Data management for the National Space Development Agency´s (NASDA´s) Earth-Observing Data and Information System (EOIS)

On February 4, 1994 the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan successfully launched H-II, a new Japanese rocket vehicle. In February 1996, the H-II rocket vehicle will launch the Advanced Earth-Observing Satellite (ADEOS) from the Tanegashima Space Center. ADEOS, which will conduct international missions, will contribute to the global observation of environmental changes for the international community. In addition to ADEOS, a variety of other Earth-observing satellites will provide a large volume of data from space. In order to monitor, understand and predict global change, space agencies consider it imperative to make maximum use of data from space. NASDA considers it essential to build up closer cooperation among world Earth science experts. NASDA has begun developing the Earth-Observing Data and Information System (EOIS). Using such things as the data mass storage system (DMSS) and networks, EOIS will provide highly processed, scientifically verified Earth observation data from space to Earth science experts around the world