Research in Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center

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Hydrospheric AtmosphericResearch Center
Nagoya University

Contents
01. Foreword ............................ 3
02. History ................................ 4
03. What is Water
Circulation? ......................... 5
04. Research Division ............... 7
・Regional-Scale Water Cycle
Processes ......................... 7
・Global-Scale Water Cycle
Variations .......................... 9・Endowed Research
Division .......................... 11
05. Research Programme ....... 13
06. Other Important Activities .. 15
07. Organization ..................... 16
08. Access Guide・Map ........... 172

Foreword

Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center

Prof. Joji ISHIZAKA, Director

There is large volume of water (1370 x 106 km3) on the earth surface. The 97% is seawater and 2% issnow or ice; therefore, only less than 1% is freshwater. This much of water can be used by human very
quickly; however, water circulates and freshwater for our life is always regenerated. Especially, in Japansurrounded by ocean, fairly warm and humid environment is kept by the surrounding ocean, and resulting highprecipitation, abundant freshwater, and rich forests. However, there are many areas where water is not enoughon the earth. On the contrast, many disasters related water, such as torrential rainfall, typhoon, and flood are
happening in some parts of the world. Recently, the water circulation seems to be changing with possible
climate changes, and the detail research is necessary.
Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, is the only one research center in Japan,
focusing water circulation through atmosphere, land, ocean and biosphere, and established in 2001. The centeris conducting research of the water circulation on the earth surface and the dynamics from local weather
events, such as typhoon, to precipitation in large areas, as well as the interactions between the weather andclimate with land vegetation and ocean ecosystem. Researches with field and satellite observations andnumerical modeling are conducted. From 2010, this center was approved as one of the Joint Usage/ResearchCenters by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, and is conducting
cooperative research with many universities and research institutes.

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History
Water is essential for life. It circulates on earth, and even small fluctuations of the water cycle may cause
serious problems on human life. The fluctuation, viz. temporal and spatial distributional variation of water,
results from multiple factors at different time and spatial scales. These include natural factors as well fromhuman induced changes on the earth system. The complex nature of the multi-scale temporal and spatial
variability of the water cycles makes its understanding and prediction difficult. It is therefore desirable, toovercome this difficulty, to conduct integrated studies of various aspects, such as physics, biology andchemistry and/or air, land and oceans, on the structure and variability of the multi-scale water cycles as partsof a whole water cycle system in the earth system.
The Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences (IHAS) has been established 1 April 1993 to
conduct integrated studies on the structure and dynamics of the hydrosphere and atmosphere aiming at
understanding the relationship of processes in water and material cycles in a changing earth environment.
IHAS had been appreciated by its important contribution in the coordination of national and international joint
research projects on earth environmental studies. During the 8-years history of IHAS the global warming andconnected environmental changes became an urgent societal issue, and hence serious discussion on the future
research strategy has been made in the IHAS.
The conclusion was to bifurcate activities of IHAS. First to concentrate on the intensive integrated
research of the water cycle which is to be conducted by a nation-wide collaborative Hydrospheric
Atmospheric Research Center, HyARC. Second to disseminate achievements of the Science of Hydrosphereand Atmosphere acquired at IHAS. Third to conduct multidisciplinary studies on "Environmentology" incollaboration with researchers with broad background of science, technology and humanities. The conclusion
was materialized with the joint efforts of many people in Nagoya University, the Government of Japan and theScientific Societies who supported the idea.
HyARC designed to be a national core research center to facilitate national and international
interdisciplinary cooperative studies on the global water cycles in order to reveal the multi-scale structure of
the water cycle and to understand its variability.
HyARC comprises of two research divisions according to the time and spatial scales of the water cycles
of interest. The division for Regional-Scale Water Cycle Processes conducts observational research for thevarious processes in the water cycles as well as development of numerical models.
The division for Global-Scale Water Cycle Variations conducts analysis of time-series data on variabilityof water cycle systems to develop numerical models. The target time scale ranges from seasonal to decades,
and spatial scale from an observational site to Asia-West Pacific regions. HyARC puts emphasis on biologicalactivities on land and in the oceans. The biological activities, maintained by water cycles, are invariably
associated with material exchange between the cells and environments, and this is why the biota is situating at
the crossover point of the water and material cycles. Biology is considered to play key roles in large scale andlong-term variability of the water cycle systems, but little is yet known. This would be one of the challengesof the HyARC.
Chronology
April, 1957: Established as the Water Quality Science Research Facility, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
September, 1973: The Institute for Hydrospheric Sciences, Nagoya University
April, 1993: The Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences (IHAS), Nagoya University
April, 2001: Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya University

