Global Greenhouse Gas Observation by Satellite - Planet Action

Organization and Schedule
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Organization and Schedule
GOSAT is scheduled to be launched
in early 2009, with full-fledged data acquisition to
start three to six months after the launch.
NIES has formed a project unit (Fig. 12) for carrying
out the GOSAT Project. This unit will develop
methods for calculating the CO 2
and CH 4
column
abundances from the GOSAT data, develop models
for estimating CO 2
flux, validate and evaluate
the results. At the same time, it will develop and
operate the GOSAT DHF which will process the
data, and provide information to users.
Center for Global Environmental Research
Yasuhiro Sasano, Director
(Climate Change Research Project)
Core Research Project 2
Tatsuya Yokota, Leader
Shamil Maksyutov, Sub-leader
Development of data
processing techniques
Ground- and aircraft-based
experiments for validation
Development of carbon
balance models
NIES GOSAT Project
Tatsuya Yokota, Leader
Cooperation
Hiroshi Watanabe,
Office Manager
Development and
operation of DHF
(Project promotion)
NIES GOSAT Project Office
Validation
Osamu Uchino, Manager
Public relations,
other activities
Figure 12. GOSAT Project at NIES
(as of March 2008)
Cooperative sections in NIES
Validation, research on data utilization, etc.
Cooperative organizations
outside NIES
Computing centers, method development,
validation, research on data utilization, etc.
Ministry of the Environment
National Institute for Environmental Studies
GOSAT Project
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
For more information, please contact:
GOSAT Project 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 FAX: +81-29-850-2219
E-mail: gosat-prj1@nies.go.jp
URL: http://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/index_e.html
Published by the Center for Global
Environmental Research, National
Institute for Environmental Studies
2008.5. 2000