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Global Change Observation Mission - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W)

Material No

V100000954

Material type

Observational data

Shooting date

2020/12/25 - 2021/01/04

Category

Satellites and Spacecraft > Earth Observation Satellites > Global Change Observation Mission - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W)
Observation Images > Earth Observation

Contents

GCOM-W observes water cycle: water vapor, cloud, precipitation, soil moisture, etc… In this time, we show you “Integrated cloud liquid” product during the New Year holidays. It increases as it changes from blue to red in those images. The product is amount of vertically accumulated cloud droplet in the atmosphere, and defined as amount of water per unit area. Cloud liquid water is one of essential hydrological parameters describing state of the atmosphere.

JAXA

Applicable range

For the media, educational and commercial use

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