Himawari Standard Data
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Himawari Standard Data is the primary digital data format used to distribute and analyze observations from Japan’s Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Himawari Standard Data canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4065624 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Himawari Standard Data Context triple: [Himawari meteorological satellites, dataFormat, Himawari Standard Data]
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A.
Himawari meteorological satellites
The Himawari meteorological satellites are a series of Japanese geostationary weather satellites that provide continuous, high-resolution monitoring of weather and environmental conditions over the Asia-Pacific region.
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B.
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS EarthExplorer is an online search, discovery, and download platform operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that provides public access to a wide range of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets.
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C.
ICE Data Services
ICE Data Services is a financial market data and analytics provider offering real-time and historical pricing, reference data, and related services to global market participants.
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D.
USGS GloVis
USGS GloVis is an online portal provided by the U.S. Geological Survey for browsing, previewing, and downloading satellite imagery and other Earth observation data.
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E.
GOES West
GOES West is a U.S. geostationary weather satellite that continuously monitors atmospheric and environmental conditions over the western United States and adjacent Pacific regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Himawari Standard Data Target entity description: Himawari Standard Data is the primary digital data format used to distribute and analyze observations from Japan’s Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites.
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A.
Himawari meteorological satellites
The Himawari meteorological satellites are a series of Japanese geostationary weather satellites that provide continuous, high-resolution monitoring of weather and environmental conditions over the Asia-Pacific region.
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B.
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS EarthExplorer is an online search, discovery, and download platform operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that provides public access to a wide range of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets.
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C.
ICE Data Services
ICE Data Services is a financial market data and analytics provider offering real-time and historical pricing, reference data, and related services to global market participants.
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D.
USGS GloVis
USGS GloVis is an online portal provided by the U.S. Geological Survey for browsing, previewing, and downloading satellite imagery and other Earth observation data.
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E.
GOES West
GOES West is a U.S. geostationary weather satellite that continuously monitors atmospheric and environmental conditions over the western United States and adjacent Pacific regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meteorological data product
ⓘ
satellite data format ⓘ |
| contains |
calibration information
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navigation information ⓘ observation time metadata ⓘ radiance data ⓘ spectral band identifiers ⓘ |
| coordinateReference |
Earth-fixed coordinates
ⓘ
geostationary projection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| dataSource |
Himawari-8 imager
ⓘ
linked to:
Himawari-8
Himawari-9 imager ⓘ
linked to:
Himawari-9
geostationary meteorological satellites ⓘ |
| dataType |
full-disk imagery data
ⓘ
level 1 satellite data ⓘ multi-spectral imagery data ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ |
| distributedTo |
international satellite data users
ⓘ
national meteorological services ⓘ research institutions ⓘ |
| domain |
Earth observation
ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ |
| formatRole | primary digital format for Himawari observations ⓘ |
| operator | Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
analysis of Himawari satellite observations
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distribution of Himawari satellite observations ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate analysis of Himawari observations
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standardized distribution of Himawari satellite data ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Himawari-8/9 observation data
ⓘ
HimawariCast service ⓘ |
| shortName | HSD ⓘ |
| spatialCoverage |
Asia-Pacific region
ⓘ
linked to:
Asia-Pacific
full Earth disk as seen from Himawari longitude ⓘ |
| spectralCoverage |
infrared bands
ⓘ
near-infrared bands ⓘ visible bands ⓘ |
| temporalResolution | high-frequency geostationary observations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Himawari series
ⓘ
linked to:
Himawari meteorological satellites
Himawari-8 ⓘ Himawari-9 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
atmospheric motion vector derivation
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climate studies ⓘ cloud analysis ⓘ disaster monitoring ⓘ nowcasting ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ sea surface temperature retrieval ⓘ weather monitoring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Himawari Standard Data Description of subject: Himawari Standard Data is the primary digital data format used to distribute and analyze observations from Japan’s Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.