48What is Water Circulation?
Water circulates in the whole of the Earth surfaces with different phases (states) such as ice (solid), water(liquid), and water vapor (gas). Water also plays an important role on the re-distribution of the energy andmaterial on the Earth by not only the vertical interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere,
land-atmosphere, and horizontal movement between land and ocean, but also global scale circulations in theocean and the atmosphere via tropics - sub-tropics - temperate - cold regions. Our Earth has not homogeneous
distributions of land and ocean, and terrestrial elevation; thus, temporal and spatial circulations of water havebeen changing with wide variability.
HyARC focuses on the spatial and vertical structure of water cycle over the globe. HyARC also mentions
the activities of lives, and takes a leadership for investigations of water cycle, by carrying out the overall field
experiments, using satellites dataset, and numerical models for water cycles.

Cloud processes, including diabatic heating and radiation, have are important for the global energy and water
circulation (left: cumulus cloud over the Western Pacific Ocean, right: stratocumulus cloud over the East China Sea).

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Research Topics in HyARC
Research on local atmospheric phenomena such as heavy rainfall, tornados, and generation of
cumulonimbus due to atmospheric convection
Research on organized precipitation systems including the Baiu frontal region and typhoon
Study on biosphere-aerosol-climate interaction
Research on the interactions between tropical atmospheric dynamics and convective clouds
Research on transfer processes of water, heat and mass exchanges over various terrestrial ecosystems
Research on precipitation activity in various spatial / temporal scales using satellite remote sensing
Research on marine biological activity and related water cycles using satellite remote sensing
Variability of the Kuroshio in the northeast of Taiwan by using ocean Radar and atmosphere-ocean
coupled model.

Three-dimensional typhoon T0418 structure simulatedby the Cloud Resolving Storm Simulator (CReSS) using
1-km horizontal grid resolution. The white smoke-likecolor indicates the amount of liquid cloud water outlined
by Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray).
Courtesy of Professor T. Aoki and Ms. S. Sato, Tokyo
Institute of Technology.

Phytoplankton
pigment(chlorophyll-a) concentrationin August from 1998 to 2006
determined by ocean color
remote sensing. Increased
phytoplankton with nutrientsfrom the influence of theChinese river, Changjiang,
reached almost Japan.

Kuroshio variation before
and after passage oftyphoon Hai-Tang, which isobserved by ocean Radarand is reproduced by amodel.

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Research Division

Regional-Scale Water Cycle Processes

We investigate water cycle processes linked to the atmosphere, continents, and oceans by means of field
experiments, data analyses, and numerical simulations. Our research targets include the dynamical andmicrophysical processes of cloud and precipitation systems and interactions among the atmosphere, land
surface, and ocean, including the roles of vegetation and biological processes in the context of the global
water cycle.
In field experiments, we perform observations of the water cycle in many different ways. Precipitation
systems in the Baiu front and typhoons around the East China Sea and the Japan Islands are observed using
polarimetric Doppler radars. At the same time, we are developing a cloud-resolving numerical model toexamine the detailed structure of heavy rainfall/snowfall systems, typhoons, and tornados. In addition, weinvestigate the mechanisms of diurnal, intraseasonal, seasonal, and annual variations of Asian monsoon using
reanalysis data and climate models. Satellite data are fully utilized for regions beyond the reach of groundobservational networks.
In an effort to establish strategies to exploit observations and model simulations complementarily, we are
exploring methodologies to validate cloud-resolving numerical simulations using ground-based and satellite
data. Analysis tools and datasets obtained from our observational and modeling studies will be made available
to the public. Our objective is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the Earth’s water cycle bycontinuing and further expanding ongoing research on individual processes and interactions among theatmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

An X-band polarimetric Doppler radar of Nagoya University
is installed at Ngarchelong State, Republic of Palau. An
intensive observation is conducted in June 2013 to clarify
mesoscale convective systems with vortices forming atyphoon over the western Pacific Ocean.

