McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2015.2
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Satellites |
Himawari-8 (operational at ~140°E) |
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Orbit Type |
Geostationary |
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Data Type |
HSD (Himawari Standard Data) |
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Instrument |
AHI (Advanced Himawari Imager) |
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Resolution |
0.5 km for 0.64 µm band; |
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Band |
Central
Wavelength (µm) |
Primary Uses |
| 1 | 0.47 | Daytime aerosol over land, coastal water mapping |
| 2 | 0.51 | Green band - to produce color composite imagery |
| 3 | 0.64 | Daytime vegetation/burn scar and aerosols over water, winds |
| 4 | 0.86 | Daytime cirrus cloud |
| 5 | 1.6 | Daytime cloud-top phase and particle size, snow |
| 6 | 2.3 | Daytime land/cloud properties, particle size, vegetation, snow |
| 7 | 3.9 | Surface and cloud, fog at night, fire, winds |
| 8 | 6.2 | High-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall |
| 9 | 6.9 | Mid-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall |
| 10 | 7.3 | Lower-level water vapor, winds and SO2 |
| 11 | 8.6 | Total water for stability, cloud phase, dust, SO2, rainfall |
| 12 | 9.6 | Total ozone, turbulence, winds |
| 13 | 10.4 | Surface and cloud |
| 14 | 11.2 | Imagery, SST, clouds, rainfall |
| 15 | 12.4 | Total water, ash, SST |
| 16 | 13.3 | Air temperature, cloud heights and amounts |
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