Users Guide
Operation Manual
JPMAP operation manual is here.Summary of the Data
| Product | Sensor | Units | Grid Size | Daily | 8days | Half-Monthly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall | GSMaP (GPM, GCOM-W, Himawari etc.) | mm | Approx. 10km | 2000 - Present | - | 2000 - Present | 2000 - Present |
| Short Wave Radiation | MODIS | W/m² | Approx. 5km | Terra : 2002 - Present Aqua : 2002 - Present |
- | 2002 - Present | 2002 - Present |
| Land Surface Temperature | MODIS | degrees Celcius | Approx. 5km | Terra-Daytime : 2002 - Present Terra-Nighttime : 2002 - Present Aqua-Daytime: 2002 - Present Aqua-Nighttime : 2002 - Present |
- | Terra-Daytime : 2002 - Present Terra-Nighttime : 2002 - Present Aqua-Daytime: 2002 - Present Aqua-Nighttime : 2002 - Present |
Terra-Daytime : 2002 - Present Terra-Nighttime : 2002 - Present Aqua-Daytime: 2002 - Present Aqua-Nighttime : 2002 - Present |
| Land Surface Temperature | GCOM-C SGLI | degrees Celcius | Approx. 4km | Daytime : 2018 - Present Nighttime : 2018 - Present |
Daytime : 2018 - Present Nighttime : 2018 - Present |
- | Daytime : 2018 - Present Nighttime : 2018 - Present |
| Aerosol Optical Thickness (Tau-a) | MODIS | unitless | Approx. 5km | Terra : 2002 - Present Aqua : 2002 - Present |
- | 2002 - Present | 2002 - Present |
| Aerosol Optical Thickness (Tau-a) | GCOM-C SGLI | unitless | Approx. 4km | 2018 - Present | 2018 - Present | - | 2018 - Present |
| Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | MODIS | unitless | Approx. 5km | - | - | 2002 - Present | 2002 - Present |
| Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | GCOM-C SGLI | unitless | Approx. 4km | 2018 - Present | 2018 - Present | - | 2018 - Present |
| Soil Moisture Contents | AMSR-E/ AMSR-2 |
vol% | Approx. 25km | 2002 - Oct.2011 Jul.2012 - Present |
- | 2002 - Oct.2011 Jul.2012 - Present |
2002 - Oct.2011 Jul.2012 - Present |
| Altitude | ALOS PRISM | m | Approx. 30m | - | - | - | - |
Note: Rainfall is available the range between S60.0 and N60.0
Details of the data are here.API Reference
API reference page is here.Terms of Use of Research Data
Please check the data policy.Citation and Reporting requirement
Please specify the following sentence when you publish a thesis, a report, and so on by using the research products and images supplied by the Service.
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- System Development
- Oyoshi, K., Mizukami, Y., Tadono, T. and Miyoshi, H., 2017, Application of Earth Observation Satellite Data to Public Health, Jpn J Health & Human Ecology, 83(4), pp.126-133. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- Oyoshi, K., Mizukami, Y., Kakuda, R., Kobayashi, Y., Kai, H. and Tadono, T., 2019. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s public-health monitoring and analysis platform: A satellite-derived environmental information system supporting epidemiological study. Geospatial health, 14(1),pp.103-110.
- Rainfall (GSMaP)
- 可知美佐子, 久保田拓志, 牛尾知雄, 重尚一, 木田智史, 青梨和正, 岡本謙一, 沖理子, 2011. 複数の衛星搭載マイクロ波/ 赤外放射計の複合による「世界の雨分布速報」システムの構築とその利用. 電気学会A部門誌, 131(9), pp.729-737.
- Kubota, T., Shige, S., Hashizume, H., Aonashi, K., Takahashi, N., Seto, S., Hirose, M.,Takayabu, Y. N., Nakagawa, K., Iwanami, K., Ushio, T., Kachi, M. and Okamoto, K. 2007. Global precipitation map using satellite borne microwave radiometers by the GSMaP project : Production and validation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45(7), pp.2259-2275.
- Short Wave Radiation (JASMES-swr)
- Frouin, R., and Murakami, H. 2007 Estimating photosynthetically available radiation at the ocean surface from ADEOS-II global imager data. Journal of Oceanography, 63, pp.493-503.
- Saigusa, N., Ichii, K., Murakami, H., Hirata, R., Asanuma, J., Den, H., Han, S. J., Ide, R., Li, S. G., Ohta, T.,Sasai, T., Wang, S. Q., and Yu, G. R., 2010. Impact of meteorological anomalies in the 2003 summer on Gross Primary Productivity in East Asia. Biogeosciences, 7, pp.641-655.
- Land Surface Temperature (NASA MOD11)
- Wan, Z. (1999). MODIS Land-surface Temperature Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.
- Wan, Z. (2013). New refinements and validation of the collection-6 MODIS land-surface temperature/emissivity product. Remote sensing of Environment, 140, 36-45.
- Aerosol Optical Thickness (JASMES-taua)
- S. Fukuda, T. Nakajima, H. Takenaka, A. Higurashi, N. Kikuchi, T. Y. Nakajima, and H. Ishida, 2013: New approaches to removing cloud shadows and evaluating the 380 nm surface reflectance f or improved aerosol optical thickness retrievals from the GOSAT/TANSO-Cloud and Aerosol Imager. Geophys. Res. Letters., DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020090
- Saigusa, N., Ichii, K., Murakami, H., Hirata, R., Asanuma, J., Den, H., Han, S. J., Ide, R., Li, S. G., Ohta, T.,Sasai, T., Wang, S. Q., and Yu, G. R., 2010. Impact of meteorological anoma lies in the 2003 summer on Gross Primary Productivity in East Asia. Biogeosciences, 7, pp.641-655.
- A. Higurashi and T. Nakajima, 1999: Development of a two channel aerosol retrieval algorithm on global scale using NOAA / AVHRR, J. Atmos. Sci., DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0924:DOATC A>2.0.CO;2
- Higurashi, A., and T. Nakajima (2002), Detection of aerosol types over the East China Sea near Japan from four-channel satellite data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(17), 1836, doi:10.1029/2002GL 015357.
- Soil Moisture Contents (JASMAI-smc)
- Fujii, H., Koike, T., and Imaoka, K. 2009 Improvement of the AMSR-E algorithm for soil moisture estimation by introducing a fractional vegetation coverage dataset derived from MODIS data. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 29(1), pp.282-292.
- Altitude (AW3D30)
- T. Tadono, H. Ishida, F. Oda, S. Naito, K. Minakawa, H. Iwamoto : Precise Global DEM Generation By ALOS PRISM, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol.II-4, pp.71-76, 2014.
- J. Takaku, T. Tadono, K. Tsutsui : Generation of High Resolution Global DSM from ALOS PRISM, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XL-4, pp.243-248, ISPRS, 2014.
- J. Takaku, T. Tadono, K. Tsutsui, M. Ichikawa : Validation of 'AW3D' Global DSM Generated from ALOS PRISM, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol.III-4, pp.25-31, 2016.
- T. Tadono, H. Nagai, H. Ishida, F. Oda, S. Naito, K. Minakawa, H. Iwamoto : Initial Validation of the 30 m-mesh Global Digital Surface Model Generated by ALOS PRISM, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, ISPRS, Vol. XLI-B4, pp.157-162, 2016.