Annual plan of implementation of INPE Institutional Infrastructure for research of the technical reserve funds

• Grant number: 18/23740-3
• Support type: Research Grants - Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure
• Duration: February 01, 2019 - March 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Principal researcher: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
• Grantee: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
• Home Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The annual plan of implementation of the portion of the technical reserve for Institutional Infrastructure costs for research of INPE provides for the acquisition of a ground station for Environmental/Meteorological Satellites, and sanitizing of books in the library, with the following areas of the INPE: CPTEC, CEA, CST, OBT, and SID.1) Center for weather forecast and Climatic Studies (CPTEC).2) overall coordination of Space and Atmospheric Sciences (CEA).3) Earth System Science Center (CST).4) overall coordination of Earth observations (OBT).5) Integration and test laboratory (LIT).6) information and documentation service (SID).Your detailed request is divided into 3 (three) Subprojects:1-acquisition of L-band ground station for the reception, recording and processing of signals and data from Environmental/Meteorological satellites Image, series Geostationary GOES-R/S.2-upgrade and optimization of antenna testing facilities of LIT/INPE.3-cleaning of 50,000 books, in compliance with the request of the SID/INPE (AU)