CBERS Satellite
China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite
The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) is a joint project between Brazil and China. CBERS-1 was launched in October of 1999 and CBERS-2 in October of 2003. These satellites have three cameras: Wide Field Imager (WFI), High resolution CCD Camera and the Infrared Multispectral Scanner (IRMSS). WFI has a ground swath of 900 km in the soil, which provides a synoptic view with spatial resolution of 260m. The Earth surface is completely covered in about 5 days. The CCD camera provides images of a 113 km wide strip with 20m spatial resolution and The IRMSS operates in 4 spectral bands, thus extending the CBERS spectral coverage up to the thermal infrared range. It images a 120 km swath with the resolution of 80m (160m in the thermal channel). In 26 days one obtains a complete Earth coverage that can be correlated with the images of the CCD camera.
Users can have access to the CBERS-2 Images Catalog at:
http://www.obt.inpe.br/catalogo/
(change to English at the top of the page)
CBERS Image Request in CD-ROM
The CBERS image requests in CD-ROM are processed and generated by the Image Generation Division (DGI) of the INPE Earth Observation Coordination, in Cachoeira Paulista, SP.
Follow the CBERS image specification procedures to request your CD-ROM, as well as your registration data and delivery address in the CBERS Image Request page.
Important Documents
Complementary Protocol for CBERS Application System
Analysis of radiometric properties of CBERS-2 instruments
Policy of CBERS data distribution
Proposal of Standard CBERS Products
Analysis of geometric properties of CBERS-2 instruments
