Division of Global Environmental Science

Name Faculty Position
KUSAKA Hiroyuki Professor/Chief
Doan Quang Van Associate Professor
NAKAMURA Yusuke Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences・Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics Researcher
UEDA Hiroaki Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
氏名 日下 博幸
Name KUSAKA Hiroyuki
Faculty
Section
Position Professor/Chief
Theme Urban climate, Applied Meteorology, Numerical simulationof mesoscale weather using the WRF model
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Email kusakaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
  • Research Interests
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    Mountain meteorology
    Urban Climate
    Heat Stroke
    Local Winds
    Foehn
    Wind power generation
  • Academic & Professional Experience
    Nov 2016
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    Present
    University of Tsukuba Professor
    Feb 2011
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    Oct 2016
    University of Tsukuba Associate Professor
    May 2006
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    Jan 2011
    University of Tsukuba Assistant Professor
    Aug 2001
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    Apr 2006
    Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) Research scientist
    Apr 1997
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    Jul 2001
    Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry Research Associate
  • Published Papers
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    Development of a Multi‐Scale Meteorological Large‐Eddy Simulation Model for Urban Thermal Environmental Studies: The “City‐LES” Model Version 2.0
    Hiroyuki Kusaka, Ryosaku Ikeda, Takuto Sato, Satoru Iizuka, Taisuke Boku
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16 (10) Oct 2024
    Insights Into Urban Heat Island and Heat Waves Synergies Revealed by a Land‐Surface‐Physics‐Based Downscaling Method
    Lingbo Xue, Quang‐Van Doan, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Cenlin He, Fei Chen
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129 (13) Jul 2024
    Potential effect of urbanization on extreme heat events in Metro Manila Philippines using WRF-UCM
    Magnaye, Angela Monina T, KUSAKA, Hiroyuki
    SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY 110 Jun 2024[Refereed]
    Influence of foehn winds of Truong Son Mountains on the high temperatures observed in North-Central Vietnam during May 31-June 5, 2017
    Hiroyuki Kusaka, Yuma Imai, Hiroki Kobayashi, Quang-Van Doan, Thanh Ngo-Duc
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Feb 2024[Refereed]
    Why Does Japan’s South Foehn, “Jintsu-Oroshi,” Tend to Onset during the Night?: An Investigation Based on Two Case Studies
    Hiroyuki Kusaka, Satoshi Nishiba, Yuki Asano
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 63 (2) Feb 2024[Refereed]
    Applicability of Methods for Inflow Turbulence Generation Developed in a CFD Field to the Thermally Driven Convective Boundary Layer Simulations
    Takuto Sato, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 62 (12) Dec 2023[Refereed]
    Future projections of wet snow accretion and snowfall in Kanto Plain, Japan, using a large ensemble climate simulation
    Yuki Asano, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Masaru Inatsu
    Meteorological Applications 30 (6) Nov 2023[Refereed]
    Investigation of a Geometric Parameter Corresponding to the Turbulent Length Scale Within an Urban Canopy Layer
    Takuto Sato, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology 189 (1-3) Oct 2023[Refereed]
    Improvements in the Land and Crop Modeling Over Flooded Rice Fields by Incorporating the Shallow Paddy Water
    Xiaoyu Xu, Atsushi Maruyama, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15 (8) Aug 2023[Refereed]
    The snow‐shadow effect of Sado Island on Niigata City and the coastal plain
    Hiroyuki Kusaka, Nobuyasu Suzuki, Masato Yabe, Hiroki Kobayashi
