Past News


2023
2023.03.27 [Info.] Our laboratory's two Master students got their degree on March 23. Congratulations! We are hoping for your future successes. The picture is found here.

2023.03.23 [Award] Takehiro MORIOKA received "Numaguchi Award 2022". Congratulations!

2023.03.22 [Award] The Graduate School Poster Presentation Session 2022 was held on March 10. Shixue LI was awarded the Research Excellence Award. Congratulations!

2023.03.22 [Research] Laboratory members made presentations at ISAR-7.
  • Tomonori SATO:「Exchange of atmospheric moisture between Arctic Ocean and Eurasian continent investigated by moisture transport model experiment」
  • Kenta TAMURA:「Winter atmospheric trends over East Asia analyzed for individual surface pressure patterns」
  • Xiling ZHOU:「Interannual Variation of the Warm Arctic-Cold Eurasia Pattern Modulated by Internal Atmospheric Variability Examined by a Large Ensemble Experiment」

2023.01.04 [Research] Laboratory members made presentations at AGU Fall Meeting 2022.
  • Kenta TAMURA:「Regional Climatology of Winter Cyclone Activity around the Northern Part of Japan and its Multidecadal Trend」
  • Shixue LI:「Subseasonal variation of early summer East Asian rainfall modulated by Indian monsoonal heating investigated using Large-Ensemble Experiment」

2022
2022.12.26 [Award] The presentation by Kazuya WAKAO was selected as the best presentation award for MSJ-Hokkaido branch meeting. Congratulations!

2022.11.28 [Research] The collaborative research result by Tomonori SATO, Tetsu NAKAMURA, Yoshihiro IIJIMA (Mie University) and Tetsuya HIYAMA (Nagoya University) was published in "npj climate and atmospheric science" and press released. The title is "Enhanced Arctic moisture transport toward Siberia in autumn revealed by tagged moisture transport model experiment".

2022.10.20 [Info.] FERREIRA RAMIM Bruna (the first year of the master's course) and RUBETAAKE Kamaitia Sverige (research student) joined our laboratory.

2022.09.30 [Info.] Congratulations! Anowarul Mohammad ISLAM graduated doctor's degree.

2022.07.21 [Info.] Kazuya WAKAO(the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2022.07.13 [Info.] Congratulations! Kenta TAMURA graduated doctor's degree. He will continue his effort on his reseach as Postdoctoral Fellow in our laboratory.

2022.04.27 [Research] The paper by Kenta TAMURA was published in "The International Journal of Climatology". The title is "Decrease of Winter Cyclone Passage over Northern Japan due to the Reduction in the Regional Cyclogenesis Associated with Cold Air Outbreak".

2022.04.18 [Research] The paper by Daisuke HATSUZUKA was published in "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres". The title is "Impact of SST on Present and Future Extreme Precipitation in Hokkaido Investigated Considering Weather Patterns".

2022.04.04 [Info.] GuanYu Song, Tatsuro Kotsuji (the first year of the master's course) and Ferreira Ramim Bruna (research student) joined our laboratory.

2022.03.24 [Info.] Four students in our laboratory (master's degree) graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. The picture is found here.

2022.03.14 [Info.] CoSTEP (Communication in Science & Technology Education & Research Program) released an introduction page of Sato-sensei. This page visualizes his office together with his background by VR technique.

2022.02.28 [Research] The paper by Tetsu Nakamura was published in "Environmental Research" and press released. The title is "A possible linkage of Eurasian heat wave and East Asian heavy rainfall in Relation to the Rapid Arctic warming".



2021
2021.10.28 [Research] The paper by Shixue LI was published in "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres". The title is "Controlling factors of historical variation of winter Tibetan Plateau snow cover revealed by large-ensemble experiments".

2021.10.20 [Research] The paper by Md. Anowarul Islam was published in "Water". The title is "Influence of Terrestrial Precipitation on the Variability of Extreme Sea Levels along the Coast of Bangladesh".

2021.10.01 [Info.] GuanYu Song(research student) joined our laboratory.

