Title: Prof. & Dr.

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Affiliation: Disaster Prevention
Research Institute, Kyoto
University

Name:

Eiichi NAKAKITA
Email: nakakita@hmd.dpri.kyotou.ac.jp

Biography
Date of Birth: November 15, 1959
Graduation of university (Bachelor): March 1983
Graduation of university (Master): March 1985
Assistant Professor: Oct. 1985 (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)
Associate Professor: Jan. 1991 (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)
Associate Professor: April 2000 (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
Professor: Oct. 2004 (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)

Education
Mar. 1985: Obtained a Master’s Degree of Engineering from Department of Civil Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Nov. 1990: Obtained a Doctor Degree of Engineering from Kyoto University

Recent Work ExperienceVice Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (2015- 2017).
Director for Planning & Strategy, Institute of Sustainability Science, Kyoto University(2006-2013).
 Visiting Researcher/Professor:
1. Visiting Associate Professor: The University of Iowa, U.S.A. (1992).
2. Visiting Researcher: National Research Institute for Erath Science and Disaster
Prevention (NIED), Japan (2006-2008).
3. Visiting Research professor: National University of Singapore (2007-2008).
4. Visiting Professor: University Technology MARA, Malaysia (2014-2016).
Roles in Japanese Ministries
1. “River council”, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT).
2. “Committees on utilizing weather radar into river management”, MLIT.
3. “Committee on data utilization of stationary meteorological satellite”, Japan
Meteorological Agency (JMA).
4. “Committees on climate change and adaptation”, MLIT and the Ministry of theEnvironment (MOE).
5. “Committees on climate change”, JMA.
Roles as Principal Investigator in Big Research Projects
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“Corroborative campaign observation of surficial hydrologic process synchronizedwith spaceborne and airborne remote sensors -The lake Biwa project”, (Grant-in-Aidfor Scientific Research (A)) (1995-2003)“Scientific and integrated research by in-situ campaign observations synchronizing
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video-sonde and the latest polarimetric radar, heading to reduction of water relateddisaster” (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)) (2009-2014).
3. “Integrated research on state-of-the-art multi-sensors in-situ observation of storm
genesis, and reduction of serious disaster due to heavy rainfall” (Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research (S)) (2015-2020).
4. "Integrated assessment of climate change impacts on watersheds in a disasterenvironment", a discipline in "Team 3; Extreme event projection" under the"Innovative program of climate change projection for the 21st century (KAKUSHINprogram)" (Program by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports. and Science andTechnology (MEXT)) (2007-2011)
5. “Theme D: Precise impact assessment on climate change” in “Program for risk
information on climate change (SOUSEI Program)” (Program by MEXT) (20122017).
6. “Theme D: Integrated hazard prediction” in “Integrated research program foradvancing climate models (TOUGOU Program)” (Program by MEXT) (2017-2022).
Roles in Academic Associations
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Chair, Committee on hydraulic engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE),(2015-2017).
2. Member, Leadership team, Climate change working group, Technical divisions ofinnovation and professional development (IPD), International Association for Hydroenvironment Engineering and Research (IAHR).
3. Member, National committee in Japan for planning and advisory of affairs related toIPCC Working Group I.
4. Board member, Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW).
5. Board member, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (2006-2012).
Research Awards and Honors
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“Prize for Encouragement”, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), 1993.
“Science Award”, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (JSHW), 2012.
“Gambo Award”, Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ), 2016.

Research Interests
Rainfall and flood predictions/Utilization of weather radars into disaster reduction/Climate change impact assessment and adaptation/Morphologic formation of river basin
Major Roles as Editor related to Climate Change
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Special Collection on “Program for Risk Information on Climate Change (SOUSEI)”,
Hydrological Research Letters, JSHW, 2017.
2. Special Issue on “Recent Development on Climate Models and Future ClimateProjections”, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II Vol. 90A (2012).
3. Special Issue on “Innovative Program for Climate Change Projection for the 21Century (Kakushin)”, Hydrological Processes, 2012.
4. Special Collection on “Innovative Program for Climate Change Projection for the 21Century (Kakushin)”, Hydrological Research Letters, JSHW, 2009.
Major Publications in Recent Ten Years

