Masashi Minamide
Assistant Professor
The Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Affiliate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology / NASA
Email: minamide@hydra.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Phone: +81 (3) 5841-6109, Address: 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (113-8656)

RESEARCH INTEREST
Disaster prevention from severe weather events
Data assimilation, numerical weather prediction, remote sensing observations
Atmospheric dynamics and predictability
Tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones

EDUCATION
2014.9 – 2018.5, Ph.D. in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Thesis: On the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones through All-sky Satellite Infrared
Brightness Temperatures Assimilation
Advisor: Fuqing Zhang
2013.4 – 2014.9, M.S. in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Thesis: Improvement of the Understandings of Asian Summer Monsoon Variability byTheoretical, Analytical and Numerical Approaches
Advisor: Toshio Koike
2009.4 – 2013.3, B.S. in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Thesis: Research on the seasonal prediction of extreme precipitation events in Pakistan,
focusing on the anomaly of global circulation
Advisor: Toshio Koike

HONORS and AWARDS2020
2018
2017
2014 - 2016
2014

Yamamoto Award (early career award from the Meteorological Society of Japan)
AMS IOAS-AOLS Travel Award for the 22nd IOAS-AOLS Conference
NCAR's Advanced Study Program (ASP)'s Graduate Student Fellowship
Funai Overseas Scholarship(Scholarship for PhD study by Funai Foundation for Information Technology, Japan)
Kōi Furuichi Award(Master Dissertation Award in Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo)
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020.4 – present, Assistant Professor
The Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan
2020.4 – present, JPL Affiliate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology / NASA, Pasadena, CA, US
2018.6 – 2020.3, JPL Postdoctoral Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology / NASA, Pasadena, CA, US
Conducting Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) for the numerical weather
and air-quality predictions to evaluate the impacts of current/future satellite missions
2014.9 – 2018.5, Research Assistant
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University,University Park, PA, US
Built the Advanced-PSU ensemble-based data assimilation system for infrared satellite
radiances with ensemble Kalman filter, using Weather Research and Forecasting Model(WRF) and Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Developed new data assimilation algorithms for all-sky satellite radiances with ensemble
Kalman filter
Analyzed the impacts of assimilating all-sky satellite radiances from new-generation
geostationary satellites GOES-16 and Himawari-8 through observing system simulation
experiments (OSSEs), and real-data observing system experiments (OSEs)
Analyzed the predictability of tropical cyclones through sensitivity experiments
2017.4 – 2017.7, NCAR’s Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Visiting Program
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, US
Developed a modified version of Empirical (covariance) Localization Functions (ELFs) inensemble Kalman filter for all-sky satellite radiance assimilation
2012.4 – 2014.9, Research Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Conducted numerical experiments for sensitivity analysis of orographic effect on typhoon
precipitation with Regional Spectral Model (RSM)
Conducted numerical experiments for idealized simulation of artificially modified sea
surface temperature with WRF
Analyzed extreme events in South Asian Summer Monsoon region with NCEP and JRA25
reanalysis datasets
2011.8 – 2011.9, Field observation (through visiting study)
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN, US
Conducted the field observation of the inundation with a hydraulic gauge in North Carolina
caused by the Hurricane Irene in 2011, through the international visiting program of theDepartment of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSMinamide, M., D. J. Posselt, 2021: Using Ensemble Data Assimilation to Explore theEnvironmental Controls on the Initiation and Predictability of Moist Convection, Journal of
the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0140.1.
Zhang Y., S. B. Sieron, Y. Lu, X. Chen, R. G. Nystrom, M. Minamide, M.Y. Chan, C. M. Hartman,Z. Yao, J. H. Ruppert Jr,. A. Okazaki, S. J. Greybush, E. E. Clothiaux, F. Zhang, 2021:
Ensemble-Based Assimilation of Satellite All-Sky Microwave Radiances Improves Intensityand Rainfall Predictions for Hurricane Harvey (2017), Geophysical Research Letters,
doi:10.1029/2021GL096410.
Minamide, M., F. Zhang, E.E. Clothiaux, 2020: Nonlinear Forecast Error Growth of Rapidly
Intensifying Hurricane Harvey (2017) Examined through Convection-permitting Ensemble
Assimilation of GOES-16 All-sky Radiances, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:
10.1175/JAS-D-19-0279.1
Minamide, M., and F. Zhang, 2019: Adaptive Background Error Inflation for Assimilating All-sky
Satellite Radiance, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,doi:10.1002/qj.3466.
Zhang, F., M. Minamide, X. Chen, R. G. Nystrom, S.-J. Lin and L. M. Harris, 2019: Improving
Harvey Forecasts with Next-Generation Weather Satellites: Advanced Hurricane Analysis andPrediction with Assimilation of GOES-R All-Sky Radiances, Bulletin of American
Meteorological Society, 100, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0149.1
Minamide, M., and F. Zhang, 2018: Assimilation of all-sky infrared radiances from Himawari-8 andimpacts of moisture and hydrometer initialization on convection-permitting tropical cyclone
prediction, Monthly Weather Review, 146, 3241-3258, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0367.1.
Liu, S., D. Tao, K. Zhao, M. Minamide, and F. Zhang, 2018: Dynamics and predictability of therapid intensification of Super Typhoon Usagi (2013), Journal of Geophysical Research –Atmospheres, 123, 2147-2159, doi:10.1029/2018JD028561.
Minamide, M., and F. Zhang, 2017: Adaptive Observation Error Inflation for Assimilating All-sky
Satellite Radiance, Monthly Weather Review, 145,1063-1081, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0257.1
Zhang, F., M. Minamide, E.E. Clothiaux, 2016: Potential Impacts of Assimilating All-sky Satellite
Radiances from GOES-R on Convection-Permitting Analysis and Prediction of TropicalCyclones, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068468.
Minamide M., K. Yoshimura, 2014: Orographic effect on the precipitation with Typhoon Washi,
Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 10, 67–71, doi:10.2151/sola.2014-014
Minamide M., T. Koike, 2013: Research on the Difficulty in Seasonal Prediction of Extreme
Precipitation Events in Pakistan Focusing on the Anomaly of General Circulation, Journal ofHydraulic Engineering (Japan Society of Civil Engineering), Vol.70, 301-306
Kennedy A. B., J. J. Westerink, J. M. Smith, M. E. Hope, M. Hartman, A. A. Taflanidis, S. Tanaka, H.
Westerink, K. F. Cheung, T. Smith, M. Hamann, M. Minamide, A. Ota, C. Dawson, 2012:
Tropical cyclone inundation potential on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and Kauai, Ocean
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Modeling, Vol.52-53, 54-68
Yokouchi N., I. Shibata, S. Abe, M. Minamide, H. Kato, 2011: Newspaper Reports on East Japan
Great Earthquake in Four Countries: Comparative Analysis with Articles during One Month
After the Disaster, Sociotechnology Research Journal, Vol.9, 1-29

