2004


[ Inspection of Electrical Equipment ]
November 17, 2004

From Dec. 3 to 6, this site will be temporally unavailable due to legal inspection of electrical equipment. We apologize for your inconvenience.


[ Maintenance Information ]
October 22, 2004

From Oct. 25 to Nov. 8, Near Real-Time Database and some other pages of this site will be unavailable due to server maintenance. We apologize for your inconvenience.


[ Maintenance Information ]
October 5, 2004

Oct. 7, 12:00-13:30(JST): Parts of this site will be temporally unavailable due to system maintenance.


[ TRMM Public Seminar ]
August 27, 2004

On the occasion of the 2nd TRMM International Science Conference, an public seminar "Rainfall Observation from Space" will be held.


[ TRMM Maneuver for Nominal Orbit ]
August 11, 2004

TRMM will be reboosted to its nominal operating altitude on August 12 (EDT) consistent with the recent decision to extend TRMM's science operations through the end of 2004.


[ Extension of TRMM Operation ]
August 6, 2004

JAXA is officially informed by NASA that the operation of TRMM will be extended through the end of 2004.

--> JAXA Press Release
--> NASA Press Release


[ Typhoon NAMTHEUN ]
July 30, 2004

Still TRMM satellite is playing it's role. PR caught the details of typhoon NAMTHEUN approaching Japan. See the "Gallery" page of this web site.


[ Heavy Rain in Fukui, Japan ]
July 18, 2004

TRMM caught the heavy rain that struck Fukui prefecture at July 18. See the "Gallery" page of this web site.


[ TRMM operation to be terminated ]
July 15, 2004

JAXA has decided to agree to the proposal from NASA to terminate the operation of TRMM.

See this for more details.


[ TRMM/PR Algorithm Instruction Manuual (Version 6) ]
June 30, 2004

The TRMM/PR Algorithm Instruction Manual was revised for Version 6. See the "Document" page of this Web site.


[ TRMM Products (Version 6) Release ]
June 3, 2004

JAXA and NASA have started to provide a new version (Version 6) of TRMM standard products. The TRMM Version 6 data are available from April 1, 2004. Concurrently, existing TRMM data are also being reprocessed back to the start of the mission. Major algorithm & data format changes from V5 to V6 are described in the "Document" page of this Web site.

NASA's Information : http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydrology/TRMM_v6.shtml


[ Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission ]
May 28, 2004

The deadline for abstract submission of the 2nd TRMM International Science Conference was extended until June 4th, 2004. We look forward to receiving more papers!

--> Official homepage


[ Results of GPM Asian Workshop ]
April 13, 2004

GPM Asian Workshop was held on February 2(Mon)-3(Tue), 2004 at Tokyo International Exchange Center "Plaza Heisei".

Click "GPM SITE" for more details.


[ Rare South Atlantic Tropical Cyclone ]
March 26, 2004

A tropical cyclone occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean in which no cyclone has ever been observed since the beginning of the satellite era in the mid-1960's. TRMM caught the precious tropical cyclone. Go "TRMM Tropical Cyclone Database"!


[ TRMM Channel Page was opened ]
March 12, 2004

The information from the TRMM satellite history to the latest results are introduced in the TRMM Channel Page. Since most of the fundamental information on TRMM are covered, we recommend this page to those who want to know about it.


[ EORC downtime schedule ]
March 12, 2004

EORC network system will be down for server maintenance during following time:

Saturday March 20, 2004 : 9:30 JST through 20:00 JST

During the period, Web and data transfer (such as FTP) services will be unavailable. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.


[ The 2nd TRMM International Science Conference ]
February 19, 2004

Will be held on September 6(Mon)-10(Fri), 2004
at NARA Prefectural New Public Hall.

--> Official homepage


[ EORC downtime schedule ]
February 12, 2004

EORC network system will be down for server maintenance during following time:

Wednesday February 18, 2004 : 13:00 JST through 19:00 JST
Saturday February 21, 2004 : 9:30 JST through 15:00 JST

During the period, Web and data transfer (such as FTP) services will be unavailable. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.


[ EORC downtime schedule ]
January 22, 2004

EORC network system will be down for server maintenance during following time:

Saturday January 24, 2004 : 8:30 JST (23:30 UTC)through
Monday January 26, 2004 : 9:30 JST

During the period, Web and data transfer (such as FTP) services will be unavailable. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.


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