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)
- Monitoring range
- Korean Peninsula,
Japan, etc.
Half Korea (HK)
- Monitoring range
- Korean Peninsula,
Japan, East China, etc.
Full Central (FC)
- Monitoring range
- Korean Peninsula, Japan,
China, Southeast Asia, etc.
Full West (FW)
- Monitoring range
- Korean Peninsula, China,
Southeast Asia,
some parts of India, etc.
Annual Observation Schedule
No observation
| 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)