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The GCOM-W Research Product Distribution Service provides GCOM-W/AMSR2 and Aqua/AMSR-E research productrs with free of charge.


User registration is required to obtain the products on this service. Please read the terms and conditions carefully and agree on them before the registration at "User registration".


Research Product

AMSR2/AMSR-E Research Products


AMSR Data Catalog

For an overview of each product, please refer to the AMSR Data Catalog on the AMSR Series website.


Product Level Sensor
Atmosphere Total Precipitable Water over Land (PWL) AMSR2
Ocean 10GHz (High-resolution) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) *1 AMSR2, AMSR-E
Multi-band Sea Surface Temperature (SST) *2 AMSR2
All-weather Sea Surface Wind Speed (ASW) AMSR2
Cryosphere High-resolution Sea Ice Concentration (HSI) AMSR2
Detection of Thin Sea Ice (TSI) AMSR2
Sea Ice Motion Vector (SIM) AMSR2
Land Snow Depth (SND) *3 AMSR2, AMSR-E
Soil Moisture Content (SMC) *3 AMSR2, AMSR-E
Land Surface Temperature (LST) AMSR2, AMSR-E
TB AMSR-E Brightness Temperature in Slow Rotaion Mode *4 AMSR-E
  1. 10GHz sea surface temperature is stored in the second layer of AMSR-E / AMSR2 standard products. Please download the standard products distributed at G-Portal for your use.
  2. Multi-frequency SSTs are stored in the third layers of AMSR2 standard products. Please download the standard products distributed at G-Portal for your use.
  3. The snow depth and soil moisture products are distributed as AMSR-E / AMSR2 standard products, but the latest version processed using the algorithm under development for AMSR3 is distributed as a research product.
  4. AMSR-E brightness temperature data in slow rotation mode are for researchers.

File Format

AMSR2 / AMSR-E research products are in compliance with the HDF5 format of the AMSR2 standard products. However, the sea ice motion vectors (SIM) are in an original format.

For the research products, the quality flag is not described in the format description of the standard products. Please refer to the "Product Summary" of each product in the AMSR Data Catalog.


Tools / Libraries / Sample Programs

Regarding tools, libraries, and sample programs to handle AMSR2 / AMSR-E research products, please refer to the "Resources" page of the AMSR series website.



Standard Product

Globe Portal System (G-Portal)

Please access Globe Portal System (G-Portl) if you would like to use AMSR2/AMSR-E standard products.


Information
Mar. 14, 2023
The AMSR-E/AMSR2 Snow Depth Research Product distributed by GCOM-W Research Products Distribution Service has been
found a problem in data processing, and distribution of this data will be temporarily suspended.

We will resume the data distribution after the problem is corrected and reprocessed. If you have already downloaded this data, please do not use it for analysis, etc., and use the reprocessed data.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Please note that the standard product distributed from G-Portal is still available as usual.

Jan. 12, 2023
Facility Maintenance Notice

Due to facility maintenance, this website will be down from 10:40am to 12:10pm JST on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

Sep. 20, 2022
AMSR2 Research Products Snow Depth (SND) and Soil Moisture Content (SMC) are now available.

AMSR-E Research Products Snow Depth (SND), Soil Moisture (SMC), and Surface Temperature (LST) are now available.

Jul. 28 2022
AMSR2 research products 10GHz SST and Multi-frequency SST ver 4.10 are now available.

Mar. 14, 2022
The AMSR2 new research product "Sea Ice Motion Vector" was released for the Arctic Ocean.
AMSR2 research product are being distributed on the GCOM-W Research Product Distribution Service website.

Apr. 21, 2021
The new product "High Resolution Sea Ice Concentration(North Pole)" was released
We released the AMSR2 new research product "High Resolution Sea Ice Concentration(North Pole)" on Apr 21, 2021.

Sep. 03, 2019
Reprocessing AMSR2 research product files
JAXA was reprocessed several L1 files of AMSR2 data. All affected files (Six L2 files and L3 files that use those affected L2 files as input) have been replaced with new files. Details are as listed.
For standard product, please refer to G-Portal.

