Himawari meteorological satellites

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geostationary weather satellite series meteorological satellite series

The Himawari meteorological satellites are a series of Japanese geostationary weather satellites that provide continuous, high-resolution monitoring of weather and environmental conditions over the Asia-Pacific region.

Aliases (14)

Himawari-8 ×2
Himawari-9 ×2
GMS (early designation for Himawari-1 to Himawari-4) ×1
Geostationary Meteorological Satellite series ×1
Himawari series ×1
Himawari-1 ×1
Himawari-2 ×1
Himawari-3 ×1
Himawari-4 ×1
Himawari-5 ×1
Himawari-6 ×1
Himawari-7 ×1
Himawari-8 weather satellite ×1
Himawari-9 weather satellite ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geostationary weather satellite series → meteorological satellite series →
alsoKnownAs	GMS series → Geostationary Meteorological Satellite series →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
coverageArea	Asia-Pacific region → Australia region → East Asia → Southeast Asia → Western Pacific Ocean →
dataDisseminationSystem	HimawariCast →
dataFormat	Himawari Standard Data →
dataUsers	Japan Meteorological Agency → World Meteorological Organization members → national meteorological services in Asia-Pacific →
launchSiteUsed	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED → Tanegashima Space Center →
launchVehicleUsed	Ariane 5 → H-IIA →
managedBy	Japan Meteorological Agency →
notableMember	Himawari-1 → Himawari-2 → Himawari-3 → Himawari-4 → Himawari-5 → Himawari-6 → Himawari-7 → Himawari-8 → Himawari-9 →
operator	JMA → Japan Meteorological Agency →
orbitType	geostationary orbit →
primaryMission	environmental monitoring → meteorology → weather observation →
providesDataFor	cloud observation → forest fire detection → numerical weather prediction → sea surface temperature monitoring → severe storm tracking → typhoon monitoring → volcanic ash monitoring →
regionServed	RA II (WMO Regional Association II – Asia) → RA V (WMO Regional Association V – South-West Pacific) →
relatedProgram	Global Observing System → World Meteorological Organization space-based observing system →
spectralImaging	multispectral imaging →
successorOf	GMS (early designation for Himawari-1 to Himawari-4) →
temporalResolution	high-frequency full-disk imagery → rapid scan observation of target areas →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-1") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-2") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-3") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-4") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-5") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-6") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-7") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-8") → Himawari meteorological satellites ("Himawari-9") →	notableMember
Japan Meteorological Agency ("Himawari series") → Japan Meteorological Agency ("Himawari-8") → Japan Meteorological Agency ("Himawari-9") →	usesSatellite
H-IIA launch vehicle ("Himawari-8 weather satellite") → H-IIA launch vehicle ("Himawari-9 weather satellite") →	launchesNotablePayload
Himawari meteorological satellites ("Geostationary Meteorological Satellite series") →	alsoKnownAs
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency →	operatorOf
Himawari meteorological satellites ("GMS (early designation for Himawari-1 to Himawari-4)") →	successorOf