    Atmospheric Science Letters 24 (11) Jul 2023[Refereed]
    Intercomparison of Synthetic Inflow Turbulence Generation Methods for Large-Eddy Simulation Models in Thermally Driven Convective Boundary Layer Simulations
    Takuto Sato, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    SOLA 19 Jun 2023[Refereed]
    Effects of solar radiation in the streets on pedestrian route choice in a city during the summer season
    Azegami Yasuhiko, Imanishi Mineko, Fujiwara Kunihiko, Kusaka, Hiroyuki
    Building and Environment 235 May 2023[Refereed]
    Structural k-means (S k-means) and clustering uncertainty evaluation framework (CUEF) for mining climate data
    Quang-Van Doan, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Thanh-Ha Pham, Takuto Sato, Fei Chen, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    Geoscientific Model Development 16 (8) Apr 2023[Refereed]
    An advection fog event response to future climate forcing in the 2030s–2080s: a case study for Shanghai
    Ying Gu, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Quang-Van Doan
    Frontiers of Earth Science Feb 2023[Refereed]
    筑波大学計算科学研究センター日下研究室の紹介
    日下, 博幸
    日本風力エネルギー学会誌 46 (4) Feb 2023
    Future changes of the extreme high-temperature events influenced by foehn winds in Niigata, Japan
    Akifumi Nishi, Hiroyuki Kusaka
    ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS 24 (2) Feb 2023[Refereed]
    Tracking Urban Footprint on Extreme Precipitation in an African Megacity
    Quang-Van Doan, Shun Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Fei Chen, Cenlin He, Dev Niyogi
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Dec 2022[Refereed]
    地球温暖化が日本列島上陸時の台風の性状に及ぼす影響に関する研究
    畔上泰彦, 大竹和夫, 田中英之, 日下, 博幸
    風工学研究論文集 27 Dec 2022[Refereed]
    Mesoscale and local-scale climatology of extreme temperature events in Niigata, Japan
    Akifumi Nishi, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Shingo Nakamura
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 42 (16) Dec 2022[Refereed]
    Identifying a new normal in extreme precipitation at a city scale under warmer climate regimes: A case study of the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan
    Doan, Quang Van, Chen, Fei, Kusaka, Hiroyuki, Wang, Jie, Kajino, Mizuo, Takemi, Tetsuya
    JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 127 (21) Oct 2022[Refereed]
  • Awards & Honors
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    May 2024
    Meteorological Society of Japan Award of the Meteorological Society of Japan Clarification of Mechanisms in Urban Meteorology, Climate, and Local Meteorology, and Advancement of Numerical Models
    Apr 2024
    Royal Meteorological Society Top Cited Article 2022-2023, Meteorological Applications one of our top 10 most-cited papers published. Wisteria trellises and tents as tools for improved thermal comfort and heat stress mitigation: Meteorological, physiological, and psychological analyses considering the relaxation effect of greenery
    Sep 2023
    Heat Island Institute International Best Poster Award Investigation of Urban Impacts on Short-Duration Heavy Rainfall in Summer: Observational and Numerical Simulation Study in Tokyo
    Mar 2023
    Wiley Top Cited Article 2021-2022, Meteorological Applications Paper has been recoginized as a top cited paper in Meteorological Applications. Numerical simulation study of the effects of foehn winds on white head incidences in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
    Mar 2023
    Wiley Top Downloaded Article, Meteorological Applications Paper was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in Meteorological Applications. Numerical simulation study of the effects of foehn winds on white head incidences in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
    Mar 2023
    Wiley Top Downloaded Article, International Journal of Climatology Paper was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in International Journal of Climatology. Japan's south foehn on the Toyama Plain: Dynamical or thermodynamical mechanisms?