2021.07.28 [Info.] Yoshiaki Shirai(the second year of the master's course), Akinobu Ogasawa(the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2021.07.28 [Award] Kenta Tamura presented " Relationship between interannual variation of winter cyclone passage around Hokkaido and lower-level cold air" at the Hokkaido branch conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan. His presentation was selected as the best presentation award for MSJ-Hokkaido branch meeting. Congratulations!

2021.05.14 [Research] The paper by Daisuke Hatsuzuka was published in "npj Climate and Atmospheric Science". The title is "Sharp rises in large-scale, long-duration precipitation extremes with higher temperatures over Japan".

2021.04.20 [Research] The paper by Kevin Ray E. Lucas was published in "Energies". The title is "Hourly Variation of Wind Speeds in the Philippines and Its Potential Impact on the Stability of the Power System".

2021.04.12 [Info.] Keiko Ono (Technical Assistant) joined our laboratory.

2021.04.02 [Info.] Kosuke Nagahiro and Takehiro Morioka (the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2021.03.25 [Info.] Congratulations! Four students from our laboratory started out in life. We hope for your success. The picture is found here.

2021.01.14 [Research] A research group including Tetsu Nakamura published the collaborative research result in "Journal of Climate" and issued a press release.The title is "Role of the cold Okhotsk Sea on the climate of the North Pacific subtropical high and Baiu precipitation".



2020
2020.12.23 [Research] Kenta Tamura presented "Analysis of interannual variability of cyclone activity around Hokkaido in winter using a regional climate model" at the Hokkaido branch conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

2020.11.02 [Research] Laboratory members presented at 2020 MSJ Autumn Meeting.
  • Tetsu Nakamura: "Memory effect of Eurasian land surface processes and its role for Arctic and mid-latitude climate linkage".
  • Shixue Li: "The controlling factors of winter Tibetan Plateau snow cover and their change under global warming".

2020.08.28 [Research] The paper by Kenta Tamura was published in "Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ)". The title is "Responses of polar mesocyclone genesis to topographic forcing along the eastern coast of Eurasian continent".

2020.07.30 [Info.] Hiromu Yahata(the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2020.07.16 [Research] Tetsu Nakamura presented "Climate memory of the Eurasian land process for the Arctic amplification" at JpGU - AGU Joint Meeting 2020.

2020.06.16 [Research] Kenta Tamura's report of EGU2020 Online was posted in "News from Environmental Science Alumni".

2020.05.12 [Research] Laboratory members made presentations at EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online.

2020.04.13 [Info.] Xiling Zhou (the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2020.03.26 [Info.] Three students in our laboratory (doctor's degree:1, master's degree:2) graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. The picture is found here.

2020.03.24 [Info.] "Like! Hokudai" by Hokkaido University CoSTEP introduced our laboratory.

2020.02.19 [Award] Kenta Tamura received "Matsuno Award" in the 2019 Autumn Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ). Congratulations! More information is found here.

2020.02.19 [Award] Received awards of this year. Congratulations!

2020.02.18 [Research] The paper by Daisuke Hatsuzuka was published in "Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA)". The title is "Regional Projection of Tropical-Cyclone-Induced Extreme Precipitation around Japan Based on Large Ensemble Simulations".

2020.01.15 [Research] The paper by Dogar Muhammad Mubashar Ahmad was published in "Scientific Reports". The title is "Ocean Sensitivity to Periodic and Constant Volcanism".



2019
2019.12.17 [Research] Laboratory members presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, CA.

2019.11.29 [Research] The collaborative research result by Tetsu Nakamura, Koji Yamazaki, Tomonori Sato and Jinro Ukita (Niigata University) was published in "Nature Communications" and press released.

2019.11.11 [Research] The collaborative research result by Tetsu Nakamura, Koji Yamazaki, Tomonori Sato and Jinro Ukita (Niigata University) was published in "Nature Communications" and press released. The title is "Memory effects of Eurasian land processes cause enhanced cooling in response to sea ice loss".

2019.10.29 [Research] Kenta Tamura presented "Effects of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains for Polar Mesocyclones Generated over the Northeastern Part of the Sea of Japan" at 2019 MSJ Autumn Meeting.

2019.10.01 [Info.] Deokyoung Han (the first year of the master's course) and Xiling Zhou (research student) joined our laboratory.

