SGLI Near-realtime Monitor User Guide
2024/01/18 Update

0. Introduction

SGLI Near-realtime monitor is a web page that displays a list of GCOM-C/SGLI Near-realtime observation data for the area around Japan, projected on a map.
In addition to display the images on the web, you can download the data shown in "2. About Data".

1. Web page

The following are instructions for operating SGLI Near-realtime monitor.
If necessary, specify the date, Daytime/Nighttime, and area on the menu at the upper left of web page to display.

2. About Data

GCOM-C/SGLI Near-realtime data (JASMES format) is netCDF4 format data, which is resampled GCOM-C/SGLI product (HDF5 format) on the JASMES grid.
For details, please refer to the following. Specification of SGLI NRT data

2-1. Area and resolution

The target area is divided into 16 sections:the Japan area and the area surrounding Japan. Each area and its resolution are as follows.

Surrounding Japan(24N-50N, 123E-150E)・16sections(20N-60N, 115E-155E)

AreaPixel sizeLatitudeLongitude
Japan(ALL) 0.0025deg 24-50deg.N 123-150deg.E
Area 01 0.0025deg 50-60deg.N 115-125deg.E
Area 02 0.0025deg 50-60deg.N 125-135deg.E
Area 03 0.0025deg 50-60deg.N 135-145deg.E
Area 04 0.0025deg 50-60deg.N 145-155deg.E
Area 05 0.0025deg 40-50deg.N 115-125deg.E
Area 06 0.0025deg 40-50deg.N 125-135deg.E
Area 07 0.0025deg 40-50deg.N 135-145deg.E
Area 08 0.0025deg 40-50deg.N 145-155deg.E
Area 09 0.0025deg 30-40deg.N 115-125deg.E
Area 10 0.0025deg 30-40deg.N 125-135deg.E
Area 11 0.0025deg 30-40deg.N 135-145deg.E
Area 12 0.0025deg 30-40deg.N 145-155deg.E
Area 13 0.0025deg 20-30deg.N 115-125deg.E
Area 14 0.0025deg 20-30deg.N 125-135deg.E
Area 15 0.0025deg 20-30deg.N 135-145deg.E
Area 16 0.0025deg 20-30deg.N 145-155deg.E

2-2. Product

Please see below for details.
Specification of SGLI NRT data

2-3. Use of Data

JASMES User Registration is required to use observation data.
Please also refer to "Terms of Use of Research Data (JAXA)".
JASMES User Registration Terms of Use of Research Data (JAXA)

For the status of data preparation and publication of JASMES SGLI Near-realtime monitor, please refer to the following. JASMES SGLI Near-realtime Data Processing Status

3. FAQ

Regarding the use of JASMES-related Web pages/data, including SGLI Near-realtime monitor, the following is list of frequently asked questions and answers. Please check the following FAQ before asking questions.
if your question is not resolved, please contact the listed in the "Contact" section. JASMES FAQ

4. How to use data

4-1. View Data

View JASMES SGLI Near-realtime data in SeaDAS
 See below for instructions on how to use SeaDAS to read and display netCDF data.
View JASMES SGLI Near-realtime data in SeaDAS

4-2. Sample script

Sample script for SGLI Near-realtime data
 Please refer to the following FAQ on how to read and process netCDF data using the sample scripts.
About Sample Script (JASMES FAQ)

4-3. Convert to GeoTiFF

How to convert JASMES GCOM-C/SGLI data to GeoTiFF
 This is tutoial for converting GCOM-C/SGLI data in netCDF format to GeoTiFF.

check

The script in the tutorial will use Python3(netCDF4, NumPy, GDAL library).
In addition, software (SeaDAS、ncdump, etc.) to check the contents of netCDF is required.

How to convert JASMES SGLI data to GeoTiFF

5. Contact

If you have any comment or questions about JASMES services, please contact us at the address below.

<Contact>
 Earth Observation Research Center / JAXA
 GCOM Secretariat(formerly ADEOS/OCEAN Secretariat)
 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505 Japan
 FAX: +81-29-868-2961
 E-mail: