Maki Kikuchi


Researcher

Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Publications

Peer-reviewed Papers


    1. Kikuchi, M., Okamoto, H., and Sato, K. (2021). A Climatological View of Horizontal Ice Plates in Clouds: Findings from Nadir and Off-Nadir CALIPSO Observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2020JD033562. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033562 [PDF]

    2. Kikuchi, M., Oki, R., Kubota, T., Yoshida, M., Hagihara, Y., Takahashi, C., Ohno, Y., Nishizawa, T., Nakajima, T. Y., Suzuki, K., Satoh, M., Okamoto, H., and Tomita, E. (2019). Overview of Earth, Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) - Integrative Observation of Cloud and Aerosol and Their Radiative Effects on the Climate System -. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 39(3), 181–196. https://www.doi.org/10.11440/rssj.39.181 [PDF] [in Japanese: 菊池麻紀, 沖理子, 久保田拓志, 吉田真由美, 萩原雄一朗, 高橋千賀子, 大野裕一, 西澤智明, 中島孝, 鈴木健太郎, 佐藤正樹, 岡本創, 富田英一, 雲エアロゾル放射ミッション「EarthCARE」—雲・エアロゾルとその放射影響の統合的観測—, 日本リモートセンシング学会誌]

    3. Kikuchi, M., and Suzuki, K. (2019). Characterizing Vertical particle Structure of Precipitating Cloud System From Multiplatform Measurements of A-Train Constellation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 1040–1048. https://www.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081244 [PDF]

    4. Kikuchi, M., Murakami, H., Suzuki, K., Nagao, T. M., and Higurashi, A. (2018). Improved Hourly Estimates of Aerosol Optical Thickness using Spatiotemporal Variability Derived from Himawari-8 Geostationary Satellite. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 56(6), 3442–3455. http://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2800060 [PDF]

    5. Kikuchi, M., Okamoto, H., Sato, K., Suzuki, K., Cesana, G., Hagihara, Y., Takahashi, N., Hayasaka, T., and Oki, R. (2017). Development of Algorithm for Discriminating Hydrometeor Particle Types With a Synergistic Use of CloudSat and CALIPSO. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 11022–11044. https://www.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027113 [PDF]

    6. Hirakata, M., Okamoto, H., Hagihara, Y., Hayasaka, T., and Oki, R. (2014). Evaluation of cloud phase derived from CALIPSO by comparison with MODIS and ECMWF. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 31(10), 2114–2130. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00245.1 [PDF]

    7. Yoshida, M., Yumimoto, K., Nagao, T. M., Tanaka T. Y., Kikuchi, M., and Murakami, H. (2021). Satellite retrieval of aerosol combined with assimilated forecast. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1797–1813. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1797-2021

    8. Dai, T., Cheng, T., Goto, D., Schutgens, N. A. J., Kikuchi, M., Yoshida, M., Shi, G., and Nakajima, T. (2019). Inverting the East Asian Dust Emission Fluxes Using the Ensemble Kalman Smoother and Himawari-8 AODs: A Case Study with WRF-Chem v3.5.1. Atmosphere, 10(9), 543. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10090543

    9. Letu, H., Nagao, T. M., Nakajima, T. Y., Riedi, J., Ishimoto, H.,Baran, A. J., Shang, H., Sekiguchi, M., and Kikuchi, M. (2019). Ice Cloud Properties From Himawari-8/AHI Next-Generation Geostationary Satellite: Capability of the AHI to Monitor the DC Cloud Generation Process. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, 57(6), 3229–3239. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2882803

    10. Dai, T., Cheng, Y., Suzuki, K., Goto, D., Kikuchi, M., Schutgens, N. A. J., Yoshida, M., Zhang, P., Husi, L., Shi, G., and Nakajima, T. (2019). Hourly aerosol assimilation of Himawari‐8 AOT using the four‐dimensional local ensemble transform Kalman filter. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 680–711. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001475

    11. Goto, D., Kikuchi, M., Suzuki, K., Hayasaki, M., Yoshida, M., Nagao, T. M., Choi, M., Kim, J., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Oikawa, E., and Nakajima, T. (2019). Aerosol model evaluation using two geostationary satellites over East Asia in May 2016, Atmospheric Research, 217,93–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.016

