GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water (1-Month,0.10deg,EQR)

  • DOI: 10.57746/EO.01hmt9z8hzbrrcr4v8n3ccpqpx
  • Last Updated: 2026-07-14
Data Progress: In Work
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Product Summary

GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water Content (EQR, 0.10 deg, 1-Month) dataset is obtained from the AMSR3 sensor onboard GOSAT-GW and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
GOSAT-GW was launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 50 (H-IIA 50) at 01:33 a.m. on Jun 29th, 2025 (Japan Standard Time, JST). GOSAT-GW equipped with AMSR3 takes measurements at multiple microwave frequencies and multiple polarizations of weak electromagnetic waves in the microwave band radiated from the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. AMSR3 has swath of 1535 km and 11 microwave bands. The observation data will enable the creation of long-term trustworthy data sets of global physical amount.
Level 3 products are gridded data. They store the brightness tempreture or physical parameters data converted using grid processing and temporally statical processing.
This product includes monthly mean Cloud Liquid Water Content (CLW). CLW product represents amount of vertically accumulated cloud droplet in the atmosphere, and defined as amount of water per unit area. Cloud liquid water is one of essential hydrological parameters describing state of the atmosphere along with precipitation and total precipitable water.
The provided format is NetCDF4. The current version of the product is Version 01A. The physical quantity unit is [kg/m2]. The generation unit is global. The sampling resolution is 0.10 deg. The projection method is EQR.

Platform
GOSAT-GW
Sensor
AMSR3

Coverage

Temporal Coverage

2025-08-11 to Present

Spatial Coverage

Bounding Rectangle

Resolution

0.10 deg

Location

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
Dataset Short Name
GOSAT-GW_AMSR3_L3_CLW_1Month_0.10deg_EQR
Platform / Sensor
GOSAT-GW / AMSR3
Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Bounding Rectangle
Temporal Coverage
2025-08-11 to Present
Product Level ID
L3
Version Description

Version 01A, 2026-06-30, Available

File Format
NetCDF4
Dataset Type
Monthly / Global
Resolution
Spatial Resolution
0.10 deg
Temporal Resolution
Monthly
Dataset Progress
In Work
Projection
EQR
Collection Data Type
SCIENCE_QUALITY
Get Data
https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/?lang=en
Dataset Title
GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water (1-Month,0.10deg,EQR)
Distribution Format
NetCDF4
Fees
Free
Citation
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 2025. GOSAT-GW/AMSR3 L3 Cloud Liquid Water (1-Month,0.10deg,EQR). https://doi.org/10.57746/EO.01hmt9z8hzbrrcr4v8n3ccpqpx
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ISO Topic Categories
  • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
Location Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
ECV and other Keywords
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • CLOUDS
  • CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
  • CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

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Date Description of Change
2026-06-30 Published and assigned a DOI.