CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AHI
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Full Name
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Advanced Himawari Imager
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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JMA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Earth disk scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Constrained Access
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Data Format
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Himawari Standard Data, HRIT Data, LRIT data, NetCDF Data, Color Image Data. See:
https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/himawari89/space_segment/spsg_sample.html
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures cloud cover, cloud motion, cloud height, cloud properties, water vapour, rainfalll, sea surface temperatures and Earth radiation, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, snow and ice cover.
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Resolution Summary
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0.5 km in 0.64 µm band; 1.0km in 0.47 µm, 0.51 µm and 0.86 µm band, 2.0 km in all others
[Best Resolution: 500m]
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Swath Summary
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Full disk, Japan Area (Region 1, 2) : fixed area, Target Area (Region 3) and Landmark Area (Region 4, 5) : flexible area
[Max Swath: 500 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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16 bands from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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