SHIZUKU Observation Data Acquired by AMSR2

摘要

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released the first observation images of the Earth acquired by the Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water 'SHIZUKU' (GC0M-W1). The SHIZUKU entered into the A-train orbit on 29 June 2012, and started regular observations on 3 July 2012, after increasing the antenna rotation of the onboard Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) to 40 rpm.