KUJI Makoto
Faculty Division of Natural Sciences Research Group of Environmental Sciences | Associate Professor |
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- Refereed, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Copernicus GmbH, Retrieving cloud-base height and geometric thickness using the oxygen A-band channel of GCOM-C/SGLI, Takashi M. Nagao; Kentaroh Suzuki; Makoto Kuji, Abstract. Measurements with a 763 nm channel, located within the oxygen A-band and equipped on the Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI) on board the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Change Observation Mission – Climate (GCOM-C) satellite, have the potential to retrieve cloud-base height (CBH) and cloud geometric thickness (CGT) through passive remote sensing. This study implemented an algorithm to retrieve the CBH using the SGLI 763 nm channel in combination with several other SGLI channels in the visible, shortwave infrared, and thermal infrared regions. In addition to CBH, the algorithm can simultaneously retrieve other key cloud properties, including cloud optical thickness (COT), cloud effective radius, ice COT fraction as the cloud thermodynamic phase, cloud-top height (CTH), and CGT. Moreover, the algorithm can be seamlessly applied to global clouds comprised of liquid, ice, and mixed phases. The SGLI-retrieved CBH exhibited quantitative consistency with CBH data obtained from the ground-based ceilometer network, shipborne ceilometer, satellite-borne radar, and lidar observations, as evidenced by sufficiently high correlations and small biases. These results provide practical evidence that the retrieval of CBH is indeed possible using the SGLI 763 nm channel. Moreover, the results lend credence to the future use of SGLI CBH data, including the estimation of the surface downward longwave radiative flux from clouds. Nevertheless, issues remain that must be addressed to enhance the value of SGLI-derived cloud retrieval products. These include the bias of SGLI CTH related to cirrus clouds and the bias of SGLI CBH caused by multi-layer clouds., 13 Feb. 2025, 18, 3, 773, 792, Scientific journal, 10.5194/amt-18-773-2025
- Refereed, Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Very high particulate pollution over northwest India captured by a high-density in situ sensor network, Tanbir Singh; Yutaka Matsumi; Tomoki Nakayama; Sachiko Hayashida; Prabir K. Patra; Natsuko Yasutomi; Mizuo Kajino; Kazuyo Yamaji; Pradeep Khatri; Masayuki Takigawa; Hikaru Araki; Yuki Kurogi; Makoto Kuji; Kanako Muramatsu; Ryoichi Imasu; Anamika Ananda; Ardhi A. Arbain; Khaiwal Ravindra; Sanjeev Bhardwaj; Sahil Kumar; Sahil Mor; Surendra K. Dhaka; A. P. Dimri; Aka Sharma; Narendra Singh; Manpreet S. Bhatti; Rekha Yadav; Kamal Vatta; Suman Mor, Abstract
Exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) is a cause of concern in cities and major emission regions of northern India. An intensive field campaign involving the states of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi national capital region (NCR) was conducted in 2022 using 29 Compact and Useful PM2.5 Instrument with Gas sensors (CUPI-Gs). Continuous observations show that the PM2.5 in the region increased gradually from < 60 µg m−3 in 6–10 October to up to 500 µg m−3 on 5–9 November, which subsequently decreased to about 100 µg m−3 in 20–30 November. Two distinct plumes of PM2.5 over 500 µg m−3 are tracked from crop residue burning in Punjab to Delhi NCR on 2–3 November and 10–11 November with delays of 1 and 3 days, respectively. Experimental campaign demonstrates the advantages of source region observations to link agricultural waste burning and air pollution at local to regional scales., 14 Aug. 2023, 13, 1, Scientific journal, 10.1038/s41598-023-39471-1 - Refereed, Polar Data Journal, Long-term all-sky-camera images and evaluated cloud-cover data at Syowa Station, Antarctica, Naohiko HIRASAWA; Masanori YABUKI; Masataka SHIOBARA; Yumi SHIMODE; Makoto KUJI, Jul. 2023, 7, 35, 49, Scientific journal, 10.17592/002.2023060138
- Refereed, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, Meteorological Society of Japan, Cloud Fractions Estimated from Shipboard Whole-Sky Camera and Ceilometer Observations between East Asia and Antarctica, Makoto KUJI; Atsumi MURASAKI; Masahiro HORI; Masataka SHIOBARA, 2018, 96, 2, 201, 214, Scientific journal, 10.2151/jmsj.2018-025
- Refereed, Trans. JSASS Aerospace Tech. Japan, THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, Cloud Fractions Estimated from Shipboard Whole-Sky Camera and Ceilometer Observations, KUJI Makoto; M. Kuji; R. Fujimoto; M. Miyagawa; R. Funada; M. Hori; H. Kobayashi; S. Koga; J. Matsushita; M. Shiobara,
Shipboard observations of cloud fraction were performed along the round-trip research cruise between Japan and Antarctica from November 2013 to April 2014 using both a whole-sky camera and a ceilometer onboard the Research Vessel (R/V) Shirase. Based on the results of the comparison of these cloud fractions, it was found that the correlation coefficient was 0.86 for the 2024 observations acquired between Australia and Antarctica from 27 November to 9 December 2013. Overall, the results were consistent between the two observation methods; however, some underestimation by the whole-sky camera was determined in comparison with the ceilometer. It is intended that shipboard observations will continue onboard the R/V Shirase over subsequent every years in order to improve the retrieval of cloud fractions for the validation of satellite observations.
