no stat

250m Level-2 (L2&3 stat)

G4B G8A+ 2byte time Precise geometric corr.
(GCP, ORTHO)→daily EQA tiles 250m tilerun/path
G2A
PGCP
Level-1B HR
250/500m mode

T1A/RSRF

Dynamic LUT

1km Level-2 (L2&3 stat)
G4C

Land atmospheric correction
Land surface reflectance&QA_flag (incl. cloud)*+SA/Sogeo + 1byte time

250m TOA radiance
250m tileincl. NP, SW (1kmL1B VN HR
run/tile → 1km), TI (→250m), 1kmP, P-regi
L1B SWI HR 250m
250m tile Snow and ice cover extent
PLexcl. night SWI1,2
Snow ice area*
scene
L1B TI HR
C1AB/SICE(no L3 stat) G2B/LTOA
Snowicearea*
G1A
SA/SOgeo
C1C/SICE
run/scene
Okhotsk sea-ice area*
250m scene+ 1byte time
Priority
run/scene
1kmtileregi. optimized
6P, 2P-regi
1km averaging
G2C/LTOA
Cloud (w/i) discri.
1km TOA radianceincl. NP, P, SWI, TI
Cloud flag*
excl. night SWI1,2
A1AB/CLFG
1km tile
all 1km resolution
Cloud flag 1km*
P-regi. 2 bands for LR’
L1B VN LR’
Global full coverage
Cloud flag
L1B SWI LR’
1/24deg*+2byte
SA/SOgeo,time
A1C/CLFG
L1B TI LR’+ 1byte time
1km tile
G8B+1CH STDG1C
1/24 global
run/day
Global 1/24deg EQA binning (resample)
1km mode
1/24 global
1/24deg TOA radiance
L1B VN LR
incl. NP, P, SWI, TI
L1B SWI LR
excl. night SWI1,2, 1CH STD
1/24deg TOA radiance
Global full coverage
L1B TI LR(Clear pixel), +QA_flg, pix
G3A/LTOAL1B PL
G3A/LCLR

G1B

Level-1B LR
SA/SOgeo
250m
1km

run/scenecommon pixel selection

GCOM-CStandard Flow

1/24 EQA (L2&3 stat)

Binned data (EQA)+ 1byte time
daily 250m tile
Vegetation
T2A/VGINDVI, EVI, Shadow Index

eachproduct

LAI, FAPAR T2B/LAI+ 1byte time
Direction & Biomass
Above-ground biomass (1km)
Veg. roughness index (1km)

T3A/AGB

Thermal analysis
1byte timeLand surface temp ++emissivity

T4A/LST

C2AB/SIPR

Snow Ice physical properties
Snow grain size of shallow layer
Snow ice surface temp (250m)
Snow grain size of shallow layer
Snow ice surface temp (1km)+ 1byte time1km scene
250/500m scene

1/24deg

Additional image-calibration
Standard processing wait for the ancillary objective analysis data

Thermal analysis
SST (D/N) 1kmFine P-NP registration & ORTHO corrected

SST (D/N) 250/500m
Ocean atmospheric correction O2AB/NWLR
NWLR, aerosol 1km, PAR 1km

Averaged map (EQR)

EQA binning 1/24deg G7A
1-day
1-day
8-day

8-day

+statistics month

monthG6A

G4A 8-day 250m/1km (AGB) tilemonth 250m/1km (AGB) tile+statistics
250m
Land surface reflectance
EQA binning 1/24deg (G7B)

(G5B)

1-day

(G6B)

1-day
8-day

month+statistics(G4A)
8-day 1km tile

8-day
month
EQR+PS

month 1km tile +statistics(G6D)

O1AB/SSTNWLR, aerosol 250m, PAR250m

G5A

Level-3 map

1/24deg
Land surface reflectance as background+ 1byte time →1/12deg
Cloud properties
EQA binning 1/12deg (G7C)
G5C
D: c-water, reff, c-ice, Top temp,
1-day
1-day
Height, Amount 9types
N: Top temp, Height, Amount3
8-day
8-day
(G6C)
Same as above but 1km A2AB/CLPR
monthmonthAerosol properties by NP＆PL+statistics
Ocean Land aerosol by NUV&POL
A3AB/ARNP
EQA binning 1/24deg (G7D)
Same as above but 1km
G5D
1-day
1-day
+ 1byte time+ 2byte SA/SO geo, time
1km
scene

Level-3 Bin

In-water properties

O3AB/IWPR

CHLA, SS, CDOM 1km
CHLA, SS, CDOM 250m

8-day

8-day

month

month+statistics
Level-3 statistics:
2average, 2RMS, 2N
22used, Ninput, min,2max, 1date, 1QA_flag (2: 2-byte, 1: 1byte)
Level-3 of any period can be reproduced from the storedstatistics.

Common design of Level-3