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Meteorology Lab
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A lab that uses dynamics to unravel the motions of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading the flow of air through dynamics.
The Meteorology Lab conducts research aimed at deepening understanding of atmospheric motion on Earth and other planets, mainly from the standpoint of dynamics.
Students who enjoy atmospheric dynamics, numerical computation, and related fields are welcome.
The lab holds a seminar for presenting research within the lab, and a seminar in which members take turns presenting chapters of an English-language meteorology textbook.
Key terms
- Atmospheric dynamics
- The study of atmospheric flow using the laws of force and motion
- Free oscillation
- A regular oscillation of fixed period that the whole atmosphere undergoes through its own properties, without continuous external forcing
- Reanalysis data
- Data that organize past observations with a numerical model to reproduce the state of the atmosphere without gaps
- Two-dimensional turbulence
- Turbulent flow with chaotically mixed eddies, considered only on a plane or the surface of a sphere
- Numerical computation
- Studying a phenomenon by solving equations on a computer
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts research aimed at deepening understanding of atmospheric motion on Earth and other planets, mainly from the standpoint of dynamics.
*Illustrative imageFree Oscillations of the Entire Atmosphere
The lab detects free oscillations occurring in the whole of Earth's atmosphere (global normal modes) from surface pressure observations and reanalysis data, and uses eigenvalue analysis to examine their properties when they are affected by the zonal-mean wind.
*Illustrative imageStatistical Equilibrium of Two-Dimensional Turbulence on a Sphere
The lab is developing a new numerical method that strictly follows the Miller–Robert–Sommeria theory to calculate the statistical equilibrium state in which two-dimensional turbulence on a sphere ultimately settles.
MembersFaculty
The Meteorology Lab consists of faculty members, doctoral and master's students, and fourth-year undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKeiichi Ishioka
- Associate ProfessorTakatoshi Sakazaki
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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: “Jet Stream over Eastern US” Justin Withers / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Free Oscillations of the Entire Atmosphere: “Atmospheric Gravity Waves Imagery (SVS AGW Australia)” NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Beth Anthony / Public domain (cropped)
- Statistical Equilibrium of Two-Dimensional Turbulence on a Sphere: “Geodesic grid gcrm atmosphere vorticity 4096x4096” Jinrong Xie / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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