, 2016, 14, 30, pp7, Pn_13, 10.2322/tastj.14.Pn_7 - Refereed, POLAR SCIENCE, Development of a cloud detection method from whole-sky color images, Yabuki, Masanori; Shiobara, Masataka; Nishinaka, Kimiko; Kuji, Makoto, Dec. 2014, 8, 4, 315, 326, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.polar.2014.07.004
- Refereed, JOURNAL OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, Characteristics of Aerosol Properties of Haze and Yellow Sand Examined from SKYNET Measurements over East China Sea, Shiho Kitakoga; Yoko Inoue; Makoto Kuji; Tadahiro Hayasaka, 2014, 92A, 57, 69, Scientific journal, 10.2151/jmsj.2014-A04
- Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF CLOUDS AND THE ATMOSPHERE XVIII; AND OPTICS IN ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS XVI, Retrieval of water cloud top and bottom heights and the validation with ground-based observations, Makoto Kuji, 2013, 8890, International conference proceedings, 10.1117/12.2029169
- Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION IV, Relationship between trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning in Southeast Asia using satellite and emission data, Yoshimi Azuma; Maya Nakamura; Makoto Kuji, 2012, 8523, International conference proceedings, 10.1117/12.977326
- Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION IV, DRAGON-West Japan campaign in 2012: Regional aerosol measurements over Osaka, I. Sano; S. Mukai; B. N. Holben; M. Nakata; M. Yonemitsu; N. Sugimoto; T. Fujito; T. Hiraki; N. Iguchi; K. Kozai; M. Kuji; K. Muramatsu; Y. Okada; Y. Okada; Y. Sadanaga; S. Tohno; Y. Toyazaki; K. Yamamoto, 2012, 8523, International conference proceedings, 10.1117/12.977615
- Refereed, NETWORKING THE WORLD WITH REMOTE SENSING, OBSERVATIONS OF CLOUD AND AEROSOL FROM GCOM-C SGLI, T. Y. Nakajima; M. Kuji; I. Sano; Nick Schutgens; Y. Mano; J. Riedi; H. Ishida; K. Suzuki; H. Okamoto; T. Matsui; H. Letu, 2010, 38, 30, 34, International conference proceedings
- Refereed, CURRENT PROBLEMS IN ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION (IRS 2008), Comparison of Cloud Top Altitudes from Passive and Active Remote Sensors onboard ER-2 during TC4, Makoto Kuji; Steven Platnick; Michael D. King; George T. Arnold; Gala Wind; Matthew McGill; William D. Hart; Dennis L. Hlavka; Robert E. Holz, 2009, 1100, 474, 477, International conference proceedings, 10.1063/1.3117024
- Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CLOUDS, Characteristics of sulfate haze over East Asia retrieved with satellite and ground-based remote sensing data, Makoto Kuji; Sachiko Hayashida; Masataka Shiobara; Masanori Yabuki; Keiichiro Hara; Hiroshi Kobayashi; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Shinsuke Satake, 2006, 6408, 1, 8, International conference proceedings, 10.1117/12.693033
- Refereed, SOLA, Meteorological Society of Japan, Retrieval of Asian Dust Amount over Land using ADEOS-II/GLI near UV Data, Makoto Kuji; Noriko Yamanaka; Sachiko Hayashida; Motoaki Yasui; Akihiro Uchiyama; Akihiro Yamazaki; Teruo Aoki, 2005, 1, 33, 36, Scientific journal, 10.2151/sola.2005-010
- Refereed, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, An Error Analysis of a Method for Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosols Using UV Satellite Sensor, Yukari SHIBATA; Kyoka GAMO; Noriko YAMANAKA; Makoto KUJI; Sachiko HAYASHIDA, The atmospheric aerosols play an important role in tropospheric chemistry. In this paper, we make an error analysis of a method for remote sensing of tropospheric aerosols over land using Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) sensor. This algorithm, based on Direct Method [Torres et al., 1998], makes use of radiance measured in two UV wavelengths (335 and 395 nm). In this spectral region, the surface reflectivity is lower than that in visible range, for example, which enables us to retrieve aerosol properties easier over land in particular. At first, we present the results of sensitivity study with the two channels. Next, we make error analyses caused.by the uncertainties in the parameters such as surface albedo, height of aerosol layer, or viewing angle within a GOME pixel, so as to retrieve aerosol optical thickness and mode radius., 2004, 24, 4, 387, 397, 10.11440/rssj1981.24.387
- Refereed, APPLICATIONS WITH WEATHER SATELLITES, The availability of precipitable water retrieval using split-window data, M Kuji; Okada, I; A Uchiyama; T Takamura, 2003, 4895, 129, 136, International conference proceedings, 10.1117/12.466537
- Refereed, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Retrieval of Precipitable Water Using Near Infrared Channels of Global Imager/Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (GLI/ADEOS-II), Makoto KUJI; Akihiro UCHIYAMA, 2002, 22, 2, 149, 162
- Refereed, Antarctic Record, Development of a tool to read out HRPT data of NOAA polar orbiter received at Syowa Station, Makoto Kuji; Nobuyuki Kikuchi, 2001, 45, 3, 353, 361
- Refereed, Polar meteorology and glaciology, A method of cloud field detection over Antarctica during the polar night using AVHRR data, Makoto Kuji; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Naohiko Hirasawa; Takashi Yamanouchi, 2001, 15, 114, 123
- Refereed, Journal of Applied Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, The Retrieval of Effective Particle Radius and Liquid Water Path of Low-Level Marine Clouds from NOAA AVHRR Data, Makoto Kuji; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Teruyuki Nakajima; Masayuki Tanaka, Jul. 2000, 39, 7, 999, 1016, Scientific journal, 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0999:troepr>2.0.co;2
- Refereed, Applied Optics, Optimization of the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II Global Imager channels by use of radiative transfer calculations, Takashi Y. Nakajima; Teruyuki Nakajima; Masakatsu Nakajima; Hajime Fukushima; Makoto Kuji; Akihiro Uchiyama; Motoaki Kishino, 20 May 1998, 37, 15, 3149, 3163, Scientific journal, 10.1364/AO.37.003149
- Refereed, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Air truth validation of cloud albedo estimated from NOAA advanced very high resolution radiometer data, Tadahiro Hayasaka; Makoto Kuji; Masayuki Tanaka, 1994, 99, D9, 18685, 18685, Scientific journal, 10.1029/94jd00964
MISC
- 2021, 119
- Refereed, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Meteorological Society of Japan, Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations between east Asia and Antarctica, Makoto Kuji; Atsumi Murasaki; Masahiro Hori; Masataka Shiobara, 2018, 96, 2, 201, 214, True, 10.2151/jmsj.2018-025