Particle identification obtained by an X-band polarimetric
Doppler radar of Nagoya University at Aguni Island,
Okinawa on June 1, 2011. Green, light green, and orange
colors show the existence of "dry snow (aggregate)," "icecrystal," and "dry graupel" estimated by polarimetricparameters. Particle images obtained by a hydrometeor
videosonde (HYVIS) around the mark (X) show theexistence of "column type" ice crystals.

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Horizontal distribution of sea surface temperature (SST;color) and sea surface current velocity (brightness), andsea-level pressure (hPa, contour lines) obtained from asimulation experiment of the typhoon T1204 using acoupled atmosphere-wave-ocean non-hydrostatice model,
CReSS-NHOES. The typhoon T1204 is located to thenortheast of Okinawa Island. Decrease of SST and
increase of the current velocity are significant in theright-hand side of the typhoon track.

Satellite data analysis of the interaction among the MaddenJulian Oscillation (MJO) and equatorial atmospheric waves(and its schematic). The result offers a new insight into theatmospheric dynamics governing tropical convective clouds.

Lab. of Meteorology
UYEDA Hiroshi (Professor)
tel: (052) 789-3492 e-mail : uyeda@rain.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Major works are field experiments in moist Asia and data analyses aiming to reveal the generation anddevelopment mechanisms of precipitation systems. Energy and water circulation in the area from the west
Pacific ocean to the Baiu/Meiyu frontal zone are investigated by jointly synthesized observations anddiagnostic analyses with numerical simulations, solving the problems of boundary layer flux, cumulus cloudformation and cloud physical processes. He is aiming to clarify the characteristics of precipitation systems inmoist Asia and to reveal the impact of precipitation systems in climate change by investigation of various
precipitation systems in Asia.
TSUBOKI Kazuhisa (Professor)
tel: (052) 789-3493 e-mail : tsuboki@rain.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Water circulation of the atmosphere is characterized by clouds and precipitation. Their formation and evolution
are diverse and complex. In order to study the mechanism and structure of clouds, both observation andnumerical modeling are important. I perform field experiments and develop a cloud model (the Cloud
Resolving Storm Simulator; CReSS) to study the nature of clouds and precipitation.

SHINODA Taro (Assoc. Professor)
tel: (052) 789-3494 e-mail : shinoda@rain.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
I have studied the development process and structure of deep convective clouds by using results of radarobservations and numerical simulation. I am also interested in the generation of shallow convective clouds
around the top of the convective mixing layer. Especially, I consider that the land-atmosphere interaction andthe humidity in the middle troposphere are affecting the development of deep convective clouds. I will research
the process of the boundary layer an cloud physics in order to improve the parameterizations utilized in GCMs
(General Circulation Models) and RCMs (Regional Climate Models).
OHIGASHI Tadayasu (Designated Assist. Prof.)

tel: (052) 789-3493 e-mail : ohigashi@rain.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Extreme phenomena such as heavy rainfall/snowfall and high winds occur occasionally in the atmosphere. My
interests lie in how extreme phenomena start, develop, and are maintained. Recent progress of both simulation
models and computer performance enables us to create an apparently realistic computer-simulated atmosphere.
This provides valuable information for us to understand the phenomena, while numerical models cannot
completely simulate the real atmosphere. Observation provides us with accurate data. However, thisinformation is fragmentary in space and time. By the complementary use of computer simulation andobservation with imperfect information, I am attempting to clarify the mechanisms causing the extreme
phenomena.

