Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS OCTS L3BM GAC OCP 1day dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena.This product is daily L3BM, Level 3 binned map GAC (Global Area Coverage) OCP (Ocean Color-CZCS like pigment concentration) product. Level 3 Binned map products are generated from Level 3 Binned products and classified into three subproducts: ocean color, vegetation, and sea surface temperature. GAG OCL product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrate. This product is one of the Ocean Color product stores, and these parameters are array of CZCS-like pigment concentration and palette data. The unit of geophysical quantity in this product is "mg/m-3". The provided format is HDF4 format. The image data object, 13m-data, in each binned map product is a byte-valued, 4,096 * 2,048 array of an Equal-Area Rectangular projection of the globe
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Map Ocean Color (OCP) (1-Day)
The user is entitled to use G-Portal data free of charge without any restrictions (including commercial use) except for the condition about acknowledgement of data credit as stipulated in G-portal terms of use 7.(2).Click [here](https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/index/eula?lang=en) for detailed G-Portal data usage constrains.
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY
ADEOS-I
OCTS
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EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
OCEAN CHEMISTRY
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Aerosol radiance (1month, 9km) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product includes Aerosol radiance at 865, 380 nm. They are derived from an extension of the OCTS atmospheric correction algorithm. It treated multiple scattering among the aerosol particles and gas molecules, as well as the effects of variable ozone concentration, surface pressure, surface wind speed, and water vapor amount. The atmospheric correction with iterative procedure was developed to avoid the black pixel assumption, and to consider absorptive aerosol. This product includes sum, square sum, max, min of each pixel is included. The provided format is HDF. The physical unit is mW cm^-2 um^-1 sr^-1. The spatial resolution is 9 km and the statistical period is 1 month, also 1 day and 8 days statistics is available. Map projection is EQA. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Aerosol radiance (1month,9 km)
The user is entitled to use G-Portal data free of charge without any restrictions (including commercial use) except for the condition about acknowledgement of data credit as stipulated in G-portal terms of use 7.(2).Click [here](https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/index/eula?lang=en) for detailed G-Portal data usage constrains.
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>AEROSOLS
ADEOS-II
GLI
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EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
AEROSOLS
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Oceans
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Normalized water-leaving radiance (1day,9km) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product includes Normalized water-leaving radiance at 380, 400, 412, 443, 460, 490, 520, 545, 565, 625, 666, 680, 710 nm. They are derived from an extension of the OCTS atmospheric correction algorithm. It treated multiple scattering among the aerosol particles and gas molecules, as well as the effects of variable ozone concentration, surface pressure, surface wind speed, and water vapor amount. The atmospheric correction with iterative procedure was developed to avoid the black pixel assumption, and to consider absorptive aerosol. This product includes sum, square sum, max, min of each pixel is included.The provided format is HDF. The physical unit is mW cm^-2 um^-1 sr^-1. The spatial resolution is 9km and the statistical period is 1 day, also 8 days and 1month statistics are available. The projection method is EQA. The generation unit is Global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Normalized water-leaving radiance (1day,9 km)
The user is entitled to use G-Portal data free of charge without any restrictions (including commercial use) except for the condition about acknowledgement of data credit as stipulated in G-portal terms of use 7.(2).Click [here](https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/index/eula?lang=en) for detailed G-Portal data usage constrains.
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS
ADEOS-II
GLI
No constraints but users need to be registered with [the G-portal User Registration system](https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/user/regist1?lang=en) to download files.
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
OCEAN OPTICS
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS OCTS L3BM GAC SST 1year dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena.This product is annually L3BM, Level 3 Binned map GAC (Global Area Coverage) SST (sea surface temperature). Level 3 Binned map products are generated from Level 3 Binned products and classified into three subproducts: ocean color, vegetation, and sea surface temperature. GAG SST product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrated. These parameters are array of sea surface temperature and palette data.The provided format is HDF4 format. The image data object, 13m-data, in each binned map product is a byte-valued, 4,096 * 2,048 array of an Equal-Area Rectangular projection of the globe. The unit of geophysical quantity in this product is "Kelvin".
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Map Sea Surface Temperature (1-Year)
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE
ADEOS-I
OCTS
OCEANS
OCEAN TEMPERATURE

ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by emission method (16days,1/4deg) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product is cloud optical thickness of ice cloud which is retrieved from multi-channel radiance (channel 30, 35, 36) applying emission method. This product is the representative values, which are estimated from level 3 binned products and projected onto map. The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is none. The spatial resolution is 25 km and the statistical period is 16 days, also 1month statistics is available. Map projection is EQR. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by emission method (16days,1/4deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS
ADEOS-II
GLI
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS

ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by reflection method (1month,1/4deg) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product is cloud optical thickness of ice cloud applying emission method. Undesirable radiation components such as ground-reflected solar radiation and thermal radiation are guessed from satellite-received radiances in channels 13 or 19 (678 or 865 nm), 30 (3.715 Î¼m) and 35 (10.8 Î¼m) of GLI and subtracted from radiances in channels 13 and 30 to derive the reflected solar radiation of a cloud layer which includes information about cloud microphysical properties. This method can be applied to a broad range of water clouds from semi-transparent to thick clouds. This product is the representative values, which are estimated from level 3 binned products and projected onto map. The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is none. The spatial resolution is 1/4 degree and the statistical period is 1 month, also 16 days statistics is available. Map projection is EQR. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by reflection method (1month,1/4deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS

ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by reflection method (16days,1/4deg) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product is cloud optical thickness of ice cloud applying emission method. Undesirable radiation components such as ground-reflected solar radiation and thermal radiation are guessed from satellite-received radiances in channels 13 or 19 (678 or 865 nm), 30 (3.715 Î¼m) and 35 (10.8 Î¼m) of GLI and subtracted from radiances in channels 13 and 30 to derive the reflected solar radiation of a cloud layer which includes information about cloud microphysical properties. This method can be applied to a broad range of water clouds from semi-transparent to thick clouds. This product is the representative values, which are estimated from level 3 binned products and projected onto map. The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is none. The spatial resolution is 1/4 deg and the statistical period is 16 days, also 1month statistics is available. Map projection is EQR. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by reflection method (16days,1/4deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS
CLOUDS

Oceans
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Absorption of colored dissolved organic matter (8days,9km) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km. This product includes CDOM absorption at 440nm. The physical unit is 1/m. This product is the representative values, which are estimated from level 3 binned products and projected onto map. The provided format is HDF. The spatial resolution is 9 km. The statistical period is 8 days, also 1 day and 1month statistics are available. Map projection is EQR. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Absorption of colored dissolved organic matter (8days,9km)
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS
OCEAN CHEMISTRY
OCEAN OPTICS

ADEOS OCTS L3B GAC OC 1week dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena. This product is weely L3B, Level 3 binned GAC (Global Area Coverage) Ocean Color (OC) product (temporarily and spatially sampled) from level 2 data. GAG OC product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrated. Ocean color product stores Bin data, Normalized water-leaving radiance at 412nm, 443nm, 490nm, 520nm, 565nm, Aerosol radiance at 670nm, 765nm, 865nm, epsilon(670 : 865), and tau-a at 865nm.CZCS-like pigment, chlor_a, K_490, and chlor_a_K_490 data. These parameters are sum of natural logs of binned pixel values for corresponding and squares of natural logs of binned pixel values for corresponding each parameter.Normalized water-leaving radiance, Aerosol radiance, epsilon, and tau-a at 865nm data are stored in one subordinate file. The physical quantity unit except epsilon and tau_865 is âmW/cm-2/mm-1/sr-1â. CZCS_pigment is CZCS-like pigment concentration data. The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-3". Chlor_a data is Chlorophyll a concentration data. The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-3". K_490 data is diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm. The physical quantity unit is "m-1". Chlor_a_K_490 is integral chlorophyll, calculated using the Level 2 values chlorophyll a divided by K(490). The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-2".The provided format is HDF4 format.
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Ocean Color (1-Week)
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY
ADEOS-I
OCTS
OCEAN CHEMISTRY

ADEOS OCTS L3BM GAC OCL 1month dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena.This product is monthly L3BM, Level 3 binned map GAC (Global Area Coverage) OCL (Ocean Color) product includes Normalized water radiance at 412nm,443nm,490nm,520nm, and 565nm (nLw) and aerosol radiance at 670nm,765nm and 865nm. Level 3 Binned map products are generated from Level 3 Binned products and classified into three subproducts: ocean color, vegetation, and sea surface temperature. GAG OCL product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrate. This product is one of the Ocean Color product stores, and these parameters are array of normalized water-leaving radiance and aerosol radiance and palette data. The unit of geophysical quantity is "mW/cm-2/mm-1/sr-1". The provided format is HDF4 format. The image data object, 13m-data, in each binned map product is a byte-valued, 4,096 * 2,048 array of an Equal-Area Rectangular projection of the globe.
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Map Ocean Color (OCL) (1-Month)
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS
OCEAN OPTICS