Projects of Global Atmospheric Chemistry Section

The GOSAT-GW (Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle) is a new Japanese satellite mission to be launched in FY2023 targeting global observations of both greenhouse gases and water vapor. The greenhouse gases observing mission is co-developed by Ministry of Environment (MoE) and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). This mission’s aim is to make global observations of greenhouse gases (such as CO₂ and CH₄) and air pollutant (NO₂). For this purpose, the TANSO-3 (Total Anthorpogenic and Natural emission mapping SpectrOmeter-3) sensor is being developed by JAXA.

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