Status of validation of AMSR2 on board the GCOM-W1 satellite

Author

Kachi, Misako ; Hori, Masahiro ; Maeda, Takashi ; Imaoka, Keiji

Author_Institution

Earth Obs. Res. Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

113

Abstract

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) on board the Global Change Observation Mission - Water (GCOM-W or “SHIZUKU”) was launched on May 18, 2012 (JST), and continuous its observation from the ATrain orbit more than one year successfully. Validation results of AMSR2 standard products satisfied required release accuracy, and JAXA has released AMSR2 geophysical parameters to public though the GCOM-W1 Data Providing Service System (https://gcom-w1.jaxa.jp) since May 17, 2013. Definition of AMSR2 research products are currently discussed under the AMSR2 Science Team and some candidate algorithms are being processed and tested for operation utilization in some user agencies.

Keywords

artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; radiometers; A-Train orbit observation; AD 2012 05 18; AD 2013 05 17; AMSR2 Science Team; AMSR2 geophysical parameter; AMSR2 research product definition; AMSR2 standard product validation; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2; GCOM-W; GCOM-W1 Data Providing Service System; GCOM-W1 satellite; Global Change Observation Mission-Water; JAXA; SHIZUKU; candidate algorithm; user agency operation utilization; Accuracy; Ocean temperature; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Sea surface; Standards; Wind speed; geophysical parameters; passive microwave; water cycle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946368

Filename

6946368