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Spring 2018 (Issue#33) (PDF2.1MB): - Looking back over the last year; - Satellite Observation Center窶冱 public relations activities in photos; - The 9th GOSAT RA PI Meeting; - Major project outcomes in FY2017; - Introducing young project members
- Hibiki Noda; - Numbers of GOSAT RA proposals and published peer-reviewed papers; - List of papers published in 2016 and 2017; - Data processing and release status

Winter 2016 (Issue#32) (PDF4.6MB): - Satellite Observation Research Projects and Satellite Observation Center; - RA PI Meetings in 2015 - 2016; - Major project outcomes in 2015 - 2016; - GOSAT in the year after nominal lifetime; - Greetings from Dr. T. Matsunaga; - GUIG Services to be closed; - Published papers, etc.

Spring 2015 (Issue#31) (PDF:3.7MB): - Main events in 2014; - Major project outcomes in 2014; - GOSAT in the year after nominal lifetime; - "GOSAT then and now"; - "Measuring Greenhouse Gases from Space: The GOSAT, OCO-2, and GOSAT-2 Partnership"; - Published papers, etc.

March 2014 (Issue#30) (PDF:2.0MB): - COP19/CMP9 Report; - ESA "Living Planet Symposium" Report; - GEO Conference / Meeting Report; - Observing Clouds, Diagnosing Environment; - A Series: IBUKI 's PI Interview - Dr. Andre Butz; - GOSAT Newsletter to Be Closed

September 2013 (Issue#29) (PDF:2.2MB): - News: 5th Japan-US Joint Vicarious Calibration of GOSAT in Railroad Valley, NV, USA; - A Series: Supporting GOSAT Project (5) - Big Stagehands in System Operation for Higher Level Data Processing; - A Series: IBUKI 's PI Interview - Prof. Justus Notholt

July 2013 (Issue#28) (PDF:2.8MB): - Report: The 5th GOSAT RA PI Meeting; - Report: IWGGMS-9; - A Series: Supporting GOSAT Project (4) - Big Stagehands in Higher Level Data Processing; - A Series: IBUKI 's PI Interview - Dr. Claude Camy-Peyret

April 2013 (Issue#27) (PDF:2.6MB): - REPORT: GOSAT Workshop 2013; - REPORT: EGU 2013; - A Series: Supporting GOSAT Project (3) - Big Stagehands having given birth to GOSAT "IBUKI"; - Greetings from GOSAT Project Office

March 2013 (Issue#26) (PDF:3.4MB): - Report: COP18; - A Series: Supporting GOSAT Project (2) - Big Stagehands in Level 1 Processing; - ANNOUNCEMENT: 9th IWGGMS to be held in late May

December 2012 (Issue#25) (PDF:5.8MB): - NEWS: Public Release of Level4 Product and its Brief Overview; - NEWS: CAI L3 NDVI Product Released; - NEWS Challenge: Automatic CO2/CH4 Observation by Compact Shipboard Equipment; - A Series: Supporting GOSAT Project - Big Stagehands in Mission IBUKI; - Visit to NIES by Counselor, British Embassy Tokyo; - IBUKI Caught Total Solar Eclipse, etc.

October 2012 (Issue#24) (PDF:3.6MB): - NEWS: 4th Japan-US Joint Vicarious Calibration of GOSAT in RRV; - NEWS: GOSAT (RA): Research Proposals are being taken anytime; - Report: IGARSS 2012; - A Series: "IBUKI"'s PI Interview - Prof. Paul Wennberg

August 2012 (Issue#23) (PDF:10.3MB): - Report: the 4th GOSAT RA PI Meeting; - Report: IWGGMS-8; - A Series: "IBUKI"'s PI Interview - Dr. Vanessa Sherlock; - New Version FTS SWIR Level 2 Data Product Released; - A Series: How to Use GUIG Tool "SWIR L2 Global Distribution Map" -4-, etc.

November 2011 (Issue#22) (PDF:4.4MB): - "Lauder Atmospheric Research Station - NewZealand"; - Report: SPIE Remote Sensing; - A series: How to Use GUIG Tool "SWIR L2 Global Distribution Map" -3-; - Floodings in Thailand and Cambodia etc.

