README HimawariGeo en

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README for the Himawari Geophysical Parameter Data

through the JAXA's P-Tree System
Prepared by Earth Observation Research Center (EORC),

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Aug.31,2015: The Himawari-8 Aerosol Property and Sea Surface Temperature data
are released.
Mar.28,2015: The Himawari-8 Short Wave Radiation/Photosynthetically Available
Radiation data and Chlorophyll-a data are released.
Aug.31,2016: The Himawari-8 Cloud Property data are released.
Dec.21,2016: The Himawari-8 Wild Fire data are released.
Feb. 5,2018: The Himawari-8 Aerosol Property data (Ver. 2.0) are released.
Aug.10,2018: The Himawari-8 Aerosol Property data (Level2: Ver.2.1, Level3 Hourly:
Ver.3.0),
The Himawari-8 Daily data (Aerosol Property, Wild Fire),
The Himawari-8 Monthly data (Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosol
Property, Wild Fire)
are released.
Oct.23,2018: Replacement of the Himawar-8 SST Level 2/3 (ver.1.2) files to
reprocessed data (fv02)
for the period during Feb.15 to Jul.27, 2018 due to a problem in
operational processing.
Oct.31,2018: The Himawari-8 Cloud Property data (Ver. 1.0) are released.
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In this directory, the Geophysical Parameter Data estimated from

the geostationary Himawari-8 Standard Data and Model Paramteters are
available in near-real-time.
You can also download the past period data of the Geophysical Parameter Data
since Mar.20, 2015.
Please note that past period data of the JAXA Geophysical Parameter Data
will be uploaded to the ftp site upon completion of its processing.
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# Available Geophysical Parameters
## Aerosol Property (day-time only)

Latest version: Version 2.1 (Level 2), Version 3.0 (Level 3)
Observation area: Full-disk
Temporal resolution: 10-minutes (Level 2),1-hour (Level 3),
1-day (Level 3), 1-month (Level 3)
Spatial resolution: 5km (Pixel number: 2401, Line number: 2401)
NOTE: Angstrom exponent included this product is under validation.
Users should keep in mind that the data is NOT quality assured.
## Sea Surface Temperature

Latest version: Version 1.2
Temporal resolution: 10-minutes (Level 2), 1-hour (Level 3),
## Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature

Temporal resolution: 1-hour (Level 3)
## Short Wave Radiation / Photosynthetically Available Radiation

1km Japan* (Pixel number: 2701, Line number: 2601)
* This area coverd 24N-50N, 123E-150E.
NOTE: This product is a beta version and is intended to show the
preliminary result from Himawari-8. Users should keep in mind
that the data is NOT quality assured.
## Chlorophyll-a
Latest version: 1.0
Temporal resolution: 1-hour (Level 3), 1-day (Level 3), 1-month (Level 3)
1km Japan* (Pixel number: 2701, Line number: 2601)
## Cloud Property (day-time only)

Latest version: 1.0
Temporal resolution: 10-minutes (Level 2)
## Wild Fire
Latest version: Version Beta
Spatial resolution: 2km
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# TOP FTP Directory
/pub/
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# Structure of FTP Directories
## Level 2 (every 10 minutes)

### Aerosol Property (ARP) Level 2
/pub/himawari
+---/L2
+---/ARP
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[hh]
### Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 2 (near-real-time)

/pub/himawari
+---/L2
+---/SST
+---/[VER]_nc4_normal_nrt
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
### Short Wave Radiation(SWR)/Photosynthetically Available Radiation(PAR) Level 2

/pub/himawari
+---/L2
+---/PAR
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
### Cloud Property (CLP) Level 2

/pub/himawari
+---/L2
+---/CLP
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[hh]
### Wild Fire (WLF) Level 2

/pub/himawari
+---/L2
+---/WLF
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[hh]
## Level 3 (hourly, daily, monthly)

### Aerosol Property Level 3
/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/ARP
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[daily]
+---/[monthly]
### Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 3 (near-real-time)

/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/SST
+---/[VER]_nc4_normal_nrt
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[VER]_nc4_normal_nrt_daily
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[VER]_nc4_normal_nrt_monthly
+---/[YYYYMM]
### Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 3 (near-real-time)

/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/SST
+---/[VER]_nc4_nightt_nrt
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
### Short Wave Radiation(SWR)/Photosynthetically Available Radiation(PAR) Level 3

/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/PAR
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[daily]
+---/[monthly]
### Chlorophyll-a (CHL) Level 3

/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/CHL
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[daily]
+---/[monthly]
### Wild Fire (WLF) Level 3

