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Hobara Lab
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The lab explores the environment and disasters of Earth and space through observations of electromagnetic phenomena.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming to predict disasters through electromagnetic observation
The Hobara Lab focuses on observing various electromagnetic phenomena and studies the electromagnetic environment of Earth and space through both experiments and theory.
Using observational data from a range of frequency bands, the lab conducts basic research on monitoring and predicting disturbances in space, extreme weather such as torrential rain, typhoons, and tornadoes, natural disasters such as earthquakes, and climate change.
The lab aims to help reduce natural disasters and contribute to building a resilient society.
The lab strives to provide opportunities such as presenting at international conferences, interacting with visiting researchers and international students from abroad, and being sent overseas for short-term joint research.
Key terms
- Atmospheric electricity
- The field that studies electrical phenomena in the atmosphere, such as lightning discharges.
- Transient luminous events (mesospheric luminous phenomena)
- Luminous phenomena that occur in the mesosphere, such as red sprites and various types of jets.
- Seismo-electromagnetics
- The field that observes electromagnetic phenomena appearing with crustal deformation and investigates their mechanisms.
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The lab focuses on observing various electromagnetic phenomena and studies the electromagnetic environment of Earth and space through both experiments and theory. Based on observational data, it conducts basic research on monitoring and predicting disturbances in space, extreme weather, natural disasters such as earthquakes, and climate change.
*Illustrative imageSpace Plasma and Space Weather
The lab works on electromagnetic waves in Earth's magnetosphere and their applications, numerical modeling of the environment from the atmosphere to space, and space weather forecasting using machine learning. It also studies transient luminous events in the mesosphere, such as red sprites.
*Illustrative imageAtmospheric Electricity and Extreme Weather
Using lightning discharges and weather radar, the lab studies the monitoring and prediction of extreme weather such as sudden violent winds (including tornadoes), torrential rain, and typhoons, in collaboration with the Kikuchi Lab. Its research on lightning with enormous energy is an industry-academia collaboration with TEPCO Power Grid.
*Illustrative imageSeismo-electromagnetics
The lab observes various electromagnetic phenomena that accompany crustal deformation and aims to clarify how they are generated. It also works to elucidate the processes that link the geosphere, atmosphere, and ionosphere.
MembersFaculty
The Hobara Lab consists of a professor, a secretary, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorYasuhide Hobara
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- Top image: “Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK)” Mathias Krumbholz / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Space Plasma and Space Weather: “NASA magnetosphere plasma waves diagram” Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith / Public domain (cropped)
- Atmospheric Electricity and Extreme Weather: “Lightning cloud to cloud (aka)” André Karwath aka Aka / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Seismo-electromagnetics: “Surlari Geomagnetic Observatory, Main building” Victor Blacus / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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