Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI)

JAMI

Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager

Satellite

MTSAT- 1R

Status

Operational - Utilised in the period: 2005 to 2010

Mission

Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features

Instrument type

5-channel VIS/IR radiometer

Coverage/cycle

Full disk every 30 min. Half disk every 15 min.

Resolution (s.s.p.)

4.0 km for IR channels; 1.0 km for the VIS channel

Resources

Mass: 166.3 kg - Power: 152 W - Data rate: 2.7 Mbps



Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR)

0.725 µm

0.55 - 0.90 µm

6.5 @ 2.5 % albedo

3.75 µm

3.50 - 4.00 µm

0.18 K @ 300 K

6.75 µm

6.50 - 7.00 µm

0.18 K @ 300 K

10.8 µm

10.3 - 11.3 µm

0.15 K @ 300 K

12.0 µm

11.5 - 12.5 µm

0.18 K @ 300 K



Last updated June 2008