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Center for International Collaboration
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
The University of Tokyo

Regional Planning Workshop of the UN Decade of Ocean
Science for the North Pacific and Western Pacific Marginal Seas
Contents

1. Regional Planning Workshop of
the UN Decade of Ocean Science for
the North Pacific and Western PacificMarginal Seas
2. Layout of plans to prepare theUN Decade of Ocean Science by EPG
members

Participants of the regional workshop for the UN Decadeof Ocean Science held in Tokyo

Yutaka Michida

Professor, Center for International
Collaboration

In preparation for the UN Decade of Ocean
Science for Sustainable Development(2021–2030),aregionalplanning
workshop was held on July 31 to August 2,
2019, at Iino Hall Conference Center in Tokyo.
It was one of the series of regional consultative and planning workshops to identify
regional needs and requirements for the UN Decade of Ocean Science, organized jointly
by the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (IOC/WESTPAC) and the North
Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) with financial support from the Ministryof Education, Cultural, Sports, Science, and Technology of the Japanese government.
JAMSTEC and CIC jointly contributed to the workshop as partner organizations of thehost country.
Over 160 attendees gathered from 18 countries, mainly of the North and Western
Pacific region. The participants were from a variety of sectors including universities,
academic institutions, NGO/NPO, private companies, governmental agencies, andinternational organizations. The workshop started with opening remarks by key
organizations including, Ms. Mami Oyama,
Secretary General for Japanese National
Commission for UNESCO, Dr. Vo Si Tuan,
Chairperson of IOC/WESTPAC, Mr. Takashi
Hamada, Cabinet Counsellor of the Japanese Cabinet
Office, Dr. Chul Park, Chairperson of PICES, Mr.
Shigeru Aoyagi, Director of UNESCO Bangkok, andDr. Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of IOC
Prof. Michida (center) suggesting
possible solutions on the data sharing(via video messaging). Four members of thepolicy at the breakout session on
Executive Planning Group (EPG) also joined the“transparent and accessible ocean”
convened by Dr. Leinen (right)
discussions. Having had a keynote presentation by

3. 25th Session of the International
Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange (IODE) of the IOC
5. 30th Session of the Assembly of theIntergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission (IOC-30)
6. PICES-2019 Annual Meeting
7. AORI and the National Taiwan
Ocean University (NTOU) hold a joint
symposiumandconduct
joint
research
Academic
Exchange
Agreement
between AORI and College ofEnvironmental and Marine Scienceand Technology, Pukyong National
University (CEMST-PKNU)
8. Strategic Partnership activities
during the FY2019 with the Australian
National University
9. The 2019 University Allied
Workshop on Climate and Extreme
Weather, August 21–23, 201910. 20th Anniversary Ceremony of the
Research Cooperation between AORI
and the Institute of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics of Ural Federal
University (INSM/UrFU)
11. Visiting Professors
12. Visiting Professors’ reports

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Dr. Julian Barbiere of IOC and plenary talks by EPG members, there were organized
breakout sessions for six thematic areas relevant to the six societal outcomes of the
UN Decade of Oceans Science co-convened by a couple of leading scientists for eachtheme.
Prof. Mitsuo Uematsu, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, the former
Director of CIC, gave a plenary talk on one of the desired societal outcomes “clean
ocean” and led the discussion at its breakout session. Prof. Hiroaki Saito led thediscussion at the breakout session on “sustainably harvested ocean” as a co-convener
Prof. Uematsu leading theof the session. Prof. Yutaka Michida, the Director of CIC, contributed to the breakout
discussion at the breakout
session on “clean ocean”
session on “transparent and accessible ocean” co-convened by Dr. Margaret Leinen(Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA), Dr. Somkiat Khokiattiwong (the former Chairperson of
WESTPAC), and Dr. Kim Juniper (Chief Scientist of Ocean Networks, Canada). “Transparent and Accessible Ocean”
covers a wide range of cross-cutting issues, such as data and information sharing, capacity development, ocean
literacy, and public awareness of the ocean, among others, which should provide fundamental infrastructure for the
successful implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
The results of the workshop will be presented at the forthcoming EPG meeting in January 2020 andat the 2nd Global Planning Meeting in March 2020 for further discussion toward finalizing the
Implementation Plan of the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

Layout of plans to prepare the UN Decade of Ocean Science by EPG members
Mitsuo Uematsu

Emeritus Professor, AORI, the University of Tokyo

The first meeting of the Executive Planning Group (EPG) of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for
Sustainable Development (2021-2030) was held at UNESCO from December 17-19. Nineteen experts were selected
and met from diverse fields in ocean science, technology, policy, management, and advocacy to brainstorm on
scientific, governance, communications, and engagement elements of the decade ahead of a first Global Planning
Meeting and a series of regional consultations to channel stakeholder input into the preparatory process.
The Decade of Ocean Science is set to begin officially in 2021. The EPG members have been working incoordination with the IOC Secretariat to process into a draft Implementation Plan for the Decade the many
stakeholder inputs coming from various global and regional consultations. From Asian countries, Dr. Fangli Qiao
from First Institute of Oceanography in China, Dr. Youn-Ho Lee from Korea Institute of Ocean Science andTechnology, Republic of Korea and I have been serving as the EPG members.
Within the road map, research and development priority areas include creating a comprehensive digital atlasof the ocean, implementing a comprehensive ocean observing system, developing a quantitative understanding ofocean ecosystems and their functioning, improving an ocean-related multi-hazard warning system, and expanded
programs in capacity building, education, and ocean literacy.
There was wide consensus within the Group that the Decade of Ocean Science must also transform how nations
around the world invest in ocean science, both from the public and private sectors, and how decisions-makers use theavailable scientific knowledge to make better-informed policies for ocean management. All the EPG members agreed
that capacity development and the transfer of marine technology also need to be a key and cross-cutting priority,
embedded deep into the planning process.
Within the context of the 2030 Agenda, in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we need an
ocean that enables key social objectives. We need an ocean that is clean, where pollution is dramatically reduced.
We need a healthy ocean, in which marine ecosystems are mapped and protected, where multiple impacts, including
climate change, are measured and reduced, and the provision of ocean ecosystem services is maintained. We needbetter predicted ocean processes, where society has the capacity to understand current and future ocean conditions
and forecast their change and impact on human well-being and livelihoods, thereby ensuring a sustainable future. We
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Executive Planning Group members with the IOC Secretariat at the UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris during the 1st EPG Meeting on December 17-19, 2018.