2019.09.03 [Research] The collaborative research result by Tomonori Sato and Tetsu Nakamura was published in "Scientific Reports" and press released.

2019.09.02 [Info.] AsiaPEX kick-off conference was held from August 28 to August 30 in Hokkaido university. The picture of the conference is here.

2019.08.06 [Research] The collaborative research result by Tomonori Sato and Tetsu Nakamura was published in "Scientific Reports"and press released . The title is "Intensification of hot Eurasian summers by climate change and land-atmosphere interactions".

2019.07.16 [Info.] Nozomi Matsudera (the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2019.07.02 [Research] Daisuke Hatsuzuka presented "Future change in extreme precipitation associated with tropical cyclones in northern Japan" at the Hokkaido branch conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

2019.06.24 [Info.] AsiaPEX kick-off conference will be held from August 28 to August 30 in Hokkaido university. AsiaPEX is positioned as part of Prospective Asian Monsoon RHP (Regional Hydroclimate Projects) in GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Exchanges).

2019.06.20 [Research] The paper by Dogar Muhammad Mubashar Ahmad was published in "Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres". The title is "Regional Climate Response of Middle Eastern, African and South Asian Monsoon Regions to Explosive Volcanism and ENSO Forcing".

2019.06.17 [Info.] Dogar Muhammad Mubashar Ahmad joined our laboratory as a RONPAKU fellow under JSPS Ronpaku (Dissertation Ph. D.) Program.He is working as a Senior Research Scientist at the Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2019.06.04 [Research] The paper by Hiroki Teramura was published in "SOLA (Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere)". The title is "Observed Evidence of Enhanced Probability of Mesoscale Convective System Initiations due to Land Surface Heterogeneity in Semiarid East Asia".

2019.05.30 [Research] Tetsu Nakamura presented "Climate memory of the Eurasian land process for the Arctic amplification" at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019.

2019.05.15 [Research] Daisuke Hatsuduka presented "Future changes in extreme precipitation associated with tropical cyclones around Japan using d4PDF" at 2019 MSJ Spring Meeting.

2019.04.09 [Info.] Anowarul Mohammad Islam (the first year of the doctor's course), Shixue Li, Yu Gao and Yuki Sato (the first year of the master's course) and Deokyoung Han (research student) joined our laboratory.

2019.03.25 [Info.] Five students from our laboratory (doctor’s course:1, master's course:4) graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. Their picture is here.

2019.03.25 [Research] The paper by Daisuke Hatsuzuka was published in "Journal of Hydrometeorology". The title is "Future changes in monthly extreme precipitation in Japan using large-ensemble regional climate simulations".

2019.03.07 [Activity] We hold a farewell party for laboratory members who graduate from the university on March. Wishing you a great future. The picture of the party is here.

2019.02.25 [Research] A research group including Dr. Koji Yamazaki and Dr. Tetsu Nakamura published the collaborative research result in "Geophysical Research Letters" and issued a press release.The title is "Interhemispheric Synchronization Between the AO and the AAO".

2019.01.13 [Research] The paper by Chinh Ta Huu was published in "International Journal of Climatology". The title is "Effect of ENSO phase on the contribution of environmental variables to tropical cyclone genesis in the western North Pacific".

2019.01.10 [Research] The collaborative research result with Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC) and Meteorological Research Institute was published in "Geophysical Research Letters" and press released. The title is"Precipitation changes in a climate with 2 K surface warming from large ensemble simulations by 60 km global and 20 km regional atmospheric models".

2019.01.10 [Research] The paper by Ahsan SM Habib was published in "Atmospheric Science Letters". The title is "Decreasing number of propagating mesoscale convective systems in Bangladesh and surrounding area during 1998-2015".


2018
2018.12.17 [Research] Laboratory members presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington D.C.
  • Tomonori Sato: "Decreasing trend of mesoscale convective sysytems over South Asia revealed by 18 years of TRMM obseavation".
  • Tetsu Nakamura: "A comparison of the Arctic sea ice-climate impacts based on multiple sea ice concentration datasets".

2018.11.29 [Award] Kenta Tamura received "the Best Award" in the Award of Excellent Presentation of Students from the Conference of Snow and Ice Research. Congratulations! More information is found here.