- Not Refereed, 2017, 40
- Not Refereed, 2017, 233, 345, 354
- Not Refereed, 2017, 153, 156
- Not Refereed, 22nd International Symposium on Polar Sciences, Challenging new remote-sensing of aerosols and clouds from surface at the polar sites, Shiobara, M; M. Yabuki; T. Takano; H. Okamoto; M. Kuji; H. Kobayashi; A. Uchiyama, May 2016, Summary national conference
- Not Refereed, Variability of cloud fraction at Syowa station and Ny-Alesund, Miyagawa Mayu; Kuji Makoto; Yabuki Masanori; Masataka Shiobara, Nov. 2015
- Not Refereed, JpGU2015, Ground-based remote sensing of clouds and aerosol in the arctic Svalbard, M. Shiobara; M. Yabuki; M. Kuji; T. Takano; H. Okamoto, May 2015, ACG31-P05
- Not Refereed, ASSW2015 ISAR-4/ICARP III, Ground-based remote-sensing for clouds, aerosol and water vapor in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard and the GRENE Arctic campaign, Shiobara, M; M. Yabuki; K. Ohora; M. Kuji; H. Okamoto; T. Takano; H. Kobayashi; M. Koike; J. Ukita, Apr. 2015, Summary national conference
- 2015, 108, 552, 552
- 2015, 108, 317, 317
- 2015, 107, 138, 138
- Not Refereed, 2015, 108, 158, 158
- Not Refereed, Proceedings of International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations, KUJI Makoto; Risa FUJIMOTO; Mayu MIYAGAWA; Ryoko FUNADA; Masahiro HORI; Hiroshi KOBAYASHI; Seizi KOGA; Junji MATSUSHITA; Masataka SHIOBARA, 2015, pp.5
- 2014, 105, 202, 202
- 2014, 105, 207, 207
- 2014, 106, 347, 347
- 2014, 106, 436, 436
- 2014, 106, 202, 202
- 2014, 106, 288, 288
- Not Refereed, 2014, 106, 204, 204
- Not Refereed, 2014, 106, 87, 87
- Not Refereed, 11th Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee Seminar, Long-term monitoring of clouds and aerosols by ground-based remote sensing instruments operated by NIPR in Ny-Ålesund, Shiobara, M; M. Kuji; M. Yabuki; H. Kobayashi; K. Aoki; T. Takano; H. Okamoto; M. Koike; J. Ukita, Oct. 2013, Summary international conference
- 2013, 104, 486, 486
- 2013, 104, 260, 260
- 2013, 104, 269, 269
- Not Refereed, 2013, 104, 406, 406
- Refereed, AIP Conference Proceedings, Retrieval of cloud top and bottom heights using advanced Earth observing satellite / global imager (ADEOS-II / GLI) data, Makoto Kuji, 2013, 1531, 336, 339, 10.1063/1.4804775
- 2012, 102, 254, 254
- 2012, 102, 372, 372
- 2012, 102, 81, 81
- 2012, 102, 411, 411
- 2012, 102, 415, 415
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION IV, Relationship between trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning in Southeast Asia using satellite and emission data, Yoshimi Azuma; Maya Nakamura; Makoto Kuji, 2012, 8523, 10.1117/12.977326
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION IV, DRAGON-West Japan campaign in 2012: Regional aerosol measurements over Osaka, I. Sano; S. Mukai; B. N. Holben; M. Nakata; M. Yonemitsu; N. Sugimoto; T. Fujito; T. Hiraki; N. Iguchi; K. Kozai; M. Kuji; K. Muramatsu; Y. Okada; Y. Okada; Y. Sadanaga; S. Tohno; Y. Toyazaki; K. Yamamoto, 2012, 8523, 10.1117/12.977615
- 2011, 99, 365, 365
- 2011, 99, 265, 265
- 2011, 100, 513, 513
- 2011, 100, 425, 425
- 2010, 98, 516, 516
- Refereed, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, Observations of cloud and aerosol from GCOM-C SGLI, T. Y. Nakajima; M. Kuji; I. Sano; Nick Schutgens; Y. Mano; J. Riedi; H. Ishida; K. Suzuki; H. Okamoto; T. Matsui; H. Letu, 2010, 38, 30, 34
- 2009, 96, 323, 323
- 2009, 96, 322, 322
- 2009, 96, 504, 504
- 2009, 95, 309, 309
- Not Refereed, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Retrieval of Cloud, Water Vapor, and Aerosol Properties Using ADEOS-II/GLI Data, KUJI Makoto; KIKUCHI Nobuyuki; UCHIYAMA Akihiro, Retrieval algorithms of cloud, water vapor, and aerosol, were developed for ADEOS-II/GLI dataset. The retrieval algorithm was applied to ADEOS-II GLI data, using oxygen A-band (763nm) for cloud geometrical properties such as cloud top and bottom heights. As a result, a global map of the heights was obtained as a preliminary one. Columnar amount of water vapor was also retrieved using near infrared bands (1150nm) over land in particular, which is possibly complementary to the water vapor amount retrieved with microwave radiometer over ocean. Monthly global maps of columnar water vapor amount were obtained together from ADEOS-II/GLI and ADEOS-II/AMSR. Further, Columnar amount of yellow sand (Kosa aerosol), which is one of the UV-absorbing aerosols, was retrieved using near ultraviolet bands (380nm) with 1 km spatial resolution over land. The retrieved aerosol property was compared to a ground-based lidar observation inland China and it was found that the result was consistent with each other. Although our algorithms seem to work well, these results are still preliminary, and detailed validation studies are necessary in furture., 2009, 29, 1, 70, 73, 10.11440/rssj.29.70
- Not Refereed, Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Overview and Science Highlights of the ADEOS-II/GLI Project, NAKAJIMA Teruyuki; MURAKAMI Hiroshi; HORI Masahiro; NAKAJIMA Takashi Y.; YAMAMOTO Hirokazu; ISHIZAKA Joji; TATEISHI Ryutaro; AOKI Teruo; TAKAMURA Tamio; KUJI Makoto; DUONG Nguyen Dinh; ONO Akiko; FUKUDA Satoru; MURAMATSU Kanako, The GLI was a 36-channel near UV-visible-IR imager on board the ADEOS-II satellite. In spite of its short lifetime of only ten months due to solar paddle accident of the satellite, the GLI project made several significant contributions to the satellite remote sensing and climate studies, because of their useful products and related studies making use of its advanced functions as a satellite-borne imager. We like to overview the GLI mission regarding what we learned and what we lost from the satellite accident and to present several highlights gotten from the data analysis., 2009, 29, 1, 11, 28, 10.11440/rssj.29.11
- Not Refereed, CURRENT PROBLEMS IN ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION (IRS 2008), Comparison of Cloud Top Altitudes from Passive and Active Remote Sensors onboard ER-2 during TC4, Makoto Kuji; Steven Platnick; Michael D. King; George T. Arnold; Gala Wind; Matthew McGill; William D. Hart; Dennis L. Hlavka; Robert E. Holz, 2009, 1100, 474, +, 10.1063/1.3117024
