We acknowledge a number of the submissions for the second Research Announcement on GOSAT. We have already disclosed the selection result for RA* researchers ( Calibration, Validation and Data Processing Algorithm) . In addition, we are disclosing the result for the RA+ researchers ( Carbon Balance Estimation/Atmospheric Transport Models and Data Application), selected, based on the RA Selection and Evaluation Committee who referred to the reviewers' opinion, followed by the approval of the Three Parties ( JAXA, NIES and MOE) . RA researchers are requested to execute the Research Agreement and to conduct the research, and, as shown in the end, to participate in the 2nd PI Meeting scheduled in late January. ( There is a researcher, to be selected under a condition. He will be listed up when the condition is satisfied.)
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Carbon balance estimation, atmospheric transport models *** | ||
| Fred Prata | Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) (Norway) |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia using Inverse Modelling |
| Emile Pelikan | Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) |
Modeling of the CO2 and CH4 fluxes using advanced mathematical techniques |
| Tuula Aalto | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
CO2 Balances using Remote Sensing, FTIR spectroscopy, In Situ Measurement and Earth System Modeling |
| Toshiki Iwasaki | Tohoku University (Japan) |
Four Dimensional Data Assimilation of GOSAT Observation Data Using a Local Ensemble Transform Karman Filter |
| Georgii Alexandrov | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Application of GOSAT FTS data to calibrationg models of terrestrial carbon sink |
| Chevallier Frederic | Laboratoire des Sciencs du Climat et de l'Environment (LSCE) (France) |
Estimation of CO2 and CH4 surface fluxes |
| A. Scott Denning | Colorado State University (U.S.A) |
Global carbon source/sink estimation using GOSAT data |
| Saulo R. Freitas | National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (Brazil) |
Assimilation and validation in Coupled Aerosol Tracers and Transport model to the Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System and the version of CPTEC General Circulation Atmospheric Model Including chemistry and aerosol. |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Data application *** | ||
| Reginald R. Muskett | University of Alaska Fairbanks (U.S.A) |
GOSAT and Oceanographic Observations of CO2 and CH4 on the Laptev and East Siberian Shelf Seas |
| Yutaka Kondo | University of Tokyo (Japan) |
Evaluation of uncertainties of aerosol parameters using a regional three-dimensional model |
| Luis Guanter | University of Valencia, Spain (Spain) |
Space-based analysis of the relationship between vegetation functioning and atmospheric CO2 and CH4 greenhouse gases. |
| R. P. Singh | Agriculture, Forestry and Environment Group (RESA) (India) |
Interaction Between Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases and Terrestrial Biospheric Processes Over Indian Subcontinent |
| Florian M. Schwandner | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (Singapore) |
Satellite-Borne Quantification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Volcanoes and Geothermal Areas |
| Simon A. Carn | Michigan Technological University (U.S.A) |
Application of GOSAT/TANSO-FTS to the Measurement of Volcanic CO2 Emissions |
| Manvendra K. Dubey | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S.A) |
Determine CO2 emissions validation capability of GOSAT over a polluted power dominated region using forward atmospheric modeling and aerosol corrections |
| Doreen Sandra Boyd | University of Nottingham (U.K) |
Using Envisat MERIS MTCI to characterize the response of the terrestrial biosphere to spatio-temporal variability in atmospheric carbon dioxide as measured by GOSAT FTS |
| Kazuhito Ichii | Fukushima University (Japan) |
Multi-model experiment of terrestrial carbon cycles in Asia and North America based on GOSAT carbon budget products |
| Nawo Eguchi | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Study of stratosphere-troposphere exchange and tropospheric dynamical processes by using the GOSAT TANSO-FTS data |
| Jhoon Kim | Yonsei University (Korea) |
Quantification of radiative forcing of CO2 and black carbon from GOSAT measurements with the aid of Asia Carbon Tracker and numerical models |
| France Gerard | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Natural Environment Research Council) (U.K) |
Using GOSAT to help improve the representation of wetlands and associated CH4 cycle in the next generation global land surface models. |
| Ira Leifer | Marine Science Institute, University of California (U.S.A) |
GOSAT Synergies for Ground-Reference of CH4-Emissions from Geologic and Biologic Mid-Latitude and Arctic Sources |
| Yuji Sakuno | Hiroshima University (Japan) |