SELECTED PRESENTATIONSMinamide M., D. J. Posselt: Convection-Permitting Ensemble Tropical Cyclone Initializations withAll-sky Satellite Radiance Assimilation: Performances Through an Entire Hurricane Season,
the 9th EnKF workshop, University Park, PA, USA (postponed due to COVID-19)
Minamide M., S. Sieron, E. Clothiaux, 2022: Pursuing the promise of satellite all-sky radianceassimilation for improving hurricane prediction: A recent adventure of Fuqing Zhang, The 35thConference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, USA (Invited OralPresentation)
Minamide M.2020: All-sky Infrared Satellite Radiance Assimilation for the severe weather event
predictions, Fall Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan, online, Japan (Invited Oral
Presentation as a Yamamoto Awardee recipient)Minamide M., F. Zhang, D. J. Posselt, 2020: Forecast error growth of convective processes throughnonlinear interaction between dynamical and moisture initialization uncertainties, the 100th
Annual Meeting of American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA (Invited Oral Presentation)
Minamide M., F. Zhang, 2018: On the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones through All-sky Infrared
Satellite Radiance Assimilation, Second ADAPT Symposium on “Advanced Understanding,
Monitoring and Prediction of Weather, Climate and Environmental Systems”, University Park,PA (Invited Oral Presentation)
Minamide M., F. Zhang, E. Clothiaux, 2016: Assimilation of all-sky infrared radiance fromgeostationary satellites, Symposium on Advanced Assimilation and Uncertainty Quantificationin BigData Research for Weather, Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction, State
College, PA (Invited Oral Presentation)

SKILLS
OS: Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS
Programming: Fortran, Python, MATLAB, GrADS
Office suites: Microsoft Office
Miscellaneous: Vim, Git, shell scripts
Language: English (fluent), Japanese (native), French (intermediate)

TEACHING, LEADERSHIP AND MANEGERIAL EXPERIENCE
2016.9 – present, President of Japanese Graduate Student Association in the US (JGSAU)Managed an all-volunteer organization that serves the community of Japanese graduate
students who are going to attain academic degrees in the US or some other countries
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Held and managed more than 30 seminars at more than 10 universities in Japan (includingthe University of Tokyo), to provide information about graduate schools all over the world(such as the comparison of education system)
2017-2018, Director of Funai Overseas Scholarship’s Summer Workshop
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles, CA, US
Coordinated and managed an academic workshop among the recipients of Funai Overseas
Scholarship (FOS) as a representative of all recipients studying all over the world2009.5 – 2012.8, Teaching AssistantSundai Preparatory School, Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan
Guided high school students for their preparation of university entrance exam
➢ Particularly, Mathematics, Physics, English and national language
2011.12 – 2012.5, Project Manager of Disaster Recovery Assistance Program
Kuya Fish Campaign, Cagayan de Oro, the PhilippinesPlanned, Managed and Completed a well-construction project in the devastated area ofTyphoon Washi (2011) in the Mindanao island of the Philippines
2011.3 – 2011.4, Work-Camp Leader of Disaster Recovery Assistance Program
NGO NICE, Rikuzentakada, Iwate, Japan
Coordinated various volunteer work in the Devastated Area of East Japan Great Earthquake,cleaning destroyed houses, cultivating rice and offering mental care2010.2 – 2010.3, Internship for International Development Program
NGO Gawad Kalinga, Davao, the Philippines
Engaged in development assistance, construction and Elementary education projects

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