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Ichii Lab
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The lab observes the Earth's land with satellites and models in order to predict its future state.
AboutAbout the lab
Measuring the land to foresee the future.
The Ichii Lab aims to better predict the future of the Earth by observing and modeling the Earth system.
Its main focus is the terrestrial biosphere, and it captures changes in vegetation at scales from regional to global.
The lab combines ground observation networks, satellite remote sensing data, terrestrial ecosystem models, and atmospheric observations.
Projections of warming and the countermeasures against it change greatly depending on how much CO2 the land absorbs, and this research contributes to answering that question.
Key terms
- Terrestrial biosphere
- The whole made up of living things on land, such as plants and soil, and the environment that supports them.
- CO2 flux
- A quantity expressing how much CO2 moves between land and the atmosphere in a given period of time.
- Terrestrial ecosystem model
- A system that expresses plant growth and soil processes with equations and reproduces them on a computer.
NewsLab news
Accepting lab visits from prospective graduate students for April 2027 admission
A student won the Chiba University President's Award for Academic Research Activities
A student won the Dean's Award of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering (for outstanding academic performance)
A student won the Excellent Paper Presentation Award and the Young Researcher Encouragement Award at the academic conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan
Press release on a paper proposing the optimal conditions for observing Southeast Asia with Himawari-8/9
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's goal is to better predict the future of the Earth by observing the Earth system and representing it with models. By integrating available data and models, it seeks a comprehensive understanding of the terrestrial biosphere at scales from regional to global.
*Illustrative imageEstimating the Terrestrial CO2 Budget at the Global Scale
Using both a bottom-up approach built from ecosystem models and a top-down approach that works backward from atmospheric observations, the lab estimates the amount of CO2 exchanged by land at various scales, including global, Asia, and Southeast Asia. This research contributes to international projects such as Future Earth.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping CO2 Flux Products for Satellites
Using a diagnostic terrestrial biosphere model and observation data from AsiaFlux and FLUXNET, the lab develops terrestrial CO2 flux data (a product) for the SGLI sensor on JAXA's GCOM-C satellite. The product will be released to the public as an official research product.
*Illustrative imageEstimating Terrestrial CO2 Exchange from Data
Combining observation data from FLUXNET and AsiaFlux, satellite remote sensing data, and machine learning, the lab estimates how the exchange of CO2, energy, and water between land and the atmosphere varies by place and time, at scales from regional to global.
*Illustrative imageMonitoring Vegetation Change from Satellites
Using long-term satellite remote sensing data, the lab analyzes and detects changes in vegetation and land cover at scales from regional to global.
MembersFaculty
The Ichii Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, technical and support staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhito Ichii
- Assistant ProfessorYuhei Yamamoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorTaiga Sasagawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Himawari Z” JMA's Himawari 9 Satellite / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Estimating the Terrestrial CO2 Budget at the Global Scale: “Simplified diagram of the contemporary global carbon cycle” U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Image Gallery Gateway / Public domain (cropped)
- Developing CO2 Flux Products for Satellites: “Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) - GPN” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Estimating Terrestrial CO2 Exchange from Data: “Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 artist rendering (PIA18374)” NASA/JPL-Caltech / Public domain (cropped)
- Monitoring Vegetation Change from Satellites: “Global Vegetation” Image Credit: NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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