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IAC2009@Daejeon, Republic of Korea Japan’s Earth Observation Programs ~ for the Challenge of Climate Change ~ October 11, 2009 Masanori Homma Executive Director Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 0 Japanese Basic Plan for Space Policy 5 Systems for utilization A.Land and Ocean Observing Satellite System to contribute to Asia and other regions B.Global Environmental Change and Weather Observing Satellite System C.Advanced telecommunication Satellite System D.Positioning Satellite System E.Satellite System for National Security 1 Long-Term Plan of JAXA Earth Observation Targets 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 [Land and Disaster monitoring] Disasters & Resources ALOS-2 SAR ALOS/PALSAR ALOS ALOS-3 Optical ALOS/PRISM AVNIR2 Climate Change & Water TRMM/PR TRM M Water Cycle Aqua/AMSR-E AQUA [Precipitation] GPM/DPR [Wind, SST , Water vapor] GCOM-W1/ AMSR2 GCOM-W2 [Vegetation, aerosol, cloud, SST, ocean color] 250m, multi-angle, polarization GCOM-C1/ SGLI Climate Change GCOM-C2 [Cloud and Aerosol 3D structure] Earth CARE/CPR Greenhouse gases [CO2, Methane] GOSAT [CO2, Methane] GOSAT-2 Mission status On orbit Phase B~ Phase A Pre-Phase A Extension 2 “Integrated Marine Exploration and Earth Observation System” Establishment of a fundamental system for Earth observation, disaster monitoring and marine exploration system as a national key technology for Japanese national security QuasiZenith Satellite GOSAT ALOS GPM/DPR GCOM Policy making Cloud Aerosol Positioning Ocean colour GHG Vegetation ・Global environment problem ・GHG ・Understand of weather anomaly and climate change Deep sea drilling Disaster Monitoring ・Disaster monitoring of earthquake, heavy rain etc. ・Trench giant earthquake Future marine exploration technology Data Integration & Analysis 緯度 Users Earth Observation Ocean wind SST Integration of observation data Rainfall Integrated dataset 時間 経度 Research institutes Marine exploration ・Marine exploration under ocean bottom ・Resource exploration by satellite and marine probe Ministry and agency 3 Global Change Observation Mission <GCOM> Main Mission • Establish and demonstrate the global and long-term Earth observing system (contribute to GEOSS) • Contribute to improving climate change prediction in concert with climate model research institutions GCOM-W Orbit GCOM-C Type : Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent Altitude : 699.6 km Inclination : 98.19 degrees Local time of ascending node : 13:30 Type : Sun-synchronous, sub-recurrent Altitude : 798 km Inclination : 99.36 degrees Local time of ascending node : 10:30 Satellite overview Mission life 5 years Launch vehicle H2A launch vehicle Mass Instrument Launch (target) 2000kg (AMSR follow-on 340 kg and Sea Winds 240 kg included) 1800 kg (SGLI 460 kg included) • AMSR 2 • Global Imager follow-on instrument (SGLI) JFY 2011 JFY 2013 4 GCOM Cooperation with NPOESS and METOP LTAN/LTDN 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GCOM-C1 J 10:30 / 09:30 U GCOM-C2 SGLI DMSP-F16 DMSP-F18 SSM/IS SSM/IS AVHRR GCOM-C3 SGLI SGLI NOAA-M MODIS Terra METOP A METOP B AVHRR/3 METOP C AVHRR/3 E METOP D AVHRR/3 AVHRR/3+ Sentinel-3A Sentinel-3B OLCI, SLST Aqua J GCOM-W1 AMSR-E AMSR2 NOAA-N 13:30 NOAA-N’ AVHRR/3 U GCOM-W2 GCOM-W3 AMSR2 AMSR2 NPOESS-C1 NPOESS-C3 AVHRR/3 MIS MODIS VIIRS Aqua NPP VIIRS VIIRS E Passive Microwave Radiometer • • Sensor Aft- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM Sensor Pre- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM Visible/Infrared Imager Sensor Aft- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM Sensor Pre- NPOESS/METOP/GCOM GCOM-C/SGLI data will help fill a current gap in the NPOESS/VIIRS morning orbit, in conjunction with METOP+Sentinel. GCOM-W/AMSR2 data will complement NPOESS/MIS global microwave radiometry data. 5