具有快速、多波段、周期性、大面积覆盖等观测能力的空间遥感技术，是全球环境变化研究中不可替代的重要手段。随着遥感技术在国际上的蓬勃发展，遥感技术在我国全球环境变化研究中也开始得到了广泛的应用。简述了遥感技术在我国土地覆盖、森林与草场、海洋调查与灾害监测方面的应用情况以及所取得的成果。这些研究为遥感技术在全球环境变化研究中的深入应用奠定了基础。

Remote sensing technology has a special capability with rapid speed, multispectral, and large and periodic coverage. It has been playing an increasingly important role in global environment change study. As a fast development of remote sensing technology in the world, it is widely used for global environment change study in China. This paper summarizes the activities and achievements of remote sensing application to investigation of land use, forest, pasture land and oceans and monitoring of disasters in China.This achievement is a base for the remote sensing further application to global environment change study in China.