JAXA Earth Observation Programs Digest

Author

Shimada, Masanobu

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

52

Abstract

This paper digests the current and the near future scenario of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Observation Program (EOP). JAXA´s EOP has over thirty years history and experiences since the mid of 1980s. Medium to large scale EO satellites with various optical and radar sensors, i.e., MOS-1/1b, JERS-1, ADEOS, ADEOS-II, ALOS, GOSAT, and GCOM-W1, were developed. ALOS-2 was launched on May 24, 2014 as the successor of the ALOS for the high resolution land monitoring in all weather conditions. Aqua/AMSR-E and TRMM/PR were onboard the NASA satellites as the international joint mission instruments. Airborne SAR systems were developed for further investigations and R&D of the SAR data. Their mission objectives fully synchronize with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) [1].

Keywords

artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; AD 2014 05 24; ALOS-2 satellite; Aqua-AMSR-E; EO satellites; JAXA Earth Observation Programs Digest; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; NASA satellites; SAR data; TRMM-PR; airborne SAR systems; high resolution land monitoring; optical sensors; radar sensors; weather conditions; Japan; L-band; Lasar radar; Optical sensors; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Sea measurements; Space research; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2168-6831

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MGRS.2014.2318308

Filename

6841796