An advanced airborne Earth observation system. Sensor development and application

An advanced airborne Earth observing system (AEOS) is being developed by the Expert Group for Information Acquisition and Processing Technology (863-308) of Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China. AEOS consists of three sub-systems: an information acquisition system, an information processing system and an information application system. This paper introduces the L-band SAR, the 128-channel imaging spectrometer, the 3-D information imaging system, the CCD digital camera system and the preliminary application results.