Lab. for Cloud and Precipitation Climatology
MASUNAGA Hirohiko (Assoc. Professor)
tel: (052)789-5413 e-mail: masunaga@hayrc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Clouds and precipitation are not only susceptible to ambient climate changes but are also crucial for climate
formation. Our objective is to further understand the Earth’s climate system by thoroughly and carefully
examining clouds and precipitation present around the globe. Observations from satellite radars andradiometers, together with other research tools including numerical models, are instrumental in the projects wehave underway. We also aim at contributing to international satellite programs via the development of data
analysis algorithms.

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Global-Scale Water Cycle Variations
This division conducts scientific investigations on the nature and mechanisms of variability of the global
water circulation system mainly by data analysis and global numerical modeling with an insight into
interactions between the water cycle, material cycle and biological processes. The data from satellites andother sources, which are of different quality, will be assimilated into reconciled grid data by the use of thenumerical model prior to data analysis.
Since the variability of the water circulation system depends not only on internal factors inherent in thesystem, but also on external ones, individual parameters of these factors will be examined for its responsibility
for and sensitivity to the system variability by data analysis and the global numerical model. By combined useof the results from these examinations, we will clarify the mechanisms regulating the variability of the global
water circulation system.

Mean sea surface current (vector) and mean sea surface
dynamic height (tone) in the southwestern part of the JapanSea calculated from satellite drifters and altimetry data.

Measurements of individual tree water use (upper
panels) and the results obtained on each day at thecenter of the south-facing slope (a), an upper position(b) and a lower position (c) of the north-facing slope.
Using many such sensors distributed over a forest
watershed, we can examine the environmental
response of forest water use at a catchment scale.

Global ocean primary production in April 2009. It was calculated from phytoplankton pigment (chlorophyll-a)
concentration, sea surface temperature, photosynthetically available radiation from satellite data with a model.

9Eco-Climate System Lab.
KUMAGAI, Tomo'omi (Assoc. Professor)
tel: (052)789-3478 e-mail: kuma@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Life is controlled by exogenous environmental physical factors, and vice versa. Based on the concept of energy
and matter flows in the Soil-Plant-Atmospheric Continuum (SPAC), I investigate such interactions between thebiosphere and atmosphere at various time and spatial scales, i.e., from cell to community of life. In particular,
to clarify the impact of climate and land use changes on regional water and carbon cycles in Southeast Asian
tropics, I am conducting detailed observations on microclimate, energy/water/carbon eddy flux, andecophysiology and analyzing those data using mathematical models.

FUJINAMI Hatsuki (Assist. Professor)
tel: (052)789-3474 e-mail: hatsuki@hayrc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
I study the space-time variability of convection and associated atmospheric circulation over the Asian summer
monsoon regions using satellite data, global objective analysis data, and surface observation data. I focus on theland areas affected by Asian summer monsoon (e.g., the Tibetan Plateau, the plains of the eastern part of China,
Nepal, and Bangladesh). The target timescale ranges from diurnal to interannual. I will investigate therelationship between land surface conditions (e.g., topography, vegetation, etc.) and the convective variability.

Lab. of Satellite Biological Oceanography
ISHIZAKA Joji (Professor)
tel: (052)789-3487 e-mail: jishizak@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Primary production of marine environment is conducted mostly by microscopic phytoplankton and is the mostimportant process for energy and material flows through marine ecosystem. Primary production of the marine
environment is studied by satellite remote sensing, ship observation, and analysis of the past dataset. Currently,
coastal environment is the main target because it is under the influence of human impact through changes infreshwater input and nutrient load and under the influence of climate change through modification of ocean
current and wind. The research areas are mainly East China Sea, Japan Sea, and Ise/Mikawa Bays.

MINO Yoshihisa (Assist. Professor)
tel: (052)789-3491 e-mail: kuro@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Marine biological processes contribute significantly to the absorption of atmospheric CO 2 by the oceans, which
in turn controls atmospheric CO2 concentration on long time scales and thereby influences global climate. My
study involves the evaluation of spatial-temporal variability in such biological processes, mainly carbon
fixation by phytoplankton and sinking of biogenic debris, and the elucidation of their controlling mechanisms
using stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in the marine organic matter. The physiological responses of algae to theenvironmental changes, associated with global warming, are also investigated with help of both laboratory
experiments on algal cultures and field observations.

