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Kanae Lab
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The lab takes on water problems by capturing the Earth's water cycle with models and satellites.
AboutAbout the lab
Too much water is a problem. So is too little.
Kanae Lab studies the Earth's water cycle using computer models and satellites.
While heavy rain and flood disasters are becoming more serious in Japan and around the world, the shortage of water resources worldwide is also a major problem.
Water issues are linked to food, energy, health, and poverty, and are arguably the foremost global environmental problem.
The lab carries out cutting-edge research that contributes to solving both "too much water" and "too little water."
Key terms
- Water cycle
- The flow of water around the Earth as it changes form among rain, snow, rivers, oceans, and water vapor
- Global water resources and water cycle model
- A large computer model that calculates how water moves and is used across the whole Earth
- SWOT
- The first satellite built to observe the movement of water surfaces in the world's rivers and lakes
NewsLab news
Several students received the Master's Thesis Excellence Award
An undergraduate student received the Kimura Award and the Bachelor's Thesis Excellence Award
An undergraduate student received the Kimura Award and the Outstanding Student Award
A master's student received the Master's Thesis Excellence Award
A group of students received the Best Presentation Award at the Data Assimilation Summer School
ResearchResearch themes
Heavy rain and flood disasters are serious in Japan and around the world (Too much water). At the same time, the shortage of water resources worldwide could also have a serious impact on Japan (Too little water). By exploring new possibilities in the modeling and monitoring of the global water cycle and their applications, the lab conducts research that contributes to solving both problems.
*Illustrative imageFlood and heavy rain prediction
To better prepare for increasingly damaging water disasters in Japan and around the world, the lab works on developing methods for predicting floods and heavy rain. It builds new technologies and tools, such as advanced flood forecasting simulators.
*Illustrative imageGlobal water resources models
As the world population heads toward 10 billion, the global water crisis is a challenge for all of humanity. As tools for addressing it, the lab develops next-generation ultra-high-resolution global water resources and water cycle models, and applies them to global environmental problems.
*Illustrative imageObserving water from satellites
Satellites are a powerful means of capturing temporal and spatial changes in water on land, and are essential for disaster prevention and water resources management. The lab focuses on using SWOT, the first satellite designed to observe the movement of water in the world's rivers and lakes, and on detecting changes in snow in high mountain areas of Asia.
MembersFaculty
The members of Kanae Lab include faculty, secretaries, international research fellows, international research students, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKanae ShinjiroPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorOrie SasakiPublications ↗
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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: “Flooded Tamagawa in aftermath of Typhoon Talas 2011” Kazuhiro Keino / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Flood and heavy rain prediction: “Weather radar dome on Holehead - geograph.org.uk - 5668882” Alan O'Dowd / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Global water resources models: “Scene of water storage in Aliyar dam” Srimathiv1995 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Observing water from satellites: “Illustration of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite” JPL/NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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