Further Note
The attached Research Announcement (RA) was issued in August 2012. There
happened some changes in 2013, but the required updates are not completed in these
documents for RA. Because of new General Contractual Conditions for the Joint
Research (Appendix E), the data products distribution status, and the schedule of the7th Research Announcement, some terms in “Research Announcement” shall be deemed
to be replaced with the writings shown in Table 1.
Table 1 List of writings to be replaced
Page

SectionWritings in the ResearchWritings to be replaced

Announcement (main text)
P42.4 2)

The research period shall be

The research period shall apply

the operational period of

from the day of the signature of

GOSAT/TANSO plus thethe last authorized

operational period of its ground

representative of the Parties tosystem – five years after thethe Contract and continue for alaunch, in principal (until

maximum of four (4) years

January 22, 2014) -.

under the condition that theGOSAT ground system remains
operational.

P84. 3)L3 products are theL3 products are the global-scale

global-scale products

products calculated from L2

calculated from L1 and L2

products. L3 products are notproducts. L3 products are not“validated.” Only the image data“validated”, but they areare released to the public.

released to RA Investigators
prior to the public forpreliminary evaluation.
P9Table 1

List of GOSAT/TANSO data

List of GOSAT/TANSO data

products (as of 31 August 2012)products (as of February 17,2014)
Please refer the Attachment 1
for more details.)

P17

8.2.1

PI shall report the progress ofPI shall report the progress of his/herhis/her RA research, once a year inRA research, once a year inprinciple, in the way designated byprinciple, in the way designated by

the Three Parties, such as

the Three Parties, such as submitting

submitting the report in writing

the report in writing in English orJapanese (Added)

P17

8.2.2

Timing of the submission is(This sentence is deleted.)

generally within one year fromthe last interim research result
report.
P25

13.4

4th Announcement (Current

7th Announcement (CurrentAnnouncement)

Announcement)(Please refer the Attachment 2
for more details.)

Attachment 1 List of GOSAT/TANSO data products
Attachment 2 Schedule of the 7th Research Announcement

Attachment 1
Table 1 List of GOSAT/TANSO data products (as of February 17, 2014)
Processing
Level
L1A
L1B
L1B+Sensor/ BandFTSCAIFTSCAICAIFTS SWIRL2FTS TIRCAIFTS SWIRFTS 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 CO2 column amount (TIR)
L2 CH4 column amount (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
ResearchResearchResearchResearchResearch
Standard
ResearchResearchStandard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
ResearchResearch

FTS scene
CAI scene
FTS scene

CAI

L4A

L4B--

L3 NDVI

Standard

L4A global CO2 flux

Standard

L4A global CH4 flux

Research

L4B global CO2 distribution

Standard

L4B global CH4 distribution

ResearchFormat

CAI flame

Scan

CAI flame

HDF5

Global(monthly)
Global(per 3 days)
Global(monthly)
Rectangle[30°lat. x60°lon.](for a month andshifted every 3days)
Global[64 regionswith 1°grid](annually,including every
month data)
Global 2.5
degree(monthly,including every
6 hours data)

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 2
Schedule of the 7th Research Announcement
Period of proposal acceptanceFebruary 18, 2014 - March 15, 2014

Evaluation Period

March 16, 2014 - April 11, 2014

Date of the selection board

April 21, 2014

Notification of the selection result

April 23, 2014

Sign up of the agreement

May 7, 2014 or later

Submission of interim reports

May 1, 2015