Research Staff

As of September,1,2023

Snow and Ice Research Center

NAKAMURA Kazuki Manager, Director-General

Research Interest

• Snow and Ice physics, Meteorology of snow, Avalanche prediction, education of disaster, cooperation with industry‐university‐government
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YAMAGUCHI Satoru

Research Interest

• Snow, Ice, and Glacier physics　Physical property of snowpack
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HIRASHIMA Hiroyuki

Research Interest

• Snow and Ice physics
• Improvement and application of numerical snowpack model. Development of snow load alert and avalanche prediction system
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MOTOYOSHI Hiroki

Research Interest

• Meteorology, Snow and Ice physics
• Observation techniques of physical properties of falling snow particles
• Prediction of snowfall phenomena using numerical weather forecast model
• Optical property of snowpack
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YAMASHITA Katsuya

Research Interest

• Meteorology of snowfall
• Cloud microphysics of mixed-phase clouds
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KAMIISHI Isao

Research Interest

• Snow and Ice physics, Snow and Ice engineering
• Snow and ice disasters
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NAKAI Sento

Research Interest

• Meteorology related to snowfall
• Radar and disdrometer data analysis
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ITO Yoichi

Research Interest

• Internal structure and dynamics of snow avalanches
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SUNAKO Sojiro

Research Interest

• Glaciology, Snow and ice physics
• Measuring spatial distribution of snow cover
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Shinjo Cryospheric Environment Laboratory

NEMOTO Masaki Head

Research Interest

• Glaciometeorology
• Internal structure and dynamics of drifting and blowing snow
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SATO Kengo

Research Interest

• Snow and Ice physics
• Mechanism of snow accretion
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ARAKAWA Hayato

Research Interest

• Snow and Ice Physics
• Microstructure and physical property of snowpack, Snow cover distribution measurement
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ADACHI Satoru

Research Interest

• Snow Physics
• 3D structure of snowpack and water behavior in wet snow
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TANABE Takahiro

Research Interest

• Computational physics
• Blowing snow and snowdrift, Avalanche, Granular physics
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TOGASHI KazumaTechnical Staff

Research Interest

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