Dear Madam/Sir,
<<This mail is being sent with your name in BCC. This is to keep the
confidentiality of each user. All the names listed above are fro our
organization ERSDAC.>>
As you know, ASTER is functioning very well. And we appreciate your
active use of ASTER data. In this February, ERSDAC stopped accepting
new ARO ( Announcement of Opportunity). But, instead, ERSDAC has just
started to accept General Programming Request ( Data Acquisition
Request from general users ). Prior to open this mechanism to the
public, ERSDAC conducted the a test operation from June through
September of this year. Based on the experience during this test
period, we have been preparing the normal operation of the GPR. And,
now, we are ready to formally start the operation of GPR from General
users. Please visit following site for the detail of the Programming
Request:
http://www.gds.aster.ersdac.or.jp/gds_www2002/service_j/gpr_j/set_gpr_j.html
Please note that we will not charge to the users until the data have
been successfully acquired. And the users will have an obligation to
buy 3 kinds of ASTER data (L1A, L1B,L3A) for day time observation and
L1A,L1B,L2B3 for night time observation. when those scenes are
considered good by the cloud evaluation S/W*, based on the
predetermined criteria. (* If the result of the cloud evaluation by
this S/W has a significant error, there will be a possibility for
reconsideration.)
NB 1 : By METI's policy, only the charging to the product is
acceptable. The reason why we use the above mentioned procedure is
based on the METI's data policy.So, We would appreciate your
understanding.
NB 2 : There is a very small probability that the total cost becomes
large because of the possibility that good data be acquired in
fragmented area.Forb the detail, please consult the explanation of
the obligation.
NB 3 : If you submit order, fax (81-3-3533-9390)and email
(gpr_office(a)asterops.ersdac.or.jp) in the attachment will be
available.
NB. 4 : For your further questions, please don't hesitate to contact
gpr_office(a)asterops.ersdac.or.jp.
Sincerely,
H. Watanabe
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Hiroshi Watanabe
Forefront Tower 14F, 3-12-1 Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan,104-0054
phone (81-3) 3533-9380, fax (81-3) 3533-9383
email watanabe(a)ersdac.or.jp
http://www.ersdac.or.jp/ or http://www.gds.aster.ersdac.or.jp/
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