Lab. of Bio-Physical Oceanography
MORIMOTO Akihiko (Assoc. Professor)
tel: (052)789-3433 e-mail: amorimoto@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Variability of the sea surface current field in the ocean, which affects the material cycle, is investigated byusing satellite, ocean radar, and hydrographic data. I focus on the variability in the current field and the
response of the ecosystem to the current variability in the Asian marginal seas such as the East China, Yellow,
and Japan seas. The marine environments in the East China and Japan seas are drastically changing due toclimate change and construction of the Three Gorges dam. To investigate the marine environment change, we
conducted hydrographic observation in the Tsushima Straits, which connect the East China Sea to the Japan
Sea.

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Endowed Research Division：Stakeholder Management on Offshore Wind Endowed Research
Division

Japan’s energy policy has drastically changed since
the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear accident that occurred on March 11, 2011. In contrast to its
past efforts to promote nuclear power generation projects, Japan
has now entered an age of denuclearization.
As support for renewable energy gains momentum, Japanesecitizens are becoming increasingly interested in the use of offshore
wind power—the most abundant of the various forms of renewableenergy. Furthermore, the Japanese government has begun
implementing a number of experimental research projects related
to offshore wind power generation.
However, a number of these projects have been thwarted by
Floating wind turbine
conflicts with fishery operators. Because the consent of fisheryoperators is required for installing offshore structures, negotiations with these operators pose major challenges.
Offshore wind power generation projects have the potential to develop into a significant new industry in
the future; however, the growth of these projects undoubtedly depends on the cooperation of fishery operatorsor stakeholder management. Research on stakeholder management of offshore wind power generation projects
is still in its early stages, and currently, there is an insufficient number of case studies to facilitate research in
the field. In Japan, a country in which fishery operators possess unique fishing rights, offshore wind power
generation projects are still relatively new and researchers in the field of stakeholder management must collect
more case studies and closely examine their content.
We are currently discussing these issues with a large number of fishery cooperatives and individuals
connected with the fishing industry. We expect to discover a method for resolving the existing issues through a
successful discussion process.
In September 2011, having gained the cooperation of the Fisheries Agency, the Nagoya University groupthat is investigating the industrialization of offshore wind farms took the next step by enhancing links with
University has played amunicipalities
andprefectural
fishery
associations in areas withsuitable wind conditions
andbycommencing
discussions with fisheryoperators. Since March
2012, we have continued
to hold further discussions
with various fisheries
associations,havinggained the full support of
the Society for Aqua Wind
Research. Nagoya central
role in these discussions.

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Stakeholder Management Research Lab.
YASUDA Kimiaki (Professor)
tel: (052) 747-6708 e-mail : kyasuda@iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp
In the past, there was a debate about “who owns the seas?”
Since then, wild animals, fish, and shellfish have been classified as ownerless properties in Japan,
and the people who hunt these species have been able to claim ownership of them. However, in the
Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate established a feudal system by geographically andhierarchically immobilizing the population. To achieve a self-sufficient economic system at the coastal
village level through fishing and agrarian populist policy, the shogunate and local feudal clans
bestowed fishing rights on the coastal villages, which allowed them to subsist. Beginning in the Edo
period, these coastal areas became home to the residents of fishing villages, and coastal land owners
planted the idea of “we own the sea” in the minds of the villagers. This sense of entitlement continues
to exist today, and the tendency for fishery operators to exercise their rights to “prevent others fromusing the seas freely” has constrained government operations. These conditions pose major
challenges to the progress of offshore wind power generation projects in Japan.
Overseas, other societies are generally aware that “rather than belonging to fishery operators, theseas are the common property of the entire nation.” Therefore, there have been no major obstacles tothe progress of offshore wind generation projects in Europe.
Our research division has been assigned the task of “applying specific methodologies to realign theattitude of fishermen and gaining approval for the growth of offshore wind power generation.”
TANOUE Eiichiro (Special Appointee Professor) tel: (052) 789-3472 e-mail : tanoue@nagoya-u.jp
We must introduce renewable energy to combat global warming and guarantee the safety of ourenergy generation activities. Of the various forms of renewable energy, offshore wind power is themost widely used, particularly in areas across Europe. Despite its high potential as a form of
renewable energy in Japan, offshore wind power has yet to be developed and industrialized. This ispartly because the understanding and consent of fisheries operating in Japan’s coastal zones must be
obtained before wind turbines can be installed. I am exploring channels of cooperation with fisheryoperators from a natural scientific perspective based on my expertise in marine chemistry.
MOTOSU Memi (Assistant Professor) tel: (052) 747-6550 e-mail : motosu.memi@a.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Although most people have responded positively to wind power, conflicts have arisen between local
residents and wind power project operators when wind turbines are actually installed in offshore
areas, causing projects to be delayed. While these conflicts are largely due to concerns over thenegative impact of wind farms on the fishing industry, it can be argued that issues such as distributionof project benefits and defects in the opinion consolidation process further serve to intensify the
conflict. Therefore, I am investigating the consensus-building procedure for offshore wind power
generation projects in Japan and analyzing the determinants of acceptance when offshore windturbines are rejected or approved. Through these activities, I intend to press for a form of offshore
wind power generation that is welcomed in local areas.

