Observing Water on the Earth from Space
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) Series

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News
Oct. 28, 2022
GCOM-W1/AMSR2 PRC Product Version 3 Released.

JAXA has started to provide version 3 products of precipitation (PRC) of GCOM-W1/AMSR2 on Oct. 25th, 2022.
Please refer to the Release Note of the Product information/operation for the details of algorithm improvements.

News
Sep. 20, 2022
Aqua/AMSR-E and GCOM-W1/AMSR2 Land Research Products are newly released.

The following land research products are now available.

Snow Depth (SND): AMSR2 ver 1.0, AMSR-E ver 1.0
Soil Moisture Content (SMC): AMSR2 ver 1.0, AMSR-E ver 1.0
Land Surface Temperature (LST): AMSR-E ver 1.0 (AMSR2 LST produts are already available)

For details of each product, please refer to the overview of each product in the AMSR Data Catalog.

News
Jul. 28, 2022
GCOM-W1/AMSR2 Version 4.410.410 products of SST Released.

JAXA has started to provide version 4.410.410 products of sea surface temperature (SST) of GCOM-W1/AMSR2 on Jul. 27th, 2022. Please refer to the Release Note of the Product information/operation for the details of algorithm improvements.

The Precipitation (PRC) Ver.3, which was scheduled to be provided on the same day, has been postponed. We will notify you when PRC Ver.3 is provided.

We apologize for any inconvenience

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Monitoring

  • AMSR Earth Environment Viewer

    This site provides global observation images and data by Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) series on board GCOM-W etc. Available in near-real-time, visualization and download with user customize.

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  • JASMES Greenland Monitor

    This site provides data on ice sheet in Greenland observed by GCOM-C etc.

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  • Sea Ice Extent Trends

    This site provides the change of sea ice extent from 1978 to present.

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  • Tropical Cyclone Monitoring

    This site provides observation data of typhoon by GCOM-W and GPM Core Observatory.

  • JAXA GLOBAL RAINFALL WATCH (GSMaP)

    This site provides global rainfall status observed by using GPM Core Observatory etc. It shows you global rainfall status from March 2000 to 4 hours ago from now.

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  • EL Niño Watch

    This site is to monitor El Nino occurrence by using sea surface temperature data observed by GCOM-W.

  • Tropical Cyclone Database

    This site provides tropical cyclone data observed by GCOM-W, GPM Core Observatory, TRMM satellite and so on.

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  • JASMES for Water Cycle

    This site provides the images on global water cycle observed by GCOM-W etc.

  • GHRSST Server

    This site provides near-real-time data Sea Surface Temperature (SST) with high resolution images.

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  • GCOM-W Validation Web

    A validation real-time monitor system. "GCOM-W Validation Web"

  • Observation Area of AMSR2

    This site is to search for GCOM-W and ALOS-2 observation data.

  • Sea Ice Distribution in the Sea of Okhotsk

    This site provides sea-ice distribution images in the sea of Okhotsk observed by GCOM-W and GCOM-C.

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  • About AMSR

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  • Quick Guide to AMSR

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  • AMSR Utilization

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  • Enjoy AMSR!

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  • About MW Remote Sensing

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  • AMSR in the World

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  • Retrieval Algorithm

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  • Calibration & Validation

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  • Reading Materials

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  • Publication List

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  • Science Plan

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Resources

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