Contents

System

• Outline of Geostationary Meteorological Satellite System
• MTSAT and its Function
• Controlling, Receiving and Disseminating
• Computer Processing
• Data Collection System (DCS)

Dissemination

• Introduction
• HRIT Dissemination
• LRIT Dissemination
• Manual Amendment (MANAM)

Sample data

• Explanatory Notes
• Sample Data of HRIT
• Sample Data of LRIT

Operation

• Information
  • MTSAT Status
  • MTSAT Dissemination Status
  • MTSAT DCS Status
  • MTSAT Orbital Information
• Plan
  • Hourly Timetable for the Operation (PDF: 83 KB) (JMA website)
  • Operational Plan
  • Weekly Operational Plan, MANAM
  • Monthly Operational Plan
  • Pause of Dissemination through MTSAT
  • Schedule for Equinox Season (Equinox Operation)
• Report
  • Monthly Operations Report

Response Functions

• Currently operational satellites
  • MTSAT-1R(Standby satellite)(Provided by Raytheon and SS/L)
  • MTSAT-2 (ASCII text: 255 KB) (Provided by ITT and MELCO)
• Successive satellites
  • GMS (Sep.8,1977 - Dec.20,1981, Jan.21,1984 - Jun.29,1984) [ASCII text]
  • GMS-2 (Dec.21,1981 - Jan.20,1984, Jun.29,1984 - Sep.26,1984) [ASCII text]
  • GMS-3 (Sep.27,1984 - Dec. 3,1989) [ASCII text]
  • GMS-4 (Dec. 4,1989 - Jun.12,1995) [ASCII text]
  • GMS-5 (Jun.13,1995 - May 21,2003) [ASCII text]

Calibration Table

	MTSAT-1R	MTSAT-2
HRIT	HRIT Calibration Table[.xls]	HRIT Calibration Table[.xls](～2010.03.14) HRIT Calibration Table[.xls](2010.03.15～)
HiRID	HiRID Calibration Table (see Note)

Note: HiRID was stopped at 02:30 UTC on March 12, 2008.
The table of MTSAT-2 was updated for ground system modification on March 15, 2010.

Products

• Introduction
• Atmospheric motion vector (AMV)
• Aerosol Optical Thickness
• MTSAT-1R Sea Surface Temperature
• Snow-ice Index (SI)
• Cloud Grid Information
• NOAA Vertical Profile of Temperature and Water Vapor
• NOAA Total Ozone Amount (TOA)

Data Archives

• Type and Period of Data Archives
• Meteorological Satellite Center Monthly Report (CD-ROM)

Publication

• Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Note