    12. Yoshida, M., Kikuchi, M., Nagao, T. M., Murakami, H., and Higurashi, A. (2018). Common retrieval of aerosol properties for imaging satellite sensors. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 193–209. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-039

    13. Yumimoto, K., Tanaka, T. Y., Yoshida, M., Kikuchi, M., Nagao, T. M., Murakami, H., and Maki, T. (2018). Assimilation and Forecasting Experiment for Heavy Siberian Wildfire Smoke in May 2016 with Himawari-8 Aerosol Optical Thickness. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96B, 133–149. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-035

    14. Irie, H., Horio, T., Damiani, A., Nakajima, T. Y., Takenaka, H., Kikuchi, M., Khatri, P., and Yumimoto, K. (2017). Importance of Himawari-8 Aerosol Products for Energy Management System. Earozoru Kenkyu, 32(2), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.11203/jar.32.95 [in Japanese: 入江仁士, 堀尾享司, ダミアーニアレッサンドロ, 中島孝, 竹中栄晶, 菊池麻紀, カトリプラディープ, 弓本桂也, ひまわり8号エアロゾルプロダクトのエネルギーマネージメントシステムにおける重要性, エアロゾル研究]

    15. Yumimoto, K., Nagao, T. M., Kikuchi, M., Sekiyama, T. T., Murakami, H., Tanaka, T. Y., Ogi, A., Irie, H., Khatri, P., Okumura, H., Arai, K., Morino, I., Uchino, O., and Maki, T. (2016). Aerosol data assimilation using data from Himawari-8, a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5886–5894. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069298

    16. Sekiyama, T. T., Yumimoto, K., Tanaka, T. Y., Nagao, T., Kikuchi, M., and Murakami, H. (2016). Data Assimilation of Himawari-8 Aerosol Observations: Asian Dust Forecast in June 2015. SOLA, 12, 86–90. https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.2016-020

    17. Illingworth, A. J., Barker, H. W., Beljaars, A., Ceccaldi, M., Chepfer, H., Clerbaux, N., Cole, J., Delanoë, J., Domenech, C., Donovan, D. P., Fukuda, A., Hirakata, M., Hogan, R. J., Huenerbein, A., Kollias, P., Kubota, T., Nakajima, T., Nakajima, T. Y., Nishizawa, T., Ohno, Y., Okamoto, H., Oki, R., Sato, K., Satoh, M., Shephard, M. W., Velázquez-Blázquez, A., Wandinger, U., Wehr, T., and Zadelhoff, G. Van (2015). The EarthCARE Satellite: The Next Step Forward in Global Measurements of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Radiation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1311–1332. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00227.1

Book Chapters


    1. Kikuchi, M., Braun, S. A., Suzuki, K., Liu, G., and Battaglia, A. Satellite Precipitation Measurements: What Have We Learnt About Cloud-Precipitation Processes From Space?. In Cloud Physics and Dynamics: Showers and Shade from Earth’s Atmosphere (eds S. Sullivan), accepted. (Invited)

    2. Sekiyama, T. T., Yoshida, M., Kikuchi, M., and Yumimoto, K. (2018). Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Himawari 8 and 9 and Their Applications: Chapter 7 Aerosol Product. Meteorological Research Note, The Meteorological Society of Japan, 238, 85–97. [in Japanese: 関山剛, 吉田真由美, 菊池麻紀,弓本圭也, 大気化学データ同化,第7章エーロゾルプロダクト,気象研究ノート ]

    3. Honda, T., Nakajima, T. Y., Murakami, H., Kikuchi, M., Kimura, T., Moriyama, M., Nasahara, K., and Hayasaka, T. (2017). Investigation of Global Trends on Future Vision of Earth Observation: Chapter 2 Global Optical Imaging. Meteorological Research Note, The Meteorological Society of Japan, 234, 11–18. [in Japanese: 本多嘉明, 中島孝, 村上浩, 菊池麻紀, 木村俊義, 森山雅雄, 奈佐原顕郎, 早坂忠裕, 「地球観測の将来構想に関わる世界動向の分析」, 気象研究ノート, 第2章全球光学イメージング、日本気象学会]

