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- The GCOM-W mission aims to establish the global and long-term observation system to collect data, which is needed to understand mechanisms of climate and water cycle variations, and demonstrate its utilization. AMSR2 onboard the first generation of the GCOM-W satellite will continue Aqua/AMSR-E observations of water vapor, cloud liquid water, precipitation, SST, sea surface wind speed, sea ice concentration, snow depth, and soil moisture. GCOM-W1/AMSR2 characteristics Scan and rate : Conical scan at 40 rpm Antenna : Offset parabola with 2.0m dia. Swath width : 1450km Incidence angle: Nominal 55 degrees Digitization : 12bits Dynamic range : 2.7-340K Polarization : Vertical and horizontal Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GCOM-W1 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: GCOM-W1 Long_Name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-08-31 End_Group
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