Aug 4, 2007

Pearl River Delta

Pearl River Delta Environmental survey

Aug 3, 2007

Oil Spill

Monitor oil spill by ENVISAT ASAR image

Jul 20, 2007

Anhui Province satellite image

ENVISAT ASAR image on July 20 showing part of Anhui Province's flooding situation

Jul 10, 2007

Shanghai and SuZhou satellite image

ENVISAT ASAR image on June 28 2007 showed the area of Shanghai, SuZhou and TaiHu, etc¡K

Nov 26, 2006



On 20 November, 2006, gorund station received a satellite image about Nan Hai's internal wave. From the image, we can notice the accurate location. The location is around Dong Sha Island, where is about 300 kilometers distant from Hong Kong.

Nov 24, 2006

Hillfire in Tai Lam

[Mingpao News] The biggest ever hillfire in the last decade in Hong Kong has blazed large area of forest in Tai Lam Country Park. Satellite images captured by the Yuen Yuen Research Centre for Satellite Remote Sensing of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in collaboration with Taiwan University indicate that this recent hillfire has destroyed almost 740 hectares of tree.

Nov 21, 2006

Dongting Lake

[Mingpao News] Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake, is drying up rapidly due to impact of durative drought in the past a few months. From July to October in this year, four satellite images over Dongting Lake were received by the CUHK Satellite Remote Sensing Receiving Station. By comparing images of July and October, we can see clearly the large-area drying up in Dongting Lake region.

Mar 17, 2006

Nobelist visit

Nobelist Yang Chen Ning visit JLGIS

Nov 28, 2005

Astonant visit

"Shenzhou 6 capsule" two astronants, Nie Haisheng and Fei Junlong, visited JLGIS.


Oct 5, 2005

Open Ceremony

Inauguration of the First Phase of the Satellite Remote Sensing Receiving Station and the Institute of the Space and Earth Information Science of The Chinese University of Hong Kong