DE/DLR/DFD
type: Concept
definition: 1. Overview The German Remote Sensing Data Center, Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD), is a division of Germany's Aerospace Research Establishment (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR). It is part of the DLR Ober- pfaffenhofen research center near Munich. In addition there is a DFD subsidiary in Neustrelitz, about 100 km north of Berlin. Both sites serve as a national infrastructure to support customers (data providers and users of data products) by receiving, processing, validating and analyzing satellite remote sensing data and satellite navigation data. Further topics are to promote use of these data and to help customers to set up services. 2. Data Center Contact The official contact to the German Remote Sensing Data center is: DLR Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD) Oberpfaffenhofen Postfach 1116 82230 Wessling Germany Tel. +49-8153-28-2650 Fax. +49-8153-28-1137 An alternate postal address may be used for courier service: DLR/DFD Muenchner Str. 20 82230 Wessling Germany 3. Major Tasks and Activities DFD provides data and services to national and international customers, to service providers as well as end users. The major tasks comprise: - development, operation, and management of a payload data ground segment, consisting of several ground stations for the acquisition of Earth observation data, various processors and processing facilities for the generation of high- quality standard data products, and of data and information management systems for the archival and retrieval of all acquired data and derived products, for product formatting and distribution, and for interactive online user services. As an example is cited below the German Processing and Archiving Faility (D-PAF) for ERS-1/2, working on behalf of ESA. - development and operation of ground reference stations for satellite supported navigation and tracking services. - development and utilization of new algorithms for the generation and validation of high-level dat…
in scheme: providers

GERMANY
type: Concept