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. Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Dr. Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India Prof. Prasad K. Bhaskaran is a Professor and former Head of Department, Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture at IIT Kharagpur. Primary research interest of Prof. Prasad K Bhaskaran is on Ocean Wave Modelling having practical relevance in Ocean Engineering problems, coupled wave-hydrodynamic models,…

Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

The Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is the Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department and Permanent Representative of India with WMO & Member of Executive Council, WMO. With a Ph. D in Physics and 28 years of experience in meteorology, he has made significant contributions in improvement…

Dr. Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan

Dr. Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan

Senior meteorologist, NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USA Dr. Gopal is a senior meteorologist in the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Research Division (HRD) of AOML and principal architect of NOAA’s Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) system. He simulates complex, non-linear, scale interacting systems starting from dry thermals…