Aerosol distribution estimation using GOSAT CAI data in coastal environments for red tide bloom detection |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Validation *** | ||
| Ralf Sussmann | Research Center Karlsruhe,IMK-IFU (Germany) |
Validation of GOSAT methane,carbon dioxide,and water vapor at the Ground-Truthing Facility Garmisch/Zugspitze |
| Christopher D. Barnet | NOAA / NESDIS / STAR (U.S.A) |
Comparison of GOSAT CH4 and CO2 with NOAA/NESDIS operational trace gases products retrieved from AIRS, IASI and CrIS and use of CAI aerosol product for NOAA synergy studies of using satellite data for air quality applications |
| Cyril Crevoisier | Centre Nantional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France) |
Quality control of radiances, validation of greenhouse gas products, and study of CO2 diurnal cycle. |
| Ugo Cortesi | Institute for Applied Physics gNello Carrarahof the Italian National Research Council (IFAC-CNR) (Italia) |
Cross-validation of IASI/METOP-A and TANSO-FTS/GOSAT level 2 products for carbon dioxide. |
| Anu Dudhia | University of Oxford (U.K) |
Validation of TANSO FTS spectra using RFM line-by-line model |
| Esko Kyro | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
Validation of GOSAT/TANSO GHG observations through surface-, tower- and FTIR measurements at the Sodankyla-Pallas Satellite pixel (67 degrees N, 27 degrees E) |
| Pieter Tans | NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (U.S.A) |
Comparison of GOSAT retrievals of the CO2 and CH4 column mole fractions with in-situ data and estimates produced by the CarbonTracker data assimilation system. |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Data processing algorithms *** | ||
| Andre BUTZ | SRON-Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands) |
Retrievals of atmospheric CO2 from GOSAT observations based on accurate vector radiative transfer modeling of scattering atmospheres |
| Pierre-Francois Coheur | Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) |
Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry-Climate interactions with GOSAT |
| Franz Schreier | Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)Institut fuer Methodik der Fernerkundung (IMF) (Germany) |
Validation of Vertical Profiles and Column Densities Retrieved from Nadir Infrared Sounders |
| Sergey Oshchepkov | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Algorithm developments for SWIR FTS GOSAT data processing with regard to atmospheric horizontal inhomogeneity |
| Del Bianco Samuele | Institute for Applied Physics gNello Carrarahof the Italian National Research Council (IFAC-CNR) (Italia) |
Definition, implementation and validation of a prototype software system aimed at the atmospheric corrections for the retrieval of solar-induced fluorescence. |
| Jianping Mao | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (U.S.A) |
Assessment of GOSAT Radiance Responses to the Lower Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Change and Impact of Aerosols and Clouds on CO2 Concentration Retrievals |
| Nawo Eguchi | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Retrieval of cirrus cloud parameters from TANSO-FTS spectra and investigation of global cirrus cloud variations |
NB: "RA users" are those researchers who research on themes adopted by the Three Parties in a research announcement. RA users are divided into RA* users and RA+ users in a following way: "RA* users" are RA users who are engaged in research activities that concern calibration validation or algorithms, and "RA+ users" RA users who are engaged in research activities that concern models and data application.
| Schedule for the 2nd RA | |
|---|---|
| Release of RA | April 7, 2009 |
| Deadline for submission of proposals | RA* users : June 8, 2009RA+ users : June 30, 2009 |
| Notification of the selection results | RA* users : July 31, 2009RA+ users : August 28, 2009 |
| Sign up of the agreement | RA* users : August 3, 2009 or laterRA+ users : August 31, 2009 or later |
| The second Meeting of the GOSAT_RA Principal Investigators / Workshop |
January 2009 |
| Submission of interim reports | September 30, 2010 |
We acknowledge a number of submissions of the first Research Announcement on GOSAT. After the deadline of the submission on 7th July of this year, 52 research proposals were selected as candidate of adopted research proposals by the RA Selection and Evaluation Committee, based on the evaluation results of the reviewers, and adopted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA), the National Institute for Environmental Studies(NIES) and the Ministry of the Environment(MOE). The respective adopted researchers will implement their researches after the joint research agreement is executed. The first meeting of the Principal Investigator will be held in November as a kick-off meeting of the beginning the researches, and the open workshop will be held as well. The details are at the end of this page.