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need a safe ocean, where human communities areprotected from ocean hazards and where the safety ofoperations at sea and on the coast is ensured. We need asustainably harvested and productive ocean, that
ensures the continuing provision of food and alternative
livelihoods needed to meet the needs of humans into the
future. Finally, we need a transparent and accessible
ocean, where all nations, stakeholders, and citizens haveaccess to ocean data and information, have relevant
technologies, and have the capacity to inform theirdecisions, thereby guaranteeing just and equitable
access to ocean resources.
IOC Executive Secretary Vladimir Ryabinin says,“This is the decade that is going to create the science weneed for the ocean we want, and the ocean we need forthe future we want.”

25th Session of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange(IODE) of the IOC
Yutaka Michida

Professor, Center for International Collaboration

The 25th Session of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) was held on
February 20–22, 2019, at Iino Hall Conference Center in Tokyo. An IODE Scientific Conference was also organizedon February 18–19, 2019, just prior to the IODE Session at the same venue. At this Conference, global experts
discussed possible ways to improve international oceanographic data and information sharing, which will be one of
the key infrastructures for achieving a successful UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030). A series of presentations were made regarding the future of IODE and emerging opportunities including the
UN Decade of Ocean Science, regional IODE development and capacity building, and cooperation with partners. Ms.
Mami Oyama, the Secretary General of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, gave an address at the
opening session of the conference, and stated that the Japanese government would fully support preparation for the
UN Decade of Ocean Science by providing extra-budgetary resources in addition to the regular contribution to the
UNESCO. The conference was attended by approximately 150 experts
from 40 countries including Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin, the Executive
Secretary of the IOC, and leading scientists such as Prof. Toshio Yamagata
and Dr. Yoshihisa Shirayama. It is noted that participants were not only
from the academic community and governmental organizations, but also
included related experts from private sectors.
Professor Yutaka Michida has contributed a great deal to all IODE
activities since the 1980s, when he was an officer of the Japan
Oceanographic Data Center (JODC), the Japanese national contact to the
IODE programme, and has been one of the co-chairs of IODE since 2015.
Prof. Michida leading the IODE session. From rightHe, together with Dr. Cyndy Chandler of the USA (another co-chair), led
to left, Mr. Yabuki (the Director of JODC), Dr.
discussions during the session of IODE. Major issues discussed at the
Ryabinin (the Executive Secretary of IOC), Prof.
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IODE session covered: i) the IODE contribution to the
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development, ii) development of the IOC Ocean Dataand Information System (ODIS) as a one-stop service
for oceanographic data and information, iii)
enhancementofcooperation
withpartnerorganizations including JCOMM and related projects.
The session adopted several decisions andrecommendations, two of which were prepared as draft
decisions for adoption at the IOC Assembly at its 30th
Session.
Current co-chairs of IODE, Prof. Michida and
Dr. Chandler, finished their chairpersonship at the endof the session. Dr. Sergey Belov of the RussianFederation and Dr. Taco de Bruin of The Netherlands
were elected as new co-chairs for the next
intersessional period until 2021. Prof. Michida and Dr.
Chandler both received IODE Awards as out-going cochairs.

Outgoing IODE co-chairs receive IODE Award. From left, Prof. Michida, Dr.
Ryabinin (the Executive Secretary of IOC), Dr. Chandler, and Mr. Pissierssens(Head of the IODE Project Office)Participants of the 25th Session of IODE

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30th Session of the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC-30)
Yutaka Michida

