Tropical Meteorology (MJO, Water vapor variability, etc.)
Tropical-extratropical Interactions (Dry intrusion, etc.)
In-situ measurements
2003 Ph.D. (Science/Meteorology) Nagoya University (Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center)
1990 M.S. (Geophysics) Kyushu University
1988 B.S. (Physics) Kyushu University
2026 - present Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), JAMSTEC
2022 - 2026 Director, Center for Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research, RIGC, JAMSTEC
2020 - present Principal Researcher, JAMSTEC
2019 - 2022 Director, Dynamic Coupling of Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Research Program, RIGC, JAMSTEC
2015 - 2017, 2019 - 2026 Part-time Lecturer, Yokohama National University
2014 Part-time Lecturer, University of the Ryukyus
2014 - 2019 Director, Department of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes Research, JAMSTEC
2014 - 2016 Contributor to textbook & TV Program Lecturer, The Open University of Japan (on air 2016 - 2020)
2012 - 2020 Principal Research Scientist, JAMSTEC
2009 - 2025 Visiting Professor, Kobe University
2009 - 2012 Senior Research Scientist, JAMSTEC
2009 - 2014 Team Leader, MJO Research Team, RIGC, JAMSTEC
2007 - 2009 Sub-leader, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), JAMSTEC
2004 - 2009 Research Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
1995 - 1996 Long-term Visitor, Surface and Sounding Systems Facility, Atmospheric Technology Division,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
1992 - 1993 Trainee/Staff Associate, Ocean Development Division, Science and Technology Agency
1990 - 2004 Researcher, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
Remarks ... 1) Due to the transformation into a national research and development agency in 2004, a formal full name of JAMSTEC has been changed.
2) For some cases, different career titles and organization names have been used for the same class and entity within JAMSTEC.
2007 - present Member, American Meteorological Society
1995 - present Member, American Geophysical Union
1989 - present Member, Meteorological Society of Japan
2026.08 Session convener, AOGS, Fukuoka
2025.07 - present Member, Technical Committee for the NEDO project, Japan Weather Association
2025.03 Member, International Scientific Committee, IWM-8, Pune
2024.01 - 2025.12 Guest Editor, JMSJ Special Edition on "Recent Advances in the Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges (GEWEX) Sciences"
2022.03 Member, International Scientific Committee, IWM-7, online
2021.08 Session co-convener, AOGS, online
2021.01 - present Member, SCJ / Environment Committee & Earth and Planetary Science Committee / Joint Subcommittee on FE and WCRP / GEWEX Subcommittee
2020.11 Lecturer, Meteorological College, Kashiwa
2020.10 - present Member, WMO/WWRP Scientific Steering Committee
2020.01 - 2025.12 Co-organizer, Cross-Organization Special Collection (AGU, AMOS, AMS, CGU, EGU, MSJ and RMetS) on the "YMC"
2019.10 Organizer, JST Sakura Science Program (BMKG & LAPAN staff visit to JAMSTEC)
2019.05 - 2022.02 Guest Chief Editor, JMSJ & SOLA Joint Special Edition on "Years of the Maritime Continent (YMC)"
2018.12 Session co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
2018.11 Organizer, JST Sakura Science Program (UP students visit to JAMSTEC)
2018.10 Session convener, Meteorological Society of Japan, Fall Meeting, Sendai
2018.04 Session co-convener, Conference on Hurricanes & Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach
2017.11 Member, International Organizing Committee, IWM-6, Singapore
2017.05 Session convener, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting, Chiba
2017.03 Co-chair, Organizing Committee, YMC Science & Planning Workshop, Bangi, Malaysia
