Land Observation Satellite Monitoring Tropical Cyclone "Gina"PublishDate:2022-07-25

  The South Pacific Tropical Cyclone "GINA" (GINA) was located in the South Pacific Ocean on May 20, 2022 and moved towards Port Vila, Vanuatu, threatening the lives and properties of local residents.

  The China Resources Satellite Application Center, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, actively practices public welfare services, and immediately starts the emergency response mechanism for natural disasters. During the epidemic, the Gaofen-1 satellite, Gaofen-6 satellite, Gaofen-1 02 satellite, Gaofen-1 03 satellite, Gaofen-1 04 satellite, Resource-1 02D satellite, Environmental disaster mitigation 2A satellite, Eight satellites, including the Environmental Disaster Mitigation 2B satellite, observed the disaster area.

  As of May 25, 2022, satellite imaging has been arranged for 14 times, and 87 scenes of effective data in the disaster area have been obtained, which will be provided to the Second Oceanographic Research Institute of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Secretariat for Environmental Monitoring of Pacific Island Countries (SPREP) as soon as possible for tropical cyclone monitoring. and post-disaster assessment to provide strong support.


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