Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Longwave Infrared Camera Bundle

DATA FILE DOWNLOAD

• Directory (DARTS/JAXA)
• zip file (DARTS/JAXA)

DATA CITATION

Taguchi, M., T. Kouyama, M. Futaguchi, T. M. Sato, T. Yamada, S. Murakami, M. Yamada, A. Yamazaki, K. Ogohara, M. Takagi, H. Kashimura, T. Horinouchi, T. Imamura, Y. Yamamoto, G. L. Hashimoto, K. McGouldrick, Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Longwave Infrared Camera Bundle v5.0, urn:jaxa:darts:vco_lir::5.0, JAXA Data Archives and Transmission System, https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00600, 2025.

IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

• Title: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Longwave Infrared Camera Bundle
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00600
• Alternate identifier(s):
  • URN: urn:jaxa:darts:vco_lir::5.0

DATASET CREATOR

• Makoto Taguchi, Rikkyo University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-2265
• Toru Kouyama, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-3986
• Tetsuya Fukuhara, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-232X
• Masahiko Futaguchi, Toho University
• Takao M. Sato, Hokkaido Information University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-2689
• Takeru Yamada, Rikkyo University, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-7300
• Shin-ya Murakami, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7137-4849
• Manabu Yamada, Chiba Institute of Technology, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0726-6592
• Atsushi Yamazaki, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Kazunori Ogohara, Kyoto Sangyo University, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7666-4442
• Masahiro Takagi, Kyoto Sangyo University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4629-6279
• Hiroki Kashimura, Kobe University, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-6953
• Takeshi Horinouchi, Hokkaido University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-1975
• Takeshi Imamura, The University of Tokyo, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9470-4492
• Yukio Yamamoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7172-1911
• George L. Hashimoto, Kobe University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-6881
• Kevin McGouldrick, University of Colorado Boulder, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-649X

DATASET OVERVIEW

Description(s)

Abstract

This PDS4 LIR bundle collects all the operational data products produced by the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Longwave Infrared Camera (LIR) instrument which includes raw image, calibrated image, derived map, derived geometry, and related documents.

Resource Type

Dataset, Infrared image of Venus' atmosphere

Keywords

• Venus Climate Orbiter
• PLANET-C
• Akatsuki
• Spacecraft
• Remote sensing
• Longwave Infrared Camera
• LIR
• Infrared
• Long-wavelength infrared
• Bolometer
• Brightness temperature
• Venus
• Atmosphere
• Superrotation
• Thermal emission
• Cloud-top temperature
• Planetary Data System
• PDS4

Edition of dataset

• Version: 5.0

Publication Date

2025

Publisher

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Related contents

• Dataset is portion of: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Dataset Collection, https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00000
• Dataset refers: Fukuhara et al. (2017), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-017-0727-y
• Dataset is a new version of: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki LIR Raw Data PDS3 dataset, https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00011
• Dataset is a new version of: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki LIR Calibrated Data PDS3 dataset, https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00012
• Dataset is a new version of: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki LIR Geometry Information PDS3 dataset, https://doi.org/10.17597/isas.darts/vco-00013
• Dataset is cited by: Taguchi et al. (2023), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01803-w

Contributors

• Data Curator: Shin-ya Murakami, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7137-4849
• Rights Holder: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Distributor: Center for Science-satellite Operation and Data Archive, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Distributor: NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) Planetary Atmospheres Node (ATM), Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University

Language used in dataset

en

Geolocation(s)

• Location of ISAS/JAXA
  • Point in Latitude and Longitude: 35.5581756 139.394127
  • Address: Yoshinodai 3-1-1, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
• Location of PDS Atmospheres Node
  • Point in Latitude and Longitude: 32.281047 -106.751453
  • Address: P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA

Repository Information

• Data ARchives and Transmission System (DARTS), ISAS/JAXA

DATES OF DATASET

• Issued: 2023-04-06
• Updated: 2023-06-01
• Updated: 2023-12-01
• Updated: 2024-06-17
• Updated: 2024-12-26
• Updated: 2025-05-22

RIGHTS, CREDITS, LICENSES

• ISAS Data Policy
• Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0)
• Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

DATES OF THIS METADATA

• 2023-04-06: Issued
• 2023-04-12: Updated the related contents section.
• 2023-06-01: Updated the release date.
• 2023-12-01: Added 2nd release.
• 2024-06-17: Updated for the 3rd release and added repository information.
• 2024-12-26: Updated for the 4th release.
• 2025-05-22: Updated for the 5th release.