Stakeholder Management on Offshore Wind Endowed Research Division Steering Committee
FUJIYOSHI Yasushi

Prof., Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

KANZAWA Hiroshi

Prof., Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University

YASUDA Kimiaki

Prof., Endowed Research Division Professor, Hydrospheric AtmosphericResearch Center, Nagoya University

MATSUMI Yutaka

Prof., Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University

ISHIZAKA Joji

Director, Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University

UYEDA Hiroshi

Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University

TSUBOKI Kazuhisa

Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University

MORIMOTO Akihiko

Assoc., Prof. Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University

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Formation of a virtual laboratory for diagnosing the Earth’s climate system (VL)
To diagnose the Earth’s climate system facing
global warming, a virtual laboratory (VL) wasestablished in 2007 as a joint program conducted by
the following four research centers: (1) Center for
Climate System Research (CCSR, currently
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute or AORI),
the University of Tokyo, (2) Center for
Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba
University, (3) Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic
Studies (CAOS), Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University, and (4) Hydrospheric
Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya
University. The duration of this program is sevenyears. Each participating institute contributes to theprogram by exploiting their own strengths, forexample, archiving datasets of greenhouse gases,
aerosols, microphysical parameters of clouds,
vegetation parameters, and the structure of cloud andprecipitation systems. These data are crucial for
Vertical distributions of reflectivity (color) obtained
validating and evaluating global circulation models
from (a) the satellite observation (CloudSat-CPR) and(GCMs) and regional cloud-resolving model(b) the simulation (CReSS-SDSU) along a certain
simulations. Furthermore, we aim at training young
orbit around the Taiwan and Okinawa area at 18 UTC
on May 29, 2010.
scientists through the research program. While ashort training course is conducted every year by oneof our participating institutes in turn, we exchange
our staff and young scientists to give seminars.
The VL members at HyARC conduct water budget studies with focus on cloud and precipitation using
the Cloud Resolving Storm Simulator (CReSS) and the Satellite Data Simulator Unit (SDSU). In this program,
we investigate six themes as follows:(1) Development of the CReSS model(2) Establishment of methodology to validate CReSS simulations using the SDSU
(3) Implementation of a data assimilation scheme for the CReSS(4) Establishment of methodology to use CReSS simulations for improving the cloud parameterizations
for GCMs(5) Development of a two-way nesting scheme linking GCM and CReSS(6) Establishment of data analysis techniques for X-band polarimetric radars
We started a pilot study to validate the cloud-top height (temperature) computed from CReSS simulations
using the SDSU to compare that with satellite data provided from CEReS, Chiba University (see Figure). We
are exploring methodologies to validate CReSS simulations in order to improve the microphysical scheme in
the CReSS.

