Manual and Related Documents

Operation manual of this system, GOSAT-2 product descriptions, Technical Information and so on are provided.
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User's Manual

・This describes the operation method of these services (Update Date: 2022-01)

  [8.41MB]

・Additional Volume 1 : Sftp directory structure (Update Date: 2024-03)

  [30KB]

・Additional Volume 2 : Direct Sftp acquisition (Update Date: 2021-01)

  [568KB]

Product Descriptions

JAXA GOSAT-2 Product (FTS-2 L1A/L1B, CAI-2 L1A)

・FTS-2 L1A/L1B Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.220.220 2019-02-05 -   [1.82MB]   [60KB]   [1.22MB]
Ver.210.210 2019-02-05 -   [1.82MB]   [209KB]   [1.22MB]

・CAI-2 L1A Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.103.103 2021-12-01 -   [1.19MB]   [176KB] -
Ver.102.102 2019-02-01 - 2022-01-31   [1.19MB]   [92KB] -

NIES GOSAT-2 Product (CAI-2 L1B, FTS-2 L2, CAI-2 L2, L4A, L4B)

・NIES GOSAT-2 Product File Format Descriptions (Product edition) (Update Date: 2020-06)
    This document is to define the file format and summarizes common information for all GOSAT-2 products generated by NIES.
     [812KB]

・GOSAT-2 TANSO-FTS-2 L2 Pre-processing Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (Update Date: 2022-08)
    This document explains the FTS-2 L2 pre-processing to set information commonly used in “FTS-2 TIR L2 cloud and aerosol properties retrieval processing”, “FTS-2 TIR L2 temperature and gas concentration profile retrieval processing”, and “FTS-2 SWIR L2 processing” using FTS-2 L1B Products, etc.
     [798KB]

・GOSAT-2 TANSO-CAI-2 L2 Pre-processing Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (Update Date: 2020-11)
    This document explains the CAI-2 L2 pre-processing to derive "apparent reflectance" and "surface albedo" that are necessary for "CAI-2 L2 cloud discrimination processing" and "CAI-2 L2 aerosol properties retrieval processing" using CAI-2 L1B Products.
     [1.18MB]

・ CAI-2 L1B Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.03.13 2021-12-01 -   [613KB]   [219KB] -
Ver.03.12 2019-02-01 - 2022-01-31   [612KB]   [160KB] -

・ FTS-2 SWIR L2 Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Proxy-method Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD Validation Results
Ver.02.00 2019-03-01 -   [792KB]   [259KB]   [1.53MB]   [708KB]
Ver.01.07 2019-03-01 - 2022-03-31   [514KB]   [198KB]   [1.88MB]   [301KB]

・ FTS-2 SWIR L2 Column-averaged Dry-air Mole Fraction Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD Validation Results
Ver.02.00 2019-03-01 -   [523KB]   [293KB]   [1.63MB]   [1.14MB]
Ver.01.07 2019-03-01 - 2022-03-31   [512KB]   [200KB]   [1.88MB]   [1.31MB]

・ CAI-2 L2 Cloud Discrimination Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.01.05 2021-12-31 -   [525KB]   [192KB]   [1.11MB]
Ver.01.04 2019-02-28 - 2021-12-31   [524KB]   [195KB]   [1.11MB]

・ L4A Global CO2 Flux Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.01.02 2019-10-01 - 2020-10-31   [400KB]   [294KB]   [489KB]

・ L4B Global CO2 Distribution Product

Version Obs. Periods File Format Descriptions Release Note ATBD
Ver.01.02 2019-10-01 - 2020-10-31   [344KB]   [160KB]   [489KB]

Information on Provided Products

・ Version information on provided products (Update Date: 2024-03-22)
    This document indicates the version information of FTS-2 and CAI-2 products currently provided.
     [368KB]

・ The observational period of lost GOSAT-2 data (Update Date: 2024-04-09)
    This is a summary of the information on the observational period for the lost FTS-2 and CAI-2 observation products.
     [439KB]

・ Product code Information (Update Date: 2023-05-17)
    This is description on the codes to identify the various data provided to the user. These codes are also used for Directory Configuration in "Data > Direct Sftp Acquisition".
     [201KB]

Technical Information

・ TANSO-FTS-2 Instrument characteristic information
    This indicates various parameter information of TANSO-FTS-2 instrument characteristic calibration.
     [12.1MB]

・ FTS-2 L1 product sensitivity variation
    This document summarizes the notification to users about the sensitivity variation of FTS-2 L1 products.
     [154KB]

・ TANSO-CAI-2 Response function information
    This indicates parameter information of TANSO-CAI-2 response function.
     [296KB]

Others

・ Data Users Handbook (Update Date: 2020-10)
    This summarizes of information about GOSAT-2 standard products as well as the background knowledge of the spacecraft, sensors, ground systems, and so on, for general users to use GOSAT-2 data.
     [5.07MB]