Professor, Center for International Collaboration

The 30th Session of the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) was held from
June 26 to July 4, 2019, at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. Professor Yutaka Michida, director of the Center forInternational Collaboration (CIC) of AORI, participated as the head of the Japanese delegation. Professor Hiroaki
Saito also attended the meeting as a delegation member. The session adopted various decisions to prioritize programs
and projects of the IOC. Of significant impact in terms of the entirety of the IOC activities for the next decade was a
resolution adopted by the Assembly (IOC Resolution XXX-1) to accelerate the preparation activities for the UN
Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), having examined the progress made during thelast intersessional period since the Executive Council in 2018. The progress reports included the outcomes from the
Executive Planning Group meeting in December 2018 and those from the First Global Planning meeting held in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2019. The resolution followed the proclamation by the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) at the 72nd session in December 2017 and recalled the UNGA’s invitation to the IOC to prepare
an implementation plan for the Decade, and the Resolution IOCEC-LI.1 on the Decade adopted at the Executive
Council in 2018. Based on Resolution XXX-1, a series of regional planning workshops have been organized to
identify societal needs, and the scientific and technical requirements to meet these needs, from regional perspectives.
Members in Japan hosted one of these workshops (in partnership with the North Pacific Marine Science Organization:
PICES) in Tokyo on July 31 to August 2, 2019 (see the related article in this issue). The UN Decade of Ocean Science
will start at the beginning of 2021 and the IOC should accelerate preparation of the implementation plan within thenext year. Dr. Mitsuo Uematsu, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, and former director of the CIC, oneof the 19 members of the Executive Planning Group (EPG) for the UN Decade of Ocean Science, will participate in
the second meeting of the EPG to be held in Paris in January 2020. The results of the EPG meeting are to be reported
to and discussed at the second Global Planning Meeting in March 2020, and then at the Ocean Conference in Lisbon
in June 2020. The CIC will actively contribute to these plans for the UN Decade of Ocean Science in close partnershipwith the oceanographic and marine political community in Japan as well as with the Japanese government.
Another decision related to strategic matters of the IOC was a newly proposed body to enhance thecollaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The IOC Assembly adopted a resolution toestablish a Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board, through the IOC Resolution XXX-2, which was a parallel
resolution (WMO Resolution 9) adopted at the 18th WMO Congress. With the resolution, the IOC and WMO jointly
established the Joint Board as a high-level coordination mechanism with broader engagement of the key relevantbodies of WMO and IOC. The Board consists of equal numbers of members from both organizations and will provide

Japanese delegation at the 30th Session of the IOC Assembly. From the left
on the front row, Professor Saito, Professor Michida (the head of thedelegation), and Dr. Kawano of JAMSTEC.

Professor Michida, voting a ballot paper for the election of the membersof Executive Council of the Commission, on July 3, 2019.

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The next annual meeting will be held in Qingdao, China, October 22 toNovember 1. The theme is “How does 30 years of research on changing North
Pacific ecosystems inform the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development Goals?”Professor Saito (right) receiving theCertiﬁcate of Recognition for his service
as the Science Board Chair

The 2019 Wooster Award Winner Dr. R. Ian Perry(front left) at the whisky tasting party( photo by PICES Secretariat)

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AORI and the National Taiwan Ocean
University (NTOU) hold a joint symposiumand conduct joint research
Hiroaki Saito

Professor, Center for International Collaboration

AORI and NTOU exchanged an MoU regarding
academic exchange in 2011. On March 14－15, 2019, NTOU
president Prof. Ching-Fong Chang and faculty members visited
AORI and held the AORI-NTOU Joint Symposium on Marine
Attendees of the joint symposium.
Science. We presented recent findings on our mutual interests
such as the physical and ecological characteristics of theKuroshio, biological diversity, environmental physiology, fisheries resources, hydrothermal vents, and coral reef
ecosystems. AORI’s graduate students gave three talks on hydrothermal ecosystems, phytoplankton growth inultraoligotrophic ecosystems, and the life history of cephalopods. We also discussed future collaboration between theagencies. In 2019, Taiwan built three rsearch vessels, one of them called “Ocean Researcher 2” (45 m, 800 Gton).
The ship will be operated by NTOU. Prof. Chang kindly offered shiptime for an NTOU-AORI joint cruise andlogistical support for AORI scientists conducting field sampling along the coast of Taiwan. These were exciting andprecious offers that are rare and a result of international collaboration. AORI acknowledged them, and AORI and
NTOU scientists are planning some joint cruises in 2020–2021. Also, field samplings of cephalopods and benthos
were realized. AORI offered use of our Joint Usage/Research facilities such as NanoSIMS and the International
Coastal Research Center, and invited R/Vs Hakuho Maru and Shinsei Maru to research cruises. The next planned
joint symposium will be in Keelung, Taiwan, based on joint scientific activities.

Academic Exchange Agreement between AORI and College of Environmental andMarine Science and Technology, Pukyong National University (CEMST-PKNU)
Hiroaki Saito

Professor, Center for International Collaboration

Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea has a long historyof conducting research on marine and environmental sciences fromits predecessor as the National Fisheries University of Busan. In 2000,
AORI exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on
academic exchange with the Korea Inter-University Institute of
Ocean Sciences, PKNU; they have since collaborated on studies,
especially on fisheries and geology. Therefore, in response to thestructural reform of PKNU, both agencies decided to renew the MoU
between AORI and CEMST-PKNU. CEMST consists of eight
Ceremony exchanging MoU.
Departments (Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering,
Oceanography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Energy Resources Engineering, Spatial Information Engineering, Ecological Engineering)and two institutions, and is the leading school of Korean marine sciences. On February 27, 2019, Dean and Professor
Sanhoon Bae, Professor Seok Jin Oh, and other CEMST faculty members visited AORI and the MoU exchange
ceremony was held. The faculty were welcomed by Prof. Hiroaki Saito, as a representative of Director Tomohiko
Kawamura, Prof. Shingo Kimura, as a managing Professor of the MoU, and Associate Professor Jin-Oh Park. Afterthe ceremony, future collaboration between AORI and CEMST was discussed. AORI explained their guest
professorship system and invited the faculty of CEMST to apply. PKNU recently built R/V Nara (70.7 m, 1,893 tons).
Prof. Bae invited AORI scientists to use R/V Nara for joint research. A tour of the Joint Use/Research facilities at
AORI was given to consider future joint studies. AORI and CEMST decided to exchange scientists, have a joint
symposium, and continue discussions regarding collaborating on studies to solve marine scientific issues of mutualinterest.
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Strategic Partnership activities during the FY2019 with the Australian National
University
Yusuke Yokoyama