2018.11.20 [Research] A research group including researchers from Hokkaido university published the collaborative research result in "Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering)" and issued a press release.

2018.11.02 [Research] Laboratory members presented at 2018 MSJ Autumn Meeting in Sendai.
  • Tomonori Sato "Climatology and interannual variation of propagating mesoscale convective systems in South Asia".
  • Tetsu Nakamura "A climate memory effect of Eurasian land processes associated with Polar warming".
  • Kenta Tamura "The response and mechanism of polar low genesis simulated over western offshore of Hokkaido Island: a sensitivity experiment with introducing modified lower boundary conditions".
  • Hiroki Teramura "Contribution of atmosphere and land conditions to the initiation of mesoscale convective systems over semi-arid region in northeastern Asia".

2018.10.01 [Info.] Jiao Yu, Shixue Li and Yu Gao joined our laboratory as research students.

2018.09.25 [Info.] Ahsan SM HABIB graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. The picture is here.

2018.09.11 [Info.] The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake-
A strong earthquake struck southern Hokkaido last Thursday morning. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake was observed in Hokkaido Eastern Iburi.
I would like to offer my heartfelt sympathy to the people affected by this disaster.
All laboratory members are safe. Thank you for your concern.

2018.08.30 [Info.] Sato will deliver lectures at NHK culture school offering adult education classes. The main theme is "The mechanism of weather hazards and the latest technology of weather forecasts".

2018.08.03 [Activity] We had a party at the beer garden in Hokkaido unibersity; Celebration following the presentation of masters thesis for Ahsan-san and welcome party for Sawayanagi-san. The picture of the party is here.

2018.07.27 [Research] The paper by Enkhbat ERDENEBAT was published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. The title is "Role of soil moisture-atmosphere feedback during high temperature events in 2002 over Northeast Eurasia".

2018.07.23 [Info.] Motoharu Sawayanagi (the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2018.06.08 [Research] Tetsu Nakamura presented "On the Atmospheric Response Experiment to a Blue Arctic Ocean" at AOGS 15th Annual Meeting.

2018.05.24 [Research] Tetsu Nakamura presented "On the atmospheric response experiment to a Blue Arctic Ocean" at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018.

2018.05.22 [Activity] We will publicly show you our graduate school from June 2 (Sat.) to 3 (Sun.) during Hokudaisai. Come and join the event!

2018.05.18 [Research] Laboratory members presented at 2018 Spring Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan in Tsukuba.
  • Tomonori Sato "A contribution of land surface processes on the predictability of summer temperature anomalies over northern Eurasia".
  • Daisuke Hatsuzuka "Validation and uncertainty in future projection of monthly extreme precipitation in d4PDF".
  • Yumi Matsushita "Attribution of future change in tropical cyclone passage frequency with respect to future SST change in d4PDF's +4K experiment".

2018.05.11 [Research] WU received "Kita no Kazahana" award from Hokkaido branch of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice to praise his thesis,"Statistical analysis of winter season visibility observed at Japan Meteorological Agency’s stations". Congraturations! The pictute of the awards ceremony is found here.

2018.05.07 [Research] Tomonori Sato presented "Investigating a possible contribution of land surface processes on extreme hot evevt in Northeast Eurasia in recent summer" at 8th International GEWEX Scientific Conference.

2018.04.27 [Research] The paper by Chapagain Kamal was published in "Energies". The title is "Performance Analysis of Short-Term Electricity Demand with Atmospheric Variables". He studied for 6 months in our laboratory under the support of PARE program.

2018.04.09 [Info.] Kenta Tamura, Yumi Matsushita (the first year of the doctor's course) and Kevin Ray E. Lucas (the first year of the master's course) joined our laboratory.

2018.04.06 [Info.] Kariuki was introduced on JICA's web site, for introducing scholarship graduates who keep striving towards a better future after the completion of the program. He studied for his Masters under ABE initiative program. The article is found here.

2018.04.02 [Info.] Faculty of Environmental Earth Science will provide lectures in Hokudai Doshin Academy from April.

2018.03.29 [Info.] WU and Matsushita graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. Their picture is here.

2018.02.22 [Activity] We had a celebration following the presentation of masters thesis for M2 students, Wu and Matsushita .The picture of the party is here.