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Study consortium for Earth-Life Interactive System
What is Study consortium for Earth-Life Interactive System (SELIS)?
As scientists work towards solving the current global environmental issues, there is a great need fora more complete understanding of the earth system. To achieve this aim it is essential to establish andpromote a synthetic science of the Earth-Life Interactive System – a science that treats the closeinteraction between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere, and the biosphere. James Lovelock,a British environmental scientist, proposed the radical new “Gaia” concept- a proposal that the Earth’s
environment is actively controlled by the biosphere. However, the extent and ways in which the real earthsystem behaves like “Gaia” remain major unresolved issues. The mission of the new institute SELIS(Study consortium for Earth-Life Interactive System) is to achieve a deep understanding of the earthsystem – a system on which all the living creatures depend - and through this to propose a new discipline
to study our planet Earth.

The departments and institutes contributing to SELIS in Nagoya University
 Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC)
 Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL) Center for Chronological Research (CCR) Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES)
 Graduate School of Bio-agricultural Studies (GSBS)HyARC, STEL, CCR and GSES were participated in the 21st COE program “Sun-Earth-Life
Interactive System” (the precursor of new SELIS) - and GSBS – an important new addition – which
together will underpin research and education of the “Earth-Life Interactive System”. Our organization is
unique in Japan. We envisage SELIS playing an important role as an international base for both researchand education related to studies on the earth system and environmental change in Asia. Collaboration
with international global change programs such as ESSP, WCRP and IGBP will be an important part ofthis process. Within the university, SELIS is committed to educating students in earth environment
studies, through a lecture series “Earth Study”, cross-disciplinary seminars, and other activities.

Purpose of SELIS
To understand the seamless-earth system - including the biosphere and humanosphere - and itschanges, it is essential to further develop interdisciplinary research and education. Under thesecircumstances, we have established a new virtual institute SELIS within Nagoya university (NU)
involving HyARC, STEL, OCR, GSES, and GSBS, which will function as an international center of
excellence for global change studies, in collaboration with related national and international institutions
and organizations. The purpose of this new SELIS is to promote an interdisciplinary study on the theseamless-earth system. Special attention will be paid to active roles of the biosphere and ecosystems in
the earth climate system and its changes. In June 2009 a Global COE Program for the environmental
studies at NU has been approved by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MEXT), andSELIS is also playing an important role on coordinating interdisciplinary environmental studies in thisGlobal COE Program.

SELIS website: http://www.selis.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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Other Important Activities
The Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center is also receiving research students, commissioned
researchers and other researchers. Further, concerning UNESCO-IHP (International Hydrological Program),
HyARC is receiving trainees dispatched from countries of especially East Asian and Southeast Asian for ashort term every year who obtain special lectures and training on studies of global water cycles. As
enlightening activity for the public, the Research Center holds every year some public lectures spoken in aplain language and explaining the basic scientific issues of global water cycles, global environmental
problems and other subjects.
The water cycle is a very important component of
the Earth's environmental system. HyARC arouses
Special Research Projects and promotes basic studies
on global water cycles in cooperation with researchers
from other universities and institutes. HyARC isclosely connected with the Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature (RIHN). We participate incooperative projects related to global water cycles in
the world. Further the staff of HyARC connects
actively with researchers working in other universities
and institutes.

IHP Training Course： Technical Tours at Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tsukuba.

As a member of the former Institute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, we took part in the GEWEXAsian Monsoon Experiment endorsed by the WCRP (World Climate Research Program) and managed theExperiment as a secretariat in and outside Japan. Moreover, we coordinated a process study in the Northwestern
Pacific ocean under Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) being supported by International
Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). Similar activities are also carried out by HyARC.

