TY - GEN
T1 - Recent Status of the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) and its Synergies with JPSS
AU - Kachi, Misako
AU - Murakami, Hiroshi
AU - Hori, Masahiro
AU - Honda, Yoshiaki
AU - Ebuchi, Naoto
AU - Shimoda, Haruhisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - The Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) consists of two satellite missions, GCOM-W (Water) and GCOM-C (Climate), and aims to provide comprehensive information of the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) of atmosphere, ocean, land, cryosphere and ecosystem. The GCOM-W "SHIZUKU" satellite was launched in May 2012, which carries the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2). It achieved its 5-year designed mission life in May 2017 and is currently in extended mission phase. The GCOM-W satellite is joining in the A-train orbit to provide synergies with the other A-train satellites, such as Aqua and Cloudsat. The GCOM-C "SHIKISAI" satellite was launched in December 2017, which carries the Second generation Global Imager (SGLI). SGLI data has been released to public since December 20, 2018. Both AMSR2 and SGLI data are used in operational numerical weather prediction and environmental monitoring to reduce meteorological disasters. Because of its observation capability and observation local time, both GCOM satellites have synergies with the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program and can contribute to objectives of JPSS.
AB - The Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) consists of two satellite missions, GCOM-W (Water) and GCOM-C (Climate), and aims to provide comprehensive information of the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) of atmosphere, ocean, land, cryosphere and ecosystem. The GCOM-W "SHIZUKU" satellite was launched in May 2012, which carries the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2). It achieved its 5-year designed mission life in May 2017 and is currently in extended mission phase. The GCOM-W satellite is joining in the A-train orbit to provide synergies with the other A-train satellites, such as Aqua and Cloudsat. The GCOM-C "SHIKISAI" satellite was launched in December 2017, which carries the Second generation Global Imager (SGLI). SGLI data has been released to public since December 20, 2018. Both AMSR2 and SGLI data are used in operational numerical weather prediction and environmental monitoring to reduce meteorological disasters. Because of its observation capability and observation local time, both GCOM satellites have synergies with the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program and can contribute to objectives of JPSS.
KW - AMSR
KW - GCOM
KW - SGLI
KW - climate change
KW - water cycle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077704365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898715
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898715
M3 - 会議への寄与
AN - SCOPUS:85077704365
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 5101
EP - 5104
BT - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 39th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2019
Y2 - 28 July 2019 through 2 August 2019
ER -