What's New

• Jul. 01, 2024
  Home Page

  NEXRA (NICAM-LETKF JAXA Research Analysis) has been upgraded.

  In addition to improved accuracy compared to the previous version, it is now possible to display the vertically integrated cloud ice and cloud water amount in the atmosphere.
  

  NEXRA (NICAM-LETKF JAXA Research Analysis)
• May. 27, 2024
  News

  GPM 10th Anniversary Symposium "Unraveling precipitation from satellites"

  On 19th Jul. 2024 (Fri), JAXA, NICT and NASA will hold the GPM 10th Anniversary Symposium "Unraveling precipitation from satellites" at Tokyo, Japan + Online Streaming.
  

  Please see the GPM 10th Anniversary Symposium homepage.
• Apr. 19, 2024
  Topic

  [Quick Report] Monitoring extreme heavy rainfall in UAE by Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP)

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) experienced record rainfall on April 16, 2024. In the country where the majority of the land is desert, the precipitation levels were reported to be more than twice the annual average, resulting in flood damage in many regions.
  JAXA is monitoring the precipitation from space through the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP). The present report is an analysis of precipitation in the UAE.
• Mar. 5, 2024
  Product

  The JAXA resumed the GPM/DPR Standard products

  The JAXA resumed the GPM/DPR Standard products(L1B are V07B, other products are V07C) at 05:00(UT) March 5, 2024.
  

  The detail information from here

  Please refer to the following web page for details such as algorithm improvements, file format and file name.
  

  [EORC/DPR web page]

  [EORC/GSMaP web page]
• Feb. 28, 2024
  News

  10 years have passed since the GPM Core Observatory was launched!

  10 years have passed since the GPM Core Observatory was launched from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on February 28, 2014!
  To commemorate GPM's 10th anniversary, the JAXA created "GPM Song" and uploaded it to YouTube.
  It's a Japanese song, and please take a look.
  

  ~GPM Song~
• Feb. 20, 2024
  Maintenance

  Maintenance

  Due to the system maintenance, processing of GPM images and products will be delayed or unavailable during the following period.
  Period-1 : Feb. 22-26 01:00(UTC), 2024 : Web update stopped (while FTP available)
  Period-2 : Feb. 26, 2024, 01:00 - 06:00(UTC): Web and FTP unavailable
  Period-3 : Mar. 06, 2024, 01:00 - 03:00(UTC): Web and FTP unavailable
  
• Jan. 25, 2024
  Maintenance

  E-Mail Server Maintenance Notification

  Due to email server maintenance, inquiries to the EORC/GPM Project may be bounced on Jan. 27, 2024. If the email bounces, please resend it another day.
  
• Jan. 16, 2024
  Product

  GPM/DPR Near-real-time (NRT) processing products (version 07X) Release

  JAXA and NASA started to release near-real-time (NRT) processing products of the Global Precipitation Measurement Program (GPM) Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar product (DPR) version 07X at 8 UTC 16th January 2024. This version 07X is the first product to support changes in the orbit boost of the GPM Core Observatory. V07X is positioned as an experimental version, and we plan to continue calibration and evaluation, and resume providing DPR standard products (calibration verified) in March 2024.
  

  The detail information from here