Seen from Space 2003

Smoke of Siberian Forest Fires Reaches Alaska
--- First Land and Ocean Aerosol Distribution with GLI Near-ultraviolet 1 km Resolution Band ---

Dec. 09, 2003

European Heat Wave in Summer '03 Also Affected Sea Temperatures

Nov. 27, 2003

AMSR Captures Flooding in Northeast China

Nov. 19, 2003

Northeastern China Suffers Large-Scale Flooding

Nov. 12, 2003

Burning Tropical Savanna in Northern Australia

Nov. 05, 2003

Seven Islands between India and Sri Lanka

Oct. 17, 2003

Sahara's eye watching space
- Richat Structure, Mauritania -

Oct. 15, 2003

ESTIMATED CLOUD-TOP HEIGHT OF THE INTENSE HURRICANE "ISABEL"

Oct. 06, 2003

Observations of A Scientific Vessel Moving Through An Ice-Bound Sea
-Observation of Sea Ice in the Antarctic-

Oct. 06, 2003

Public release of AMSR-E geophysical products

Sep. 25, 2003

Snow Ice in the Northern Hemisphere (April 2003)

Sep. 19, 2003

Intense Typhoon Maemi

Sep. 18, 2003

Change of Sea Ice in Antarctic Sea

Sep. 16, 2003

Mangrove Forests Remaining in Great Wetland

Sep. 11, 2003

Scars of Deforestation in Amazon

Sep. 04, 2003

Observation of Amazon River

Aug. 25, 2003

Japan Island after Typhoon

Aug. 21, 2003

Cool Weather in Bai-u Season

Aug. 14, 2003

Flood in Southern China

Aug. 11, 2003

Forest Fires in Eastern Siberia

Aug. 01, 2003

The First GLI Monthly Mean Ocean Products of April 2003

Jul. 24, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Great Fold Structure Southwestern Asia

Jul. 17, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Spring in the Arctic

Jul. 10, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Extensive Observation Images of Indochina, Southeast Asia
- What We Can Learn from Optical Sensor and Synthetic Aperture Radar Images -

Jul. 07, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Andean Cordilleras and Gran Chaco
- Dry Alps and Prairie -

Jul. 03, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Smoke from Forest Fires (Follow-on Report)

Jun. 24, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Whereabouts of Giant Iceberg (Sequel)

Jun. 20, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E & Midori II/GLI]

Observation of Typhoon No.6 and seasonal rain front by AMSR-E

Jun. 16, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E]

Ground of West Africa

Jun. 12, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Whereabouts of Giant Iceberg

Jun. 05, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E]

Green Oases Have Made the Silk Road

May 28, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Volcanic Plumes from Anatahan Island in Mariana Islands

May 28, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Smoke from Fires Drifting into Northern Japan

May 28, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

The First El Niño in the 21st Century

May 23, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E]

Coral Reef and Mysterious Sea - Great Barrier Reef

May 23, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Smoke Over Northeast China and North Korea

May 22, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Snow-pack observation in Alaska - Quick Report

May 16, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

The Marvels of Nature, Grand Canyon
- Layers of stratum that reflect ancient history -

May 09, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Continent prepares for early summer

May 09, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

GLI observes spring coming to seas around Japan

Apr. 25, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

AMSR and AMSR-E Join in Tracking Typhoon "KUJIRA"

Apr. 24, 2003[Midori II/AMSR & Aqua/AMSR-E]

Smoke from volcano on Paramushir Island of Chishima Islands (Kurile Islands) observed by GLI

Apr. 24, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Wetland monitoring by optical sensors and microwave radars

Apr. 21, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Typhoon "KUJIRA" captured by "Midori II"
- Simultaneous observation by AMSR and GLI -

Apr. 17, 2003[Midori II/AMSR & Midori II/GLI]

Smoke over the Amur River and the Japan Sea

Apr. 17, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Kosa over Japan Sea

Apr. 16, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Japanese Islands with spring haze after low-pressure zone passed

Apr. 14, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Latest El Niño captured by AMSR-E

Apr. 10, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E]

Smoke over Hokkaido Island

Apr. 08, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Image from orbit across Africa
- From the cradle of mankind to the oldest desert -

Apr. 07, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Steaming Kalimantan

Apr. 02, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Wakasa Solid Precipitation Experiment 2003

Apr. 01, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Greenish Southeast Asia observed by GLI

Mar. 26, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Japanese Islands captured by GLI

Mar. 24, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Blowing spring sandstorm in Sahara Desert

Mar. 20, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Variations of sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration around the South Pole observed by AMSR-E

Mar. 18, 2003July to December 2002: Animation
[Aqua/AMSR-E]

Thermography of the Earth by GLI thermal channel

Mar. 14, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Jewel-like colored sea surrounding Cuba and the Bahamas

Mar. 12, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Mediterranean winter observed by GLI

Mar. 10, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Measuring water vapor distribution in the atmosphere

Mar. 07, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

GLI ocean products

Mar. 05, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Chain of tropical cyclones over the Indian Ocean

Mar. 03, 2003[Midori II/AMSR & Aqua/AMSR-E]

Sea Winds First Image: Global ocean wind speeds and directions

Feb. 25, 2003[Midori II/SeaWinds]

The first image obtained from "Midori-II"/GLI via "Kodama", the data relay test satellite.

Feb. 21, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

First natural- and polarized-light images acquired by POLDER 2 / first sequences of images over Europe and Africa

Feb. 21, 2003[Midori II/POLDER]

Seaice concentration and ice motion in the Sea of Okhotsk

Feb. 20, 2003[Midori II/AMSR & Aqua/AMSR-E]

Burninghot Australia

Feb. 19, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Iceland and the Antarctic captured by GLI

Feb. 17, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

The Antarctic captured by GLI

Feb. 17, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Summer in the Antarctic

Feb. 12, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

Global composite image by AMSR

Feb. 12, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

East Asia, mouth of Yangtze River and coastal zone of East China Sea observed by GLI

Feb. 10, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Sea-surface temperature and 3D structure of a cloud system from GLI data analysis

Feb. 07, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

3D structure of a cloud system from GLI data analysis

Feb. 07, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Global SST distribution observed by AMSR

Feb. 05, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

Focus on Kyushu : Processing on the first 250 m resolution GLI image

Feb. 04, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

GLI First-light images: GLI capturing the Kyushu Island, southern Japan, and the East China Sea / a great winter cyclone

Jan. 27, 2003[Midori II/GLI]

Rainfall region associated with a developing cyclone

Jan. 23, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

AMSR First-light images: AMSR capturing the Japanese Islands / Sea ice distribution in the Sea of Okhotsk

Jan. 20, 2003[Midori II/AMSR]

2002-2003 El Niño Event Observed by AMSR-E

Jan. 07, 2003[Aqua/AMSR-E]