone 'Nargis' swept over Myanmar and left behind a path of desctruction. Wind speeds of more than 200 km/h and a storm surge of up to 3 meters in height destroyed more than 90 percent of housing and large parts of infrastructure in some regions. Until today (May 9), there exist only rough estimates about the whole extent of the destruction. |
| Read more |
|
 |
29 April 2008
By invitation of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), the Mexican national commission for biodiversity research (CONABIO) and other Mexican partner organisations, about 120 scientists and governmental experts met from April 22nd to 23rd to discuss the use potential of the DLR earth observation satellite acquisition station in Mexico. |
| Read more |
|
 |
Since 5 years DLR is successfully operating the German Regional Operation Center (GEROC) in cooperation with European Space Imaging (EUSI). Since April 1, 2003 957 passes of the satellite IKONOS have been received and processed in Oberpfaffenhofen by GEROC. |
| Read more |
|
 |
27 March 2008
With “The Eye of the Sky” exhibit the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Gasometer Oberhausen GmbH are presenting in the latter’s impressive Hall 58 large format satellite images of the earth and other results of satellite earth observation. In less than one year 250,000 visitors have seen these fascinating images in what is surely one of the most unusual exhibition halls in Europe. |
| Read more |
|
 |
04 March 2008
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has begun several months of tests into the feasibility of obtaining traffic information via satellite. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X is going to monitor selected sections of motorway in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and California. The aim of this project is to develop a procedure for large-scale traffic data capture, independent of ground systems, that permits data relay to various traffic information providers. |
| Read more |
|
 |
02 January 2008
From 2-11 January 2008 the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Munich's Art Tunnel are presenting an exhibit entitled, "The Earth from Space."
From its wealth of satellite data, DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen has selected, processed and arranged for this exhibit 12 images from an aesthetic perspective. The images of Earth are the size of large advertising panels and are located in the public underpass connecting U-Bahn lines 4/5 and 3/6 at the Odeonsplatz station.
|
| Read more |
|