Prof. Shoichi Shige

Prof. Shoichi Shige

Associate Professor Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan Shoichi Shige has been developing the Spectral Latent Heating (SLH) algorithm for spaceborne precipitation radars and the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) algorithm for spaceborne microwave radiometers. Through algorithm development, he has also gained a lot of new knowledge…

Dr. Rémy Roca

Dr. Rémy Roca

Directeur de Recherche with CNRS, France Dr Rémy Roca is the Directeur de Recherche with CNRS and works at the Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale in Toulouse.  Dr Roca’s interests concern the study of the water and energy cycle in the tropics and the use of satellite observations to investigate the tropical climate physics….

Dr Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau

Dr Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau

Laboratoire d’Aerologie, University of Toulouse/CNRS,  France Dr Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau has a Ph.D in atmospheric science from Ecole Polytechnique. After completing postdoctoral studies at the University of Reading and a term at Météo-France, he took a position as physicist at the University of Toulouse in the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées. He is the co-leader of the French mesoscale…

Dr. Takuji Kubota

Dr. Takuji Kubota

Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center,GPM Program Scientist & EarthCARE Mission Scientist,Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan Dr. Takuji Kubota is a Senior Researcher of the Earth Observation Research Center in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the JAXA GPM Program Scientist and the JAXA EarthCARE Mission Scientist. He was with Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto…

Higuchi Atsushi

Higuchi Atsushi

Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Japan HIGUCHI, Atsushi received Ph.D. (Sci.) in University of Tsukuba, Japanin 1999. he worked in the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing(CEReS), Chiba University, as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1999. He workedas a permanent Research Associate in IHAS and HyARC (now ISEE), NagoyaUniversity, from 2000 to 2005. Since…

Prof. Yukari N. Takayabu

Prof. Yukari N. Takayabu

Vice Director, Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan 2019-present Vice Director, Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2007-present Professor, The University of Tokyo, 2000-2007 Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, 1987-2000 Researcher, Senior researcher, The National Institute for Environmental Studies, 1985-1987 Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. Nov….

Dr. Scott Braun

Dr. Scott Braun

Project Scientist for GPM, AOS, and TROPICS. Laboratory for Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Dr. Scott A. Braun, a research meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is the project scientist for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), TROPICS, and Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) missions. He was previously project scientist for…

Dr. Kusuma G Rao

Dr. Kusuma G Rao

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Director, Institute for Advanced Research in Science, Bangalore Kusuma G Rao, a Doctorate in Atmospheric Sciences from Department of Aerospace, IISc, Bangalore, is currently the Director of IARSc, Bangalore. Her research interests are Mesoscale convective systems, monsoons, atmospheric boundary layer and mesoscale modelling for short term weather prediction. She currently…

Dr. Kusuma G Rao

Dr. Kusuma G Rao

Chairperson, Organizing committee, WASAMSA2022 Director, IARSc, Bangalore Kusuma G Rao, a Doctorate in Atmospheric Sciences from Department of Aerospace, IISc, Bangalore, is currently the Director of IARSc, Bangalore. Her research interests are Mesoscale convective systems, monsoons, atmospheric boundary layer and mesoscale modelling for short term weather prediction. She currently works with Global Precipitation Mission measurements…

Dr D Jagadheesha

Dr D Jagadheesha

Member, Organizing committee, WASAMSA2022 Deputy Director, Science Programme Office, ISRO Hq, bangalore Dr Jagadeesha is a physicist with experience in simulation/sensitivity studies using atmospheric general circulation and chemical tracer transport models, retrieval of earth’s atmospheric parameters from radio occultation derived refractivity profiles, applications for heavy rainfall events, Automatic Weather Station (AWS) data quality control and…