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Global Change Observation Mission 2nd Research Announcement
(GCOM-C1 first RA)

As the second Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) research announcements (RA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announces the opportunity to conduct "development of retrieval algorithms for geophysical products", "fundamental data acquisition and validation preparation", and "application research directly connecting to the GCOM-C1 data".

  • 1. Outline of the RA
    • GCOM-C1 satellite is planned to be launched in the winter period of Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) 2013. Second generation Global Imager (SGLI) will be carried by the GCOM-C1 and have special features of wide spectral coverage from 380nm to 12um, high spatial resolution of 250m, field of view more than 1000km, two direction simultaneous observation, and polarization observation. GCOM-C1 mission aims to contribute of our knowledge improvement and prediction of global carbon cycle and radiation budget through the high accuracy observation about global vegetation, ocean color, temperature, cloud, aerosol, and polar regions by the SGLI.
    • This RA covers a four-year research period from JFY 2009 to JFY 2012. This RA emphasizes product development and acquisition of fundamental data for the algorithms (especially for new products, or significant improvement of existing products by new ideas), because the period corresponds to preparation period until 1-year of the GCOM-C1 launch.
    • Participation in this RA is open to all categories of domestic and foreign organizations including educational institutions (except for students), industries, non-profit institutions and Japanese Government agencies. (The funding to the foreign organization is basically limited to the case of special needs for the GCOM-C1 mission success.) After this RA, i.e. before one-year of the GCOM-C1 launch, we are planning to restart the RA to conduct researches more weighted to the operation and product validation during three years before and after the launch.
  • 2. Proposal
    RA details and forms for proposals can be downloaded
    from the following:
    RA details and forms for proposals can be downloaded from the following: PDF file
    Adobe PDF (950KB)    		 RA details and forms for proposals can be downloaded from the following: MS-Word file
    MS-Word (3.0MB)
    • Proposers without access to the Web or who experience difficulty in using this site may contact GCOM RA office (see below) for assistance.
    • The deadline for submitting proposals is March 31, 2009.
  • 3. Reference
    • Mr. Hiroshi Sasaki (GCOM RA Office)
      Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)
      Tsukuba Space Center
      Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
      2-1-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8505, Japan
      TEL : +81-29-868-2729
      FAX : +81-29-868-2961
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