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Calibration & Validation

Experimental Path

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Various field activities related to AMSR/AMSR-E validation will be conducted worldwide. The field activities can be categorized into two types:

  1. automatic-system-based field measurement by automatic weather stations and remote sensing instruments
  2. field campaigns by deploying aircraft sensors and ground-based instruments
Many of these field activities are related not only to AMSR/AMSR-E validation but also to international field programs such as GEWEX/CEOP. Since satellite observations including that of AMSR/AMSR-E are highly expected to contribute to the scientific goals of those programs, coordinating the field activities will contribute considerably to both endeavors.

*The Oceanographic Research Vessel MIRAI observation
*Hegura-jima and Minamidaito-jima Islands microwave radiometer observation
*Miyako and Yaeyama Islands precipitation observation
*Ground-based microwave radiometry for AMSR validation
*Wakasa Bay solid precipitation observation
*Tibet precipitation, snow cover and soil moisture observation: CAMP-Tibet (CEOP)
*Siberia solid precipitation and snow cover observation: CAMP-Siberia (CEOP)
*Mongolian soil moisture observation: CAMP-Mongolia (AMPEX)
*Thai soil moisture observation: CAMP-Thailand (CEOP)
*The Sea of Okhotsk observation
*Alaska observation
*Antarctic observation
*Colorado snow cover observation
*Iowa soil moisture observation
Observation Schedule
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