Profile

Name: Takamasa TSUBOUCHI

Position: Project Coordinator

Affiliation: Japan Meteorological Agency, Headquarter, Tokyo, Japan

E-mail： t.tsubouchi@met.kishou.go.jp

Education:

1999-2003: B.S. at Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
2003-2005: M.S. at Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
2005-2008: Ph.D at Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan

Employment:

2008-2011: Postdoctoral researcher under NERC Arctic-IPY consortium project, Arctic Synoptic Basin-wide Observations (ASBO) at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
2011-2015: Postdoctoral researcher under NERC consortium project, The Environment of the Arctic: Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice (TEA-COSI) project at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
2015-2017: Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow, ARCGATE: Maximizing the potential of Arctic Ocean Gateway array at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
2017-2019: Postdoctoral researcher, under the Bergens forskningsstiftelse project, Overturning in the Nordic Seas (OVENS) at Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen in Norway.
2020-2022: Technical Specialist at Japan Meteorological Agency, Nagoya local meteorological office, Aichi, Japan.
2022-2024: Technical Specialist in the Climate Prediction Division, Atmosphere and Ocean Department, Japan Meteorological Agency, Headquarter, Tokyo, Japan.
2024-present: Project Coordinator in the Office of International Affairs, Planning Division, Administration Department, Japan Meteorological Agency, Headquarter, Tokyo, Japan.

Research interests:

Horizontal and vertical ocean circulation in the Nordic Seas
Arctic Ocean heat and freshwater budgets
Physical controls on ocean biogeochemistry
Spatial structure and temporal variability of Subtropical Mode Water in the world ocean

Professional affiliations:

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(last updated 2024.4.14.)