2016.10 Session co-convener, Meteorological Society of Japan, Fall Meeting, Nagoya
2016.09 Organizer, JST Sakura Science Program (BMKG staff visit to JAMSTEC)
2015.11 - 2025.12 Co-chair, YMC Science Steering Committee
2015.11 Member, Organizing Committee, YMC Science & Planning Workshop, Jakarta
2015.01 Member, Organizing Committee, YMC Science & Planning Workshop, Singapore
2014.12 Session co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
2014.07 Session convener, AOGS, Sapporo
2014.07 Convener, CINDY2011 MJO Symposium, Sapporo
2014.04 - 2015.12 Guest Chief Editor, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ),
Special Issue on "The coordinated international field campaign in 2011-12 on the Madden-Julian Oscillation"
2014.01 Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Hokkaido University
2013.12 Session convener, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
2013.03 Convener, CINDY/DYNAMO/AMIE/LASP Joint MJO Field Data & Science Workshop, Hawaii
2012.12 Session co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
2012.10 Session convener, Meteorological Society of Japan, Fall Meeting, Sapporo
2012.08 Session co-convener, AOGS-AGU(WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore
2012.04 Session co-convener, Conference on Hurricanes & Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach
2010.11 Convener, CINDY2011 Operation Planning Workshop, Yokohama
2008.11 Convener, MISMO Workshop, Yokohama
2007.07 Session co-convener, IUGG, Perugia
2004.05 Session convener, Meteorological Society of Japan, Spring Meeting, Tokyo
2003.10 Lecturer, Capacity Building for Oceanic Data Utilization in the Region of Equatorial and Southwestern Pacific Ocean (sponsored by The Nippon Foundation). Suva, Fiji.
2016 Horiuchi Award, Meteorological Society of Japan [Details in Japanese page]
2020.08 - 2020.09 YMC-BSM 2020 (Project PI, not on-site member)
2018.07 - 2018.08 YMC-BSM 2018 (Project PI)
2017.11 - 2018.01 YMC-Sumatra 2017 (Project PI, not on-site member)
2015.11 - 2015.12 Pre-YMC Sumatra Campaign (Project PI, not on-site member)
2011.12 Baruna Jaya-III (CINDY2011) *
2011.09 - 2011.10 MR11-07 Leg-1 (CINDY2011) *
2011.04 KR11-E02 (Sea Monitoring) *
2008.05 - 2008.06 MR08-02 (PALAU2008) *
2006.10 - 2006.11 MR06-05 Leg-1 (MISMO) *
2005.06 Aircraft Observation in Palau (PALAU2005)
2004.12 - 2005.01 MR04-08 Leg-1 (PALAU2004) *
2004.02 - 2004.03 MR04-01 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
2002.11 - 2002.12 MR02-K06 Leg1 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
2001.11 - 2001.12 MR01-K05 Leg-3,4 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
2000.11 - 2000.12 MR00-K07 Leg-3,4 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
2000.06 - 2000.07 MR00-K04 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
1999.06 - 1999.07 MR99-K03 (Nauru99) *
1998.05 - 1998.06 MR98-04 (Air-Sea Interaction Study in TWP) *
1998.03 MR98-02 (TRITON)
1997.08 K97-09 Leg-1 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study) *
1997.01 - 1997.03 K97-02 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study)
1996.07 - 1996.08 K96-06 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study) *
1994.12 - 1995.01 K94-06 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study)
1994.04 - 1994.05 K94-02 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study)
1993.12 K93-07 (Tropical Ocean Climate Study)
1993.02 N93-01 (JAPACS / TOGA-COARE)
1992.06 - 1992.07 K92-02 (Tomography)
1991.12 - 1992.02 N92-01 (JAPACS)
1991.11 - 1991.12 K91-10 (Tomography)
1991.08 K91-05 (Tomography)
1991.01 - 1991.03 N91-01 (JAPACS: Japanese Pacific Climate Study)
1990.10 K90-10 (Kuroshio)
1989.07 Videosonde Observation in Fukuoka, Japan
1988.10 Videosonde Observation in Pohnpei, FSM
* ... Onboard as a Chief Scientist
MR: R/V Mirai, K: R/V Kaiyo, N: R/V Natsushima, KR: R/V Kairei