Information and Notice

Last update : 17 February 2025

2025

Spring 2025 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (Equinox event periods update) (17 February 2025)
Quality of Some Himawari-9 Products Decreased due to the Moon (14 February 2025)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.18 is now available. (10 February 2025)
Maintenance of the antenna used for HimawariCast. (4 February 2025)
Maintenance of the HimawariCast ground system. (4 February 2025)
Spring 2025 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (30 January 2025)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2025 Equinox Seasons) (30 January 2025)
Maintenance of Himawari-9 (16 January 2025)

2024

HimawariCast Maintenance. (20 December 2024)
HimawariCast Maintenance. (3 December 2024)
Utilization of Meteorological Satellite Data in Cloud Analysis: 1st revision posted. (28 November 2024
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2024 Equinox Seasons) (23 July 2024)
Autumn 2024 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (23 July 2024)
The "Utilization of Meteorological Satellite Data in Cloud Analysis" is published. (8 July 2024)
Scheduled maintenance for HimawariCloud service on 20 June, 2024 (14 June/2024)
MSC Technical Report Special Issu(Utilization of Meteorological Satellite Data in Cloud Analysis: English version) is posted. (16 May 2024)
Maintenance of Himawari-9 (25 April 2024)
Quality of Some Himawari-9 Products Decreased due to the Moon [update No.3] (2 April 2024)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.17 is now available. (19 March 2024)
Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (22 February 2024)
Spring 2024 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (8 February 2024)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2024 Equinox Seasons) (5 February 2024)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.16 is now available. (30 January 2024)
Quality of Some Himawari-9 Products Decreased due to the Moon [update No.2] (17 January 2024)
Quality of Some Himawari-9 Products Decreased due to the Moon [update No.1] (16 January 2024)

2023

Quality of Some Himawari-9 Products Decreased due to the Moon (28 December 2023)
Notice about delay of HimawariCast (4 December 2023)
Maintenance of Himawari-9 (28 November 2023)
New references and algorithm update for GSICS Infrared Inter-calibration (26 October 2023)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2023 Equinox Seasons) (31 August 2023)
Autumn 2023 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (17 August 2023)
Due to the maintenance of network system, Real-time Image uploading will be delayed by up to one hour from 15:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC on 9 May 2023. (2 May 2023)
The 12th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-12) Summary uploaded. (18 April 2023)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2023 Equinox Seasons) (9 February 2023)
Spring 2023 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-9. (9 February 2023)

2022

Maintenance of HimawariCast ground system. (15 December 2022)
Switchover of the Operational Satellite [update No.3] (13 December 2022)
Products Comparison between Himawari-8 and -9. (22 November 2022)
Switchover of the Operational Satellite [update No.2] (11 November 2022)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.15. (31 October 2022)
Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Report No.66 is posted. (26 October 2022)
The 12th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-12) Second Announcement. (21 October 2022)
The 12th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-12) website launched and First Announcement. (19 August 2022)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2022 Equinox Seasons) (18 Augusty 2022)
Autumn 2022 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-8. (18 August 2022)
Products Comparison between Himawari-8 and -9. (5 August 2022)
Update of Calibration Information Used to Correct Himawari-8 AHI Sensitivity Trend. (4 July 2022)
Switchover of the Operational Satellite [update No.1] (23 June 2022)
Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Report Special Issu is posted. (1 April 2022)
HimawariCast Maintenance. (29 March 2022)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2022 Equinox Seasons) (10 February 2022)
Spring 2022 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-8. (10 February 2022)
Maintenance of Himawari-8 (7 February 2022)
Switchover of the operational satellite (2 February 2022)

2021

Always-on TLS Encryption will be introduced on the Meteorological Satelite Center website on 15 March 2022. Please see the Japan Meteorological Agency website for details. (21 December 2021)
The "Weekly operation schedule (MANAM)" will be discontinued after its last update at 24 February 2022. (21 December 2021)
Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (Additional Information) (9 November 2021)
Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (20 October 2021)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2021 Equinox Seasons) (19 August 2021)
Autumn 2021 Equinox Seasns of Himawari-8. (5 August 2021)
Update of Calibration Information Used to Correct Himawari-8 AHI Sensitivity Trend. (The date was rescheduled) (12 July 2021)
(Postponed) Update of Calibration Information Used to Correct Himawari-8 AHI Sensitivity Trend. (5 July 2021)
GSICS monitoring page by ray-matching method opened. (7 June 2021)
Maintenance of JCSAT-2B ground system. (10 May 2021)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2021 Equinox Seasons) (3 February 2021)
Maintenance of Himawari-8 (1 February 2021)

