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On the Cloud Observations in JAXA's Next Coming Satellite MissionsThe use of JAXA's next generation satellites, the EarthCARE and the GCOM-C, for observing overall cloud systems on the Earth is discussed. The satellites will be launched in the middle of 2010-era and contribute for observing aerosols and clouds in terms of climate change, environment, weather forecasting, and cloud revolution process study. This paper describes the role of such satellites and how to use the observing data showing concepts and some sample viewgraphs. Synergistic use of sensors is a key of the study. Visible to infrared bands are used for cloudy and clear discriminating from passively obtained satellite images. Cloud properties such as the cloud optical thickness, the effective particle radii, and the cloud top temperature will be retrieved from visible to infrared wavelengths of imagers. Additionally, we are going to combine cloud properties obtained from passive imagers and radar reflectivities obtained from an active radar in order to improve our understanding of cloud evolution process. This is one of the new techniques of satellite data analysis in terms of cloud sciences in the next decade. Since the climate change and cloud process study have mutual beneficial relationship, a multispectral wide-swath imagers like the GCOM-C SGLI and a comprehensive observation package of cloud and aerosol like the EarthCARE are both necessary.
Document ID
20150005596
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Nakajima, Takashi Y.
(Tokai Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
Nagao, Takashi M.
(Tokai Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
Letu, Husi
(Tokai Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
Ishida, Haruma
(Yamaguchi Univ. Ube, Japan)
Suzuki, Kentaroh
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
April 13, 2015
Publication Date
October 29, 2012
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing
Location: Kyoto
Country: Japan
Start Date: October 29, 2012
End Date: November 1, 2012
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: MOE 18684025
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-99237
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX07AR11G
CONTRACT_GRANT: MOE 22340133
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
satellite remote sensing
aerosol
EarthCare
climate change
cloud
Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM)
remote sensing

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