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Calibration *** | ||
| L. Larrabee Strow | University of Maryland Baltimore County (U.S.A) |
Infrared Validation and Mid-Tropospheric CO2 from the FTS GoSAT Sensor |
| Robert Knuteson | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON (U.S.A) |
Assessment of GOSAT TIR FTS absolute calibration through validation |
| Tsuneo Matsunaga | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Lunar calibration of TANSO using SELENE Spectral Profiler data |
| Hiroshi Suto | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) |
Characterization of micro vibration effect to spaceborne-FTS on orbit |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Validation *** | ||
| Michael Buchwitz | University of Bremen, FB1 (Germany) |
Towards CONsistent long-term SCIAMACHY and GOSAT greenhouse gas data sets (CONSCIGO) |
| Justus Notholt | University of Bremen (Germany) |
Distributions of CO2 and CH4 over Eurasia between 30 degrees N - 90 degrees N |
| Kimberly Strong | University of Toronto (Canada) |
Validation of GOSAT Measurements Using Ground-Based and Satellite Data |
| Hideki Kobayashi | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Japan) |
Evaluation and improvement of the phenology monitoring algorithm of terrestrial vegetation |
| Masahiro Kawasaki | Kyoto University (Japan) |
An instrument prototype for column CO2, CH4 and N2O using direct solar flux |
| Kohei Mizutani | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan) |
Validation study of GOSAT CO2 data with coherent differential absorption lidars |
| Vanessa Sherlock | NIWA (New Zealand) |
Southern Hemisphere validation of GOSAT XCO2 and XCH4 from TCCON solar FTS measurements in Australia and New Zealand |
| Tomoaki Miura | University of Hawaii at Manoa (U.S.A) |
Evaluation and Validation of GOSAT CAI Vegetation Index Products Using MODIS, AVHRR, and In Situ Data over the Conterminous United States and Hawaii |
| Yutaka Matsumi | Nagoya University (Japan) |
Validation experiments for GOSAT using balloon-borne CO2 instruments |
| Charles Miller | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (U.S.A) |
Validation of GOSAT Data Products and Joint GOSAT-OCO Intercomparisons |
| Chikao Nagasawa | Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) |
Validation of the SWIR/TIR products using troposheric CO2 profiles by the ground-based differential absorption lidar |
| Claude Camy-Peyret | UPMC et CNRS (France) |
Correlative TIR, SWIR and NIR measurements for GOSAT |
| Yasuko Jessica Kasai | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan) |
Validation of CH4 with several ground-based IR Spectrometers |
| Daisuke Sakaizawa | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) |
Validation of the optical depth in the TANSO-CAI/FTS products using a 1.6-um backscattring lidar observation |
| Thomas Blumenstock | Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Validation of TANSO CH4 columns and profiles by ground-based solar absorption FTIR |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Data processing algorithms *** | ||
| Alexander Kokhanovsky | University of Bremen O. (Germany) |
Cloud remote sensing using GOSAT instruments |
| Christian Frankenberg | Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands) |
Retrieval of methane, carbon dioxide and water vapor from GOSAT near-infrared spectra |
| Tasuku Tanaka | Yamaguchi University (Japan) |
New Retrieving Method for Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Constituents By FTS |
| Konstantin G. Gribanov | Ural State University (Russian) |
Development of methods and software for retrieval of CO2 and CH4 spatial distributions from TANSO-FTS and TANSO-CAI sensors data and application of these methods for atmosphere over Western Siberia |
| Vladimir P. Budak | Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Russian) |
Development of radiative transfer technique for arbitrary 3D geometry with consideration of polarization effect |
| Itaru Sano | Kinki University (Japan) |
Algorithms for aerosol retrieval and validation for GOSAT / CAI : Combination use of multi-sensor data and ground based in-situ measurements |
| Pierre-Yves Deschamps | Universite de Lille 1and CNRS (France) |
Geophysical parameters derived from TANSO/FTS and CAI data |
| Thomas Wagner | MPI for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany (Germany) |
Non standard cloud, aerosol, and albedo products |
| Naoko Saitoh | University of Tokyo (Japan) |
Studies on atmospheric minor constituents and polar stratospheric clouds retrieved from thermal infrared spectra of TANSO-FTS |