/pub/himawari
+---/L3
+---/WLF
+---/[VER]
+---/[YYYYMM]
+---/[DD]
+---/[daily]
+---/[monthly]
where VER: algorithm version;

YYYY: 4-digit year observation start time (timeline);
MM: 2-digit month of timeline;
DD: 2-digit day of timeline; and
hh: 2-digit hour of timeline.
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# File Naming Convention
## Level 2
### Aerosol Property
NC_H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_L2ARPVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc
where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

DD: 2-digit day of timeline;
hh: 2-digit hour of timeline;
mm: 2-digit minutes of timeline;
VER: version;
xxxxx: pixel number; and
yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_L2ARP001_FLDK.02401_02401.nc
### Sea Surface Temperature

YYYYMMDDhhmmss-JAXA-L2P_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-vVER-v02.0-fvFVER.nc

ss: 2-digit seconds (fixed to "00");
VER: algorithm version; and
FVER: file version;.
Example:
20150728081000-JAXA-L2P_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-v1.0-v02.0-fv01.0.nc
### Short Wave Radiation/Photosynthetically Available Radiation

H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_RFLVER_FLDK_xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (5km)
H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_rFLVER_FLDK_xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (1km)

VER: algorithm version;
yyyyy: line number.
Example: NC_H08_20150727_0800_RFL001_FLDK_02401_02401.nc
### Cloud Property

NC_H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_L2CLPVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc

VER: version;
yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_L2CLPbet_FLDK.02401_02401.nc
### Wildfire
NC_H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_L2WLFVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.csv

VER: version;
yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_L2WLFbet_FLDK.06001_06001.csv
## Level 3
### Aerosol Property
H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LL_ARPVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (5km)

LL: 2-digit temporal resolution (L3:hourly, 1D:daily, 1M:monthly)
yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_1H_ARP001_FLDK.02401_02401.nc
### Sea Surface Temperature

YYYYMMDDhhmmss-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-vVER-v02.0-fvFVER.nc (hourly)
YYYYMMDDhhmmss-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-vVER_daily-v02.0-fvFVER.nc (daily)
H08_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_1MSSTVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (monthly)

mm: 2-digit minutes of timeline (fixed to "00");
ss: 2-digit seconds of timeline (fixed to "00");
FVER: file version;
yyyyy: line number.
Example:
20180804000000-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-v1.2-v02.0-fv01.0.nc (hourly)
20180804000000-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-v1.2_daily-v02.0-fv01.0.nc (daily)
H08_20180701_0000_1MSST120_FLDK.06001_06001.nc (monthly)
### Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature

YYYYMMDDhhmmss-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-vVER_nighttime-v02.0-fvFVER.nc
where YYYY: 4-digit year observation start time (timeline);

mm: 2-digit minutes of timeline(fixed to "00");
ss: 2-digit seconds of timeline(fixed to "00");
VER: algorithm version; and
FVER: file version;.
Example:
20150728080000-JAXA-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-H08_AHI-v1.0_nighttime-v02.0-fv01.0.nc
### Short Wave Radiation/Photosynthetically Available Radiation

H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LL_RFLVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (5km)
H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LL_rFLVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (1km)

yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_1H_RFL001_FLDK.02401_02401.nc
### Chlorophyll-a
H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LL_ROCVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (5km)
H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LL_rOCVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc (1km)

LL: 2-digit temporal resolution (1H:hourly, 1D:daily, 1M:monthly)
yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20150727_0800_1H_ROC001_FLDK.02401_02401.nc
### Wild Fire

H08_YYYYMMDD_hhmm_LLWLFVER_FLDK.xxxxx_yyyyy.nc

yyyyy: line number.
Example: H08_20180501_0000_L3WLFbet_FLDK.06001_06001.csv
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# Format
All data except for Wild Fire is in NetCDF4 format and compressed with gzip.
Please note that NetCDF format of SST (except monthly product) follows
the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) 2.0. Details of GDS2.0, see the Group of
High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) web site
(https://www.ghrsst.org/).
File format of Wild Fire product is CSV. Please see following file
(H8_WLF_format.txt) for more details.
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# Documents
## Operational schedule of Himawari-8

Operational schedule of the geostationary Himawari-8 is available from
the JMA's web site;
http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/operation8/bulletin_list_H8.html
# Timetable of Himawari-8 Imaging