Mar. 20, 2019
The delayed provision of AMSR2 product (March 18, 2019)
Realtime processing and provision resumed at 9:00 (UT) on March 19, 2019.
We will provide until the end of March the poducts that are currently not available.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

[Mar. 19 2019 Published]
There has been a delay in the provision of AMSR2 products from 12:00 (UT) on March 18, 2019.
We are still working for recovery of service, and we will contact you when the service resumes.

Mar. 7, 2019
AMSR2 research products update will be suspended
Due to the system maintenance, the AMSR2 research products update will be suspended from 02:30 Mar 14, 2019 to 05:00 (UTC).
Jan. 31, 2019
The new product "Total Precipitable Water over Land" and "Detection of Thin Sea Ice" were released
We released the AMSR2 new research product "Total Precipitable Water over Land" and "Dtection of Thin Sea Ice" on Jan. 31, 2019.
Jan. 18, 2019
Reprocessing several files of All-weather Sea surface Wind speed
We reprocessed several Level 2 and 3 files of the AMSR2 All-weather Sea surface Wind speed (ASW) research products (V301) due to problem in missing data handling.
All affected files (Ten L2 files from July 2012 to December 2018 and L3 files that use those affected L2 files as input) have been replaced with new files.
Details are as listed.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Dec. 20, 2018
Missing period of the AMSR2 data
The AMSR2 global observation was temporarily suspended from 06:13 to 16:55 Dec. 16, 2018 (UTC)
and observation data of that period was missed.
Currently, observation and data distribution of AMSR2 are back to normal.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Nov. 19, 2018
Since some of the products processed on November 15, 2018 were incomplete, we have temporarily stopped publishing the product. Details are as listed.
Mar. 9, 2018
AMSR2 research products Data Distribution Suspended
Since some of the products processed on November 15, 2018 were incomplete,
we have temporarily stopped publishing the product.
Details are as listed.
Feb. 5, 2018
The new product "Land Surface Temperature" was released
We released the AMSR2 new research product "Land Surface Temperature" on Feb 5, 2018.
Jan. 11, 2018
The new version of "All-weather Sea Surface Wind Speed" was released
We released the new version (V301) of the AMSR2 research product "All-weather Sea Surface Wind Speed" on Jan 11, 2018.
Nov. 27, 2017
The AMSR2 Global Data Distribution Resumed
The AMSR2 global observation data distribution was suspended from 10:32 Nov. 25 to 00:38 Nov. 26, 2017 (UTC), but the AMSR2 observation data distribution was resumed. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Nov. 14, 2017
AMSR2 Near-real-time Data Distribution Suspended
Because of system maintenance, the AMSR2 all-weather wind speed data will be temporally unavailable from around 1:00UTC to 6:30UTC Nov. 15.
Sep. 29, 2017
The AMSR2 Global Data Distribution Suspended
The AMSR2 global observation data distribution were suspended during 27-28 Sep., and data during 22 hours was missed.
Mar. 6, 2017
Near-real-time Data Distribution Suspended
Because of system maintenance, the AMSR2 all-weather wind speed data will be temporally unavailable from around 1:00UTC to 6:30UTC March 7.
Jun. 16, 2016
AMSR2 research product during the initial check out phase is available.
AMSR2 research product "All-weather Sea Surface Wind Speed" acquired during the initial check out phase (July 3 to July 23, 2012) is now open to public.
Apr. 16, 2016
AMSR2 observation data missing
The AMSR2 observation was suspended from around 12UTC April 15 to 08UTC April 16, 2016. Now, AMSR2 observation was in normal status.


Browse Images
Global Daily Browse
The browse images of AMSR2 All-weather sea surface wind speed and 10GHz Sea Surface Temperature as well as AMSR-E and AMSR2 other products can be checked on the JAXA Global Environment Monitor (JASMES) water circulation website.
Tropical Cyclones Database
AMSR2 all-weather sea surface wind speed data and image around the typhoon is provided from the Tropical Cyclones Database website.