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Osakada, Yukari, and Eiichi Nakakita, Future Change of Occurrence Frequency ofBaiu Heavy Rainfall and Its Linked Atmospheric Patterns by Multiscale Analysis,SOLA, 14, 79-85, doi:10.2151/sola.2018-014., 2018.6
2. Nakakita, Eiichi, Hiroto Sato, Ryuta Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Yamabe and Kosei
Yamaguchi, Early detection of baby-rain-cell aloft in a severe storm and risk
projection for urban flash flood, Advances in Meteorology, Article ID 5962356, 2017.
3. Kim, Sunmin, Yasuto Tachikawa and Eiichi Nakakita, Statistical downscaling ofAGCM60km precipitation based on spatial correlation of AGCM20km output,
Hydrological Research Letters, JSHW, Vol.11, No.1, pp.73-79, 2017.
4. Takemi, Tetsuya, Yasuko Okada, Rui Ito, Hirohiko Ishikawa and Eiichi Nakakita,
Assessing the impacts of global warming on meteorological hazards and risks inJapan: Philosophy and achievements of the SOUSEI program, Hydrological Research
Letters, JSHW, Vol.10, No.4, pp.119-125, 2016.
5. Ryo Mizuta, Akihiko Murata, Masayoshi Ishii, Hideo Shiogama, Kenshi Hibino,
Nobuhito Mori, Osamu Arakawa, Yukiko Imada, Kohei Yoshida, Toshinori Aoyagi,Hiroaki Kawase, Masato Mori, Yasuko Okada, Tomoya Shimura, Toshiharu
Nagatomo, Mikiko Ikeda, Hirokazu Endo, Masaya Nosaka, Miki Arai, Chiharu
Takahashi, Kenji Tanaka, Tetsuya Takemi, Yasuto Tachikawa, Khujanazarov Temur,
Youichi Kamae, Masahiro Watanabe, Hidetaka Sasaki, Akio Kitoh, Izuru Takayabu
and Eiichi Nakakita, Over 5000 years of ensemble future climate simulations by 60 km
global and 20 km regional atmospheric models, Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society (BAMS), 2016.
5. Yu, Wansik, Eiichi Nakakita, Sunmin Kim and Kosei Yamaguchi, Improving theaccuracy of flood forecasting with transpositions of ensemble NWP rainfall fields
considering orographic effects, J. of Hydrology, 2016.
6. Nakakita, Eiichi, Haruka Kusano and Sunmin Kim, Prediction on appearance
frequency of atmospheric characteristics causing localized heavy rainfall during Baiu
season by climate change, J. of JSCE, B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol.71, pp.373378, 2015. (in Japanese with English abstract)
7. Suzuki, Kenji, Natsumi Munechika, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Kosei Yamaguchi andEiichi Nakakita, Simultaneous measurements of a stratiform cloud by multipoint
videosonde launchings, SOLA, MSJ, 2015.
8. Yoon, Seongsim and Eiichi Nakakita, Application of an X-Band Multi-Parameter
Radar Network for Rain-Based Urban Flood Forecasting, J. of HydrologicEngineering, ASCE, 2015.
9. Yu, Wansik, Eiichi Nakakita, Sunmin Kim, and Kosei Yamaguchi, Assessment ofUncertainty Propagation of Ensemble NWP Rainfall to Flood Forecasting withCatchment Scale, Advances in Meteorology, 2015.
10. Ogawa, Mariko, Satoru Oishi, Kosei Yamaguchi and Eiichi Nakakita, Quantitative
Parametric Approach to Estimating Snowflake Size Distributions Using an Optical
Sensing Disdrometer, SOLA, MSJ, Vo.11, pp.134-137, 2015.
11. Oue, Mariko, Kazuhisa Tsuboki and Eiichi Nakakita, Vertical distribution of
precipitation particles in Baiu frontal stratiform intense rainfall around Okinawa
Island, Japan, J. of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 120, pp.5622-5637, 2015.
12. Yu, Wansik, Eiichi Nakakita, Sunmin Kim and Kosei Yamaguchi, Improvement ofrainfall and flood forecasts by blending ensemble NWP rainfall with radar prediction
considering orographic rainfall, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.531, pp.494-507, 2015.
13. Yu, Tian-You, David B. Parsons, Eiichi Nakakita, Toshitaka Tsuda and Hirohiko
Ishikawa, Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather and Climate Variability throughInnovative Sensing, Modeling, and Prediction, BAMS-D-14-00027, AMS, 2014.
14. Kido, Yoshinobu, Yuki Kitagawa and Eiichi Nakakita, Stochastic assessment of theglobal climate change impact on groundwater environment with considering spatial
resolution of GCM, J. of JSCE, B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol.70, pp.1135-1140,
2014. (in Japanese with English abstract)3

