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| Asian Association on Remote Sensing | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asian Association on Remote Sensing |
| Formation | 1981 |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Bangkok |
| Region served | Asia and Pacific |
| Membership | National Remote Sensing Societies |
| Leader title | President |
Asian Association on Remote Sensing is a regional non-governmental association that brings together national societies, research institutes, and agencies involved in remote sensing and geospatial information across Asia. Founded in the early 1980s with links to international organizations, the association has promoted exchanges among professionals from India, China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other Asian states. It operates alongside global bodies and regional forums such as the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Group on Earth Observations, and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization.
The association traces its roots to regional initiatives catalyzed by meetings involving representatives from Indian Space Research Organisation, China National Space Administration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and the Royal Thai Survey Department during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early milestones included formal establishment with delegates from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Asian Development Bank, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and national academies such as the Indian National Science Academy and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Over successive decades the association aligned with projects involving Landsat, SPOT (satellite), Sentinel, Radarsat, and cooperative programs with the European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Canadian Space Agency.
The association's stated mission emphasizes capacity building, technology transfer, and policy advice to regional stakeholders such as the Ministry of Science and Technology (India), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), and national mapping agencies including the Survey of India and the Geological Survey of Japan. Objectives include promoting use of data from platforms like Terra (satellite), Aqua (satellite), Envisat, and Himawari for applications in disaster management with organizations such as Asian Disaster Reduction Center and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The association advocates interoperability standards consistent with bodies such as the Open Geospatial Consortium and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites.
Membership comprises national remote sensing societies and affiliated institutions including the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Chinese Society of Remote Sensing, Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Korean Society of Remote Sensing, Thai Society of Remote Sensing, and the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space. Individual members often hold positions at universities like Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, Chulalongkorn University, Universitas Indonesia, and National University of Singapore. Governance follows a council model with elected officers—president, secretary-general, treasurer—and working groups coordinated with agencies such as National Remote Sensing Centre (India), China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Programs span capacity development, technical training, and thematic networks targeting sectors with stakeholders such as the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The association runs postgraduate training linked to institutions like the Asian Institute of Technology and research collaborations with laboratories at Peking University, Kyoto University, KAIST, University of Malaya, and University of the Philippines. Thematic activities address land cover mapping used by the Food and Agriculture Organization, coastal monitoring in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, and air quality studies linked to the Asian Development Bank and World Health Organization.
The association convenes biennial conferences and regional symposia attracting delegations from European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Canadian Space Agency, Roscosmos, Australian Space Agency, and national space agencies across Asia-Pacific. Past venues have included New Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Dhaka. Workshops often collaborate with scientific unions such as the International Union for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the International Astronomical Union, and the Committee on Space Research, and with thematic programs like Global Land Cover Facility and Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring.
The association publishes conference proceedings, technical reports, and guidelines on best practices in remote sensing for institutions such as the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme. Contributions include methodological papers on processing from sensors like MODIS, ASTER, ALOS, and PALSAR, and technical notes addressing standards from the Open Geospatial Consortium and interoperability with Global Earth Observation System of Systems. Collaborative publications have been produced with journals and publishers including International Journal of Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Springer Nature, and Elsevier.
Strategic partners include regional organizations and research bodies such as the Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, and national space agencies including Indian Space Research Organisation, China National Space Administration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The association also works with NGOs and academic consortia such as World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation International, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, and research hubs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University College London, and Imperial College London on transboundary and climate applications.
Category:Remote sensing organizations