September 2011 (Issue#21) (PDF:3.3MB): - Takakiyo Nakazawa Introduction; - Observation for GOSAT Data Product Validation Starts in Saga, Japan; - "A Series : How to Use GUIG Tool "SWIR L2 Global Distribution Map" -2-"; - "Arctic Sea Ice" etc.

August 2011 (Issue#20) (PDF:4.3MB): - Report : Data Acquisition over the Ocean Using High Resolution FTS; - Optical Adjustment for Ground-based High Resolution FTS at NIES; - Report : NIES Summer Open House; - "A Series: How to Use GUIG Tool "SWIR L2 Global Distribution Map" - 1 -"; - "GOSAT/IBUKI Data Users Handbook" is Available Online; - "Ship Tracks Emerge in Clouds" etc.

July 2011 (Issue#19) (PDF:3.4MB): - Level 3 CAI Global Reflectance Distribution Released; - Annual Railroad Valley Vicarious Calibration Campaign; - Report : NIES Open Symposium 2011; - On the Energy Saving Action at the NIES GOSAT Project; - "Typhoon Ma-on - Japan" etc.

June 2011 (Issue#18) (PDF:3.8MB): - Report: the 3rd GOSAT RA PI Meeting; - Report: IWGGMS-7; - "IBUKI"'s Data Debut on "Geo-Cosmos" at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo; - "Plume from Puyehue Volcano, Chile"; - Professor Paul Palmer Interview; - On Version Upgrade of Level1 Products etc.

May 2011 (Issue#17) (PDF:3.4MB): - Another Volcano Erupts in Iceland; - A Fine Picture of Fossil Fuel CO2 Emission; - GOSAT Data Images in GUIG Gallery etc.

April 2011 (Issue#16) (PDF:3.4MB): - GOSAT DHF Resumes Its Operation; - Dr. Alexey Yaremchuk Interview etc.

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March 2011 (Issue#15) (PDF:5.5MB): - Report: The 1st International Workshop on GOSAT Data Utilization; - Validation of the "IBUKI" Data Products and Development of the Next-generation Satellite Sensors; - Global Oceanic Emission and Absorption Maps of CO2 Gas Using Model Simulations and Assimilation; - Dr. Taroh Matsuno Interview etc.

February 2011 (Issue#14) (PDF:6.9MB): -18 Proposals Adopted - the 3rd GOSAT RA; - Minister of the Environment Ryu Matsumoto Visits NIES; - the Eruption of Kirishima in Japan; - "Column Amount and Column Averaged Mixing Ratio"; - 2010 through the Eyes of "IBUKI"; - Akihiko Kuze Introduction; - "Drift Ice in the Sea of Okhotsk - Japan" etc.

January 2011 (Issue#13) (PDF:3.7MB): - On the Second Anniversary of GOSAT Launch; - "Mauna Loa Observatory 窶・Hawaii, USA"; - Report : American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010; - Floodings in Queensland, Australia etc.

December 2010 (Issue#12) (PDF:5.7MB): - Level 3 FTS Global Greenhouse Gases Distribution Released to General Users; - Report: the 54th Symposium on Space Science and Technology in Japan; - 2010 through the Eyes of "IBUKI"; - Dr. Richard Engelen Interview etc.

November 2010 (Issue#11) (PDF:3.6MB): - Level 3 CAI Global Radiance Distribution Released to General Users; - GOSAT RCF Ranks 10th Most Energy-efficient Supercomputer; - Blue Planet Prize Recipients Dr. Hansen and Dr. Watson Visit NIES; - People of "IBUKI" - Hiroshi Watanabe Introduction; - Report: Meteorological Society of Japan 2010 Autumn Meeting Special Session; - "Asian Dust Falls in Fall - East Asia"; - "Eruption of Mount Merapi- Java Island, Indonesia" etc.

October 2010 (Issue#10) (PDF:3.4MB): - People of "IBUKI" - Masakatsu Nakajima Introduction; - Minister of State Banri Kaieda Visits GOSAT Project Office; - Change in the Observational Operation of TANSO-FTS; - GOSAT Workshop Held at SPIE Europe Remote Sensing 2010; - G-Spatial Expo - GOSAT窶冱 Achievement Introduced at Exhibition Booth; - "The Glittering Plain - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" etc.

