Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC) | Himawari-8/9 Sample Data
Sample Data
This page provides sample data created from AHI Observation data and
AHI Proxy data
. Table 1 shows names and formats of Himawari-8 and 9 data processed by JMA.
AHI Observation data set is acquired in Himawari-8 in-orbit-test period, not in its operational. The bzip2-compressed AHI Proxy data file is smaller than the AHI Observation data file.
Table 1. Names / formats of Himawari-8/9 observation data processed by JMA
Data Name
(format)
Observation
area
Providing Method
For General Users
For NMHSs
via
JMBSC
via
HimawariCast
via
HimawariCloud
via
JDDS
via
WIS Potal
Himawari Standard Data
(Himawari Standard Format)
Full disk
Japan area
Target area
HRIT Data
(HRIT File Format)
Full disk
LRIT Data
(LRIT File Format)
Full disk
NetCDF Data
(NetCDF Format)
Full disk
Japan area
Target area
Color Image Data
(PNG 24bit Format)
Full disk
Japan area
Target area
JPEG Image Data
(JPEG Format)
Full disk
SATAID Data
(SATAID Format)
Full disk
ASWind Data
(SATAIDWIND)
Full disk
Target area
JMBSC
: Japan Meteorological Business Support Center (External link)
JDDS
: JMA Data Dissemination System
WIS-Potal
: Tokyo Global Information System Center (GISC-Tokyo) for the WMO information System (WIS) (External link)
Sample source code (C Programming Language)
For Himawari Standard Data
Sample source code to read Himawari Standard Data (for Ver. 1.2 and Ver. 1.3) (zip file 18 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)
Sample source code for downsampling Himawari Standard Data (zip file 18 KB) (released on 11 March 2026)
Sample source code for converting Himawari Standard Data to SATAID Data (zip file 26 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)
Sample source code for converting Himawari Standard Data to HRIT Data (zip file 21 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)
Sample source code for converting Himawari Standard Data to NetCDF Data (zip file 20 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)
For HRIT Data
Sample source code for converting HRIT Data to SATAID Data (zip file 26 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)
Sample source code for converting HRIT Data to NetCDF Data (zip file 20 KB) (released on 31 January 2023)