About GCOM-C
GCOM-C mission aims to establish and demonstrate a global, long-term satellite-observing system to measure essential geophysical parameters to facilitate understanding the global radiation budget and carbon cycle mechanism, and eventually contribute to improving future climate projection through a collaborative framework with climate model institutions. The GCOM-C satellite scheduled to be launched in Japanese Fiscal Year 2014.
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Objectives and Targets
- Uncertainty in current predictions of the air temperature increase
- Factors affecting the accuracy of future air temperature prediction
- Observation targets of GCOM-C
Goals of GCOM-C mission
Specification and Products
References for further reading on GCOM and GCOM-C mission
- GCOM scientific plan overview:
- GCOM Science Plan
- GCOM Mission paper:
- Imaoka, K., Kachi, M., Fujii, H., Murakami, H., Hori, M., Ono, A., Igarashi, T., Nakagawa, K., Oki, T., Honda, T., Shimoda, H., 2010. Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) for monitoring carbon, water cycles, and climate change. Proc. IEEE 98:717–734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2036869