Analytical Center for Environmental Science: ACES

Another year of active exchanges of students and staff between the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute(AORI) and the Australian National University (ANU) were conducted during FY2019. Twenty delegates from ANU
consisting mainly of undergraduate students, visited AORI and other locations of Japan in September as part of the
Earth and Planetary Environmental Science International Short Course II (EPESIS Course II). At the University ofTokyo (UTokyo), this course is offered to all UTokyo students (undergraduate and graduate). From these, more than
10 students from different schools of the university joined. The total of 30 students were divided into 5 groups during
the course and stayed at the same accommodations throughout. The fortnight experience made their mutual
understanding of cultures and friendships stronger and collective efforts in writing daily reflections provided a venue
suitable for nurturing camaraderie. This was the third EPESIS-I course held in Japan and the first time that it included
a visit to Otsuchi after the new building was opened last year at the International Coastal Research Center (ICRC).
Students learned about various aspects of geohazards during the trip. Thanks are extended to Professors Michida,
Hyodo, Makino, Shinzato, Kawamura, Aoyama, Fukuda, Tanaka, and Hayakawa, as well as to Dr. Nobata and thestaffs of AORI and ICRC for various help in running the course. Detailed information on the course can be found at[(https://twitter.com/hashtag/geohazardsncp19?src=hash)(https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/geohazardsncp19/)].
An associated program (namely EPESIS I) will be held in February 2020. Students from UTokyo will travel to
the South Eastern coast of Australia as well as to ANU campus. They will learn about the culture and landscape ofAustralia through ANU professors and indigenous rangers. AORI also co-organized another exchange program runby the Go Global Gateway office in January–February 2020. This was mainly an exchange program for 1st and 2ndyear students; hence teaching assistants and lecturers were provided to support the activities held in Tokyo, Mt. Fuji,
and in Australia.
Active collaborative research activities should also be noted here. Australian researchers also visited AORI thisyear to conduct collaborative projects. An example is Dr. Penxiang Hu, an expert on paleogeomagnetism, who wasin residence at ACES to conduct 10Be chemistry. Students and staff also visited the Department of Nuclear Physics
of ANU to learn chemistry related to conducting accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) in February 2020. Prof.
Yokoyama met Professors Eggins and Heslop, respectively, the director and vice director of the Research School ofEarth Sciences at ANU, to discuss plans for future exchanges.

Students learnt about Tsunami mitigation plan on
top of “life saving mound (INOCHI YAMA)” inHamamatsu City.

A picture taken at the farewell party. Students from ANU and
UTokyo have become lifelong friends.

A group photo taken at the Hoei crater, Mt Fuji.

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The 2019 University Allied Workshop on Climate
and Extreme Weather, August 21–23, 2019
Masaki Satoh

Professor, Center for Earth Surface System Dynamics

The 2019 University Allied Workshop on Climate and Extreme
Weather was organized for the period August 21–23, 2019 by the
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), at The University ofTokyo, jointly with the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at National
Taiwan University (NTU). This series of workshops between AORI and
The student convener team and the hostprofessors. From left to right: Prof. Chung-Hsiung
NTU is held every two years. Previous workshops were held at NTU in
Sui (NTU), Mr. Takahiro Ishiyama (AORI), Mr.
August 22–24, 2017, and at AORI in September 29 to October 1, 2015.
Yong-Jhih Chen (NTU), Mr. Chung-Wei Lee (NTU),
and Prof. Masaki Satoh (AORI).
These workshops are intended mainly to enhance communication between
the students and early career researchers of the two institutes. Through theworkshop, we expect intense discussions on research topics of interest to participants, to foster future possible
collaboration and communication.
The workshop theme of this year is “climate and extreme weather”.
Because this year was part of the period for synthesizing theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment
Report (AR6), we encouraged presentations on recent advances inunderstanding, analysis, observations, and numerical modeling on climate
variability, climate change, and their effects on extreme weather including
extreme rainfall and typhoons. There were about 50 participants in theworkshop, including 12 students/post-docs and six members of the facultyof NTU.
The workshop was organized by students from AORI and NTU. Mr.
Student group discussions, August 22, 2019.
Ishiyama (AORI), Mr. Yong-Jhih Chen (NTU), and Mr. Chung-Wei Lee(NTU) formed a student convener team, and communicated before theworkshop to formulate the program. They arranged the abstracts into oral and poster presentations, and longer
presentation time was given to Ph.D. students. They also invited all the faculty members to give presentations on hot
topics or to give overview talks about their specialties. In the afternoon of the second day, the students were divided
into five splinter groups to have intensive discussions on the following topics:
1. Anthropogenic influence on weather and climate extremes
2. Can global resolution large eddy simulations (LES) reproduce climate change?
3. What is needed to make a perfect prediction of a typhoon?
4. Current problems of tropical weather and prospects for the next 10 years
5. How many satellites should be launched to advance science?
Each group summarized the discussions and reported the results on the third day to stimulate further discussions withall the participants. The discussion material, along with theprogram and meeting information, can be found at the meeting site
http://cesd.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/uaw2019/.
The next joint workshop between AORI and NTU will beheld at NTU in August 2021. Although this workshop is intended
to provide an opportunity for communications between themembers of the two universities, students are encouraged to visit
mutual universities either for short- or long-term stay. We also
encourage students to communicate with mutual faculty members
for continuous commitment by students to their progress inresearch.
For the participating students from NTU, AORI provided
support in the form of travel fees. We acknowledge support by the
Research Hub for Big Data Analysis of Global Water Cycle andGroup photograph at the 2019 University Allied Workshop
Precipitation in Changing Climate (led by Prof. Yukari Takayabu),
on Climate and Extreme Weather, August 21, 2019.
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University
the Center for the International Collaboration Atmosphere andof Tokyo.
Ocean Research Institute, and the Center for Earth Surface System
Dynamics.

