User:Kaoru
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Affiliation: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Address; 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Phone +81-3-5841-4668, FAX +81-3-5841-8316, Email: kaoru@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Research Topics
Dynamics of atmospheric gravity waves in terms of generation, propagation and dissipation Dynamics of trapped waves on the equator, mid-latitude tropopause and polar vortex edge Interaction of large-scale circulation/oscillation and waves Three-dimensional transport and mixing of minor constituents Polar atmospheric dynamics such as the katabatic winds and Antarctic ozone hole
- Professional Experience
Researcher, Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 1986-1987 JSPS Research Fellow, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 1991-1993 Research Associate, Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, 1993-1995 Research Associate, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 1995-1999 Associate Professor, National Institute of Polar Research, 1999-2005 Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 2005-present
- Education
B.S. (Geophysics), The University of Tokyo, 1984 M.S. (Geophysics), The University of Tokyo, 1986 PhD (Geophysics), Kyoto University, 1991
- Awards
Yamamoto-Syono Award for Outstanding Papers, the Meteorological Society of Japan, 1991 The Award of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 1998
- Professional Activities
Visiting Scientist, Northwest Research Associates, 1995-2000 Wintering Party Member, The 44th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, 2002-2004 Member, Science Council of Japan, 2005-present Chief Editor, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2008-2010 Commission Member, ICMA/IAMAS/IUGG, 2002-2006 Scientific Discipline Representative, SCOSTEP, 2002-present PI, The Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS radar, 2000-present Member of the Meteorological Society of Japan, American Meteorological Society, Japan Geoscience Union, American Geophysical Union, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
