The state and prospects of development of aerospace research of the Earth in the state institution “Scientific center for aerospace research of the Earth of the Institute of geological science of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”

Abstract

An analytical review of the state and trends in the development of aerospace Earth research in the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the period from 1974 to 2018 is presented. The contribution of the Institute’s scientists in this direction is shown. The fundamentals of the creation of the NAS of Ukraine in the Department of Earth Sciences at the initiative of Academician B.E. Paton of the Scientific Council on the problem of the study of natural resources by remote methods (1987) and the State Institution Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth (1992) are considered. Data on the structure of the Center are given. The contribution of the staff of the of the Center to the development of aerospace research in Ukraine is analyzed. It is shown that the prospects for the development of the Center’s scientific research are related to the creation of an unified RSE theory based on modern concepts of Earth sciences, the theory of energy-mass transfer in geosystems, advances in systems theory, and the improvement of models of physical processes that occur on the continent and the shelf. Conceptually, the strategy for the development of research in the CASRE of IGN NAS of Ukraine in the future will consist in the implementation of the main provisions of the development of world society defined by the UN decisions on sustainable, conflict-free development of mankind by providing it with food, drinking water and energy resources.