2020

HimawariCast Newsletter No.14. (17 November 2020)
The URL redirect from the old MSCweb resource to the current MSCweb resource (updated on 9 March 2020) were discontinued at 10 November 2020.
Please refer to the MSCweb URL comparison table to update your bookmarks.
Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Report No.65 is posted. (30 October 2020)
HimawariCast Maintenance. (13 August 2020)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2020 Equinox Seasons) (6 August 2020)
Update of Calibration Information Used to Correct Himawari-8 AHI Sensitivity Trend (6 July 2020)
HimawariCast Maintenance. (4 June 2020)
Suspension of HimawariCloud Service. (18 March 2020)
New adding the Common QI to Himawari-8/9 AMV BUFR (12 March 2020)
Update of MSC Technical Note No.64. (9 March 2020)
The Meteorological Satellite Center website has been updated on 9 March 2020. Please refer to "MSCweb URL comparison table" for the current MSCweb URLs changed from the old MSCweb.

MSCweb URL comparison table

HimawariCast Maintenance. (18 February 2020)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2020 Equinox Seasons) (10 February 2020)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.13. (17 January 2020)
Maintenance of Himawari-8 (14 January 2020)

2019

Maintenance of Himawari-8 (9 December 2019)
HimawariCast Maintenance. (9 December 2019)
HimawariCast Newsletter No.12. (15 October 2019)
Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Report No.64 is posted. (30 September 2019)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2019 Equinox Seasons) (6 August 2019)
AMV-based Sea-surface Wind (24 July 2019)
Update of Calibration Information Used to Correct Himawari-8 AHI Sensitivity Trend (8 July 2019)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2019 Equinox Seasons) (12 February 2019)
Himawari-8 Maintenance(31 January 2019)

2018

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre Tokyo for Nowcasting(20 December 2018)
Correction of the Himawari-8/AHI's Sensitivity Trend (09 July 2018)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2018 Equinox Seasons) (6 February 2018)
Himawari-8 Maintenance(31 January 2018)

2017

Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2017 Equinox Seasons) (3 August 2017)
Improvement of Himawari-8 observation data quality(21 July 2017)
Himawari Standard Data User's Guide (ver 1.3)(21 July 2017)
Correction of the Himawari-8/AHI’s Sensitivity Trend(21 July 2017)
Himawari-9 started backup operation at 00 UTC on 10 March 2017 (10 March 2017)
Himawari-8 : System Maintenance is scheduled. (6 February 2017)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2017 Equinox Seasons) (6 February 2017)
First image from Himawari-9 (24 January 2017)

2016

Quality improvement of Himawari-8 observation data (17 Nobember 2016)
Himawari-9 enters geostationary orbit (11 Noveber 2016)
Himawari-9 successfully launched (2 November 2016)
Launch of Himawari-9 postponed (30 October 2016)
Himawari-9 is scheduled for launch on 1 November 2016 (2 September 2016)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2016 Equinox Seasons) (18 August 2016)
The 7th Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satelite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-7) in Korea. (9 August 2016)
HimawariCast: The communication satellite switchover is scheduled to take place between 6 July and 20 July (15 June 2016)
Updates of the processing algorithm at the ground segment (9 March 2016)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Spring 2016 Equinox Seasons) (10 February 2016)
MTSAT-2 Operation for Eclipse Periods(The observation schedule outages for sun interference changed.) (5 February 2016)
Himawari-8 : System Maintenance is scheduled. (1 February 2016)

2015

Direct dissemination service via MTSAT-1R was terminated on 4 December 2015. (7 October 2015)
MTSAT-2 Operation for Eclipse Periods(The observation schedule outages for sun interference changed.) (29 September 2015)
HimawariCast: The communication satellite switchover postponed (11 September 2015)
Sun interference for HimawariCast (Autumn 2015 Equinox Seasons) (11 August 2015)
Himawari-8 Operation for Eclipse Periods (10 August 2015)
MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2015 Equinox Operations) (6 August 2015)
Himawari-8 operation initiated (7 July 2015)
The Sixth Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-6) Venue decided (8 June 2015)
Himawari-8 is scheduled to start operation at 02 UTC on 7 July 2015 (27 May 2015)
Collection of images captured by Himawari-8 (1 May 2015)
The Sixth Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-6) First Announcement (12 March 2015)
Test dissemination of Himawari-8 imagery via the HimawariCast service. (12 March 2015)
Detailed information on utilization of HimawariCloud service (11 March 2015)
The Sixth Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-6) website launched (18 February 2015)
MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2015 Equinox Operations) (5 February 2015)
Sample data set created from Himawari-8 observation data (29 January 2015)
HimawariCast service started (29 January 2015)

