August 1, 2014

NIES GOSAT Project Office

  TANSO-CAI loaded on the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) "IBUKI" captures the smoke of wildfires in Russia.

  The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) "IBUKI" observes the greenhouse gases with TANSO-FTS and clouds and aerosols with TANSO-CAI globally for every 3 days. The smoke of wildfires was captured by TANSO-CAI observed on 19, 22 and 23 July, 2014.

The smoke of wildfires in Russia on Jul. 19, 2014
Left: Image acquired on Jul.19, 2014 (Click to enlarge)
Right: Geographic boundaries of the scene photographed by the CAI

TANSO-CAI is an imager to observe clouds and aerosols with 4 bands, whose central wave length are 1600 nm, 870 nm, 674 nm and 380 nm respectively. The color composite images of this article are created with its 870 nm data for red channel, 674 nm for green and 380nm for blue. The smoke is shown in yellow, clouds in white and land vegetation in red on this image.

The smoke of wildfires in Russia on Jul. 22, 2014
Left: Image acquired on Jul.22, 2014 (Click to enlarge)
Right: Geographic boundaries of the scene photographed by the CAI

The smoke of wildfires in Russia on Jul. 23, 2014
Left: Image acquired on Jul.23, 2014 (Click to enlarge)
Right: Geographic boundaries of the scene photographed by the CAI