GMS-5 Mission

Identifiergms-5NamesGeostationary Meteorogical Satellite - 5GMS-5 About identifiers
SeriesGMSgms

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Geostationary Meteorogical Satellite - 5
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
JAXA
Launch Date
18 Mar 1995
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jun 2005
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-140 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

DCS (JAXA) - Data Collection System (JAXA) gms-5_dcs-jaxa
GMS Comms - Communications package on GMS gms-5_gms-comms
VISSR (GMS-5) - Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (GMS-5) gms-5_vissr-gms-5

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields VISSR (GMS-5)
Atmospheric Winds VISSR (GMS-5)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature VISSR (GMS-5)
Liquid water and precipitation rate VISSR (GMS-5)
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) VISSR (GMS-5)

OpenSearch Datasets

Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 17 )
SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 GMS-5 Full Disk Version 2
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage B3 Reduced Radiances in Native Forma ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage DX Pixel Level Cloud Product - Revis ...
GMS/GOES VISSR DATA in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SST DAILY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SST 10-DAY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SST MONTHLY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE in the SIDaB Data Base
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 7 results: browser , table )
NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Ar...
Atmospheric Motion Vectors (GOES and HIMAWARI). CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate reanalysis JRA55
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Boundary Condition for Climate Models Direct Climate Analysis such as impact o...
NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE), Version 1. CLIMA...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate Change and Natural Variability Impact Assessment, Extreme Precipitatio...
Himawari Surface Albedo. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Boundary Condition for Climate Models Direct Climate ...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Snow cover and hydroclimate studies Snow-atmosphere studies Snow-sea ice studi...
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