- Not Refereed, J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Retrieval of cloud, water, and aerosol properties using ADEOS-II/ GLI data, KUJI Makoto; M. Kuji; N. Kikuchi; A. Uchiyama, Retrieval algorithms of cloud, water vapor, and aerosol, were developed for ADEOS-II/GLI dataset. The retrieval algorithm was applied to ADEOS-II GLI data, using oxygen A-band (763nm) for cloud geometrical properties such as cloud top and bottom heights. As a result, a global map of the heights was obtained as a preliminary one. Columnar amount of water vapor was also retrieved using near infrared bands (1150nm) over land in particular, which is possibly complementary to the water vapor amount retrieved with microwave radiometer over ocean. Monthly global maps of columnar water vapor amount were obtained together from ADEOS-II/GLI and ADEOS-II/AMSR. Further, Columnar amount of yellow sand (Kosa aerosol), which is one of the UV-absorbing aerosols, was retrieved using near ultraviolet bands (380nm) with 1 km spatial resolution over land. The retrieved aerosol property was compared to a ground-based lidar observation inland China and it was found that the result was consistent with each other. Although our algorithms seem to work well, these results are still preliminary, and detailed validation studies are necessary in furture., 2009, 29, 1, 70, 73, 10.11440/rssj.29.70
- Not Refereed, J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Overview and highlights of the ADEOS-II/GLI project, KUJI Makoto; T. Nakajima; H. Murakami; M. Hori; T. Y. Nakajima; H. Yamamoto; J. Ishizaka; R. Tateishi; T. Aoki; T. Takamura; M. Kuji; D. D. Nguyen; A. Ono; S. Fukuda; K. Muramatsu, The GLI was a 36-channel near UV-visible-IR imager on board the ADEOS-II satellite. In spite of its short lifetime of only ten months due to solar paddle accident of the satellite, the GLI project made several significant contributions to the satellite remote sensing and climate studies, because of their useful products and related studies making use of its advanced functions as a satellite-borne imager. We like to overview the GLI mission regarding what we learned and what we lost from the satellite accident and to present several highlights gotten from the data analysis., 2009, 29, 1, 11, 28, 10.11440/rssj.29.11
- Not Refereed, Proc. 14th CEReS Int'l Symposium and SKYNET Workshop on "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Better Understanding of Climate Change", Characterization of Asian aerosols at Fukue-jima island using in-situ observation and remote sensing data, Hibino, M; Y. Inoue; M. Kuji; S. Hayashida; T. Hayasaka, Nov. 2008, 18, 21
- 2008, 94, 150, 150
- Jun. 2006, 11, 74, 75
- Not Refereed, Jun. 2006, 11, 59, 59
- Not Refereed, Apr. 2006, 89, 117, 117
- Not Refereed, CEReS環境リモートセンシングシンポジウム資料集, しらせ船上観測データを用いた,秋季日本近海におけるエアロゾルの特徴, 久慈誠; 塩原匡貴; 矢吹正教; 小林拓; 内山明博; 山崎明宏, Mar. 2006, 8th, 109, 113
- 2006, 90, 282, 282
- 2006, 90, 221, 221
- 2006, 90, 355, 355
- Not Refereed, 2006, 5979, 10.1117/12.627581
- Not Refereed, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Atmospheric Environment Observed by GLI Aboard ADEOS-II, NAKAJIMA Takashi Y.; NAKAJIMA Teruyuki; HIGURASHI Akiko; KIKUCHI Nobuyuki; KUJI Makoto, Global Imager (GLI) is the moderate spatial resolution imager which has 36 channels from near UV to infrared. It observed cloud and aerosol properties for global scale. One of the features of the GLI is that it has 380 nm channel in near UV region. Using this channel in RGB composite image, the aerosols spread over the land area clearly identified. The global distributions and properties of aerosols and clouds were retrieved as the standard analyses of the GLI atmospheric project. These results will be used for validating climate modes, that predict future climate on the Earth., 2006, 26, 1, 33, 36, 10.11440/rssj1981.26.33
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CLOUDS, Characteristics of sulfate haze over East Asia retrieved with satellite and ground-based remote sensing data, Makoto Kuji; Sachiko Hayashida; Masataka Shiobara; Masanori Yabuki; Keiichiro Hara; Hiroshi Kobayashi; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Shinsuke Satake, 2006, 6408, 10.1117/12.693033
- Not Refereed, J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Atmospheric Environment Observed by GLI Aboard ADEOS-II, KUJI Makoto; Takashi Y. NAKAJIMA; Teruyuki NAKAJIMA; Akiko HIGURASHI; Nobuyuki KIKUCHI; Makoto KUJI, Global Imager (GLI) is the moderate spatial resolution imager which has 36 channels from near UV to infrared. It observed cloud and aerosol properties for global scale. One of the features of the GLI is that it has 380 nm channel in near UV region. Using this channel in RGB composite image, the aerosols spread over the land area clearly identified. The global distributions and properties of aerosols and clouds were retrieved as the standard analyses of the GLI atmospheric project. These results will be used for validating climate modes, that predict future climate on the Earth., 2006, 26, 1, 33, 36, 10.11440/rssj1981.26.33
- Not Refereed, 15 May 2005, 87, 115, 115
- May 2005, 10, 50, 50
- Not Refereed, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, Retrieval of Asian dust amount over land using ADEOS-II/GLI near UV data, M Kuji; N Yamanaka; S Hayashida, May 2005, 69, 10, A257, A257, Summary international conference
- 2005, 88, 357, 357
- Refereed, IGARSS 2005: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vols 1-8, Proceedings, GLI atmosphere sciences, TY Nakajima; N Kikuchi; T Nakajima; T Takamura; A Higurashi; M Kuji, 2005, 4189, 4192
- Not Refereed, 2005, 88, 186, 186
- Not Refereed, SOLA, Retrieval of Asian Dust Amount over Land using ADEOS-II/GLI near UV Data, Makoto Kuji; Noriko Yamanaka; Sachiko Hayashida; Motoaki Yasui; Akihiro Uchiyama; Akihiro Yamazaki; Teruo Aoki, 2005, 1, 33, 36, 10.2151/sola.2005.010
- Not Refereed, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Retrieval of Asian dust amount over land using ADEOS-II / GLI near UV data, Makoto Kuji; Noriko Yamanaka; Sachiko Hayashida; Akihiro Yamazaki; Akihiro Uchiyama, 2005, 5890, 1, 8, 10.1117/12.616764
- Not Refereed, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Retrieval of cloud geometrical properties using ADEOS=II/GLI data for radiation budget studies, Makoto Kuji; Teruyuki Nakajima, 2005, 5979, 10.1117/12.627581
- Not Refereed, 06 Oct. 2004, 86, 184, 184
- Aug. 2004, 9, 47, 48
- 2004, 86, 367, 367
- 2004, 85, 52, 52
