The
CBERS satellites carry on board the transponders for the Brazilian
Environmental Data Collection System. More than 600 data collection
platforms are installed in Brazil in several applications
such as hydrological basin monitoring, weather forecast and
climate studies, ocean circulation studies, tides, chemistry
of the atmosphere, agricultural planning, among others, and
more than 100 users organizations.
National
Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Institute of the Science and Technology Ministry of Brazil
Av.
dos Astronautas,1.758 - Jd. Granja - CEP 12227-010 - Fone: 55-12-3945-6000
São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil
accesses
since Oct. 20, 2003
