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4 days ago · The Himawari (ひまわり, “sunflower”) geostationary satellites, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), support weather forecasting, tropical cyclone tracking, and meteorology research.
1 day ago · Himawari-8 and 9 (“sunflower”) are Geostationary Meteorological Satellites that form the third generation of Himawari satellites operated by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) for use in operational meteorological application.
6 days ago · This site has the comprehensive archive of meteorological satellite "Himawari" images since 1978, and offers a typhoon database of about 200,000 typhoon images since 1979 and typhoon best tracks since 1951 to search by date, name, location, cloud patterns, and so on.
2 days ago · Himawari-9 Clean Window infrared imagery (Band 13, 10.4 µm), 0144 UTC 24 July 2024 – 1412 UTC 24 July 2024 (Click to enlarge) Microwave imagery at 0923 UTC on 24 July 2024, below, taken from the SSEC Tropical Weather Website , show a well-defined eye with rainbands surrounding the storm.
Jul 8, 2024 · Brightness Temperature values for the Full Disk (FLDK) observations of Himawari-AHI. Brightness temperature is the temperature at which a black body in thermal equilibrium must be in order to duplicate the measured intensity of a grey body object observed at a specific electromagnetic frequency.
Jul 8, 2024 · Satellite Science Team, Research, Bureau of Meteorology. Credit. Solar radiation data derived from satellite imagery processed by the Bureau of Meteorology from the geostationary satellite Himawari-8 operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency using Heliosat-4 software provided by Mines ParisTech.
Jul 8, 2024 · The Sensor Geometry product contains sensor zenith and azimuth angles, along with latitude and longitude values for Himawari-AHI Full Disk (FLDK) Observations. It is provided at 500m, 1000m and 2000m spatial resolutions. These values are expected to be static, barring satellite orbit changes. If this occurs the product will be updated.
