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Takeshi Horinochi, Professor
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The Horinochi Lab studies atmospheric phenomena across a range of time scales and how they relate to climate. Through numerical simulation and analysis of observational data, it seeks reliable knowledge about weather and climate. Its subjects range widely, from typhoons and East Asian precipitation to the atmosphere of Venus. Graduate education is provided across the whole Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics and Climate Dynamics course.
Masatomo Fujiwara, Professor
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Prof. Fujiwara specializes in atmospheric science and studies how substances are transported through the atmosphere and climate change caused by volcanic eruptions. Prof. Fujiwara has also worked on developing and evaluating observation instruments carried on rubber balloons, such as water vapor sondes and cloud particle sondes. Internationally, the lab is deeply involved in activities to evaluate climate data and in research on observation networks for climate change. Since 2022, the lab has also begun routine ozone layer observations in Sapporo.
Hiroyuki Tomita, Associate Professor
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The Tomita Lab studies air–sea interaction, in which the atmosphere and the ocean meet at the sea surface and influence each other. The heat, momentum, water, and other quantities exchanged between the atmosphere and the ocean are called sea surface fluxes, and quantifying them is the core of the lab's research. The lab mainly uses techniques that estimate sea surface fluxes on a global scale based on satellite observations. Established in FY2021, the lab carries out research spanning meteorology, oceanography, and climatology.
Genta Mizuta, Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor Genta Mizuta studies the dynamical mechanisms that sustain the large-scale circulation of the ocean. Using simplified numerical models and similar tools, Mizuta has theoretically investigated how idealized seafloor topography affects the deep circulation. Recently, Mizuta has also become interested in studying ocean circulation using observational data. Graduate education is provided jointly by the faculty members of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics and Climate Dynamics course.
Yoichi Tanimoto, Professor
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The Tanimoto Lab mainly studies air–sea interaction, a field spanning meteorology and physical oceanography. Its methods include meteorological observations over the ocean, analysis of satellite and ship observation data, numerical simulations with atmospheric models, and analysis of climate models. From these various angles, the lab investigates how the ocean affects weather and climate. In the course, students learn meteorology, oceanography, and fluid dynamics from the basics in the first half of the master's program, so students can start even without having studied earth science as undergraduates.
Yoshio Kawatani, Associate Professor
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The Kawatani Lab studies atmospheric phenomena from the surface up to an altitude of 80 km from a dynamical perspective. It focuses in particular on the interactions between the troposphere and the stratosphere and mesosphere above it (the middle atmosphere). The lab combines numerical simulations with climate models and analysis of model experiment data from around the world, as well as various observational and reanalysis datasets. It also conducts research on tropospheric phenomena such as the Baiu front and the Pacific High (North Pacific Subtropical High), and on how they will change in the future.
Takuro Matsuta, Assistant Professor
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The Matsuta Lab studies how ocean currents (ocean circulation) work and how ocean circulation responds to climate change. The motion of seawater can be described by fluid dynamics and thermodynamics, but phenomena of many different scales are intertwined, so much remains poorly understood. The lab focuses in particular on regions with strong currents, such as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Kuroshio Extension, and studies nonlinear processes and interactions between scales. The lab belongs to the Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics and Climate Dynamics course, where students learn the basics of physics and programming early in the master's program, so students can start even without prior exposure to atmospheric and ocean science.
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