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Remote Sensing Informatics Lab (Cooperative Program, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA))
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A cooperative lab that studies systems for monitoring the Earth's environment using satellite observation data.
AboutAbout the lab
Watching changes on Earth through the eyes of satellites.
The Remote Sensing Informatics Lab studies system technologies for observing the Earth in detail over wide areas.
Based on the large volumes of data sent back by Earth observation satellites, the lab conducts research and development on building and operating systems that monitor the Earth's environment.
The lab is a cooperative program with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in which JAXA researchers serve as visiting faculty at Hokkaido University and supervise graduate students.
Research takes place in Building L of the Faculty of Engineering on the Sapporo Campus, and in autumn the lab offers the graduate course "Advanced Remote Sensing Informatics" as an intensive course.
Key terms
- Remote sensing
- Technology that measures conditions on the land surface and in the atmosphere from a distance, using sensors on satellites or aircraft
- Earth observation satellite
- A satellite that observes the Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere from space, used to study weather, vegetation, ground movement, and more
- Crustal deformation
- Movement in which the ground rises, sinks, or shifts because of earthquakes, volcanic activity, and other causes
ResearchResearch themes
Data from satellite sensors are widely used for weather observation, monitoring of global warming, monitoring of crustal deformation and volcanic activity, monitoring of vegetation and crop growth, and tracking changes in land use. This lab studies sensing system technologies, typified by Earth observation satellites, and systems for monitoring the global environment based on observation data.
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MembersFaculty
The Remote Sensing Informatics Lab consists of faculty (Visiting Professors and Visiting Associate Professors) and students in the doctoral and master's programs.As of 2025
- Visiting ProfessorTakeo Tadono
- Visiting Associate ProfessorHiroshi Murakami
- Visiting Associate ProfessorKei Shiomi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Satellite image of Hokkaido, Japan in January 2003” NASA's Visible Earth / Public domain (cropped)
- Earth observation and environmental monitoring by satellite: “Hokkaido oli 2019270 lrg” National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Public domain (cropped)
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