Further Note
The attached Research Announcement (RA) was issued in August 2012. Some changes have
happened since then, but the required updates are not reflected in the RA documents, especiallyin its main text. Because of changes in the General Contractual Conditions for the Joint
Research (Appendix E of the RA documents), the data products distribution status, and theschedule of the current RA, some terms in the RA shall be deemed to be replaced with thewritings shown in Table 1.

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13.4Attachment 1
Attachment 2

Table 1 List of writings to be replaced
Writings in the Research
Writings to be replaced
Announcement (main text)
The research period shall be theThe research period shall apply
operational period of
from the day of the signature of theGOSAT/TANSO plus thelast authorized representative of theoperational period of its ground
Parties to the Contract and continue
system - five years after thefor a maximum of four (4) years
launch, in principal (until January under the condition that the22, 2014) -.
GOSAT ground system remains
operational.
L3 products are the global-scale
L3 products are the global-scale
products calculated from L1 andproducts calculated from L2L2 products. L3 products are notproducts. L3 products are not“validated”, but they are released“validated.” Only the image data
to RA Investigators prior to theare released to the public.
public for preliminary evaluation.
List of GOSAT/TANSO data
List of GOSAT/TANSO data
products (as of 31 August 2012)products (as of November 14,2014)
The list is shown in Attachment 1.
PI shall report the progress ofPI shall report the progress ofhis/her RA research, once a year
his/her RA research, once a year inin principle, in the way designated principle, in the way designated byby the Three Parties, such as
the Three Parties, such as
submitting the report in writing
submitting the report in writing in
English or Japanese (Added)
Timing of the submission is(This sentence is deleted.)
generally within one year fromthe last interim research result
report.
4th Announcement (Current
9th Announcement (CurrentAnnouncement)
Announcement)
The schedule is shown in
Attachment 2.

List of GOSAT/TANSO data products (as of November 14, 2014)
Schedule of the 9th Research Announcement

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Table 1 List of GOSAT/TANSO data products (as of November 14, 2014)
ProcessingLevel
L1A
L1B
L1B+Sensor/ BandFTSCAIFTSCAICAIFTSSWIR

L2FTS TIR

CAIFTSSWIRFTS TIR

L3Product Name

CategoryUnit

FTS L1A data
CAI L1A data
FTS L1B data
CAI L1B data
CAI L1B+ data
L2 CO2 column amount (SWIR)
L2 CH4 column amount (SWIR)L2 H2O column amount (SWIR)
L2 CO2 profile (TIR)
L2 CH4 profile (TIR)
L2 temperature profile(TIR)L2 H2O profile (TIR)L2 H2O column amount (TIR)
L2 cloud flag
L2 cloud property
L2 aerosol property
L3 global CO2 distribution (SWIR)
L3 global CH4 distribution (SWIR)
L3 global CO2 distribution (TIR)
L3 global CH4 distribution (TIR)
L3 global radiance distribution
L3 global reflectance distribution
L3 global cloud property
L3 global aerosol property

Internal (*)
Internal (*)
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Research
Standard
Standard
ResearchResearchResearch
Standard
ResearchResearch
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
ResearchResearch

FTS scene
CAI scene
FTS scene

L3 NDVI

Standard

L4A global CO2 flux

StandardFormat

CAI flameScan

CAI flame

HDF5

Global(monthly)
Global(per 3 days)
Global(monthly)

CAI

L4A

L4B--

L4A global CH4 flux

Standard

L4B global CO2 distribution

Standard

L4B global CH4 distribution

Standard

Rectangle[30°lat. x60°lon.]
Global[64 regionswith 1°grid](annually)
Global[43 regionswith 1°grid](annually)
Global 2.5
degree(monthly)

Remarks: “L” is an abbreviation for “Level.” E.g., “L1” means “Level 1.”(*) Internal products are for internal use only in the GOSAT Project.

Text/NetCDF

NetCDF

Attachment 2Schedule of the 9th Research Announcement

Period of proposal acceptance

November 17, 2014 ～ March 15, 2015

Evaluation Period

March 16, 2015 ～ April 16, 2015

Date of the selection board

End of April ～ Beginning of May, 2015

Notification of the selection result

May 15, 2015

Concluding the agreement

May 15, 2015 or later

Submission of first interim reports

March 1, 2016