JAXA JASMES Global Water-Cycle Monitoring
JAXA Satellite Monitoring for Environmental Studies portal providing map-projected global water-cycle observation imagery (soil moisture, snow, precipitation, water vapour) from GCOM-W/AMSR2, AMSR-E, TMI, SSM/I and other microwave sensors.
kuroshio.eorc.jaxa.jp
At a glance
- Region
- Japan (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Space Agency
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- soil moisture
- snow cover
- precipitation
- water vapour
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: precipitation
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: soil moisture
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
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