1 CEOS/WGISS-21 JAXA Status Report May 17, 2006 Budapest, Hungary Satoko Horiyama MIURA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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JAXA Status Report

May 17, 2006Budapest, Hungary

Satoko Horiyama MIURA Japan Aerospace Exploration

Agency (JAXA)

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Office of Space ApplicationsAs of May 1, 2006

Executive DirectorExecutive Director

Program Management

and Integration Dept.

Program Management

and Integration Dept.

Satellite Navigation

System Office

Satellite Navigation

System Office

Satellite Operations

Engineering Dept.

Satellite Operations

Engineering Dept.

Space Applications Program Systems Engineering OfficeSafety and Mission Assurance Office

ETS-ⅧProject

ETS-ⅧProject

WINDSProjectWINDSProject

OICETSProject

OICETSProject

GPM/DPRProject

GPM/DPRProject

ALOSProjectALOS

ProjectGOSATProject

GOSATProject

CEOS WGISS/WGCV

•Analysis of satellite data and scientific research •Research of Earth observation instrumentation, and development and operation of the ground system of Earth-observing satellite data

GEO, CEOS SIT/Plenary,

International Disaster Charter

Promoting the use of satellite data

Earth Observation Research Center

(EORC)

Earth Observation Research Center

(EORC)

Earth Observation Center(EOC)

Earth Observation Center(EOC)

Satellite Applications and Promotion Center

(SAPC)

Satellite Applications and Promotion Center

(SAPC)

Disaster Management Support System Office

(DMSSO)

Disaster Management Support System Office

(DMSSO)

Earth Observation Research and application Center

(EORC)

Earth Observation Research and application Center

(EORC)

Earth Observation Center(EOC)

Earth Observation Center(EOC)

Osamu OchiaiKengo Aizawa

GEO Secretariat Office@Geneva

Osamu Ochiai

Satoko Miura

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ALOS

Successfully launched at 10:33 a.m. on January 24, 2006 (JST).

Now called as “Daichi”, which means “terra” in Japanese.

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Advanced Land Observing Satellite <ALOS>

Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1

(JERS-1)

© JAXA

ALOS

Enhanced land-observation technology

© JAXA

© JAXA

PRISMPanchromatic Remote sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping

PALSAR Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

© JAXA AVNIR-2 Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2

• Disaster monitoring• Cartography• Regional observation• Resources surveying

Advanced Earth Observing Satellite

(ADEOS)

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ALOS data (1)

Mt. Fuji observed by the PRISM on Feb. 14, 2006 (JST)

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ALOS data (2)

Tanegashima Island observed by the AVNIR-2 on February 17, 2006 (JST)

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ALOS data (3)

The image data on Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture was observed by the PALSAR on Mar. 21, 2006 (JST).

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ALOS data (4)

Merapi at 11:40 a.m. on April 29, 2006 (JST)

PALSAR data AVNIR-2 data

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Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite <GOSAT>

Number and distribution of ground-based CO2 monitoring stations is not enough.Satellite data from global and frequent observation is needed.

~’91 ’92~

Observing Station

Provided by NIES

GOSAT

© JAXA

Objectives•To observe the distribution of the concentration of CO2 and to confirm both the amounts and the area of CO2 sources and sinks.

•To observe the distribution of the concentration of other greenhouse gases e.g. CH4 in order to understand global warming more precisely.

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Global Precipitation Mission <GPM>

GPM is a follow-on and expanded mission of the current on-going TRMM

Improve the accuracy of both long-term and short-　　　　　　　 term weather forecasts

Improve water resource management in river control and irrigation systems for agriculture

Core SatelliteDual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR)

Microwave radiometer (GMI) •Precipitation with high precision •Discrimination between rain and snow

Constellation SatellitesMicrowave radiometer

•Global precipitation every three hours

Core Satellite

Constellation Satellites

TRMM Era GPM Era

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ADEOS-II Follow-on Mission (GCOM) JAXA will propose a series of satellites for

establishing GEOSS mainly focused on observations of global warming, water cycle and disaster.

The series of satellites, GCOM (Global Climate Observation Mission), consist of 2 satellite series:

GCOM-W: Sea surface observation mission with AMSR F/O and scatterometer.

GCOM-C: Atmospheric and terrestrial observation mission with GLI F/O.

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spare

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Tanegashima-Island1.Yoshinobu Launch (H-II) Complex

2.Tanegashima Lighthouse

3.Range Control Center

4.Takesaki Observation Deck

Fig.2: The area of Tanegashima Island was enlarged

Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture observed by the AVNIR-2 aboard the ALOS.