Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Cloud Top Temperature 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 Cloud Top Temperature of ice cloud is which is retrieved from multi-channel radiance (channel 30, 35, 36) applying emission method. This product includes sum, square sum, max, min of each pixel is included. The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is Kelvin. The spatial resolution is 1/4 degree 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 Binned Cloud Top Temperature of ice cloud by emission method (16days,1/4deg)
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EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS
ADEOS-II
GLI
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EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Imagery Base Maps Earth Cover
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 36.5GHz-H Mean for Brightness Temperature (1month,0.25deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.Level 3 data inputs level 1B and level 2 data and projected to the map in accordance with the specified projection technique (Equi-Rectangular (EQR) or Polar Stereographic (PS)), and then averaged temporally and spatially. These statistical values are computed for observation data on ascending orbit and descending orbit respectively.This product includes monthly mean Brightness Temperature at 36.5GHz horizontal polarized wave. Values that are calculated from sensor counts and are proportional to the power of observed electromagnetic wave. Unit is Kelvin.The provided format is HDF4. The current version of the product is "Version 7". The statistical period is 1 month.The projection method is EQR and PS. The generation unit is global.
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 36.5GHz-H Mean for Brightness Temperature (1month,0.25deg)
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EARTH SCIENCE>SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>MICROWAVE
ADEOS-II
AMSR
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EARTH SCIENCE
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
MICROWAVE
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Environment
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Snow grain size retrieved with 1640nm band (1month,1/12deg) 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. Snow grain size retrieved with 1640nm is using GLI channel 28 (1.64 Î¼m) independently to retrieve snow grain size at very top surface. Level 2 snowimpurities, grain size and surface temperature product (SNGI_p) is used as input data. The physical quantity is micro meter. 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 1/12 degree and the statistical period is 1 month, also 16 days statistics is available. Map projection is EQR and PS. The generation unit is Global, North and South Hemisphere. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Snow grain size retrieved with 1640nm band (1month,1/12deg)
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EARTH SCIENCE>CRYOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE>SNOW/ICE
ADEOS-II
GLI
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EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
JAPAN
JP/JAXA/SAOC

Imagery Base Maps Earth Cover
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 52.8GHz-V Mean for Brightness Temperature (1month,0.25deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.Level 3 data inputs level 1B and level 2 data and projected to the map in accordance with the specified projection technique (Equi-Rectangular (EQR) or Polar Stereographic (PS)), and then averaged temporally and spatially. These statistical values are computed for observation data on ascending orbit and descending orbit respectively.This product includes monthly mean Brightness Temperature at 52.8GHz vertical polarized wave. Values that are calculated from sensor counts and are proportional to the power of observed electromagnetic wave. Unit is Kelvin.The provided format is HDF4. The current version of the product is "Version 7". The statistical period is 1 month.The projection method is EQR and PS. The generation unit is global.
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 52.8GHz-V Mean for Brightness Temperature (1month,0.25deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>MICROWAVE
AMSR
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
MICROWAVE

Imagery Base Maps Earth Cover
ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Soil Moisture dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.Level 2 product stores the Geophysical quantity from the brightness temperature of level 1 product. This product includes Soil Moisture (SM). In general, at a smooth interface between two semi-infinite media, the emissivity is equal to one minus the Fresnel power reflectivity, which is calculated by using dielectric constant of the media and incident angle. Among the water surface emissivity at AMSR observing frequencies, 6.9; l0.6, 18.7, 36.5 and 89 GHz, the emissivity is larger at the higher frequency than at the lower one for both polarizations. The index, the discrepancy between the brightness temperatures at two frequencies divided by one at lower frequency, can be used as an index for surface wetness. The physical quantity unit is %.The provided format is HDF4. Spatial resolution is 10 km. The current version of the product is "Version 7". The generation unit is scene (defined as a half orbit).
ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Soil Moisture
EARTH SCIENCE>LAND SURFACE
EARTH SCIENCE>AGRICULTURE>SOILS
AMSR
LAND SURFACE
SOILS

Geoscientific Information
ADEOS-II/GLI L1A Visible and near infrared (1km) 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 GLI-1km's uncorrected VNIR (visible and near infrared, ch 01-19, 380- 895 nm) data with missing frames filled with dummy data. Radiometric and geometric correction coefficients, missing data flag, and piecewise linear flag are attached. The dataset resolution is 1 km. SWIR data is normally acquired during daytime. The provided format is HDF. Image data are grouped in bands. All pixel data of a band are arranged in lines forming a contiguous image scene. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L1A Visible and near infrared (1km)
EARTH SCIENCE>SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
EARTH SCIENCE>SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS
GLI
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS

Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by emission 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 which is retrieved from multi-channel radiance (channel 30, 35, 36) applying emission method. This product includes sum, square sum, max, min of each pixel is included.The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is none. The spatial resolution is 1/4 degree and the statistical period are 1month, 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 Binned Cloud Optical Thickness of ice cloud by emission method (1month,1/4deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>CLOUDS
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS

Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 Water Vapor (1day,0.25deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.Level 3 data inputs level 1B and level 2 data and projected to the map in accordance with the specified projection technique (Equi-Rectangular (EQR) or Polar Stereographic (PS)), and then averaged temporally and spatially. These statistical values are computed for observation data on ascending orbit and descending orbit respectively.This product includes daily mean Water Vapor (WV). PWI (water vapor index) is converted to total water vapor content (PWA, kg/m^2) using a look-up table, which is designed as the provability of PWA with AMSR retrievals is equivalent to that of PWA with radiosonde. The physical quantity unit is kg/m^2.The provided format is HDF4. The current version of the product is "Version 7". The statistical period is 1 day.The projection method is EQR. The generation unit is global.
ADEOS-II/AMSR L3 Water Vapor (1day,0.25deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR

Environment
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Snow impurities (1month,1/12deg) 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 snow impurities. Snow impurities applies lookup tables have been constructed by using atmospheric optical properties obtained from MODTRAN in conjunction with the DISORT radiative transfer code. The bi-directional reflectance of snow is taken into account. In the lookup tables the radiances that would be measured by the satellite instrument are simulated as a function of snow grain size and mass fraction of soot mixed in the snow. The snow grain size and mass fraction of soot are obtained by requiring the simulated radiances to be consistent with the measured ones in both GLI channel 5 and 19. Level 2 snow impurities, grain size and surface temperature product (SNGI_p) is used as input data. The physical quantity is ppmw. 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 1/12 degree and the statistical period is 1 month, also 16 days statistics is available. Map projection is EQR and PS. The generation unit is Global, North and South Hemisphere. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Snow impurities (1month,1/12deg)
EARTH SCIENCE>TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>CRYOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE>TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE>SNOW/ICE
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE

Oceans
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 STA Map Bulk Sea surface temperature (all data averaged) (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 Sea surface temperature (all data averaged) which applied the cloud detection and the atmospheric correction. The former is the process to find clear, or no cloud-contaminated, pixels in the image. The combination of the threshold tests is used to detect clouds. The latter is needed to obtain SST of clear pixels from the brightness temperatures observed by GLI. 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 is Kelvin. The spatial resolution is 9 km. The statistical period is 1month, also 1 day and 8 days 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 Bulk Sea surface temperature (all data averaged) (1month,9km)
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS
EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>OCEAN TEMPERATURE
OCEANS
OCEAN TEMPERATURE