Operation

Operation

Date of observation :

GEMS starts scanning at :45 each hour and continues for 30 minutes.

(UTC)

GEMS Annual Observation Schedule

Field of Regard (FOR)

Half East (HE)
Half East Area
Monitoring range
Korean Peninsula,
Japan, etc.
Half Korea (HK)
Half Korea Area
Monitoring range
Korean Peninsula,
Japan, East China, etc.
Full Central (FC)
Full Central Area
Monitoring range
Korean Peninsula, Japan,
China, Southeast Asia, etc.
Full West (FW)
Full West Area
Monitoring range
Korean Peninsula, China,
Southeast Asia,
some parts of India, etc.

Annual Observation Schedule

Monitoring No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Daily no. of scans
UTC 22:45 23:45 00:45 01:45 02:45 03:45 04:45 05:45 06:45 07:45 08:45
KST 07:45 08:45 09:45 10:45 11:45 12:45 13:45 14:45 15:45 16:45 17:45

*UTC (Coordinated Universal Time): The standard (KST-9) of the scientific time used in the international community
*KST (Korea Standard Time): 9 hours ahead of the UTC (UTC+9)