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Masa Saito is Postdoctoral Research Associate of Texas A&M University, working with Dr. Ping Yang
 

Masa Saito started his career as a graduate student at the Department of Geophysics under supervision of Dr. Hironobu Iwabuchi. He earned a doctoral degree (equivalent to Ph.D.) in Mar. 2017. His dissertation title is "Development of cloud and aerosol retrieval methods using grand- and satellite-based measurements". His research interests include remote sensing of cloud and aerosol, and atmospheric optics on a basis of radiative transfer theory and statistics. In particular, he investigated relationship between aerosol optical properties and twilight grow (Saito et al., 2013; Saito and Iwabuchi, 2015) using a digital camera. He has expanded digital camera capabilities for remote sensing in atmospheric researches (Saito et al. 2016; Saito and Iwabuchi, 2016). Recently, his research interests extended to microphysics processes and ice particle shapes in ice clouds using satellite remote sensing techniques (Saito et al. 2017). 

Current Affiliation
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Visiting Researcher, Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Japan (until Mar. 2018)
Research Interests
  • Remote Sensing of Cloud and Aerosol
  • Cloud Microphysical Processes
  • Sky Color Simulation 
  • Radiative Transfer
Biography
  • D.Sc. (equivalent to Ph.D.), Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Mar. 2017. 
    • Advisor: Dr. Hironobu Iwabuchi
  • M.Sc., Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Mar. 2014. 
    • Advisor: Dr. Hironobu Iwabuchi
  • B.Sc., Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Mar. 2012.