Satellite remote sensing data plays an important role in Antarctic research. At the end of 2009 and at the beginning of 2010, two identical satellite reception systems from the Australian Company ES&S were established at the Great Wall station and Zhongshan station in Antarctica. These high performance dual X- and L-band systems, which track, receive and process data from the NASA Terra and Aqua satellites (with M0D1S data), NOAA and the Fengyun-1 series satellite, will be powerful tools for studying various subjects including Antarctic weather, snow cover, sea ice and ecology in the Southern Ocean. In this paper, the composition, operation,and the products of the systems are introduced, followed by a discussion of current- and future applications including the study of Antarctic katabatic winds, snow cover and albedo and atmospheric and oceanic numerical models.%卫星遥感是南极研究的重要工具.2009年底和2010年初,中国南极长城、中山站的X/L双频段卫星遥感接收系统分别建成并投入使用,此系统可接收美国NASA的Terra和Aqua卫星的MODIS数据、NOAA系列卫星以及中国风云一号卫星的数据,实现了对南极地区天气、积雪、海冰以及南大洋海洋生态等的实时监测,并将在中国多个学科领域的南极研究中发挥重要作用.在说明了此卫星遥感接收系统的组成结构、运行方式和数据产品种类后,对此系统的使用情况做了一些介绍,对将使用此系统数据开展南极下降风、南极冰雪覆盖及反照率、南极大气和海洋数值模式等各领域的研究工作进行了初步探讨.
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