Instrument : Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS)

Note: gms is currently inactive and/or retired.

Active Dates
1996.10.01 - 2003.02.16

Instrument Categories
Satellite Observations


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Picture of the GMS
Picture of the GMS

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General Overview

GMS-5 satellite images are taken over the Tropical Western Pacific (TWP), over each of the TWP sites. The raw data are downlinked to the SeaSpace Corp. receiving station at the University of Hawaii. The GMS-5 was launched in March 1995 into a geostationary orbit above 0°N, 140°E. It carries a Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) with four channels, one in the visible part of the spectrum and three in the infrared. The ground resolution at the subsatellite point is 1.25 km in the visible channel and 5 km in the infrared.

Output Value-Added Products

This instrument is an input to the following value-added products, which provide improved measurements or derived quantities.

  • goes12minnis : GOES-12: 0.5 degree cloud products
  • lbtm3minnis : Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5
  • lbtm3minnisdar : Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Darwin
  • lbtm3minnisman : Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Manus
  • lbtm3minnisnau : Layered Bispectral Threshold Method (LBTM) cloud products derived from GMS-5,Nauru

Output Datastreams

  • gms5 : GMS-5: visible 1.25-km res., IR 5-km resolution
  • gms5hovmuller : GMS-5: hovmuller diagram

Primary Measurements

The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.

Locations