[ Termination of Updates for GSMaP Algorithm Version 7 ]
Jun 16, 2026 (Jul 29 update)
The updates for the standard products of the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) algorithm version 7 (v7), which have been provided via the FTP site, were terminated on May 31, 2026. This applies to the following products:
GSMaP_MVK
GSMaP_Gauge
In addition, updates for the v7 near-real-time products were terminated on Jun 29, 2026. This applies to the following products:
GSMaP_NRT
GSMaP_Gauge_NRT
Please note that the previous v7 data, as well as algorithm versions 6 (v6) and 8 (v8), will continue to be available.
Details of the affected products, FTP site directories, and their respective availability periods are as follows:
Standard products (GSMaP_MVK, GSMaP_Gauge)
| /standard/v7 | (March 1, 2014 - May 31, 2026) |
| /HDF/standard/v7 | (January 1, 2024 - May 31, 2026) |
Near-real-time products (GSMaP_NRT, GSMaP_Gauge_NRT)
| /realtime_ver/v7 | (April 1, 2017 - Jun 29, 2026) |
| /HDF/realtime_ver/v7 | (January 1, 2024 - Jun 29, 2026) |
We appreciate your understanding and continued support.
[ JAXA Realtime weather watch (NEXRA3.0) has started providing forecasts up to 10 days ahead ]
Jul 8, 2026
The weather forecasts provided by NEXRA3.0 have been extended from the previous 5-day forecast range to 10 days. By advancing the display time using options such as "+1 hour" or "+1 day," users can monitor future weather forecasts.
*The actual number of forecast days available may vary depending on the operational status of the JAXA Supercomputer System (JSS) and other factors.*
In addition, we have started releasing part of the NEXRA3.0 data via an FTP site. Please refer to
this page for information on data use.
[ 12 years have passed since the GPM Core Observatory was launched! ]
Feb 26, 2026
12 years have passed since the GPM Core Observatory was launched from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on February 28, 2014! The GPM Core Observatory continues to observe the global precipitation till now. Taking over the will of TRMM, we hope that the GPM Core Observatory will live longer.
12th Anniversary Illustration
[ "JAXA/EORC Typhoon Database" Update - Added Observational Images of Typhoon Cloud "Cross-Sections" by the EarthCARE satellite "Hakuryu" ]
Oct 1, 2025
JAXA has launched the "JAXA/EORC Typhoon Database" website, which provides data on typhoons worldwide (including tropical cyclones such as typhoons and hurricanes) observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, About Global Change Observation Mission - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W)), and others.
Starting from 1st October 2025, new observational images captured by the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) (Japanese nickname: Hakuryu), which was jointly developed with the European Space Agency (ESA), such as vertical cross-sections of clouds around typhoons and cloud images from the Himawari geostationary meteorological satellite, have been added to this website.
The detail information from here
