Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) for Monitoring Carbon, Water Cycles, and Climate Change

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pursuing the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) that will inherit the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) mission and develop into long-term monitoring. GCOM is not the name of a single satellite, but of a mission that consists of t...

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Published in:Proceedings of the IEEE 2010-05, Vol.98 (5), p.717-734
Main Authors: Imaoka, Keiji, Kachi, Misako, Fujii, Hideyuki, Murakami, Hiroshi, Hori, Masahiro, Ono, Akiko, Igarashi, Tamotsu, Nakagawa, Keizo, Oki, Taikan, Honda, Yoshiaki, Shimoda, Haruhisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace industry
Carbon cycle
Climate change
climate monitoring
Energy measurement
Gain measurement
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Instruments
Microwave radiometry
Radiation
radiation budget
Radiation monitoring
radiometry
Remote monitoring
remote sensing
Satellite broadcasting
Satellites
water cycle
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Summary:The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pursuing the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) that will inherit the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) mission and develop into long-term monitoring. GCOM is not the name of a single satellite, but of a mission that consists of two series of medium-size satellites, GCOM-W (Water) and GCOM-C (Climate), and three generations of each satellite series to continue the observations for 10 to 15 years. The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 (AMSR2) will be the single instrument on the GCOM-W1 satellite, which is the first satellite of the GCOM series. The second satellite will be GCOM-C1, which will carry the Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI). GCOM-W will mainly contribute to the observations related to global water and energy circulation, while GCOM-C will contribute to the measurements related to the carbon cycle and radiation budget. Current target launch years are calendar year 2011 for GCOM-W1 and 2014 for C1.
ISSN:0018-9219
1558-2256
DOI:10.1109/JPROC.2009.2036869