September 2010 (Issue#9) (PDF:4.5MB): - New Versions of Level 2 Data Products Now Released to the General Users; - Symposium on Greenhouse Gases Measurement from Space Hosted by GOSAT Project; - Remote Sensing Society of Japan President Shuichi Rokugawa Interview; - 窶廴oshiri窶・Ground-Based Observation Site for 窶廬BUKI窶・Validation etc.

August 2010 (Issue#8) (PDF:3.4MB): - Summer Open House at NIES; - The Third GOSAT Research Announcement - Now Calling for Applicants; - Cloud and Aerosol Imager Captures Wildfires in Russia; - "Sea Ice in Arctic Ocean"; - Symposium on Greenhouse Gases Measurement from Space Hosted by GOSAT Project etc.

July 2010 (Issue#7) (PDF:3.9MB): - Thoughts on GOSAT Project from the Former JAXA GOSAT Project Manager; - Field Campaign for Vicarious Calibration of "IBUKI" in Railroad Valley, NV, USA; - Remote Sensing Society of Japan Former President Ryutaro Tateishi Interview; - "IBUKI"'s Observation Time and Location"; - The Third Research Announcement to Start Soon! etc.

June 2010 (Issue#6) (PDF:4.8MB): - Greetings from the former MOE officer for "IBUKI"; - New Mobile LIDAR for GOSAT Data Products Validation; - NVIDIA Chief Scientist Dr. Bill Dally Visits GOSAT RCF; - CAI L1B+ Browse Images Newly Released; - The 48th Meeting of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan; - Dr. Hartmut Bﾃｶsch Interview; - SCORE-MIP; - NIES Summer Open House etc.

May 2010 (Issue#5) (PDF:3.8MB): - "Gulf of Mexico - Oil Spill off of Louisiana Coast, USA"; - WMO-BIMP Workshop Report; - Dr.Michael Buchwitz Interview; - People of "IBUKI" - Isamu Morino Introduction etc.

April 2010 (Issue#4) (PDF:3.4MB): - "Iceland - Volcano Eruption and Spreading Volcanic Plume"; - New Ground-based High-resolution FTS Installed at NIES; - On Installing GOSAT Research Computation Facility; - NIES Spring Environmental Lecture Report; - Dr.Christian Frankenberg Interview; - Dr. Ha Tran Interview; - Presentations at Domestic Academic Conferences etc.

March 2010 (Issue#3) (PDF:8.3MB): - Greetings from Chief Scientist of GOSAT Science Team; - The Airborne Observation for the GOSAT Data Product Validation; - Dr. Peter Rayner Interview; - NIES Spring Environmental Lecture Information; - Associate Professor Kazuhito Ichii Interview; - The AAAS Annual Meeting Report; - "Atmospheric Tracer Transport Model Used in Inverse Modeling" etc.

February 2010 (Issue#2) (PDF:5.8MB): - IBUKI's Level 2 Data Products Now Released to the General Users; - IWGGMS-6 Report; - The 2nd GOSAT RA PI Meeting Report; - Dr. David Crisp Interview; - Dr. Liping Lei Interview; - Tatsuya Yokota Introduction; - "Diffusion of River Water?- Coastal Region of Pacific Ocean, Japan"; - "Keeling Curve" etc.

January 2010 (First Issue) (Issue#1) (PDF:3.8MB): - Greetings from Executive Director; - What is GOSAT Project? What is "IBUKI"?; - Minister of the Environment Ozawa Visits GOSAT Project Office; - "IBUKI"'s Data Products; - The Announcement of IWGGMS-6; - People of "IBUKI"- Shamil Maksyutov Introduction; - "Hudson Bay, Canada - Changin Scenery of Snow and Ice"; - "Inverse Model Analysis" etc.

December 2009 (Preparation Issue) (Issue#0) (PDF:2.7MB): - Greetings from Project Leader; - IBUKI's Data Product Public Release Information; - UNFCCC COP15/CMP5; - "Snow covered Japanese Northern Alps in Japan"; - Announcement of IWGGMS-6 etc.