| Kataev Mikhail Yurievich | Tomsk state university of control systems and radioelectronics (Russian) |
Development of the column amount and concentration profiles retrieving algorithms for CO2 and CH4 from satellite data using a priori information (Neural Network approach) |
| Ryoichi Imasu | University of Tokyo (Japan) |
Studies on CO2 concentration in the lower atmosphere and its budget analysis using synergetic data of TANSO-FTS TIR and SWIR bands |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Carbon balance estimation, atmospheric transport models *** | ||
| Alexander Lukyanov | Central Aerological Observatory (Russian) |
Simulation of cirrus clouds and humidity in UTLS by using coupled cirrus/trajectory model and the modification of the transport models used for the purposes of greenhouse gases inversion |
| Sander Houweling | Netherlands Institute for Space Research/Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (Netherlands) |
Intercomparison of CO2 fluxes estimated using inverse modelling of GOSAT and OCO measurements |
| Christoph Gerbig | Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany) |
Quantification of the carbon cycle in Europe and Western Africa by the top-down method |
| Richard Engelen | European Centre for Medium-RangeWeather Forecasts (U.K) |
Application of GOSAT data in a 4D-Var data assimilation system in combination with other greenhouse gas observations to better estimate CO2 and CH4 fluxes |
| Dylan B. A. Jones | University of Toronto (Canada) |
Chemical data assimilation and inverse modeling of atmospheric CO2 |
| Paul Palmer | University of Edinburgh (U.K) |
The UK Universities contribution to the analysis of GOSAT L1 and L2 data: towards a better quantitative understanding of surface carbon fluxes |
| Principal Investigator | Research Organization | Reseach theme |
|---|---|---|
| *** Data application *** | ||
| Masayuki Tamura | Kyoto University (Japan) |
Standardization of NDVI products produced from the TANSO-CAI sensor and applications of them to land observations |
| Masami Fukuda | University of Alaska Fairbanks (U.S.A) |
Early Detection of Leakage from Siberian and Alaskan Gas Pipelines |
| Lei Liping | Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth Science/Chinese Academy of Science (China) |
Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Relationship Between Greenhouse Gases and Landuse/Landcover in China |
| Yoshinobu Harazono | Osaka Prefecture University (Japan) |
Regional evaluation of CO2 exchange over a terrestrial ecosystem in Alaska and its application to vegetations in East-Asia |
| Petr Musilek | University of Alberta (Canada) |
Evaluation of Applicability of GOSAT Data for Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions from Tailing Ponds and Upgrader Operations in the Oil Sands Production Area, Alberta, Canada |
| Xiufeng Wang | Hokkaido University (Japan) |
A study on the relationship between distributions of CO2 and CH4 near ground and land-use in Northeast Asian |
| Richard Lynch | Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc (U.S.A) |
Trace gas remote sensing using near IR and longwave IR |
| Sachiko Hayashida | Nara Woman's University (Japan) |
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| Hilary E. Snell | Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc (U.S.A) |
Validation of a LIDAR System for the Measurement of CO2 |
| Hirokazu Yamamoto | Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) |
The possibility of aerosol correction over land using ADEOS-2 GLI 380nm reflectance |
| Shamil Maksyutov | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Estimation of the anthropogenic CO2 and CH4 emissions from the spatial concentration distribution around large point sources |
| Tsuneo Matsunaga | National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
Application of GOSAT FTS data to urban environmental monitoring |
| Kenta Ogawa | Rakuno Gakuen University(Hokkaido University) (Japan) |
Monitoring of Land Surface Status Using Thermal Infrared Emissivity and Visible to Near-Infrared Reflectance |
| Nakako Kobayashi | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan) |
Wildfire detection and the estimation of methane emission ratio and gas emission rates |
| Makiko Mukai | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan) |
Estimation of properties and emissions of atmospheric aerosols based on the GOSAT/CAI data |
| P. Stammes | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Netherlands) |
Study of aerosol and cloud properties using the polarization of the O2 A-band |