JAXA's contributions for Earth and Planetary research using earth observation data

Toru FUKUDA

Presentation information

International Session (Oral)

Symbol U (Union) » Union

[U-01_1PM1] Forum for Global Data Sciences in Earth and Planetary Research

Thu. May 1, 2014 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 419 (4F)

Convener:*Yasuhiro Murayama(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Toshio Koike(Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo), Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Masaru Kitsuregawa(Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), Ryosuke Shibasaki(Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo), Takashi Watanabe(Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University), Chair:Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Takashi Watanabe(Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University)

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM

★ [U01-17] JAXA's contributions for Earth and Planetary research using earth observation data

*Toru FUKUDA¹ (1.Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA)

Keywords:GCOM, ALOS, GPM, TRMM, GOSAT

JAXA's earth observation satellites play an important role in providing essential information for Earth science and applications regarding global warming, climate change, water cycle change, agriculture, public health and disaster management. JAXA have been operating Greenhouse gas Observing SATellite (GOSAT), and Global Change Observation Mission-Water 1 (GCOM-W1) successfully. These satellites are collecting geophysical data of the earth's surfaces and atmosphere those are important for the earth and planetary researches.In addition to those ongoing earth observation satellite missions, new satellites will be added to the line.One is GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement), the successor of TRMM focusing to measure precipitation. Another one is ALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) carrying an L-band synthetic aperture radar. Those new generation satellites will contribute to observe disaster, earth resources, climate change, water cycle, etc. JAXA will make continuous efforts to create and provide satellite-based information for not only scientists but also decision makers and stakeholders in order to contribute to solving global and regional issues. In order to make such information useful, close collaboration with various players in various sectors is essential.