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20th Anniversary Ceremony of the Research Cooperation between AORI andthe Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of Ural Federal
University (INSM/UrFU)
Ryoichi Imasu

Professor, Division of Climate System Research

The Institute of Natural Sciences andMathematics of Ural Federal University (INSM/UrFU),
Russia, and the Atmospheric and Oceanic ResearchInstitute (formerly the Center for Climate System
Research) of The University of Tokyo (AORI/UTokyo),
Japan, began collaborating on atmospheric science
research over 20 years ago. To celebrate the 20th
anniversary of their partnership, a ceremony and joint
seminar were held on October 8, 2019, at UrFU. A totalof 30 participants from UrFU, including the director of
the Institute, related deans, members of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, and several faculty, researchers,
and students participated. From the Japaneseconsortium, Professor Imasu, and several Ph. D.
students and researchers participated in the event,supported by CIC for travel accommodations. At theGroup photo of primary members at the joint seminar
ceremony, the history of the research cooperation
between the two institutes was reviewed. The most notable result in the group’s history was the world's firstmeasurement of the isotope (deuterium) ratio of atmospheric water vapor, attained by analyzing spectrum data
observed by an infrared sensor on a Japanese earth observing satellite. After the ceremony, the group held a joint
seminar, at which the details for the ongoing joint research satellite project were reported, and both institutes had
professors and students provide introductions for the studies they are currently working on. The two laboratories
signed their first collaboration agreement back in 2012, and they renewed it in 2018. Currently, the groups arecontinuing research cooperation and are primarily focused on the development of data analysis methods for Japanese
greenhouse gas observation satellites. Evolutionary results are expected in this field of research in the future, as thecollaboration between the institutes continues.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and aerosol measurement
equipment used in the joint research at Kourovka
observatory of UrFU.

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Visiting Professors

Name / Affiliation
PURCELL, Anthony Patrick
Geodynamics Department, RSES, ANU
Research Fellow

Nationality

Length ofstay

Subject for study

Australia

2018/4/1 12/1

Sea-level change model and observationcomparison for the last 140,000 years.

Taiwan ROC

2018/11/22019/1/29

Past hydroclimate and environmental
changes in East Asia monsoon territory

LEICHTER, James
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
Professor

USA

2018/10/2912/15

A Japan-U.S. collaborative study on theenvironmental and community dynamics
in coastal marine ecosystems

DUAN, Cunming
段 存明
Department of Molecular, Cellular andDevelopmental Biology, University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor
Professor
RYKACZEWSKI, Ryan
School of Earth, Ocean and Environment,
University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor

USA

2018/10/112/31

Hormonal control of fish ionocyte
proliferation and osmoregulationUSA

2018/7/108/10

Comparative study on sardine andanchovy life strategy in the world oceanusing numerical models

CHEN Guanghua
陳 光華Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China
Professor
STEVENS, Bjorn
Max Planck Institute of Meteorology
Director

China

2018/7/112/31

A study on the temporal-spatial
distribution and evolution of convective
and stratiform precipitation during theTC genesis.

USA

2018/9/110/31

Global cloud resolving modelling andclimate change.

WEBSTER, Jody Michael
The University of Sydney
Associate Professor

Australia

2018/12/42019/1/19

Studies on tropical and subtropical sea
level and reef responses

SHEN, Chuan-Chou 沈 川洲
Dept. of Geosciences, National Taiwan
University
Distinguished Professor

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Visiting Professors’ report
Anthony Patrick Purcell

Research Fellow, Geodynamics Department, RSES, ANU

Over the past several years Professor Yokoyamaof the ACES has worked to establish an effective
research partnership between Tokyo University andthe Australian National University, my homeinstitution. This partnership has been particularly
beneficial for the already-strong synergy in technicaland analytical expertise between AORI and ANU's
RSES. On-going collaboration between RSES andAORI on the impacts of past climate forcing and thepotential impacts of modern climate change areparticularly timely and relevant.
My visit to AORI has presented an opportunity
to deepen communication between the modelling andobservation communities. Interpretation of marine
records requires accurate models of changes insurface elevation and geoid due to surface mass
redistributions. This process (known as glacialisostatic adjustment or GIA) is physically andmathematically complex and not widely understood.
My work at RSES focuses on modelling GIA effects
and using paleo-sea-level records to constrain ice
sheet geometry. During my visit I have been working
to develop a model for the Antarctic Ice Sheetconsistent with changes in global mean sea level(GMSL) through the end of the last glacial cycle.