2018.02.16 [Info.] Matsushita won "the Excellence Award" at Photographic Contest 2017 in Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University. The award-winning work can be found here.


2017
2017.12.12 [Info.] Special issue “Regional Climate Modeling”of Atmosphere(ISSN 2073-4433)
This special issue calls for contributions, keywords are:
  • dynamical downscaling
  • regional climate change
  • atmosphere-land interaction
  • atmosphere-ocean interaction
  • mesoscale meteorological modeling
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2018 More information is here.

2017.12.12 [Research] Matsushita presented "Attribution of future change in frequency of tropical cyclone passage around Hokkaido region" at the Hokkaido branch conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

2017.11.14 [Research] Wu, a second year master's student, won "Kita no Kazahana" prize awarded by Hokkaido branch of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice. The title is "Statistical analysis of winter season visibility observed at Japan Meteorological Agency’s stations". More information can be found here.

2017.11.02 [Research] Tetsu Nakamura made an invited presentation titled "Role of stratospheric processes on Arctic-middle latitude interactions" at the symposium "Arctic" in 2017 Autumn Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

2017.10.31 [Research] Laboratory members presented at 2017 Autumn Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan in Sapporo.
  • Enkhbat Erdenebat "Intense soil moisture-atmosphere feedback during high temperature event in 2002 in Northeast Eurasia".
  • Daisuke Hatsuzuka "Future change in extreme monthly precipitation around Japan revealed by ensemble climate projection data".
  • Yumi Matsushita "Attribution of future change in passage frequency of tropical cyclone around Japan using ensemble climate projection data".

2017.10.31 [Research] Enkhbat Erdenebat presented "Soil moisture-atmosphere feedback enhances temperature during 2002 heat wave event in Northeast Eurasia" at Asian Conference on Meteorology 2017 in Busan.

2017.10.12 [Info.] The 48th mesoscale meteorological seminar and weather disaster committee meeting will be held on Sunday, October 29th. The theme is “Tropical cyclones landed Tohoku and Hokkaido regions in 2016 and their implications on climate studies“. More information is here.

2017.09.29 [Info.] Kevin Ray E. Lucas joined as a research student.

2017.09.25 [Info.] Radyan Putra Pradana graduated from Graduate School of Environmental Science. The picture of the farewell party is here.

2017.09.24 [Research] A research paper, "Interannual and spatial variability of solar radiation energy potential in Kenya using Meteosat satellite" by Kariuki was accepted in Renewable Energy. Congratulations! This study was conducted under the support of ABE initiative program funded by JICA.

2017.08.09 [Research] Laboratory members presented at AOGS 14th Annual Meeting in Singapore.
  • Enkhbat Erdenebat "Abnormal Temperature Events in Northeastern Eurasia in the Summer of 2002 Under Different Wave Propagation Patterns".
  • Chinh Huu Ta "Tropical cyclone activities over the Western North Pacific during El Nino and La Nina events simulated by an axis-symmetric model".

2017.07.24 [Info.] Nobuhiro Ochiai, Hiroki Teramura and Yoshihito Higuchi, the first year master's students of division of Earth System Science, joined our laboratory.

2017.07.24 [Research] Daisuke Hatsuzuka presented "Future change in extreme monthly precipitation around Japan revealed by ensemble climate projection data" at the Hokkaido branch conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

2017.07.07 [Research] The collaborative research result with Dr. Fujita (JAMSTEC) was published in "Scientific Reports" and press released. The title is "Water Vapor Content Increases Markedly with Increase in Air Temperature - Indication of the possibility of more intense precipitation -".

2017.07.03 [Research] Kamal won “the Best Paper Award” at the 14th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology. The title is "Performance analysis of short term electricity demand with meteorological parameters". He studied for 6 months in our laboratory under the support of PARE program. The photo of award ceremony can be found here.

Affiliation: Hokkaido University Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Section of Integrated Environmental Science, Conservation on Natural Environments
Teaching: Division of Environmental Science Development, Course in Human and Ecological Systems, and Division of Earth System Science , Course in Atmosphere-Ocean and Climate Dynamics
Mail To: Tomonori Sato
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