- Not Refereed, Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, An Error Analysis of a Method for Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosols Using UV Satellite Sensor, SHIBATA Yukari; GAMO Kyoka; YAMANAKA Noriko; KUJI Makoto; HAYASHIDA Sachiko, The atmospheric aerosols play an important role in tropospheric chemistry. In this paper, we make an error analysis of a method for remote sensing of tropospheric aerosols over land using Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) sensor. This algorithm, based on Direct Method [Torres et al., 1998], makes use of radiance measured in two UV wavelengths (335 and 395 nm). In this spectral region, the surface reflectivity is lower than that in visible range, for example, which enables us to retrieve aerosol properties easier over land in particular. At first, we present the results of sensitivity study with the two channels. Next, we make error analyses caused.by the uncertainties in the parameters such as surface albedo, height of aerosol layer, or viewing angle within a GOME pixel, so as to retrieve aerosol optical thickness and mode radius., 2004, 24, 4, 387, 397, 10.11440/rssj1981.24.387
- Not Refereed, J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, An Error Analysis of a Method for Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosols Using UV Satellite Sensor, KUJI Makoto; Yukari Shibata; Kyoka Gamo; Noriko Yamanaka; Makoto Kuji; Sachiko Hayashida, The atmospheric aerosols play an important role in tropospheric chemistry. In this paper, we make an error analysis of a method for remote sensing of tropospheric aerosols over land using Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) sensor. This algorithm, based on Direct Method [Torres et al., 1998], makes use of radiance measured in two UV wavelengths (335 and 395 nm). In this spectral region, the surface reflectivity is lower than that in visible range, for example, which enables us to retrieve aerosol properties easier over land in particular. At first, we present the results of sensitivity study with the two channels. Next, we make error analyses caused.by the uncertainties in the parameters such as surface albedo, height of aerosol layer, or viewing angle within a GOME pixel, so as to retrieve aerosol optical thickness and mode radius., 2004, 24, 4, 387, 397, 10.11440/rssj1981.24.387
- Not Refereed, PASSIVE OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CLOUDS IV, Retrieval of precipitable water using ADEOS-II/GLI near infrared data, M Kuji; N Kikuchi; A Uchiyama, 2004, 5652, 106, 115, 10.1117/12.578685
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF CLOUDS AND THE ATMOSPHERE IX, Retrieval of cloud geometrical properties using ADEOS-II/GLI data, M Kuji; T Nakajima, 2004, 5571, 20, 29, 10.1117/12.565403
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF CLOUDS AND THE ATMOSPHERE VIII, Retrieval of cloud geometrical properties using satellite remote sensing data, M Kuji; T Nakajima; S Mukai, 2004, 5235, 15, 24, 10.1117/12.510803
- Jul. 2003, 8, 30, 30
- 2003, 83, 140, 140
- Not Refereed, APPLICATIONS WITH WEATHER SATELLITES, The availability of precipitable water retrieval using split-window data, M Kuji; Okada, I; A Uchiyama; T Takamura, 2003, 4895, 129, 136, 10.1117/12.466537
- Not Refereed, REMOTE SENSING OF CLOUDS AND THE ATMOSPHERE VII, Retrieval of cloud geometrical properties using optical remote sensing data, M Kuji; T Nakajima; S Mukai, 2003, 4882, 194, 204, 10.1117/12.462575
- 09 Oct. 2002, 82, 291, 291
- Jun. 2002, 7, 27, 28
- May 2002, 81, 189, 189
- Not Refereed, Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Retrieval of Precipitable Water Using Near Infrared Channels of Global Imager/Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II(GLI/ADEOS-II), KUJI Makoto; UCHIYAMA Akihiro, 2002, 22, 2, 149-162., 162, 10.11440/rssj1981.22.149
- Not Refereed, 2002, 1, 9
- Not Refereed, J. Remote Sens. Soc. Japan, Retrieval of precipitable water using near infrared channels of Global Imager / Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (GLI / ADEOS-II), KUJI Makoto, 2002, 22, 2, 149-162., 162, 10.11440/rssj1981.22.149
- Not Refereed, 11th Conference on Cloud Physics, American Meteorological Society, Retrieval of cloud geometrical parameters using remote sensing data, KUJI Makoto; Makoto Kuji; Teruyuki Nakajima, 2002, 1, 9
- 10 Oct. 2001, 80, 205, 205
- Oct. 2001, 6, 25, 25
- 08 May 2001, 79, 118, 118
- Refereed, Polar Meteorol. Glaciol., A study of cloud variation over Antarctica using remote sensing data., Kuji,M; Kikuchi,N; Hirasawa,N; Yamanouchi,T, 2001, 15, 114, 123
- Not Refereed, 2001, 45, 3, 353, 361
- Not Refereed, Polar meteorology and glaciology, National Institute of Polar Research, A method of cloud field detection over Antarctica during the polar night using AVHRR data, Kuji Makoto; Kikuchi Nobuyuki; Hirasawa Naohiko; Yamanouchi Takashi, An improved algorithm for cloud field detection over the Antarctic region is presented. The algorithm is a combination of a conventional split window method and a spatial coherence method. The conventional split window method utilizes the brightness temperature and the brightness temperature difference between split window channels. The spatial coherence method makes use of the standard deviation of the brightness temperature difference between split window channels as an index of cloud field homogeneity. The algorithm, in principle, enables us to detect an inhomogeneous cloud field which has not been well detected with only the conventional split window method. This algorithm was applied to Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data during the polar night over the Antarctic region. It is found that the improved algorithm seems to work well for an inhomogeneous cloud field as expected, although there still remains uncertainty related to the vertical structure of the cloud field. In order to investigate the vertical structure in detail, further analyses are needed such as comparison of the result to ground-based meteorological observation, radiative transfer simulation, and analysis of TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) data., 2001, 15, 114-123., 123
- Not Refereed, OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CLOUDS II, Retrieval of cloud geometrical parameters using remote sensing data, M Kuji; T Nakjima, 2001, 4150, 225, 234, 10.1117/12.416961
- Not Refereed, Polar Meteorol. and Glaciol., A method of cloud field detection over Antarctica during the polar night using AVHRR data, KUJI Makoto; Makoto Kuji; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Naohiko Hirasawa; Takashi Yamanouchi, 2001, 15, 114-123.