Chuan-Chou Shen (River)Lifetime Distinguished Professor,
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University

It was my honor to
be invited by Prof. Yuji
Sano as a Visiting
ProfessoratThe
Atmospheric and Ocean
Research
Institute(AORI), University ofTokyo from November
2nd, 2018, to January 29,
2019. I really enjoyed working here withEnvironmental Geochemistry group led by Prof. Yuji
Sano
and
Paleo-environmental
Research/Environmental Analysis group headed by
Prof. Yusuke Yokoyama. My primary objectives at
AORI included (1) conducting noble-gas studies andpreparing manuscripts, (2) addressing coral-inferred
Pacific culture and marine 14C variability, (3) giving

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Previous efforts tomodel the Antarctic Ice
Sheet
ignored
GMSL
constraints and produced
models inconsistent with
far-field sea level records.
In
combination
withmodels for the northernhemisphere ice sheets
developed by our group,
Professor
Yokoyama's
analyses of sea level records at locations far fromformer ice sheets suggests that during the Last
Glacial Maximum the Antarctic Ice Sheet contained atleast 25 metres sea level equivalent more than atpresent. His analyses of Antarctic marine sediments
have also provided tighter constraints on the extent
and timing of the Antarctic ice sheet.
I have been fortunate to have had theopportunity to visit AORI and work with Professor
Yokyama for the past three months. It has provided
a valuable opportunity to benefit from his expertiseand develop a stronger understanding of theevolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. I am enthusiastic
that our on-going collaboration will result in a moreaccurate model of Antarctic deglaciation.

talks and creating possible new collaborative projects,and (4) introducing the new Association of Pan-Pacific
Anthropocene (APPA) and the 1st Conference on PanPacific Anthropocene (ConPPA) to Japanesecolleagues at The University of Tokyo and otherschools.
My colleagues and I at the Department ofGeosciences, NTU, have been collaborating with Dr.
Yuji Sano for over 10 years. During my visit, a PhD
student of mine, Dr. Sano, and I prepared one
manuscript on “Mantle-derived fluids associated witha crustal-scale fault in subducting continental crust”
using He/Ne isotopic data of groundwater, hot springs,
and bedrock samples from a major fault system that
separates regional-scale blocks of accreted,continental materials in southern Taiwan. In thisstudy, the isotopic signatures indicate significant
mantle contamination, suggesting deep seated active
fault system consistent with deep, non-volcanic
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of the plate boundary suture in an active arccontinent collision.
Prof. Yusuke Yokoyama and his team helped
measure 14C ages for fossilized corals to estimate
marine reservoir 14C ages of 406 ± 42 years over the
past 1500 years. The reservoir ages were used tocorrect the measured shell 14C ages. Both coral ages
determined by U-Th techniques and corrected shellages will be used to reveal the history of the fading
ancient culture in the Nan Madol, an archaeologicalsite just officially selected as one of the World
Heritage sites in Pohnpei, Micronesia. The reservoir
ages will also be used to reconstruct past regional
ocean circulation in the Pacific. Thank Prof. Masahide
Kimoto, Prof. Masahiro Watanabe, and Prof. Ayako
Abe-Ouchi for agreeing about the possible
collaboration and participation to APPA.
Some presentations were also given during thisvisit. A talk about coral U-Th dating and its
applications was expressed at Kashiwa campus on
November 7, 2018. Two topics titled “A study ofOrbital-scale East Asian-Australian summer monsoon
dynamics” and “A centennial earth’s magnetic
reversal event at 98 ka” were delivered at Hongo

campus on November 13. During these talks andother events, I consistently introduced a newinternational Association, APPA, at the University ofTokyo and other schools. The information on 1st
ConPPA, which will be held on May 14-16 followed by
one-day field trip on May 17, 2019, was also released.
The
abstract
submission
websiteis:
http://www.gl.ntu.edu.tw/rcfe/appa.html.
My family flew from Taipei to Tokyo many times
and enjoyed everything including food and sites of
tourist attraction around Tokyo. Thank you again for
inviting me and my family to have a great time
together with you. I believe my team will successfully
work with Japanese colleagues at AORI and otherschools on diverse projects in the near future. Seeyou sometime soon. LOVE YOU!

Cunming Duan

research program for three decades. His work on
hormonal regulation of osmoregulation in bony fishand sharks has had a strong impact on me and othercolleagues around the world. My own work with fish
has been focused on growth regulation. In recent
years, we have moved into two new directions. One
aims to elucidate the molecular basis of oxygen
sensing and hypoxia response in fish. In another newline of recent investigation, we have discovered that
insulin-like growth factor signaling, a hormonal
pathway known for its role in growth, plays a criticalrole in regulating calcium ion uptake in fish. Professor
Hyodo invited me to AORI to discuss our recent workon insulin-like growth factor signaling and its
interaction with epithelial calcium channel and otherion transporters. While in AORI, I have given threelectures on these topics. I have also had the privilege
to attend the Hyodo lab weekly lab meeting. As aresult of these interactions, I have had theopportunity to initiate dialogs and future collaboration
with Dr. Kanda and Dr. Wong in the Hyodo lab onelectrophysiological recording of epithelial cells andon the role of insulin-like growth factor binding
proteins in regulating epithelial growth in Japaneseeels during seawater adaptation. It is my hope topursue these together with these AORI colleagues formany years to come.