2014

First images from Himawari-8 (18 December 2014)
Himawari-8 enters geostationary orbit (17 October 2014)
Himawari-8 successfully launched (7 October 2014)
Meteorological Observation by MTSAT-1R for maintenance of MTSAT's ground system (7 October 2014)
Internet cloud service: New service for Himawari-8/9
(8 September 2014)
HimawariCast service: New service for Himawari-8/9
(3 September 2014)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2014 Equinox Operations) (1 August 2014)

PDF files of MSC Technical Notes are posted. (12 May 2014)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2014 Equinox Operations) (6 February 2014)

2013

Himawari-8/AHI sample data and format
(31 October 2013)
Meteorological Observation by MTSAT-1R for maintenance of MTSAT's ground system (26 September 2013)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2013 Equinox Operations) (1 August 2013)
AHI proxy data (for researchers) (27 February 2013)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2013 Equinox Operations) (6 February 2013)

2012

Photographs of AHI instrument (19 October 2012)
Meteorological Observation by MTSAT-1R for maintenance of MTSAT's ground system (21 September 2012)
Termination of direct broadcasting to MDUS and SDUS Users via MTSAT(30 August 2012)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2012 Equinox Operations) (31 July 2012)
Himawari-8/9 information page opened (24 July 2012)
Additional Imagery with heavy rainfall potential areas for the Southeast Asia to the MTSAT Real-Time Image (19 March 2012)
Maintenance for the MTSAT-DCS (23 February 2012)
Maintenance for the MTSAT-DCS (22 February 2012)
Maintenance for the MTSAT-DCS (2 February 2012)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2012 Equinox Operations) (2 February 2012)
Data distribution stop of MTSAT-DCS (2 February 2012)
Maintenance for the MTSAT-DCS (13 January 2012)

2011

Meteorological Observation by MTSAT-1R for maintenance of MTSAT's ground system (14 October 2011)
Resume of MTSAT-2 imagery data dissemination (15 August 2011)
Backup Observation by MTSAT-1R (3 August 2011)
MSC starts operation as DCPC (Data Collection or Production Centre) of WMO Information System (1 August 2011)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2011 Equinox Operations) (21 July 2011)
Additional Imagery with heavy rainfall potential areas for the South Pacific Islands to the MTSAT Real-Time Image (23 March 2011)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2011 Equinox Operations) (4 February 2011)

2010

Continuation of MTSAT-1R's Observation (13 October 2010)
Backup Observation by MTSAT-1R (7 October 2010)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Autumn 2010 Equinox Operations) (12 August 2010)
Plan of Operation for MTSAT-2 (14 May 2010)
Switchover of Meteorological Observing Function from MTSAT-1R to MTSAT-2 (23 April 2010)
Additional Asia area to the MTSAT Real-Time Image (16 April 2010)
Additional Pacific area to the MTSAT Real-Time Image (4 March 2010)
Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2010 Sun Avoidance Operations) (15 February 2010)

2009

Resume of MTSAT-1R imagery data dissemination (26 November 2009)
Failure of image data processing on MTSAT-1R ground system from 15-16 November 2009 (16 November 2009)
Failure of the observation by MTSAT-1R occurred on 11 November 2009 (12 November 2009)
Plan for Switchover of Meteorological Mission from MTSAT-1R to MTSAT-2 (30 July 2009)
Upgrade of tracking algorithm for MTSAT-1R AMVs in September 2009 (17 July 2009)
Image gallery page opened on 17 July 2009 (17 July 2009)
Change of MTSAT-1R AMV BUFR dissemination in August 2009 (pdf) (16 June 2009)
Upgrade of MTSAT-1R AMV derivation algorithm in May 2009 (pdf) (12 February 2009)

Schedule of Autumn 2009 Sun Avoidance Operations (14 August 2009)

2008

　