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SHIKISAI GeoTIFF

G-Portal GCOM-C "SHIKISAI" Standard Products

The following standard products are available from G-Portal for GCOM-C "SHIKISAI" data.
In addition, datasets for global environmental change research, including GCOM-C "SHIKISAI" data, are available at the JASMES site.

<Ocean>

We provide conversion tools and data for using GeoTIFF data from GCOM-C "SHIKISAI."

Tools/provided sites  

SGLI Map projection & GeoTIFF conversion Tool
(Click on the tool name to go to the download page)
Platform:Windows、Linux
HDF5 format data obtained from G-Portal on the command line can be converted into GeoTIFF files through map projections.

Earth Observation Data Conversion Tool
(Click on the tool name to go to the download page)
Platform:Windows
HDF5 format data obtained from G-Portal using a graphical user interface can be converted into GeoTIFF files through map projection.

JASMES
(Click to go to the TOP page of JASMES Portal)
Datasets for global environmental change research are available in netCDF, GeoTIFF and other formats. You can download GeoTIFF data with "FAI monitor" and "Ibay Monitor". You can download map-projected netCDF data around Japan with "SGLI Near-realtime Monitor" and around Japan and the globe with "SGLI Standard Data."
User registration is required to download the data, but no registration is required to view it.

G-Portal Processing Request
(Click to go to G-Portal TOP page)
A G-Portal feature allows you to produce GeoTIFF files from the "Processing" button in the search results.
User registration is required to download the data and make processing requests.

JASMES sites using SHIKISAI data are summarized in "Data Acquisition" in the menu above.

This site explains how to use the "SGLI Map projection & GeoTIFF Conversion Tool" for map projected GeoTIFF conversion of Level-1B, Level-2, and Level-2 statistic products obtained from G-Portal, and how to use "gdal(QGIS)" for GeoTIFF conversion of Level-3 products.

Click on the image of each field above to link to the description page.
For Level-1B GeoTIFF conversion, please click here for a link.

<G-Portal SHIKISAI FTP directory>

SHIKISAI data can also be obtained from G-Portal's FTP site via an FTP client.
G-Portal's FTP directory structure is as follows.

XXXX:product ID V:Product version YYYY:year MM:Month DD:day

※1 FTP and SFTP connections are the same at ftp.gportal.jaxa.jp.
FTP (protocol: FTP, port number: 21, registered account, password: anonymous)
SFTP (protocol: SFTP, port number: 2051, registered account, registered password)
※2 "Special User" Registration is required to access the "Near-realtime" folder.

<Resolution and statistical period per product>

  Non-Global processing Global processing
Level2 L2 Statistics Level-2 Global Level-3 (Statistics)
Tile or Scene Tile Global EQA (A) EQAbin (X)
EQRmap (D)
PS (N or S)
Atmosphere (types) 29

3


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5


21
Cryosphere (types) 10

3


4


---


3
Land (types) 81

6


34


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41
Ocean (types) 17

3


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14
Total (types) 137

15


38


5


79
  Resolution

Q (250m)
H (500m)
K (1km)


Q (250m)
K (1km)
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F (1/24° : 4.6km)
--
-



F (1/24° : 4.6km)
C (1/12° : 9.3km)
--
  Statistics period

--
--
--


--
08D (8 days),
01M (monthly)


01D (daily)
--
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01D (daily),
08D (8 days),
01M (monthly)

<SGLI projection coordinate system>

1.1 Sensor hardware coordinate   1.1.0.1 Scene
1.2 Map projection coordinate 1.2.1 Equal Area Coordinate (EQA) 1.2.1.1 Tile
1.2.1.2 Global EQA
1.2.1.3 Global EQA (bin)
(1D)
1.2.2 Equal Lat/Lon Coodinate (EQR) 1.2.2.1 Global EQR (map)
1.2.3 Polar Stereo (PS) 1.2.3.1 PS (N)
1.2.3.2 PS (S)