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	Mar, 2021
	GOSAT TANSO-CAI observed 12-year air pollution fluctuations in China The aerosols around Beijing have been increasing and decreasing over the last 12 years.
	Mar, 2021
	GOSAT-2/TANSO-CAI-2 observed reducing air pollution in northern India. Aerosols decreased and air pollution in this area improved in March 2020.
	Oct, 2020
	1st Atmospheric composition measurement by satellite and passenger aircraft On October 26th and 27th, 2020, JAXA's spectrometers were installed in the passenger cabin on ANA's Haneda-Fukuoka flights to observe atmospheric composition over major Japanese megacities.
	Jul, 2020
	The forest fires in Australia from 2019 to 2020 The forest fires have occurred in Australia from September 2019 to February 2020.
	Feb, 2020
	Bicolor Rivers of Amazon The two colors of the Amazon River basin were observed by GOSAT.
	Mar, 2019
	Forest fires of Tasmania Island The forest fires occurred in Tasmania Island south of Australia.
	Jan, 2019
	Karman Cloud Vortices TANSO-CAI observed Karman cloud vortices around Guadalupe Island in Mexico, Jeju Island, and Yakushima Island.
	September, 2018
	Fuego volcano in Guatemala Eruption On June 3, 2018, the Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupted.
	March, 2018
	The ship tracks over the Atlantic Ocean GOSAT/TANSO-CAI observed the ship tracks over the Atlantic Ocean on January 16, 2018.
	March, 2018
	Huge polynya of the Antarctic Ocean formed for the first time in 40 years A huge polynya has suddenly formed in the Antarctic Ocean covered with sea ice in middle of September 2017.
	March, 2018
	Eruption of Mt. Bezymianny on the Kamchatka Peninsula Mt. Bezymianny in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on December 20, 2017.
	December, 2017
	Dust formed by Saddlebag Glacier The dust is blown from the Saddlebag Glacier located in the southwestern Alaska every late autumn.
	October, 2017
	Eruption of Mount Shinmoedake volcano Mt. Shinmoedake located at the prefectural border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki has erupted since October 11, 2017.
	October, 2017
	Wildfire and air pollution in Oregon In 2017, wildfires have occurred frequently since July and continued in Oregon, USA.
	January, 2017
	Area variation of Lake Tonlé Sap (Cambodia) Lake Tonlé Sap is a fresh water lake in Cambodia. During rainy season (from May to October), the water area of the lake expands to more than 3 times as large as area in dry season (from November to April).
	December, 2016
	Controlled Burn and Air Pollution in India The Indian government took emergency action to close schools and halt building construction in New Delhi due to air pollution on November 6, 2016.
	September, 2016
	Lake Urmia (Iran) reddening and shrinking Lake Urmia, which is a salt lake of Iran turns red color in dry season. As shown in Fig. 1, the lake color was blue in TANSO-CAI observation image on April 24, 2016.
	July, 2016
	Wildfire in California In California, the wildfire occurred in Santa Barbara on June 16, 2016 and Angeles National Forest on June 20, 2016.
	May, 2016
	Forest fire in Fort McMurray, Canada A big wildfire occurred in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on May 15, 2016.
	December, 2015
	Rinjani volcano (Indonesia) eruption Rinjani volcano on Lombok Island, Indonesia erupted on November 4, 2015. The images of GOSAT/TANSO-CAI were taken on November 4, 2015.
	October, 2015
	Smoke hazard by large-scale wildfires in Indonesia Ibuki observed the drifting smokes by large-scale wildfires occurred inSumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia.
	May, 2015
	A volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture eruption GOSAT observed volcanic smoke erupted from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture at 13:25 on May 29, 2015.
	April, 2015
	Mt. Calbuco eruption Mt. Calbuco (2,015 m elevation) erupted on April 22, 2015, after aninterval of 54 years.
	November, 2014
	Mt. Aso eruption Mt.Aso, Nakadake(1,506 m elevation), which is located in Kumamoto prefectures, erupted at 1:11 am on November 25, 2014.
	September, 2014
	Mt. Onatake eruption Mt. Ontake (3,067 m elevation), which is located on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures, erupted with pyroclastic flows at 2:52 am on September 27, 2014.
	August, 2014
	OCO-2 spacecraft observed "First Light" over Papua New Guinea. On August 6th, NASA's OCO-2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2) spacecraft observed "First Light" over Papua New Guinea.
	May, 2014
	Flood in Balkan On 13 May, 2014, the extra-tropical cyclone designated "Tamara" formed over the Adriatic Sea.
	May, 2014
	Sakurajima volcano Sakurajima volcano erupted explosively from Showa crater (～ 800m elevation) at 1:07 am on May 10, 2014. The volcanic plume rose up to about 4500 m height.
	february, 2014
	Mt. Kelud eruption in Java Island Mt. Kelud in Java Island erupted on February 13, 2014. A large amount of volcanic ash emitted to the atmosphere and forced the airport to shut down in Eastern Java Island.
	November, 2013
	Pine glacier in Antarctica A big iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier and begun to drift to the Antarctic Ocean on November, 2013.
	November, 2013
	Hyblid eclipse Hybrid eclipse occurred from the Pacific Ocean to Africa on November 3, 2013.
	November, 2013
	Typhoon "Haiyan" Typhoon "Haiyan" (typhoon No. 30) occurred on November 4, 2013 and developed rapidly as it moved to westward on the Pacific Ocean.
	October, 2013
	Typhoon "Wipha" "Francisco" Typhoon "Wipha" (typhoon No. 26) occurred near the Mariana Islands on October 11, 2013 and moved to northwest direction as increasing the intensity.
	August, 2013
	The big forest fire near Yosemite National Park A forest fire occurred near Yosemite National Park in California on August 17, 2013.
	August, 2013
	Sakurajima volcano eruption Sakurajima volcano erupted explosively from Showa crater (~ 800 m elevation) at 4:31 pm on August 18, 2013.
	May, 2013
	Cyclone "Mahasen" in Bangladesh Cyclone "Mahasen" moved in a northeast direction in eastern of Indian Ocean. The cyclone landed on the southwestern of Bangladesh on May 16, 2013 and caused flood damage on the coast.
	December, 2011
	Flood in Thailand From July to December 2011, the big flood occurred in Thailand. It would appear that the water-covered area in Chao-playa River looks blue in center of these images.