Earth Simulator Proposed Research Projects


Earth Simulator Proposed Research Projects

List of Authorized Project in FY2021


<Ocean & Atmosphere>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
Numerical Climate Experiments for Past and Future Environmental Change Ayako Abe Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Impacts of Extratropical Coupled Ocean-atmosphere Variability on Seasonal Predictability Hisashi Nakamura Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
High-resolution Simulation of a Supertyphoon Observed by Aircraft Using the Cloud-resolving Model Kazuhisa Tsuboki Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
Assessment of Coastal Hazard of Recent Severe Typhoons Landing in Japan Using Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Models Nobuhito Mori Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Generation Mechanism of Extraordinarily Large-scale Structures in Stably Stratified Turbulent Flows Tomoaki Watanabe Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Elucidation of Atmospheric Hierarchy by Integration of Atmospheric Radar International Collaborative Observation Data and High Resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Model Kaoru Sato Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Study on the Superposition of Extreme Rainfall, Storm Surge, and Tsunami Taro Arikawa Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University
Interdisciplinary Research for Revealing Wave Dissipation and Material Circulation Effect over Coral Reef Masashi Watanabe Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University
High Resolution Regional Reanalysis over Japan for Monitoring Local Climate Change Shin Fukui Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

<Solid Earth & Space>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
High-accurate Simulation of Tsunami Caused by Outer-rise Earthquake for Disaster Mitigation Toshitaka Baba Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, The University of Tokushima
Numerical Simulations of Seismic- and Tsunami-wave Propagation in 3D Heterogeneous Earth Takashi Furumura Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
High Resolution General Circulation Simulation of Venus and Mars Atmosphere Using AFES Yoshiyuki Hayashi Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Numerical Simulations of the Dynamics of Volcanic Phenomena Yujiro Suzuki Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Generation Mechanism of the Banded Structures Observed in the Jovian-type Planetary Atmospheres Shin-ichi Takehiro Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Developments of Sophisticated Simulation Analysis Method of Actual Reinforced Concrete Building by Shaking Table Test Atsunori Kitano Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology
Star and Planet Formation Simulation Masahiro Machida Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
Project for Solar-Terrestrial Environment Prediction (PSTEP) Kanya Kusano Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
Spatio-temporal Distribution of Slip on the Plate Interface Expected from Numerical Simulation of Earthquake Generation Cycles Ryoko Nakata Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

<Environment>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
Making Urban Environmental Design Guideline for Mitigation of Urban Warming Takahiro Tanaka Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University

<Computing Science>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
DFT-based Study on Materials for Low Carbon Society Jun Nara International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Turbulence and the Flow Past an Obstacle in Salt-stratified Fluid Hideshi Hanazaki Graduate School of Engineering and Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Study on Turbulence Sustainance Mechanism Based on Covariance of the Scalar Gradient Vector in Active/Passive Scalar Fields Yohei Takagi Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University

JAMSTEC : Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
VAiG : Research Institute for Value-Added-Information Generation
 -APL : Application Laboratory
 -CEIST : Center for Earth Information Science and Technology
 -MAT : Center for Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology
RIGC : Research Institute for Global Change
 -CEMA : Research Center for Environmental Modeling and Application
 -ESS : Earth Surface System Research Center
 -GOORC : Global Ocean Observation Research Center
 -IACE : Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research
IMG : Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics
 -FEAT : Research and Development Center for Earthquake and  Tsunami Forecasting
 MarE3 : Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering



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