1. 1 CEOS/WGISS-21 JAXA Status Report May 17, 2006 Budapest, Hungary Satoko Horiyama MIURA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

2. 2 CEOS/WGISS-21 Office of Space Applications As of May 1, 2006 Executive Director Program Management and Integration Dept. Program Management and Integration Dept. Satellite Navigation System Office Satellite Navigation System Office Satellite Operations Engineering Dept. Satellite Operations Engineering Dept. Space Applications Program Systems Engineering Office Safety and Mission Assurance Office ETS- Project ETS- Project WINDS Project WINDS Project OICETS Project OICETS Project GPM/DPR Project GPM/DPR Project ALOS Project ALOS Project GOSAT Project GOSAT Project CEOS WGISS/WGCV Analysis of satellite data and scientific research Research of Earth observation instrumentation, and development and operation of the ground system of Earth-observing satellite data GEO, CEOS SIT/Plenary, International Disaster Charter Promoting the use of satellite data Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) Earth Observation Center (EOC) Earth Observation Center (EOC) Satellite Applications and Promotion Center (SAPC) Satellite Applications and Promotion Center (SAPC) Disaster Management Support System Office (DMSSO) Disaster Management Support System Office (DMSSO) Earth Observation Research and application Center (EORC) Earth Observation Research and application Center (EORC) Earth Observation Center (EOC) Earth Observation Center (EOC) Osamu Ochiai Kengo Aizawa GEO Secretariat Office @Geneva Osamu Ochiai Satoko Miura

3. 3 CEOS/WGISS-21 ALOS Successfully launched at 10:33 a.m. on January 24, 2006 (JST). Now called as Daichi, which means terra in Japanese.

4. 4 CEOS/WGISS-21 Advanced Land Observing Satellite Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 ( JERS-1 ) © JAXA ALOS Enhanced land-observation technology © JAXA PRISM Panchromatic Remote sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping PALSAR Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar © JAXA AVNIR-2 Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 Disaster monitoring Cartography Regional observation Resources surveying Advanced Earth Observing Satellite ( ADEOS )

5. 5 CEOS/WGISS-21 ALOS data (1) Mt. Fuji observed by the PRISM on Feb. 14, 2006 (JST)

6. 6 CEOS/WGISS-21 ALOS data (2) Tanegashima Island observed by the AVNIR-2 on February 17, 2006 (JST)

7. 7 CEOS/WGISS-21 ALOS data (3) The image data on Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture was observed by the PALSAR on Mar. 21, 2006 (JST).

8. 8 CEOS/WGISS-21 ALOS data (4) Merapi at 11:40 a.m. on April 29, 2006 (JST) PALSAR data AVNIR-2 data

9. 9 CEOS/WGISS-21 Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite Number and distribution of ground-based CO2 monitoring stations is not enough. Satellite data from global and frequent observation is needed. ~91 92~ Observing Station Provided by NIES GOSAT © JAXA Objectives To observe the distribution of the concentration of CO2 and to confirm both the amounts and the area of CO2 sources and sinks. To observe the distribution of the concentration of other greenhouse gases e.g. CH4 in order to understand global warming more precisely.

10. 10 CEOS/WGISS-21 Global Precipitation Mission GPM is a follow-on and expanded mission of the current on-going TRMM Improve the accuracy of both long-term and short- term weather forecasts Improve water resource management in river control and irrigation systems for agriculture Core Satellite Dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) Microwave radiometer (GMI) Precipitation with high precision Discrimination between rain and snow Constellation Satellites Microwave radiometer Global precipitation every three hours Core Satellite Constellation Satellites TRMM Era GPM Era

11. 11 CEOS/WGISS-21 ADEOS-II Follow-on Mission (GCOM) JAXA will propose a series of satellites for establishing GEOSS mainly focused on observations of global warming, water cycle and disaster. The series of satellites, GCOM (Global Climate Observation Mission), consist of 2 satellite series: GCOM-W: Sea surface observation mission with AMSR F/O and scatterometer. GCOM-C: Atmospheric and terrestrial observation mission with GLI F/O.

12. 12 CEOS/WGISS-21 spare

13. 13 CEOS/WGISS-21 Tanegashima-Island 1.Yoshinobu Launch (H-II) Complex 2.Tanegashima Lighthouse 3.Range Control Center 4.Takesaki Observation Deck Fig.2: The area of Tanegashima Island was enlarged Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture observed by the AVNIR-2 aboard the ALOS.