15. Yoon, Seongsim and Eiichi Nakakita, The development of rain-based urban flood
forecasting method for river management practice using X-MP radar observation,
Advances in River Engineering, JSCE, Vol.19, pp. 223-228, 2013.
16. Yu, Wansik, Eiichi Nakakita and Kosei Yamaguchi, Assessment of probabilistic flood
forecasting using ensemble NWP rainfall with 30hr forecast time during typhoon
events, Advances in River Engineering, JSCE, Vol.19, pp. 235-240, 2013.
17. Oku, Yuichiro and Eiichi Nakakita, Future change of the potential landslide disasters
as evaluated from precipitation data simulated by MRI-AGCM3.1, Hydrological
Processes, Vol.27, pp.3332-3340, 2013.
18. Chaffe, P.L.B. K. Takara, Y. Yamashiki, Apip, P. Luo, R.V. Silva and E. Nakakita,
Mapping of Japanese areas susceptible to snow cover change, Hydrological Sciences
Journal, 2013.
19. Suzuki, Kenji, Midori Matsuo, Eri Nakano, Shunsuke Shigeto, Kosei Yamaguchi andEiichi Nakakita, Graupel in the different developing stages of Baiu monsoon clouds
observed by videosondes, Atmospheric Research, pp.100-110, 2013.
20. Souma, Kazuyoshi, Kenji Tanaka, Tadashi Suetsugi, Kengo Sunada,Kazuhisa
Tsuboki,Taro Shinoda, Yuqing Wang, Atsushi Sakakibara, Koichi Hasegawa,Qoosaku Moteki and Eiichi Nakakita, A comparison between the effects of artificialland cover and anthropogenic heat on a localized heavy rain event in 2008 inZoshigaya, Tokyo, Japan, J. of Geophsical Research, Atmosphere, Vol.118, 2013.
21. Sato, Yoshinobu, Toshiharu Kojiri, Yuri Michihiro, Yasushi Suzuki and Eiichi
Nakakita, Assessment of climate change impacts on river discharge in Japan using thesuper-high-resolution MRI-AGCM. Hydrological Processes (Published online:DOI:10.1002/hyp.9828), 2013.
22. Nakakita, Eiichi, Toshiya Miyake, Kyoungjun Kim and Risako Konoshima,Fundamental study on future change of localized heavy rainfall during Baiu due toclimate change using a regional climate model, J. of JSCE, B1 (HydraulicEngineering), Vol.68, pp.427-432, 2012. (in Japanese with English abstract).
23. Nakakita, Eiichi, Tomohiro Yoshikai and Sunmin Kim, Application of Error-Ensemble
prediction method to a short-term rainfall prediction model considering orographic
rainfall, Weather Radar and Hydrology, IAHS Publ., 351, pp.317-322, 2012.
24. Kimura, Makoto, Yoshinobu Kido, and Eiichi Nakakita, Study on real-time flood
forecasting method for locally heavy rainfall with high-resolution X-band polarimetricradar information, Weather Radar and Hydrology, IAHS Publ., 351, pp.454-459, 2012.
25. Sato, Yoshinobu, Toshiharu Kojiri, Yuri Michihiro, Yasushi Suzuki and Eiichi
Nakakita, Estimates of Climate Change Impact on River Discharge in Japan Based on
a Super-High-Resolution Climate Model, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., Vol.23, No. 5,
pp.527-540, October 2012.
26. Suzuki, Kenji, Kensaku Shimizu, Tadayasu Ohigashi, Kazuhisa Tsuboki, Satoru Oishi,
Seiji Kawamura, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Kosei Yamaguchi and Eiichi Nakakita,
Development of a New Videosonde Observation System for In-situ Precipitation
Particle Measurements, SOLA, Vol.8, pp.001−004, 2012.
27. Kim, Sunmin, Yasuto Tachikawa, Eiichi Nakakita, Kazuaki Yorozu and Michiharu
Shiiba, Climate change impact on river flow of the Tone River Basin, Japan, Annual J.
of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol.55, pp.S85-S90, 2011.
28. Kim, Sunmin, Yasuto Tachikawa, Eiichi Nakakita and Kaoru Takara, Hydrologic
Evaluation on the AGCM20 Output Using Observed River Discharge Data,Hydrological Research Letter, Vol.4, pp.35-39, 2010.
29. Yamashiki, Yosuke, Masato Kato, Kaoru Takara, Eiichi Nakakita, Michio Kumagaiand Chunmeng Jiao, Sensitivity Analysis on Lake Biwa under the A1B SRES climatechange scenario using Biwa-3D Integrated Assessment Model: part I -projection oflake temperature-, Hydrological Research Letters, Vol.4, pp.45-49, 2010.
30. Kim, Sunmin, Eiichi Nakakita, Yasuto Tachikawa and Kaoru Takara, Precipitation
changes in Japan under the A1B climate change scenario, Annual Journal of HydraulicEngineering, JSCE, Vol.54, pp.127-132, 2010.
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31. Takara, Kaoru, Sunmin Kim, Yasuto Tachikawa and Eiichi Nakakita, Assessing climatechange impact on water resources in the Tone River basin, Japan, using super-highresolution atmospheric model output, J. of Disaster Research, Vol.4, No.1, pp12-23, 2009.
32. Nakakita, Eiichi and Lisako Konoshima, Estimating global distribution of spatial andtemporal correlation length of point rainfall intensity using low frequent observations
from space, Advances in Geosciences 2007, Vol.11, 10pp., 2008.
33. Nakakita, Eiichi, Syunsuke Okane and Lisako Konoshima, Method of correcting
variance of point monthly rainfall directly estimated using low frequent observationfrom space, Advances in Geosciences 2006, Vol.6, pp.35-45, 2007.

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