    4. Sugimoto, N., Nishizawa, T., Mizutani, K., Ishii, S., Okamoto, H., Hayashi, M., Sato, K., Kikuchi, M., and T. Kimura. (2017). Investigation of Global Trends on Future Vision of Earth Observation: Chapter 6 Lidar. Meteorological Research Note, The Meteorological Society of Japan, 234, 33–38. [in Japanese: 杉本伸夫, 西澤智明, 水谷耕平, 石井昌憲, 岡本創, 林真智, 佐藤薫, 菊池麻紀, 木村俊義,「地球観測の将来構想に関わる世界動向の分析」, 気象研究ノート, 第2章ライダ, 日本気象学会]

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings


    1. Kikuchi, M., Okamoto, H., Sato, K., and Hagihara, Y. (2017). Testing hydrometeor particle type discrimination derived from CloudSat and CALIPSO. Proceedings of International Radiation Symposium 2016, Arkland, New Zealand, AIP Conf. Proc., 1810(1), 070005. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975526

    2. Hirakata, M., Okamoto, H., Hagihara, Y., and Hayasaka, T. (2010). Global and Seasonal Characteristics of the Cloud Phase and Ice Orientation Observed by CALIPSO. Proc. 25th International Laser Radar Conference, 1324–1327, ISBN 978-1-61782-614-6.

    3. Kachi,M., Murakami, H., Kikuchi, M., Yoshida, M., Nagao, T., Ono, N., Kurihara, Y., and Nakajima, T. (2019). JAXA Himawari Monitor and its Synergies with Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM). IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 4745–4748. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8900417

Short Papers and Reports


    1. Kikuchi, M. (2017)., Earth, Cloud, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE). Tenki, The Meteorological Society of Japan, 64(5), 379–381. [PDF] [in Japanese: 雲エアロゾル放射ミッション（EarthCARE）, 天気]

    2. Hirakata, M. (2015). Development of EarthCARE High Level Algorithms. Earth Observation Research Center Annual Report 2013 No. 17, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA-SP-14- 003, 46–47. [in Japanese]

    3. Hirakata, M. (2013). Development of EarthCARE High Level Algorithms. Earth Observation Research Center Annual Report 2012 No. 16, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA-SP-13- 004, 42–43. [in Japanese]

    4. Hirakata, M. (2012). Development of EarthCARE High Level Algorithms. Earth Observation Research Center Annual Report 2011 No. 15, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA-SP-12- 004, 48–49.

    5. Tanaka, T., Sekiyama, T. T., Maki, T., Yumimoto, K., Ogi, A., Kikuchi, M., and Murakami, H. (2014). Report on the Fifth International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP)Working Group Meeting on “Recent Progress in Aerosol Observability for Global Modeling”. Tenki, The Meteorological Society of Japan, 61(9), 785–791. [PDF] [in Japanese: 田中泰宙, 関山剛, 眞木貴史, 弓本桂也, 小木昭典, 平形麻紀, 村上浩, エーロゾル予測のための国際協力（ICAP）第５回ワーキンググループ会合 「エーロゾル観測可能性についての最近の進展」開催報告]

    6. Oki, R., Kubota, T., and Hirakata, M. (2014). Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Observation Satellite “EarthCARE”. Low Temperature Science, Institute of Low Temperature Science Hokkaido University, 72, 225–230. [HP] [PDF] [in Japanese: 沖理子, 久保田拓志, 平形麻紀, 雲エアロゾル放射観測衛星 「EarthCARE」]

Doctorate Dissertation


2018 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Title : Observational study on spatiotemporal characteristics of hydrometeors and aerosols using multi-platform satellite measurements

[in Japanese: 複数の衛星観測を用いた雲・降水粒子とエアロゾルの時空間特性に関する観測的研究]

  • Japanese publications shown here was translated into English.

  • "Hirakata" is Maki's maiden name.