Nagoya University
Graduate School of
Bioagricultural Sciences

Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature
Graduate School ofEnvironmental Studies
Other Universities

Graduate School of
Science

SELIS

Hydrospheric AtmosphericResearch Center

Independent Administrative
Institution, Institute, etc

National Institute of Information
and Communications Technology
Global COE
Program

Other
Departments

Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency

Others15

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology

Organization
Research
Division

Division of Regional-Scale Water Cycle Processes
Lab. of Meteorology
Prof. UYEDA Hiroshi, Prof. TSUBOKI Kazuhisa, Assoc. Prof. SHINODA TaroLab. for Cloud and Precipitation Climatology
Assoc. Prof. MASUNAGA Hirohiko

Board ofCouncilors

Director

Division of Global-Scale Water Cycle Variations

Advisory
Board

Eco-Climate System Lab.
Assoc. Prof. KUMAGAI Tomo’omi, Assist. Prof. FUJINAMI Hatsuki
Lab. of Satellite Biological Oceanography
Prof. ISHIZAKA Joji, Assist. Prof. MINO Yoshihisa
Lab. of Bio-Physical Oceanography
Assoc. Prof. MORIMOTO Akihiko

Board onResearch
Collaboration

Endowed Research Division
Stakeholder Management Research Lab.
Prof. YASUDA Kimiaki, Special Appointee Prof. TANOUE Eiichiro
Assist. Prof. MOTOSU MemiVL Promotion Unit
Designated Assist. Prof. OHIGASHI Tadayasu
Technical Office (Technical Center)
MINDA Haruya, KYUSHIMA Moeto

Administrative
Office for
Research
Institutes

General Affairs Division
Research Strategy and Promotin Office
Research Strategy and Promotin Section
General Affairs Section / Personnel Affairs Section
Accounting Division
Accounting Section / Supplies Section / Management Section

Board of Councilors

Advisory Board●Members from Nagoya Universituy
TANAKA Kentaro: Prof., Graduate School of Science
TSUJIMOTO Tetsuro: Prof., Graduate School of Engineering
TAKENAKA Chisato: Prof., Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
KANZAWA Hiroshi: Prof., Graduate School of Environmental Studies
MATSUMI Yutaka: Prof., Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
ISHIZAKA Joji: Director, Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center
UYEDA Hiroshi: Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center
TSUBOKI Kazuhisa: Prof., Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center●Members outside Nagoya University
FUJIYOSHI Yasushi: Prof., Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido
University
HANAWA Kimio: Prof., Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
TERASHIMA Ichiro: Prof., Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
NAKAMURA Kenji: Prof., Department of Economics on Sustainability, Dokkyo
University
SUMI Akimasa: President, National Institute for Environmental Studies
YAMANAKA Manabu: Principal Scientist, Research Institute for Global Change,
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
TANIGUCHI Makoto: Prof., Research Institute for Humanityand Nature
OKI Riko: Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency●Members from HyARC, Nagoya University
UYEDA Hiroshi: Prof.
TSUBOKI Kazuhisa: Prof.
MASUNAGA Hirohiko: Assoc. Prof.
KUMAGAI Tomo’omi: Assoc. Prof.
MORIMOTO Akihiko: Assoc. Prof.
SHINODA Taro: Assoc. Prof.

Board on Research Collaboration●Members outside Nagoya University
FUJIYOSHI Yasushi: Prof., Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido
University
YAMANAKA Manabu: Principal Scientist, Research Institute for Global
Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
TANIGUCHI Makoto: Prof., Research Institute for Humanityand Nature
OKI Riko: Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency●Members from HyARC, Nagoya University
UYEDA Hiroshi: Prof.
TSUBOKI Kazuhisa: Prof.
MASUNAGA Hirohiko: Assoc. Prof.

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Access Guide・Map
To Higashiyama Campus

Access Guide● From Nagoya Station:
Take the Subway Higashiyama Line to Motoyama Sta., thentransfer to the Subway Meijo Line to Nagoya Daigaku Sta. (30min.)● From Centrair:
Take the Meitetsu Line to Kanayama Sta. (30 min.), then transfer tothe Subway Meijyo Line to Nagoya Daigaku Sta.(21 min.).
＊Get off at Nagoya Daigaku Sta. and walk about 15 min.

Map
Higashiyama Campus

１～３Subway Meijo Line

“Nagoya Daigaku” Station
City Bus“Nagoya Daigaku mae” Bus Stop

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Nagoya University
2013

Address: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 JAPAN
Phone: +81-52-789-3466 FAX: +81-52-788-6206
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