    Nov 2022
    Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo Outstanding Collaborative Research Presentation Award of the CSIS DAYS 2022 Investigation of the Impact of Building Data Accuracy on the Precision of Heat Environment Assessment Using LES Models
    Feb 2022
    University of Tsukuba Best Faculty Member 2021 For being recognized as having extremely outstanding efforts and activities (research and education)
    Nov 2021
    Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo Outstanding Collaborative Research Presentation Award of CSIS DAYS 2021 Investigation of the Impact of Urban Structure on the Heat Environment within the City (Part 2): Effect of Dry Mist
    Nov 2021
    International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing Best Papers High Resolution City-Level Climate Simulation by GPU with Multi-Physical Phenomena
    Jan 2021
    American Meteorological Society The Helmut E. Landsberg Award For advancements in urban canopy modeling, adopted by international research communities, and pioneering contributions to
    Sep 2019
    Heat Island Institute International Best Poster Award Development of a Method for Predicting the Number of Heatstroke Emergency Transports Considering Regional and Seasonal Factors
    Sep 2018
    Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment Outstanding Paper Award Observation for Temporal Open Burning Frequency and Estimation for Daily Emissions caused by Open Burning of Rice Residue
    Jun 2014
    Best Poster Award of the International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering Mechanisms of foehn wind and a recent record-breaking high temperature in the Tokyo metropolitan area using the WRF model
    Aug 2008
    Heat Island Institute International Best Presentation Award Formation Mechanism of Extreme Heat in Kumagaya: A Case Study of August 16, 2007
  • Books etc
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    高校生の地理総合
    青山弘之, 大山修一, 小口高, 加賀美雅弘, 日下, 博幸, 小島泰雄, 志村, 祖田亮次, 堤純, 仁平尊明, 由井義通, 五十嵐和也, 金田亜妃子, 川島勇行, 齋藤晃, 帝国書院 ( 高校生の地理総合)
    高校生の地理総合 指導資料 指導用教科書
    日下, 博幸 ( 世界の気候と人々の暮らし、日本の自然環境、気象災害と防災（指導用教科書）)
    再生可能エネルギーの気象学
    日下, 博幸, 加藤央之, 岡田牧 ( 気象学的要因分析を用いた風力出力予測)
    地理学事典
    日下, 博幸 ( 都市気候)
    地理学事典
    日下, 博幸 ( 気候区分)
    Extreme Weather Forecasting
    Mukul, Tewari, Zhihua, Wang, Dan, Chen, Quang-Van, Doan, Hiroyuki, Kusaka, Prathap, Ramamurthy, Pallav, Ray ( Extreme weather forecasting in urban areas)
    図説 世界の気候事典
    日下, 博幸, 原政之 ( 世界の都市気候)
    新詳高等地図
    荒井良雄, 茅根創, 日下, 博幸, 鈴木厚志, 藤井正, 帝国書院 ( 新詳高等地図)
    2022年世界気象カレンダー
    日下, 博幸 ( 浜松で歴代1位タイ記録の最高気温41.1℃)
    気象研究ノート 第241号「南岸低気圧による大雪Ⅲ」：雪氷災害と予測可能性
    日下, 博幸, 内藤邦裕, 一澤智宏, 秋本祐子, 坂本晃平, 越山大貴 (Role:Contributor, ウェザーリポートデータと数値モデルから見える関東平野の雨雪分布と局地気象の対応ｰ雪氷対策に向けてｰ)
    日本気候百科
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 山岳の気候の特徴と成り立ち２ｰ局地風)
    理科好きな子に育つふしぎのお話365-見てみよう、やってみよう、さわってみよう体験型読み聞かせブック-.
    日下, 博幸, 藤部文昭 (Role:Edit, 日本気候百科)
    気候変動の事典
    日下, 博幸 (Role:Contributor, 猛暑とフェーン現象)
    高等学校 新地理Ａ 指導資料 研究編
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 生活と気候のかかわり、熱帯の気候と人々の生活、乾燥帯の気候と人々の生活、温帯の気候と人々の生活、亜寒帯・寒帯の気候と人々の生活)
    地球温暖化‐そのメカイズムと不確実性‐.
