WebGMS - MTSAT/GMS (HIMAWARI) data processing on WWW

Earthquake Reserach Institute &
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

• 1km (Visible channel only)
• 4km (All channels)

• Visible and thermal infrared channels

• Active fire and thermal anomalies (by Dr. W. Takeuchi, University of Tokyo)
• Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) (by Dr. W. Takeuchi, University of Tokyo)
• Land surface temperature (LST) and urban heat island mapping (by Dr. K. Oyoshi, JAXA/EORC)
• Atmospheric water vapor (by Dr. S. Akatsuka, YIES)

• System and visualization
  • Wataru Takeuchi, Toshihiro Nemoto, Takayuki Kaneko and Yoshifumi Yasuoka, 2010. Development of MTSAT data processing, distribution and visualization system on WWW. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 10(3), 29-33. (Paper 2.7MB)
  • Wataru Takeuchi, Toshihiro Nemoto, Takayuki Kaneko and Yoshifumi Yasuoka, 2007. Development of MTSAT data processing, distribution and visualization system on WWW. Internaional Remote Sensing Symposium (ISRS), Jeju, South Korea, 2007 Nov. 1.

• Geometric correction
  • Wataru Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Yasuoka, 2007. Precise geometric correction of MTSAT imagery. 28th Asian conference on remote sensing 2007 (ACRS): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007 Nov. 14.

• Wild fires
  • Wataru Takeuchi and Yusuke Matsumura, 2008. Evaluation of wildfire duration time over Asia using MTSAT and MODIS. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 8(3), 13-17. (Paper 1.1MB)
  • Yusuke Matsumura, Wataru Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Yasuoka, 2007. Evaluation of wildfire duration time over Asia using MTSAT imagery. 28th Asian conference on remote sensing 2007 (ACRS): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007 Nov. 14.

• Snow and Ice
  • Kei Oyoshi, Wataru Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Yasuoka, 2007. Evaluation of snow-cover maps over Northeastern Asia derived from AVHRR, MODIS and MTSAT Data. 28th Asian conference on remote sensing 2007 (ACRS): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007 Nov. 14.

• Land surface temperature
  • Wataru Takeuchi, Kei Oyoshi and Shin Akatsuka, 2010. Super-resolution of MTSAT land surface temperature by blending MODIS and AVNIR2 International Remote Sensing Symposium (ISRS), Jeju, South Korea, 2010 Oct. 27.
  • Kei Oyoshi, Wataru Takeuchi and Masayuki Tamura, 2008. Land surface monitoring with Japanese geostationary satellite. 29th Asian conference on remote sensing (ACRS): Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2008 Nov. 12.

• Drought index and ground water table
  • Wataru Takeuchi, Takashi Hirano, Nanin Anggraini and Orbita Roswintiarti, 2010. Estimation of ground water table at forested peatland in Kalimantan using drought index towards wildfire control. 31st Asian conference on remote sensing (ACRS): Hanoi, Vietnam, 2010 Nov. 2.

• Atmospheric water vapor
  • Shin Akatsuka, Kei Oyoshi and Wataru Takeuchi, 2010. Mapping of precipitable water using MTSAT data. 31st Asian conference on remote sensing (ACRS): Hanoi, Vietnam, 2010 Nov. 2.

• Land surface water coverage (flooding and irrigation)
  • Wataru Takeuchi and Louis Gonzalez, 2009. Blending MODIS and AMSR-E to predict daily land surface water coverage. International Remote Sensing Symposium (ISRS), Busan, South Korea, 2009 Oct. 29.
  • Shumon Mori, Wataru Takeuchi and Haruo Sawada, 2009. Estimation of land surface water coverage (LSWC) with AMSR-E and MODIS. 2nd joint student seminar at AIT: Bangkok, Thailand, 2009 Jul. 7.