Educational faculty of the course
| Naoto Ebuchi (Professor) |
Physical Oceanography |
| Kei-Ichiro Ohshima (Professor) |
Ice-ocean coupled system, Circulation of the Antarctic Ocean and Okhotsk Sea. |
| Atsushi Kubokawa (Professor) |
My research interest is in theoretical aspects of the Geophysical and/or Oceanographic Fluid Dynamics. I have studied frontal wave dynamics, nonlinear evolution of baroclinic jets, outflow from a sea strait, etc., and currently, I am studying oceanic gyre structure based on the ventilated thermocline theory. |
| Fumio Hasebe (Professor) |
Atmospheric Science |
| Yasushi Fujiyoshi (Professor) |
I am interested in the dynamical structure, micro-physical processes, growth and organization mechanisms of meso-scale cloud systems (MCSs) especially developed in cold regions. By using remote sensing data (Doppler radar, Doppler sodar, satellites, etc.) in addition to in situ data (ground based, aircraft, ships) and meso-scale 3D cloud resolving models, we are studying the role of MCSs in the regional and global water/energy cycles. |
| Humio Mitsudera (Professor) |
Physical Oceanography, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. |
| Koji Yamazaki (Professor) |
Climate dynamics, Meteorology. Main research subjects are analysis of climate variation, stratosphere-troposphere interaction, long-range weather forecast, moisture and trace material transport in the atmosphere. |
| Yasuhiro Yamanaka (Prof) |
My research topics are marine ecosystem and biogeochemical cycles. In particular, I am interesting in the linkage between climate change and fish resources via changes in ocean environments such as nutrient cycles and biological production, including paleoclimate dynamics and global warming. |
| Tsutomu Watanabe (Professor) |
My research covers physical, biophysical and hydrological aspects of |
| Shigeru Aoki (Assoc Prof) |
Climate and oceanic variations in polar oceans. |
| Kunio Shirasawa (Assoc Prof) |
Under-ice physical oceanography at the Marginal Sea Ice Zone and polynya areas. Modelling the sea-ice thermodynamics and the response of sea-ice ecosystems to ice formations and climate. Energy flux measurements at atmosphere-ocean-sea ice ecosystems. |
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Youichi Tanimoto (Assoc Prof) |
A basin-scale sea surface temperature is one of the important climate variables because the ocean thermal condition could control the long-term fluctuations in the atmospheric general circulation. However since the atmospheric response to the ocean is not uniform among all ocean domains, we should know the actual status of the air-sea heat exchange with high accuracy. To do that, we made a quality-controlled data set of heat fluxes for the global ocean, and examined the spectral and spatial structures of the large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction. I believe that this work will help to improve the flux adjustment in the ocean- atmosphere coupled climate models. Furthermore, the feedback from the numerical simulation could give a better diagnosis of the present and past global changes. |
| Yasushi Fukamachi (Assoc Prof) |
It is difficult to carry out in situ oceanographic observation in the high-latitude region due to the presence of sea ice. For this reason, modeling study is particularly important in this region. We investigate mesoscale phenomena in the ice-ocean coupled model in order to obtain fundamental knowledge for global climate modeling. |
| Masatomo Fujiwara
(Assoc Prof) |
My research covers:
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Takeshi Horinouchi (Assoc Prof) |
Atmospheric Dynamics, Tropical meteorology, Stratospheric studies (by using theoretical and numerical methods often with observational data analysis); Software influstructure for geophysical fluid sciences. |
| Tomohiro Nakamura (Lecture) |
He aims at clarifying the interaction among atmosphere, ocean, land, and sea-ice in a Pan Okhotsk region. Also interested in are the tidal processes around the Kuril islands (generation of internal waves and mean flow) and their impacts on the formation of water masses in the North Pacific Ocean. |
| Masayuki Kawasima (Assis Prof) |
My research interests focus on the dynamics of mesoscale cloud systems (squall line, frontal rainband, etc.). Currently, I am studying the interaction between these systems and large scale phenomena using non-hydrostatic cloud model. |
| Takenobu Toyota
(Assis Prof) |
My major interest is to understand the formation and melting processes of sea ice on the sub-grid scale especially in the seasonal ice zone. I am approaching this theme mainly from in-situ observation and laboratory experiment. |
| Genta Mizuta
(Assis Prof) |
I research on the dynamical structure that keeps the large-scale circuration on the ocean,using simple numerical models. I have studied at theoretically that the effect of idealized geography of ocean bottms on the deep layer circulations. And recently I've interested in the research of the ocean circulation using the observational methods. |
| Tomonori Sato
(Assis Prof) |
