GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Statistics-Shadow Index (SI) (1-Month,250m) dataset is obtained from the SGLI sensor onboard GCOM-C and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-C is Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit satellite launched on December 23, 2017, which mounts SGLI and conducts long-term global observations of geophysical variables related to the global climate system across 28 items including aerosol and vegetation over 4 areas of atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere. The data will be used to contribute to higher accuracy of global warming prediction. The SGLI has swath of 1150 km in the visible band and 1400 km in the infrared band.This dataset includes SI: Shadow Index. SDI is the fraction of shadow generated by conformation of vegetation (areal occupation within a pixel) and is estimated with regression equation. The physical quantity unit is dimentionless. The statistics values stored to product are average (AVE), root-mean-square (RMS), maximum value (MAX), minimum value (MIN), number of input data (Ninput), number of used data (Nused), date of observation (Date), and quality flag (QA_flag).The provided format is HDF5. The spatial resolution is 250 m. The statistical period is 1 month also 8 days statistics is available. The projection method is EQA. The generation unit is Tile. The current version of the product is Version 3. The Version 2 is also available.
JP/JAXA/SAOC
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Statistics-Shadow index (SI) (1-Month,250m) 2021