- Not Refereed, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Retrieval of cloud geometrical parameters using remote sensing data, M. Kuji; T. Nakajima, 2001, 4150, 225, 234, 10.1117/12.416961
- 18 Oct. 2000, 78, 65, 65
- Not Refereed, JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY, The retrieval of effective particle radius and liquid water path of low-level marine clouds from NOAA AVHRR data, M Kuji; T Hayasaka; N Kikuchi; T Nakajima; M Tanaka, Jul. 2000, 39, 7, 999, 1016, 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0999:TROEPR>2.0.CO;2
- 24 May 2000, 77, 39, 39
- Not Refereed, J. Appl. Meteor., The retrieval of effective particle radius and liquid water path of low-level marine clouds from NOAA AVHRR data, KUJI Makoto; Makoto Kuji; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Nobuyuki Kikuchi; Teruyuki Nakajima; Masayuki Tanaka, 2000, 39, 999-1016., 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0999:TROEPR>2.0.CO;2
- Apr. 1999, 75, P329
- Oct. 1998, 74, C304
- Not Refereed, APPLIED OPTICS, Optimization of the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II Global Imager channels by use of radiative transfer calculations, TY Nakajima; T Nakajima; M Nakajima; H Fukushima; M Kuji; A Uchiyama; M Kishino, May 1998, 37, 15, 3149, 3163
- Oct. 1997, 72, B355
- 21 May 1996, 69, 62, 62
- 21 May 1996, 69, 89, 89
- Not Refereed, Proceedings of 2nd International Study Conference on GEWEX in Asia and GAME, 6-10 March 1995, Pattaya, Thailand, Satellite remote sensing of water vapor, cloud and rainfall in the Asian Monsoon region., Hayasaka, T; I. Takizawa; M. Kuji, Mar. 1995, 512, 515
- Not Refereed, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, AIR TRUTH VALIDATION OF CLOUD ALBEDO ESTIMATED FROM NOAA ADVANCED VERY HIGH-RESOLUTION RADIOMETER DATA, T HAYASAKA; M KUJI; M TANAKA, Sep. 1994, 99, D9, 18685, 18693, 10.1029/94JD00964
- Not Refereed, 1994
- Not Refereed, Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Satellite remote sensing and air-truth validation of cloud liquid water path and droplet effective radius, KUJI Makoto; Tadahiro Hayasaka; Makoto Kuji; Teruyuki Nakajima; Masayuki Tanaka, 1994
- Not Refereed, Extended Abstracts of International WCRP Symposium, Japanese National Committee for WCRP and Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Air-truth validation of cloud albedo estimated from NOAA AVHRR data., Hayasaka, T; M. Kuji; M. Tanaka, Oct. 1993, 7.38, 7.41
Books etc
Presentations
- Poster presentation, 19 Feb. 2025
- Amiri Yokotani; Ayako Endo; Makoto Kuji; Masahiro Hori; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 15th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud fraction from whole-sky camera observation onboard R/V Shirase during JARE 57, Poster presentation, 03 Dec. 2024
- Makoto Kuji; Amiri Yokotani; Ayako Endo; Masahiro Hori; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 15th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud fraction from whole-sky camera observation onboard R/V Shirase from JARE 55 to JARE 61, Poster presentation, 03 Dec. 2024
- Makoto Kuji, The Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2024, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, Poster presentation, 19 Nov. 2024
- Poster presentation, 14 Nov. 2024
- Poster presentation, 09 Oct. 2024
- Oral presentation, 24 Jul. 2024
- Poster presentation, 22 May 2024
- Poster presentation, 15 Feb. 2024
- Poster presentation, 15 Feb. 2024
- Makoto Kuji; Amiri Yokotani; Moeka Horiuchi; Rena Tanaka, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023, Cloud Base Heights from Shipboard Observations between East Asia and Antarctica, Poster presentation, 23 Jan. 2024
- Amiri Yokotani; Rena Tanaka; Moeka Horiuchi; Makoto Kuji; Masanori Yabuki; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 14th Symposium on Polar Science, Comparison of cloud fractions from whole-sky camera observations around Syowa Station during JARE 60, Poster presentation, 15 Nov. 2023
- Makoto Kuji, The Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2023, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, Oral presentation, 07 Nov. 2023
- Poster presentation, 26 Oct. 2023
- Poster presentation, 25 Oct. 2023
- Poster presentation, 18 May 2023
- Poster presentation, 18 May 2023
- Poster presentation, 16 Feb. 2023
- Makoto KUJI; Mana TAKADA; Yumi SHIMODE; Amiri YOKOTANI; Jiseon KIM, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2022, Cloud Fractions Estimated from Shipboard Observations Over Southern Ocean and Antarctica, Poster presentation, 12 Dec. 2022
- Poster presentation, 29 Nov. 2022
- Makoto Kuji; Amiri Yokotani; Mana Takada; Yumi Shimode; Masanori Yabuki; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 13th Symposium on Polar Science, Comparison of cloud fractions from whole-sky camera observations around Syowa Station, Poster presentation, 16 Nov. 2022
- Yumi Shimode; Mana Takada; Amiri Yokotani; Makoto Kuji; Masanori Yabuki; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 13th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud fraction and shortwave downward radiation at Syowa Station with ground-based observations, Poster presentation, 16 Nov. 2022
- Makoto Kuji, The Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2022, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, Oral presentation, 07 Nov. 2022
- Poster presentation, 24 Oct. 2022
- Poster presentation, 24 Oct. 2022
