Appendix E-2
The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT)
Research Announcements
Joint Research Agreement
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute forEnvironmental Studies (NIES) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) (hereinafterreferred to as the “Three Parties” collectively) made the Research Announcements onGOSAT (hereinafter referred to as the “RA”) in order to solicit research proposals withregard to the use of any products as defined in the GOSAT Data Policy, aiming to further
exploit the outcomes obtained from the GOSAT Project. A following research proposal
was selected by the RA Selection and Evaluation Committee and adopted by the ThreeParties.
Title of Research Proposal:(Principal Investigator (hereinafter “PI”):)

The Three Parties and the Research Organization (hereinafter referred to as the “RO”)
of the PI or PI himself/herself, who submitted the adopted research proposal, hereby
enter into and execute this Joint Research Agreement pursuant to the terms andconditions of the “General Contractual Conditions for the Joint Research with theGOSAT Data” (Attachment A).
The PI will be delivered the GOSAT Data based on the “Provision of and Rights to theGOSAT Data” defined in Article 10 of the General Contractual Conditions mentioned
above and the “GOSAT/TANSO Data Policies” described in Chapter 4 of the RA main text.
(For the “JAXA’s satellite data other than the GOSAT data”, please refer to Attachment
B.) As referred in Chapter 8.1 “Rights” of the PI in the RA main text, the number ofobservation requests and deliverable standard/research products will be determined interms of the compliance with the purpose of the research. Also note that the technicalinformation about sensors etc. is subject to change. When any change occurred, it will be
informed to the PI by the GOSAT RA office.
The term of the Joint Research on this Contract shall be provided in Article 3 of theGeneral Contractual Conditions, which is for a maximum of four (4) years under thecondition that the GOSAT ground system remains operational. The time ofcommencement is the latest signing date among the authorized signers of the Three
Parties and the RO. Whereas, the time of expiration is the date when the Committee
confirms and accepts the Final Report of Research Results submitted by the PI at thecompletion of his/her Joint Research in accordance with Article 6.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed in duplicate by placing
signatures of the representatives of the Three Parties and the Organization (or PI), andthe RA office and the representative(s) of the Organization shall keep one copy of theoriginals.

Appendix E-2(Signatures)
1. Representative(s) of the Organization of the PI (or the PI himself/herself in case he/she
does not belong to any organization):
Name of Organization:
Contact Address:
Name of Representative(s):Date:Signature

2. Representative of the Three Parties:
Program Management and Integration Department
Satellite Applications Mission Directorate I
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Director: Kazuo Tachi
Date:
Signature
Kazuo Tachi
Center for Global Environmental Research
National Institute for Environmental Studies
NIES GOSAT Project Leader: Tatsuya Yokota
Date:
Signature
Tatsuya Yokota
Research and Information Office, Policy andCoordination Division, Global Environment Bureau
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Deputy Director: Yoshihiro Nozaki
Date:
Signature
Yoshihiro Nozaki