Professor of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan

It has been a great honor and privilege to be
invited by Professor Susumu Hyodo to work at The
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI),
University of Tokyo from November 12, 2018 to
February 2, 2019. This stay in AORI is speciallyrewarding for me because I was a graduate student
in this Institute from 1988 to 1991. It is a great
pleasure for me to come back to AORI again and see
the new location, new building, and new research
activities. This stay has provided me the valuable
opportunity to discuss research questions of mutualinterest with AORI colleagues and other departmentson this campus. I have also enjoyed the many
opportunities to discuss with graduate students andpostdoctoral fellows about their ongoing experiments
and future aspirations. It is my sincere hope that mystay in AORI will encourage personal exchanges andresearch collaborations between the University ofMichigan and AORI in the future.
I would like to give my special thanks toProfessor Hyodo and his lab members. I met
Professor Hyodo when we were both graduate
students. I have been following his outstanding

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Jody Michael Webster

Associate Professor, Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences,
The University of Sydney

It has been a great pleasure and honor to be aVisiting Professor at AORI for 6 weeks (Dec-Jan) in
2018-19. This fellowship has allowed me to work
closely with my colleague Professor Yusuke
Yokoyama and his very active research group. I am
deeply appreciative of all the kind support andopportunities I received while at the AORI.
My scientific objectives while in Japan werefocused on a range existing and new projects that
Yusuke and I are working on. First, we were focusedon finalizing and advancing several new papers
associated with the International Ocean Discovery
Program (IODP) Expedition 325 (Great Barrier Reef
Environmental Changes). With the recent publicationof the two main results papers in Nature and Nature
Geosciences, this has set a firm foundation for several
new Exp. 325 related papers investigating thedevelopment
for
coral
algal
assemblages,
microbialites and large benthic foraminfera derived
relative sea-level records preserved in the fossil GBR
reefs. In this period, one my colleagues from the
University of Nagoya (Dr. Marc Humblet) was able tovisit Kashiwa and we were able to finalize one ofthese papers. During this time, I was also very busy
working on logistics and site planning for theupcoming IODP Exp. 389 (Hawaiian Drowned Reefs)
scheduled for Sep-Oct 2019. This project will drill aseries of drowned fossil reefs that date back to atleast 500 kyrs and will also involved Yusuke and his
group.
My family and I were also fortunate enough toexperience a white Christmas while in Nagano. We
were then able to visit Kanazawa where I spent sometime during my PhD years. Kanazawa has changed a
lot in 20 years but it still such a special place. I was
also invited to give a research seminar on IODP fossil
coral reef drilling at Kanazawa University where I was
based all those years ago. Overall it was a great twodays and it was wonderful tocatch up with old friends andcolleagues.
Just after new year wethen headed south to Okinawa toescape the cool temperaturesand experience the subtropics.
While in Okinawa I also had theopportunity to visit the Universityof the Ryukyus and our

14collaborator
Prof. Kazuhiko
Fujita.
Kazu
led the work on
the
large
benthic forams
recovered fromthe IODP Exp
325 GBR cores.
I gave seminar,
we discussed future work, and we also spent themorning looking at some beautiful fossil reef outcrops.
We visited first a sequence of Holocene raised reefs
and several Holocene sea level notches. Then we
observed the Minatogawa formation which iscomprised some beautiful detrital Pleistocene
limestones and coral reef units. It was a great trip.
Returning to Tokyo, I was able to work closely
again with Yusuke on several exciting new research
directions. First, we integrated new lithologic andcoralgal information with new C14-AMS ages fromfossil reef cores that were collected using a seabedrock drilling in ~80 m of water on the north west shelfof Australia. The goal is better understand coral reefdevelopment and sea level changes during the poorly
constrained MIS3 to LGM transition (~30-20 ky).
Finally, we were able to make enormous progress on
constructing a new, highly accurate geomorphic map
using a unique topographic LIDAR data set that wascollected from the famous raised reef terraces on the
Huon Peninsula. This data will be synthesised withexisting U/Th coral age data to better understand thestructure and spatial continuity of the raised reefs andthe existence and surface expression of active
tectonics features (ie. faulting). This study has thepotential to greatly improve our understanding ofseveral important geologic questions about coral reefdevelopment, sea level changes, and geologic
hazards in the region.
In summary, AORI is an amazing place, withworld class scientists and facilities, combined with awarm and collegial atmosphere. My trip was both
highly productive and enjoyable and one that myfamily and I will always remember. I am now looking
forward to hosting Yusuke and his students for a day
at the University of Sydney as we continue tostrengthen the wonderful relationship between our
two institutions.

