| Name | Position | Major research subject |
|---|---|---|
| Masayuki Maki | Director | Meteorology, Radar Meteorology, Radar Hydrology
studies of mechanisms and prediction of severe storms Studies of radar measurements of natural disasters |
| Tomonori Matsuura | Deputy Director | Physical Oceanography and Disaster Climatology Research on the relationship between water-related disasters and climate change Nonlinear phenomena in geophysical fluid dynamics |
| Kazuro Nakane | Principal Senior Researcher | Flood disaster investigation, Hydrology (study of the Real-time flood risk mapping using MP radar/1.Heavy rainfall flash flood run-off in urban and rural areas, 2.Estimation of flood disasters in urban areas, 3. Real-time monitoring system for roads in urban areas, 4. Investigation of heavy rainfall flood disasters, 5. Modeling of the evapotranspiration process on ground surfaces, etc.) |
| Shinichi Iwasaki | Project Sub-Director | Physical Oceanography、Coastal Hazard Prevention Study of local vulnerabilities from coastal hazards due to rising sea levels |
| Masaki Tominaga | Principal Senior Researcher | Rain infiltration as the cause of ground hazards, Measurement of soil-water content and velocity, PC notebook measurement and control system Environmental and wide range measurement |
| Satoshi Iizuka | Senior Researcher | Physical Oceanography, Climatology Study of air-sea interaction Study of East Asian water-cycle changes |
| Koyoru Iwanami | Project Sub-Director | Radar Meteorology, Cloud Physics Research on cloud/precipitation parameter retrieval, hydrometeor classification, and precipitation processes using X-band polarimetric radar and dual-mm-wavelength cloud radar |
| Kayahara Takahiro | Senior Researcher | Meteorology, Climatology, Study of typhoons as related to long term change |
| Shinya Shimokawa | Senior Researcher | Earth and Planetary Science Physical Oceanography Study of general circulation oceanic thermodynamics Study of typhoon thermodynamics （in preparation） Study of nonlinear phenomena related to natural disasters |
| Shinichi Suzuki | ||
| Ryohei Misumi | Senior Researcher | Meteorology, Natural Disaster science Development of cloud models Study of heavy rainfall processes Realtime monitoring of shallow landslides |
| Shinobu Yazaki | Senior Researcher | Physics, Numerical Simulation Study of electric changes in soil accompanying landslides Development of numerical models of slope failure |
| Atsushi Kato | Researcher | Hydrological nowcasting based on multi-parameter radar and flooding data |
| Koji DairakuBlank | Researcher | Hydrometeorology Hydrological cycle under climate variability and change using a regional climate model Development of a regional climate model for projection of droughts and floods |
| Takeshi Maesaka | Researcher | Mesoscale Meteorology, Radar Meteorology, Mesoscale and Cloud Resolving Numerical Simulations Doppler radar study of surveillance and prediction of severe wind |
| Shingo Shimizu | Technical Staff | Meteorology, Radar Date Assimilation, Study of convective storm maintenance mechanisms |
| Yoshinori Sasaki | Technical Staff | Geomorphology Risk evaluation of old landslides |
| Wataru Sasaki | Technical Staff | Wave climate trends and variability in the western North Pacific Future projection of wave climate in the western North Pacific. ENumerical simulation estimates of the impact of storm surge on the Japanese coast |
| Reiko Matsuura | Technical Staff | Make various kinds of software applications to utilize input data Create ways of making wide-spread use of the above software packages |
