An introduction to Himawari-8/9 — Japan’s new-generation geostationary meteorological satellites

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 151-183

  Bessho, Kotaro ^a   Date, Kenji ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Imai, Takahito ^a   Inoue, Hidekazu ^a   Kumagai, Yukihiro ^a   Miyakawa, Takuya ^a   Murata, Hidehiko ^a   Ohno, Tomoo ^a   Okuyama, Arata ^a   Oyama, Ryo ^b   Sasaki, Yukio ^a   Shimazu, Yoshio ^a   Shimoji, Kazuki ^a   Sumida, Yasuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Masuo ^a   Taniguchi, Hidetaka ^a   Tsuchiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Uesawa, Daisaku ^a   Yokota, Hironobu ^a   Yoshida, Ryo ^a   more..

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geostationary meteorological satellite; Himawari; Satellite meteorology

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VOLCANIC ASH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84966770013     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2016-009     Document Type: Article

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