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Bjorn Stevens

Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie

It is very exciting
to visit the AORIDivision for Climate
System Research at the
University of Tokyo.
Climate research at the
CCSR has a long and illustrious history.
The
concentration of expertise within its faculty remains
at the forefront of climate science worldwide.
I first became familiar with the University ofTokyo group twenty-five years ago, during mygraduate studies at Colorado State University. Workat the University of Tokyo, particularly through strong
links to UCLA (whose students, Dave Randall, Wayne
Schubert and Chin-Hoh Moeng were important
mentors), greatly shaped my view of climate science.
Taroh Matsuno’s paper on equatorial wave dynamics
is a foundational study for our understanding of both
Earth’s climate, and today is even informing studies
of exo-planets. I also have been greatly influenced
by the work of Michio Yanai and Akio Arakawa, bothwith Tokyo roots, and who I had the good fortune towork with as colleagues during a ten-year tenure at
UCLA. In this context studies by Tsuyoshi Nitta andMichio Yanai on the heat budget of the Atlantic tradewind regions is closely linked to field work being doneby my group in the tropical Atlantic. In terms ofmodelling, I have also become interested in the fluid
dynamics associated with the model problem ofradiative convective equilibrium, a field of study
launched at the University of Tokyo, by the seminal
paper of Kensuke Nakajima and Taroh Matuno in
1988, but to which other colleagues at the Universityof Tokyo have also made important contributions —especially my host Masaki Satoh.
During my visit to AORI I have been working on
the analysis of DYAMOND (DYnamics of the
Atmospheric general circulation Modeled on Nonhydrostatic Domains) output. Finally, after 15 years
the rest of the world is catching up to efforts,
launched and led by Satoh-san and Tomita-san, toapply storm (or cloud) resolving models to the studyof Earth’s atmosphere and climate. Masaki Satohand I used the occasion of a workshop organized lastyear by another colleague at AORI (Masahiro
Watanabe) to propose the first ever intercomparisonof Global Storm Resolving Models. One year later
we have the results in the form of output from ninegroups from around the world who have performed
simulations of forty days with global grid meshes of 5
km or smaller.
During my visit we have been
writing a paper describing the DYAMOND protocol
and first results, finishing a review of global stormresolving modelling and planning a special issue of
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focusing on international analysis of the DYAMOND
output. We also put in motion plans for futurecooperations in the area of global storm resolving
simulations (see below).
Perhaps most important for my visit was the
chance it offered to meet many other well known(and some new) colleagues, beginning with Kimotosan, who shares a common history at UCLA and has
been an important and free thinking symbol ofclimate science at AORI for many years.
Increasingly I find my path intersecting with thewide-ranging interests of Watanabe-san, withparticular areas of overlap related to cloud feedbacks,
pattern effects, and climate sensitivity. The latter
topic also relates to research by Abe-Ouchi-san, while
here I became fascinated by her group's studies of
ice-sheet dynamics, whose hysteresis curves are alsoa work of art and explain the asymmetric waxing andwaning of the great ice sheets. It was an honor
and pleasure to interact with Takayabu-san whose
pioneering research on heating from shallow
precipitating convection has been very influential in
my thinking over many years. I enjoyed again
meeting Suzuki-san who shares interests in cloud
microphysics and aerosol forcing which I look forward
to seeing influence the NICAM development.
Likewise I enjoyed meeting Yoshimori-san again, as
well as Miyakawa-san, and Ito-san. Yoshimori-san’s
work on feedbacks from high-clouds was very
exciting for me to see and think about. Miyakawasan is leading the very first work on global coupledstorm-resolving and eddy resolving models,
something I had hoped our group in Hamburg would
do, until I came here and realized that he as quicker,
but on the optimistic side it opens up possibilities forcollaboration. His interests overlap, I think, also with
the interests of Ito-san, in particular the role ofboundary layer momentum transport on tropical seasurface temperature biases. Equally stimulating was
the chance to interact with a very bright group of(PhD and Master) students and postdocs (also atsome of the other institutes I visited), who are verymuch at the forefront of the field on a wide range of
topics — from studies of (ice) microphysics, to interseasonal variability, to tropical cyclone studies.
Tomorrow I finally will have the chance to meet alsowith Miura-san, and learn about his work on new
dynamical cores.
A final very stimulating aspect of my visit was
the chance to visit different laboratories, in Kobe,
Kyoto, Nagoya, and Yokohama, and to visit different
parts of Japan. My visit to Miyajima and Hiroshima
touched many emotions, but I prefer to focus on the
one evoked by the attached picture from Dainichido
Temple (on Mt Misen).
Seeing Mt Fuji from thetrain was equally inspiring, and I am very much hopethat plans to go skiing at Asahi-dake are successful,and provide a crowning touch to my visit and a goodstart to the new year.

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Guanghua Chen

Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Since this July when I
start my visit in AORI, I spent
happy time on exchanging thethoughts including scientificideas and Sino-Japan traditional
culture with the AORI staffs.
First of all, I’d like to express mysincere appreciation to Prof.
Yukari Takayabu, the host of my visit. On the basis of
the common interests, our valuable discussion helps
me clarify the research object and advance ourresearch output. Her deep insights into the satellitebased observation and analysis makes me feel thequality of a Japanese style, world-class scholar.
During my visit, our study mainly aims at thecomparison of convective and precipitation properties
in small and large-sized tropical cyclones (TC), basedon the unique merits of three-dimensional
measurement from TRMM and GPM satellites. The
systematic examination is carried out to reveal the
relative importance of stratiform and convective

precipitation on the evolution of TC size. Moreover,the study also provides a reliable validation between
the modeling hypotheses and satellite observations.
The finding and analysis will form a scientific paper
to be submitted to an international journal.
In addition, the kindness and generosity from
Yukari sensei also impress me deeply. Her attentive
care during my visit strengthens my feeling ofJapanese hospitality and friendliness. Besides, I also
express my thanks to two secretaries, Ms. EikoNiikura and Marie Iwagami, for their kind assistancein the many administrative work and personal needs.
Meanwhile, I am also grateful to the members of thelaboratory, Dr. Chie Yokoyama, Hiroki Tsuji, and Ms.
Orui Daichi, Kaneko Wataru, Nakamura Yuhi, Aoki
Shin, and Takano Yuki for their constructive
comments and technic support during my visit.
Lastly, my visit is also coming to an end. It istime for me to say good-bye to other professors andstaffs in AORI. Their leading brains and diligent
attitude in the scientific research will inspire me in the
future study. I’d like to welcome you to visit myinstitute, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences in the future. Please let me try
my best to reciprocate your kindness.

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Director of CIC
Prof. Yutaka Michida
International Scientific Planning
Prof. Yutaka Michida
International Advanced Research
Prof. Mitsutaku Makino
International Research Cooperation
Prof. Hiroaki Saito
Prof. Koji Inoue
Prof. Yusuke Yokoyama
Prof. Ryoichi Imasu
Assoc. Prof. Jin-Oh Park
Assoc. Prof. Sachihiko Itoh

Center for International Collaboration
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The University of Tokyo

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