GCOM-W1 satellite

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf satellite
gptkbp:availableFormats gptkb:HDF5
gptkbp:collaborations NASA
gptkbp:collection daily
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Ka-band
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:dataTransmission 100 Mbps
gptkbp:dataUsage climate adaptation strategies
disaster response
weather forecasting
climate modeling
publicly available
agricultural monitoring
soil moisture
biodiversity assessment
precipitation estimates
urban heat island effect
water quality assessment
drought assessment
hydrological modeling
land use change
coastal monitoring
sea surface temperature
flood monitoring
land surface temperature
ecosystem monitoring
ocean salinity
snow water equivalent
sustainable development goals monitoring
vegetation index
carbon cycle monitoring
environmental policy support
ice concentration
international climate agreements support
marine_resource_management
gptkbp:design 5 years
gptkbp:financialPerformance climate change research
gptkbp:homeGround gptkb:Svalbard_Satellite_Earth_Station
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GCOM-W1 satellite
gptkbp:launchDate 2012-05-18
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Tanegashima_Space_Center
gptkbp:launchVehicle H-IIA 202
gptkbp:lighting 2012-07-04
gptkbp:majorIndustry gptkb:Advanced_Microwave_Scanning_Radiometer_2_(AMSR2)
gptkbp:mission Sun-synchronous orbit
Earth_observation
gptkbp:operationalStatus active
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Japan_Aerospace_Exploration_Agency_(JAXA)
gptkbp:powers solar panels
gptkbp:purpose monitoring global water cycle
gptkbp:recordings 25 km
gptkbp:sensors passive microwave sensor
gptkbp:successor gptkb:GCOM-W2
gptkbp:type microwave radiometry
gptkbp:weight 2,500 kg