Concept information
Preferred term
GCOM-W
Definition
- The GCOM-W mission aims to establish the global and long-term observation system to collect data, which is needed to understand mechanisms of climate and water cycle variations, and demonstrate its utilization. AMSR2 onboard the first generation of the GCOM-W satellite will continue Aqua/AMSR-E observations of water vapor, cloud liquid water, precipitation, SST, sea surface wind speed, sea ice concentration, snow depth, and soil moisture. The GCOM-W satellite scheduled to be launched in late 2011 or early 2012. http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gcom_w/ http://suzaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/GCOM_W/ (en)
Broader concept
- G - I (en)
Change note
- 2014-08-19 17:25:20.0 [saritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (GCOM-W [e784960e-f2fc-445f-98ad-da8741c06efa,106533] - G - I [af0968ce-ffe3-44a0-86de-2ec9b9a8fa5d,77509]);
- 2014-08-19 17:25:58.0 [saritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: Global Change Observation Mission-Water language code: en);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e784960e-f2fc-445f-98ad-da8741c06efa
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