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Meteorology and Atmospheric Research Division Lab
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A research division that observes the atmosphere from many angles to explore how the atmosphere and weather work.
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Observing the atmosphere from many angles to understand how the atmosphere and weather work
The Meteorology and Atmospheric Research Division is a division of the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research that conducts research in atmospheric science.
Bringing together the knowledge and experience accumulated at the former Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory and the former Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, the division approaches its research from a wide range of perspectives.
It observes the atmosphere with a variety of instruments, including spectroscopic observations of millimeter-wave radio waves and infrared light, radar observations of clouds and precipitation, and analysis of aerosols.
The division's page lists the following labs: the Atmospheric Environment Variability Lab, the Cloud and Precipitation Sensing Lab, the Meteorology Lab, the Cloud and Precipitation Climatology Lab, and the Atmospheric Chemistry Lab.
Key terms
- aerosol
- Tiny particles floating in the atmosphere. In this division, their properties and behavior are studied by methods such as mass spectrometry.
- greenhouse gas
- Gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, that help maintain today's warm climate.
ResearchResearch themes
The division aims to understand more deeply how the atmosphere and weather work by carefully monitoring the state of the atmosphere with a variety of observation methods, and by also making use of theoretical considerations and numerical models. Its research addresses global environmental problems such as global warming caused by the increase in greenhouse gases.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Meteorology and Atmospheric Research Division consist of faculty, researchers, and institutional research fellows.As of 2026
- ProfessorHitoshi Matsui
- Professor (Concurrent)Nobuhiro Takahashi
- Professor (Concurrent)Kazuhisa Tsuboki
- Professor (Concurrent)Michihiro Mochida
- Associate ProfessorTomoo Nagahama
- Associate ProfessorHirohiko Masunaga
- Associate Professor (Concurrent)Taro Shinoda
- Project Assistant ProfessorMYAT Yin Nyein
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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: “CASBV radar de Blainville bis” Pierre cb / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring the atmosphere through observations and models: “UARS 1” NASA/GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
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（草野 完也） ): “Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun, May 27, 2024 and Another May 29th (SVS14597)” NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Scott Wiessinger / Public domain (cropped) - Related lab (飛翔体観測推進センター
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（野澤 悟德） ): “EISCAT Svalbard radar 01” Bernt Rostad from Oslo, Norway / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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