The Himawari-8 Imaging Schedule is available from the JMA's web site.
Please note that no observations are planned at 0240-0250UTC and 1440-1450UTC
everyday for house-keeping of the Himawai-8 satellite.
http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/operation8/Himawari-8%20Imaging%20Schedule.pdf
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# References
# About Himawari-8 satellite and instrument:

K. Bessho et al., 2016: An introduction to Himawari-8/9 - Japan's
new-generation geostationary meteorological satellites, J. Meteorol. Soc.
Japan, 94, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2016-009.
http://jmsj.metsoc.jp/EOR/2016-009.pdf
# About Sea Surface Temperature Algorithm:

Y. Kurihara, H. Murakami, and M. Kachi, 2016: Sea surface temperature
from the new Japanese geostationary meteorological Himawari-8 satellite.
Geophys. Res. Letters. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067159.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL067159/full
# About Aerosol Algorithm:

(L2 Aerosol Algorithm)
Yoshida, M, M. Kikuchi, T. M. Nagao, H. Murakami, T. Nomaki, and A.Higurashi 2018,
Common retrieval of aerosol properties for imaging satellite sensors, J. Meteor.

Soc.
Japan, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2018-039.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmsj/advpub/0/advpub_2018-039/_article/-
char/en.
(L3 Hourly Aerosol Algorithm)

Kikuchi, M., H. Murakami, K. Suzuki, T. M. Nagao, and A. Higurashi,
Improved Hourly Estimates of Aerosol Optical Thickness using Spatiotemporal
Variability Derived from Himawari-8 Geostationary Satellite, IEEE Transactions
on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, accepted.
# About Short Wave Radiation / Photosynthetically Available Radiation Algorithm:

R. Frouin and H. Murakami, 2007: Estimating photosynthetically available
radiation at the ocean surface from ADEOS-II global imager data. J.
Oceanography, 63, 493-503.
# About Chlorophyll-a Algorithm:

Murakami, H. (2016): Ocean color estimation by Himawari-8/AHI, Proc. SPIE
9878, Remote Sensing of the Oceans and Inland Waters: Techniques,
Applications, and Challenges, 987810 (May 7, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2225422;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2225422.
# About Cloud Retrieval Algorithm:

(Cloud Flag Algorithm)
Ishida, H., and T. Y. Nakajima, 2009: Development of an unbiased cloud detection
algorithm for a spaceborne multispectral imager, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D07206,
doi:10.1029/2008JD010710.
Ishida, H., T. Y. Nakajima, T. Yokota, N. Kikuchi, and H. Watanabe, 2011:

Investigation of GOSAT TANSO-CAI cloud screening ability through an inter-
satellite
comparison, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 1571?1586. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JAMC2672.1.
Letu, H., T. M. Nagao, T. Y. Nakajima, and Y. Matsumae, 2014: Method for

validating
cloud mask obtained from satellite measurements using ground-based sky camera.
Applied optics, 53(31), 7523-7533.
Nakajima, T. Y., T. Tsuchiya, H. Ishida, and H. Shimoda, 2011: Cloud detection

performance of spaceborne visible-to-infrared multispectral imagers.
Applied Optics, 50, 2601-2616.
(Cloud Retrieval Algorithm)

Kawamoto, K., T. Nakajima, and T. Y. Nakajima, 2001: A Global Determination of
Cloud Microphysics with AVHRR Remote Sensing, J. Clim., 14(9), 2054-2068,
doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2054:AGDOCM>2.0.CO;2.
Nakajima, T. Y., and T. Nakajima, 1995: Wide-Area Determination of Cloud

Microphysical Properties from NOAA AVHRR Measurements for FIRE and ASTEX Regions,
J. Atmos. Sci., 52(23), 4043-4059, doi:10.1175/1520-
0469(1995)052<4043:WADOCM>2.0.CO;2.
(Scattering property database for nonspherical ice particles)

Ishimoto, H., K. Masuda., Y. Mano, N. Orikasa, and A. Uchiyama, 2012a, Optical
modeling of irregularly shaped ice particles in convective cirrus. In radiation
processed in the atmosphere and ocean (IRS2012): Proceedings of the International
Radiation Symposium (IRC/IAMAS) 1531, 184-187.
Ishimoto, H., K. Masuda, Y. Mano, N. Orikasa, and A. Uchiyama, 2012b: Irregularly

shaped ice aggregates in optical modeling of convectively generated ice clouds,
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 113, 632-643.
Masuda, K., H. Ishimoto, and Y. Mano, 2012: Efficient method of computing a

geometric optics integral for light scattering, Meteorology and Geophysics .,
63, 15-19.
Letu, H., T. Y. Nakajima, and T. N. Matsui, 2012: Development of an ice crystal

scattering database for the global change observation mission/second generation
global imager satellite mission: Investigating the refractive index grid system
and potential retrieval error. Appl. Opt., 51, 6172-6178.
Letu, H. H. Ishimoto, J. Riedi, T. Y. Nakajima, L. C.-Labonnote, A. J. Baran,

