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Utsumi Lab
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A lab that studies the global water cycle and climate change, with a focus on precipitation.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading the global water cycle and climate through precipitation.
The Utsumi Lab studies the global water cycle and climate change, with a focus on precipitation.
It analyzes, from the perspective of weather systems, how climate change alters rainfall patterns and water resources.
It develops methods to capture water in places that are hard to observe from the ground, using instruments such as microwave radiometers aboard satellites.
The lab has also addressed how water and weather affect human society, such as forecasting crop pests and diseases and predicting the distribution of malaria in Africa.
Key terms
- Water cycle
- The flow of water around the Earth as it changes form among rain, snow, rivers, oceans, and water vapor
- Microwave radiometer
- An instrument mounted on a satellite that detects the faint radio waves emitted from Earth to measure the amount of rain and water vapor
- Tropical cyclone
- A low-pressure system that forms over tropical oceans. Well-developed ones are called typhoons and can cause major flooding
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how climate change alters the global water cycle, with a focus on precipitation. It also develops satellite observation technologies and analyzes how water and weather affect human life.
*Illustrative imageClimate change and the water cycle
Focusing on precipitation and the amount of water resources, the lab examines how climate change affects the water cycle. It analyzes changes in precipitation from the perspective of weather systems such as extratropical and tropical cyclones, and also studies the mechanisms behind heavy rain and drought.
*Illustrative imageSatellite remote sensing
In collaboration with JAXA and NASA, the lab develops technologies to observe various forms of water on Earth, such as precipitation, water vapor, and reservoirs, from satellites. It works on methods to estimate rain and snow using microwave radiometers.
*Illustrative imageHydrometeorology and human activity
The lab analyzes how hydrological and meteorological phenomena affect human society. Its work includes forecasting pests and diseases and harvest timing for broccoli and sweet corn, and predicting the distribution of malaria on the African continent.
MembersFaculty
The Utsumi Lab consists of faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorNobuyuki UtsumiPublications ↗
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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: “Bluish rain shaft coming from the base of a thunderstorm viewed from Old Ox Road in the Dulles section of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia” Famartin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Climate change and the water cycle: “Tropical Cyclone Fani (MODIS )” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Satellite remote sensing: “Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory and Partner Satellites” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Hydrometeorology and human activity: “A field of Broccoli at Astley - geograph.org.uk - 7344594” Mat Fascione / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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