Climate and Ice sheet Dynamics Lab
University of the Ryukyus
Dr Sam Sherriff-Tadano
I’m a climate ice-sheet modeller interested in understanding interactions among ice sheets, atmosphere and oceans. As part of my PhD, I investigated the effects of continental ice sheets on the atmospheric and oceanic circulation using a comprehensive climate model. I also explored driving mechanisms of millennial scale climate and oceanic circulation variability focusing on the role of sea ice. In the University of Leeds, I performed ensemble simulations of ice sheet-climate coupled systems to explore effects of uncertain parameters on the performance of the ice sheet configuration. At Univerisity of the Ryukyus, I'll be focusing on the sea surface temperature variability over the Northwestern subtropical Pacific from the past to the future.
At Ilkley, UK
Expertise
Expertise:
Numerical modelling of the Quaternary
Millennial scale climate variability
Deep Ocean Circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum
Ice sheet-climate interactions
Numerical Models:
Atmospheric general circulation model: MIROC
Oceanic general circulation model: COCO
Atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model: MIROC4m AOGCM
Atmosphere-Ice sheet coupled model: FAMOUS-BISICLES
Education
− Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Sep. 2017.
− M. Sc., Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2014.
− B. Sc., Earth and Planetary Science, Kyushu University, Mar. 2012.
Appointment
Aug 2023 - Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus
Feb 2023 - Jul 2023, JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Jan 2021- Jan 2023, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Apr 2018 – Dec 2020, Project Research Associate, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Oct 2017 – Mar 2018, Project Researcher, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Awards
1. JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship, 2023-2025
2. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2020-2023, 4.29M yen
3. JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), 2015-2017, 6.5M yen
4. Program for Leading Graduate Schools 2014-2017, 2.4M yen
5. Outstanding Presentation Award, Paleosciences society meeting 2016
+ several travel funding
Referee
Climate of the Past
The Cryosphere
Geoscientific Model Development
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Journal of Climate
Nature
Nature Geoscience
Science Advances
Hobby
Football (10 years?)
American Football (4 years + 3 years)
Tennis (3 years)
Rugby (3 years)
Badminton (2 years)
Table Tennis (Casual)
Shinichi Ishizuka (石塚真一)
Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき), Hideo Okuda (奥田英朗), Haruki Murakami (村上春樹)