T. M. Nagao, and M. Sekiguchi, 2016: Investigation of ice particle habits to
be used for ice cloud remote sensing for the GCOM-C satellite mission.
Atmos. Chem. Phys, 16(18), 12287-12303.
Letu, H., T. M. Nagao, T. Y. Nakajima J. Riedi, H. Ishimoto, A. J. Baran, H.

Shang, M. Sekiguchi, and M. Kikuchi: Ice cloud properties from Himawari-8/AHI
next-generation geostationary satellite: Capability of the AHI to monitor the
DC cloud generation process. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, in revision.
# Radiative Transfer Code

Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka (1986), Matrix formulation for the transfer of
solar radiation in a plane-parallel scattering atmosphere, J. Quant.
Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 35, 13?21, doi:10.1016/0022-4073(86)90088-9.
Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka (1988), Algorithms for radiative intensity

calculations in moderately thick atmospheres using a truncation approximation,
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 40, 51?69, doi:10.1016/0022-4073(88)90031-
3.
Ota, Y., A. Higurashi, T. Nakajima, and T. Yokota (2009), Matrix formulations

of radiative transfer including the polarization effect in a coupled
atmosphere-ocean system, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 111, 878?894,
doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.11.021.
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README for the Himawari Geophysical Parameter Data

Prepared by Earth Observation Research Center (EORC),

In this directory, the Geophysical Parameter Data estimated from

# Available Geophysical Parameters

## Aerosol Property (day-time only)

## Sea Surface Temperature

## Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature

## Short Wave Radiation / Photosynthetically Available Radiation

## Cloud Property (day-time only)

# TOP FTP Directory

# Structure of FTP Directories

## Level 2 (every 10 minutes)

### Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 2 (near-real-time)

### Short Wave Radiation(SWR)/Photosynthetically Available Radiation(PAR) Level 2

### Cloud Property (CLP) Level 2

### Wild Fire (WLF) Level 2

## Level 3 (hourly, daily, monthly)

### Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 3 (near-real-time)

### Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Level 3 (near-real-time)

### Short Wave Radiation(SWR)/Photosynthetically Available Radiation(PAR) Level 3

### Chlorophyll-a (CHL) Level 3

### Wild Fire (WLF) Level 3

where VER: algorithm version;

# File Naming Convention

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Sea Surface Temperature

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Short Wave Radiation/Photosynthetically Available Radiation

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Cloud Property

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Sea Surface Temperature

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature

where YYYY: 4-digit year observation start time (timeline);

### Short Wave Radiation/Photosynthetically Available Radiation

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

### Wild Fire

where YYYY: 4-digit year of observation start time (timeline);

## Operational schedule of Himawari-8

# Timetable of Himawari-8 Imaging

# About Himawari-8 satellite and instrument:

# About Sea Surface Temperature Algorithm:

# About Aerosol Algorithm:

Common retrieval of aerosol properties for imaging satellite sensors, J. Meteor.

(L3 Hourly Aerosol Algorithm)

# About Short Wave Radiation / Photosynthetically Available Radiation Algorithm:

# About Chlorophyll-a Algorithm:

# About Cloud Retrieval Algorithm:

Ishida, H., T. Y. Nakajima, T. Yokota, N. Kikuchi, and H. Watanabe, 2011:

Letu, H., T. M. Nagao, T. Y. Nakajima, and Y. Matsumae, 2014: Method for

Nakajima, T. Y., T. Tsuchiya, H. Ishida, and H. Shimoda, 2011: Cloud detection

(Cloud Retrieval Algorithm)

Nakajima, T. Y., and T. Nakajima, 1995: Wide-Area Determination of Cloud

(Scattering property database for nonspherical ice particles)

Ishimoto, H., K. Masuda, Y. Mano, N. Orikasa, and A. Uchiyama, 2012b: Irregularly

Masuda, K., H. Ishimoto, and Y. Mano, 2012: Efficient method of computing a

Letu, H., T. Y. Nakajima, and T. N. Matsui, 2012: Development of an ice crystal

Letu, H. H. Ishimoto, J. Riedi, T. Y. Nakajima, L. C.-Labonnote, A. J. Baran,