8p.01 JMA and JAXA Kozo Okamoto1, Kotaro Bessho1, Misako Kachi2 1: JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) 2: JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) The 22th International TOVS Study Conference, Saint-Sauveur, Canada, 31 Oct - 6 Nov 2019 JMA Japan Meteorological Agency Himawari-8/9 Himawari-8: Started the operation on 7 Jul. 2015 Himawari-9: under standby status, take over the operation in 2022 AHI (Advanced Himawari Imager) performs very well New service and products: HimawariRequest, AMV-based surface wind, AOD Himawari follow-on program Start discussion to put into operation around FY2029 User requirement and impact are investigated on enhanced VIS/IR imager, hyperspectral IR sounder (HSS), lighting imager,,, Global and Regional OSSE for HSS Technological trend surveys in Japan/US/Europe Suggestions, comments and requests are highly welcomed!! JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Current operation GPM-Core/DPR (NASA-JAXA): Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (KuPR + KaPR), Feb 2014~ GOSAT/TANSO, GOSAT-2/TANSO-2 : FTS for GHG (CO2 & CH4), Jan 2009~, Oct. 2018~ GCOM-W/AMSR2 : Microwave imager, May 2012~ GCOM-C/SGLI: Multi-ch optical imager for monitoring radiation budget and carbon cycle, Dec.2017~ ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 : L-band SAR for monitoring environment, disaster and resource, May 2014~ Plans ALOS-3 : Advanced optical imager, follow-on of ALOS/AVNIR2 (JFY 2020) ALOS-4 : Advanced L-band SAR, follow-on of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 (JFY 2020) EarthCARE/CPR (ESA-JAXA) : Doppler cloud radar (JFY 2021) AMSR2 follow-on (no earlier than JFY2022) Current status: pre-project phase since Sep. 2018. Expect to start phase-B in late 2019 Equivalent to AMSR2 except for additional high freq ch (166GHz and 183GHz) Share satellite bus with GOSAT2 follow-on (666km alt, 13:30 LT in ascending node) finer FOV (5% less), narrower swath width (1535km) JAXA’s Earth Observation Schedule Japanese 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 203 Fiscal 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Year ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 National Security Disaster ALOS-4 (SAR) Land ALOS-4 Follow-on Monitoring ALOS-3 (Optical) ALOS-3 Follow-on Climate Change GCOM-W/AMSR-2 AMSR-2’s Successor Sensor onboard GOSAT-3 Water Cycle Precipitation GPM/DPR GCOM-C/SGLI Vegetation, Aerosol EarthCARE/CPR Clouds GOSAT/FTS Greenhouse Gases GOSAT-2/FTS-2 GOSAT-3 (tentative name).