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                   Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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              Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT)
                         Research Announcement

                                                   April 7, 2008 (JST)
                             Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
                     National Institute for Environment Studies (NIES)
                                     Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
                             
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute
for Environment Studies (NIES) and the Ministry of the Environment
(MOE) (hereinafter referred to as the "three parties" collectively)
will jointly launch the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT)
in Japanese fiscal year 2008 and will start a global observation of
greenhouse gases, with an aim to ascertain the global distribution of
concentrations of carbon dioxide and other major greenhouse gases,
the source/sink status of these gases on the sub-continental basis,
and also their temporal variations. The data acquired by GOSAT will
be released to the public, after certain data quality evaluation
steps, to be utilized by scientists all around the world.

Prior to such data release to general public, the three parties
solicit research proposals for the purpose of facilitating the data
quality evaluation, including calibration and validation, and the
utilization of the GOSAT data. The individual investigators and
research organizations that engage in the research activities on the
themes selected for this research announcement (RA) will be provided
with the GOSAT observation data at an early operational observation
phase starts and also will be granted the right to request their own
data acquisitions necessary for their researches.  

The submission of proposals for this RA is due on June 30, 2008.

[Research Announcement]
Proposals to be submitted in response to this RA should be made on any
of the following five areas and written in either Japanese or English.

 1)  Calibration
 2)  Data processing algorithm
 3)  Carbon balance estimation, atmospheric transport models
 4)  Validation
 5)  Data application

The three parties expect that this research announcement will direct
the attention of wide-ranging researchers both in and outside Japan to
GOSAT, and all the outcomes of the researches to be conducted under
the RA scheme will bring about an improved quality of the GOSAT data,
contributing to the elucidation of the behaviors of greenhouse gases
and to the promotion of researches on techniques and methodologies to
predict the global warming trend as well as its resulting climate
changes and consequences. In addition, the three parties are planning
to hold a workshop for the principal investigators selected for the RA
in autumn this year.

[RA-related schedule]
 Release of RA   April 7, 2008
 Deadline for submission of proposals    June 30, 2008
 Notification of the selection result    July 31, 2008
 PI meeting/workshop                     Scheduled for autumn of 2008
 Launch of GOSAT                         Scheduled for JFY2008

For further detail, please visit the following URL.
(Japanese)
http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/jp/proposal/proposal.htm
(English)
http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/eng/proposal/proposal.htm

[Point of contact]
GOSAT RA Office
Center for Global Environmental Research
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki
305-8506 Japan

TEL: 81-29-850-2966 (Japanese)
TEL: 81-29-850-2035 (English)
FAX: 81-29-850-2219
E-mail: [email protected]
Jacques :-)

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