- Makoto Kuji; Nanao Yamada, Aerosol characteristics over North India from satellite observation, Poster presentation, 31 May 2022
- Poster presentation, 17 Feb. 2022, 17 Feb. 2022 - 17 Feb. 2022
- Makoto KUJI, The Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2021, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, Oral presentation, 18 Jan. 2022
- Makoto Kuji; Sara Hirose; Mana Takada, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021, Cloud Fractions Estimated from Shipboard Observations over the Southern Ocean from 2013 to 2020, Poster presentation, 16 Dec. 2021
- Makoto Kuji; Yumi Shimode; Mana Takada; Sara Hirose; Masanori Yabuki, The 12th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud fraction and shortwave downward radiation at Ny-Alesund and Syowa station, Poster presentation, 17 Nov. 2021
- Sara Hirose; Makoto Kuji; Mana Takada; Masahiro Hori, The 12th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud fraction from whole-sky camera observation onboard R/V Shirase from 2013 to 2020, Poster presentation, 17 Nov. 2021
- Makoto Kuji; Mana Takada; Yumi Shimode; Sara Hirose; Naohiko Hirasawa, The 12th Symposium on Polar Science, Characteristics of cloud base height from ceilometer observation onboard R/V Shirase, Poster presentation, 17 Nov. 2021
- Misato Kamiya; Mayu Nakagawa; Makoto Kuji, 6th International SKYNET Workshop 2021, Relationship between aerosol concentrations and meteorological factors in Nara basin with ground-based optical observations, Poster presentation, 10 Nov. 2021
- Poster presentation, 19 May 2021
- Poster presentation, 18 Feb. 2021
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018
- Joint PI Meetings of Global Environmental Observation Mission FY2017, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, 2018
- NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Annual Conference 2018, Cloud Measurements with an All-sky Camera System for Investigating Long-term Variability of Cloud Properties at South Pole, 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- Joint PI Workshop Global Environmental Observation Mission, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, 2017
- AGU Fall Meeting 2017, Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations between East Asia and Antarctica, 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- Joint PI Workshop Global Environmental Observation Mission, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, 2016
- International Radiation Symposium (IRS) 2016, Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations between Japan and Antarctica, 2016
- The 22nd International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS), Challenging the New Remote-Sensing of Aerosols and Clouds from Surface at the Polar Sites, 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- The Twelfth Ny-Ålesund Seminar, Annual variation of the cloud fraction and base height at Ny-Ålesund with ground-based observations, 2015
- The Twelfth Ny-Ålesund Seminar, The interannual change of cloud and the radiative contribution at Ny-Ålesund, 2015
- The First Asian Conference on Meteorology, Atmospheric visibility variation over the Chinese continent from 1957 to 2005, 2015
- The First Asian Conference on Meteorology, Optical properties of aerosols determined from shipboard sky radiometry observation, 2015
- 23rd CEReS International Symposium, Optical properties of marine aerosols from shipboard skyradiometer observation between Japan and Australia, 2015
- 23rd CEReS International Symposium, Characteristics of Aerosols with ground-based optical observation at Nara, Japan, 2015
- AGU Fall Meeting 2015, Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky camera and ceilometer observations, 2015
- Oral presentation, 14 Feb. 2020 - 14 Feb. 2020
- Poster presentation, 20 Feb. 2020 - 20 Feb. 2020
- Poster presentation, 19 May 2020 - 19 May 2020
- Poster presentation, 19 May 2020 - 19 May 2020
- Poster presentation, 21 May 2020 - 21 May 2020
- Oral presentation, 27 Jul. 2020 - 27 Jul. 2020
- Poster presentation, 28 Oct. 2020 - 28 Oct. 2020
- Poster presentation, 30 Oct. 2020 - 30 Oct. 2020
- Poster presentation, 03 Dec. 2020 - 03 Dec. 2020
- Poster presentation, 03 Dec. 2020 - 03 Dec. 2020
- Poster presentation, 08 Dec. 2020 - 08 Dec. 2020
- Oral presentation, 22 Jan. 2020 - 22 Jan. 2020
- Poster presentation, 18 Feb. 2021 - 18 Feb. 2021
- Poster presentation, 21 Jan. 2021 - 21 Jan. 2021
Works
- 2013 - 2015
- Cloud fraction with an All-sky camera onboard R/V Shirase, 2013 - 2015
- 2013
- Aerosol observation, 2013
- 2011 - 2012
- 2009 - 2012
- 2009 - 2011
- 2009 - 2010
- 2009 - 2010
- 2007 - 2009
- 2007 - 2009
- May 2007 - Mar. 2008
- 2006 - 2008
- Jul. 2007 - Aug. 2007
- Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4), Jul. 2007 - Aug. 2007
Research Projects
- フルリサーチ, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025, 大気浄化、公衆衛生および持続可能な農業を目指す学際研究:北インドの藁焼きの事例, 総合地球環境学研究所
- Jul. 2023 - Mar. 2024, A study of atmospheric environment with the SKYNET data, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing Chiba University, rm:presentations
- Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024, Retrieval and validation of cloud geometrical properties, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, rm:presentations
