INPE - National Institute for Space Research

OBT - Earth Observation

Coordination

São José dos Campos - SP - Brazil

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INPE - Brief Description

National Institute For Space Research Main civilian organization for space

activities in Brazil Staff of 1,500 ( 500 Ms.C. and Ph.D.)

Areas: Space Science, Earth Observation,

Meteorology and Space Engineering

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Environmental activities at INPE

Numerical Weather Prediction Centre medium-range forecast and

climate studies LANDSAT/SPOT/RADARSAT Receiving

and Processing Station China-Brazil Earth Resources

Satellite (CBERS) Research Activities in Remote

Sensing

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Earth Observation at INPE: Mission

Specification, evaluation and use of remote sensing imagery

Research and development in Image Processing and Geographical Information Systems

Research and development in Environmental Modeling

Reception and Production of CBERS, LANDSAT and RADARSAT images

Support Brazil in understanding its territory, using space technology

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Education

Post-graduate courses in Remote Sensing

Post-graduate courses in Computer Science (Geoprocessing)

Short-term courses in Advanced Geotechnologies (SPRING)

International Course in SR and GIS

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OBT – Ongoing Projects

SPRING TerraLib GEOMA Territorial Studies of Social Inequalities SAUDAVEL: Epidemiologic Surveillance

Support System

Semantics of Space and Spatial Data (cooperative research proposal)

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OBT – Concluded Projects

GEOTEC – GEOprocessing Tools and TEChniques TerraLib

Computational Issues in Interoperability in GIS Territorial Studies of Social Inequalities

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SPRING – Image processing and GIS software

Multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris) Web: http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring (30.000

downloads)