AUTOMATED FORMOSAT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR RAPID RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS

FORMOSAT-2, Taiwan’s first remote sensing satellite, was successfully launched in May of 2004 into the Sun-synchronous orbit at 891 kilometers of altitude. With the daily revisit feature, the 2-m panchromatic, 8-m multi-spectral resolution images captured have been used for researches and operations...

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Published inInternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. Vol. XLI-B4; pp. 755 - 762
Main Authors Cheng, M. C., Chou, S. C., Chen, Y. C., Chen, B., Liu, C., Yu, S. J.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 14.06.2016
Copernicus Publications
Subjects
Automation
Colleges & universities
Data
Delivery scheduling
Disasters
Downloading
Earthquakes
Educational institutions
Emergency procedures
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Ground stations
Image acquisition
Image processing
Mission planning
Organizations
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellite navigation systems
Satellites
Seismic activity
Spectral resolution
Sun-synchronous orbits
Task scheduling
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Summary:FORMOSAT-2, Taiwan’s first remote sensing satellite, was successfully launched in May of 2004 into the Sun-synchronous orbit at 891 kilometers of altitude. With the daily revisit feature, the 2-m panchromatic, 8-m multi-spectral resolution images captured have been used for researches and operations in various societal benefit areas. This paper details the orchestration of various tasks conducted in different institutions in Taiwan in the efforts responding to international disasters. The institutes involved including its space agency-National Space Organization (NSPO), Center for Satellite Remote Sensing Research of National Central University, GIS Center of Feng-Chia University, and the National Center for High-performance Computing. Since each institution has its own mandate, the coordinated tasks ranged from receiving emergency observation requests, scheduling and tasking of satellite operation, downlink to ground stations, images processing including data injection, ortho-rectification, to delivery of image products. With the lessons learned from working with international partners, the FORMOSAT Image Processing System has been extensively automated and streamlined with a goal to shorten the time between request and delivery in an efficient manner. The integrated team has developed an Application Interface to its system platform that provides functions of search in archive catalogue, request of data services, mission planning, inquiry of services status, and image download. This automated system enables timely image acquisition and substantially increases the value of data product. Example outcome of these efforts in recent response to support Sentinel Asia in Nepal Earthquake is demonstrated herein.
ISSN:2194-9034
1682-1750
2194-9034
DOI:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B4-755-2016