Faculty Members

Prof. Kusaka is the pioneer of urban climatology in Japan, and is also the only Japanese developer of the Weather Research and Forecasting model, which is the most popular meteorological model in the world. He participated in developing of the WRF model in the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from 2002 to 2004, and still now, and continues to collaborate with his former colleagues from that time. He interacts with many researchers in Japan and makes interdisciplinary research cooperating with experts of engineering and agriculture.

Jr. Assis. Prof. Nakamura researches urban heat islands and thermal environment within urban canopy. He belongs to the Division of Environmental Dynamics and Prediction the Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics and is an expert of meteorologiccal observations. He also works on applied studies about measurement and improvement of thermal comfort with utilizing the thermal indexes, which is calculated to observe temperature, humidity, sunlight, and winds.