This figure illustrates a cloud top height (km) retrieved from the first data of the Global Imager (GLI) aboard Midori-II (ADEOS-II) at around 9:45 a.m (JST) on January 25.

It was found that the cloud system, which has formed as a result of the cyclone partly reached to around 8-km altitude. The GLI instrument observes and measures the types and structures of clouds using a large number of spectral channels.