1. Result of GOSAT Observation Net Fluxes of CO2 (monthly average) July, 2009 January, 2010 Monthly Net Fluxes were newly released on Oct. 28 th using GOSAT data and also ground truth (GLOBALVIEW) under validating by researcher around world The mole fraction map of CO2 and CH4 are available on-line: https://data.gosat.nies.go.jp/GosatUserInterfaceGateway/guig/GuigPage/open.do validated through data aquired by TCCON (Total Carbon Column Observing Network)

2. Future GHGs Observation Projects GOSAT-2 Continuing and extending the GHG observation Improvement of; Measurement precision of the concentration of CO2 and Ch4 Estimation accuracy of the fluxes including the improvement of the spacial and temporal resolution reduction of the footprint size: from 10.5km to 3 or 4km increase of the numbers of FOV : from one to five improvement of precision : 4 ppm to 0.5 ppm Additional approach to GOSAT observation Distinguish the anthropogenic greenhouse gas from natual one Addition of the CO and NO2 observation channels JAXA, MOE and NIES had been studying GOSAT-2 and the program has been coordinated, and the FY 2013 budget has been requested.

3. AMSR-E Observation Termination At 3:58 p.m. on October 4, 2011 (JST) the AMSR-E on-boraded NASA/Aqua satellite halted its observations and rotation. The AMSR-E has been operating over nine years (design life of three years) observing global-scale water, including ocean ice, surface temperatures, vapors, precipitation and soil water Joint science collaboration with NASA (developing algorithms) GCOM-W1/AMSR-2 will succeed the continuous observation and international collaborations

4. GCOM-W1 status and launch GCOM-W1 onboards AMSR2, further improved successor of AMSR-E on Aqua Observation for water circulation mechanisms Observation of whole globe for two days GCOM RA mainly for Cal/Val was issued in Jan To be launched in early 2012 by H-IIA sharing with KOMPSAT-3 The data will be available on-line for free and open to users for research use (same condition with GOSAT, GPM, EarthCARE) GCOM-W1 GCOM-W2 GCOM-W3 GCOM-C1 GCOM-C2 GCOM-C3 Lanuch JFY2011 Launch JFY2014 (JFY2018) (JFY2015) (JFY2022) (JFY2020) GCOM Series