GMS-5 Mission

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 Comms - Communications package on GMS
VISSR (GMS-5) - Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (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 19 )
Antarctic Satellite Derived Winds from Water Vapor and Cloud Drift
CERES GEO Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A
CERES MODIS and GEO Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A
GMS/GOES BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SOLAR RADIATION 10-DAY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SOLAR RADIATION DAILY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SOLAR RADIATION in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SOLAR RADIATION MONTHLY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SST 10-DAY COMPOSITE in the SIDaB Data Base
GMS/GOES SST DAILY COMPOSITE 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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