IAC 2009Daejeon Republic of Korea Japans Earth Observation
IAC 2009@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
Japanese Basic Plan for Space Policy 5 Systems for utilization Ａ．Land 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 Disaster monitoring] Disasters & Resources ALOS-2 SAR ALOS/PALSAR ALOS-3 Optical ALOS/PRISM AVNIR 2 Climate Change & Water Cycle TRMM/PR TRMM [Precipitation] GPM/DPR Aqua/AMSR-E AQUA [Wind, SST , Water vapor] GCOM-W 1/ AMSR 2 GCOM-W 2 [Vegetation, aerosol, cloud, SST, ocean color] 250 m, multi-angle, polarization GCOM-C 1/ SGLI Climate Change GCOM-C 2 [Cloud and Aerosol 3 D structure] Earth CARE/CPR Greenhouse gases [CO 2, 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 Quasi. Zenith 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 H 2 A launch vehicle Mass Instrument Launch (target) 2000 kg (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-C 1 J 10: 30 / 09: 30 U GCOM-C 2 SGLI DMSP-F 16 DMSP-F 18 SSM/IS AVHRR GCOM-C 3 SGLI NOAA-M MODIS Terra METOP A METOP B AVHRR/3 METOP C AVHRR/3 E Sentinel-3 A Aqua GCOM-W 1 AMSR-E AMSR 2 NOAA-N 13: 30 NOAA-N’ AVHRR/3 U AVHRR/3+ Sentinel-3 B OLCI, SLST J METOP D AVHRR/3 GCOM-W 2 GCOM-W 3 AMSR 2 NPOESS-C 1 NPOESS-C 3 AVHRR/3 MIS MODIS VIIRS Aqua NPP 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-C/SGLI data will help fill a current gap in the NPOESS/VIIRS morning orbit, in conjunction with METOP+Sentinel. GCOM-W/AMSR 2 data will complement NPOESS/MIS global microwave radiometry data. 5
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