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, コラム 10 地球温暖化と都市のヒートアイランド)
    学んでみると気候学はおもしろい
    日下, 博幸 (Role:Sole author, 学んでみると気候学はおもしろい)
    二つの温暖化 ｰ地球温暖化とヒートアイランドｰ
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 温暖化のダウンスケーリング)
    シミュレーション辞典
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 微気象)
    気象研究ノート第224号「都市の気象と気候」
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 都市の単層モデル)
    地球学シリーズ3 地球学調査・解析の基礎
    日下,博幸 (Role:Contributor, 数値実験・室内実験)
  • Research Grants & Projects
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    Improvement of city-scale LES model and its applications
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Research period: Apr 2021 - Mar 2024
    Study on interaction between environmental pollution and meteorological changes via water substances
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Research period: 2019 - Mar 2023
    領域気象モデルを活用した農地動態の広域熱環境への影響評価
    科学研究費補助金 基盤研究(B)
    Research period: 2019 - Mar 2022Representative: 丸山篤志
    気候変動に伴う都市災害への適応
    環境研究総合推進費
    Research period: 2019 - Mar 2021Representative: 稲津將
    発展途上諸国の急成長都市群におけるヒートアイランド現象の形成要因と将来予測
    Research period: 2018 - Mar 2020Representative: 村山祐司
    地域適応コンソーシアム事業
    Research period: Oct 2017 - Mar 2020Representative: パシフィックコンサルタンツ
    極端気象予測を拓くビッグデータ機械学習基盤の研究
    Research period: 2017 - Mar 2020Representative: 建部修見
    気候変動の影響評価等技術の開発に関する研究
    気候変動適応技術社会実装プログラム（SI-CAT）
    Research period: Dec 2015 - Mar 2020Representative: 肱岡靖明
    気象分野のデータ同化技術の建築分野数値シミュレーション技術への適用に関する共同研究
    国内共同研究
    Research period: Apr 2018 - Mar 2019Representative: 日下博幸
    マルチモデル・アンサンブル予測
    企業からの奨学寄附金
    Research period: May 2017 - Mar 2019Representative: 日下博幸
    都市大気環境におけるトレードオフの推計と機構解明
    Research period: Nov 2017 - Mar 2019Representative: 常松展充
    C3-(4) 農業のスマート化を実現する革新的な生産システム/気象情報及び作物生育モデルに基づく栽培管理支援・気象災害回避システムの開発/フェーンの発生実態の解明とリスク情報の創出
    出資金による受託研究/戦略的イノベーション創造プログラム (SIP)
    Research period: Oct 2014 - Mar 2019Representative: 柴田昇平
    東京オリンピックに向けた暑熱環境推定手法等の調査・研究
    出資金による受託研究
    Research period: Oct 2018 - Feb 2019Representative: 日下博幸
    電力系統出力変動対応技術研究開発／風力発電予測・制御高度化
    電力系統出力変動対応技術研究開発事業
    Research period: Jun 2014 - Feb 2019Representative: 荻本和彦
    東京首都圏における夏季ヒートアイランドと熱的低気圧・局地的豪雨の発生要因解明
    科学研究費補助金 基盤研究(A)
    Research period: Apr 2013 - Mar 2017Representative: 三上岳彦
    フィードバックパラメタリゼーションを用いた詳細なダウンスケールモデルの開発と都市暑熱環境・集中豪雨適応策への応用
    出資金による受託研究/文部科学省気候変動適応研究推進プログラム(RECCA)
    Research period: Oct 2010 - Mar 2015Representative: 飯塚悟
    S-8-1(2) 温暖化影響評価・適応策に関する総合的研究/温暖化ダウンスケーラの開発とその実用化
    出資金による受託研究/環境研究総合推進費
    Research period: Apr 2010 - Mar 2015Representative: 日下博幸
    首都圏に影響をおよぼす雷雨、降雪、霧等に関する気象現象の解析と予測の改善に関する研究
    国内共同研究
    Research period: Feb 2013 - Jan 2015Representative: 日下博幸
    S5-3(3) 温暖化影響評価のためのマルチモデルアンサンブルとダウンスケーリングの研究-空間詳細な地域気候変動シナリオ作成のための都市効果の評価
    出資金による受託研究：環境研究総合推進費
    Research period: Apr 2007 - Mar 2012Representative: 日下博幸
    日本の温暖化率の算定に関わる都市バイアスの評価と微気候的影響の解明
    科学研究費補助金 基盤研究(B)
    Research period: 2010 - 2012Representative: 藤部文昭
氏名 ドアン　グアン　ヴァン
Name Doan Quang Van
Faculty
Section
Position Associate Professor
Theme Urban climate, Numerical modeling, Applied meteorology
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Email doan.van.gbu.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 中村 祐輔
Name NAKAMURA Yusuke
Faculty Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences・Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics
Section
Position Researcher
Theme Urban climate, Planetary boundary layer, Meteorological observation
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氏名 植田 宏昭
Name UEDA Hiroaki
Faculty Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences
Section
Position Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
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