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019, 15H02807, Optical properties and modofication of maritime aerosol over Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, Shiobara Masataka; HARA Keiichiro; YABUKI Masanori; KUJI Makoto, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, National Institute of Polar Research, 15730000, 12100000, 3630000, In order to investigate the optical properties of maritime aerosols over Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, comprehensive on-board aerosol observations have been conducted during the Antarctic cruises of R/V Shirase, using ship-board aureolemeter, ceilometer as remote-sensing instruments and optical particle counters and aerosol extinction monitor as an in-situ measurement system. Furthermore, installing the newly developed aureolemeter on the Korean icebreaking R/V Araon, aerosol remote-sensing observation was successfully performed in the Koran Antarctic Research Program cruising over the Pacific to Antarctic Oceans., kaken
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2010 - 2012, 22510012, Retrieval of cloud top and bottom heights with earth observing satellite - global data analysis and validation, KUJI Makoto, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 1950000, 1500000, 450000, Satellite remote sensing data were analyzed so as to retrieve cloud top and bottom heights on a global basis. Comparing the retrieved results to the ground-based cloud radar observation around Japan, it turned out that the top height was consistent, but the bottom one was underestimated. This is attributable to the cloud inhomogeneity. It is confirmed that cloud bottom height was well correlated with the downward thermal radiation at surface., kaken
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2007 - 2008, 19540462, Study on tropospheric ozone utilizing satellite data - analysis of the effects of ozone precursors and intrusion from the stratosphere -, HAYASHIDA Sachiko; KUJI Makoto; NOGUCHI Katsuyuki, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 4550000, 3500000, 1050000, 本研究課題では、東アジアを中心に集中的に大気微量成分の衛星データ解析を行い、オゾンとその前駆物質を高度別に調べ、アジア大陸から流出する汚染空気塊の影響を調べた。オゾンについては、オゾンゾンデのデータを衛星データと平行して解析した。また、赤外観測データを駆使することで、上部対流圏・対流圏界面付近におけるオゾン高度分布を解析し、成層圏オゾンの流入と人為起源のオゾンとの切り分けを行なうことを試みた。重要なオゾン前駆物質の一つであるNO_2の影響について詳細に解析し、北京や上海といった大都市では年々の増加傾向が停止しているのに対し、郊外の新興都市で増加傾向であることを明らかにした。, kaken
- 若手研究(B), 2004 - 2006, 16710004, 地球観測衛星データを用いた、雲頂高度及び雲底高度の全球分布の導出, 久慈 誠, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 奈良女子大学, 2400000, 2400000, 本研究では、酸素の吸収帯と熱赤外波長帯の情報を組み合わせ、雲頂高度と雲底高度を同時に推定する手法を、人工衛星観測データ(ADEOS-II/GLI)に適用する。また、その解析結果を、航空機やライダ等による現場観測キャンペーンが行われた期間・領域について、詳細に比較検証する。更に、それを踏まえて、最終的には雲頂高度と雲底高度の全球分布を導出する。
昨年度までに、衛星データ解析結果が検証可能な領域に対して、詳細な解析を行った。すなわち、人工衛星ADEOS-IIによる観測と同期した現場観測が行われた期間・領域の衛星データを収集し、詳細な検証を行った。すると、本解析手法によって得られた結果は、現地観測と整合性があることが判った。また、本推定手法の適用限界について数値シミュレーションにより感度実験を行ってみたところ、光学的に薄い場合と粒径が小さい場合を除いて、対流圏全体の雲に対して適用可能である事が示されている。
更に最終年度となる今年度は、これ迄の研究成果を踏まえて、ADEOS-II/GL1観測データを用いた全球解析を行った。そして、これ迄に得られた一連の結果を、2006年7月のアメリカ気象学会主催の国際放射シンポジウム、並びに2006年9月にスウェーデンで開催されたリモートセンシングの国際学会SPIEで発表を行った。これらの会合では、全球解析を行う場合、雲の種別を考慮した解析が必要であるという事が指摘された。具体的には、上層の氷雲のスクリーニングや雲の不均質性についての取り扱いをより精密にしないと、解析結果に大きな誤差を生じる可能性のあることが判った。現在、これらの指摘を踏まえて、再解析を進めている。
本研究によって、酸素の吸収帯を用いた受動型リモートセンシングデータ解析から、雲頂高度と雲底高度の全球分布が得られることが示された。早急に、再解析結果を国際学術雑誌に論文として投稿する予定である。, kaken - Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, 2004 - 2005, 16030215, CLOUD-AEROSOL INTERACTION AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THE SURFACE RADIATION BUDGETS IN EAST ASIA., HAYASAKA Tadahiro; KUJI Makoto; KAWAMOTO Kazuaki, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE, 4000000, 4000000, In the present study, the comparison and analysis of surface shortwave irradiance over China were carried out by using pyranometer data, satellite-derived data, and parameterized data with meteorological factors. The new quality control method was developed to check the pyranometer data obtained for the past several decades. The application of the quality control method showed that the pyranometer data used in this study, which were obtained by the Chinese Meteorological Administration, were reliable for long-term trend analysis. The comparison of the pyranometer data with the satellite-derived data such as ISCCP-FD and GEWEX-SRB indicated systematic bias particularly in the urban and desert areas. It is suggested from radiative transfer calculations that the bias is ascribed to aerosols in the satellite-derived data even under the cloudy sky conditions.
The surface shortwave irradiance pyranometer data analysis suggested a decreasing trend for the period 1960-1990. The decreasing trend may be ascribed to changes in optical thickness of aerosols and that of clouds while the cloud amount was decreasing in this period. It is also suggested that the surface shortwave irradiance appears to change from decrease to increase around 1990. It is consistent with the previous studies for the North America and Europe, that is, so-called "global dimming and brightening" phenomena. The study on this matter will be more important in the future climate studies., kaken - 特定領域研究, 2002 - 2003, 14048229, 東アジア域の雲・エアロゾル相互作用の解明とその放射収支への影響に関する研究, 早坂 忠裕; 河本 和明; 久慈 誠, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 総合地球環境学研究所, 4500000, 4500000, まず、東アジアにおける過去20年間のエアロゾルの変質を鮮明するために、文献の収集とレビューを行った。それによると、気候研究のためのエアロゾルの長期モニタリングには、エアロゾルの光学的厚さのデータが適していることがわかった。その値は、成都や重慶などの内陸の重工業都市や沿岸部で大きく、また、経年変化については、Luo et al.3)の1960〜1990年の解析結果からは、1980年過ぎまでは中国全体で増加傾向にあったが、その後1980年代はあまり変化していないように見えることが明らかとなった。
次に東アジア域の雲の光学的厚さと雲粒有効半径について、AVHRRデータを用いて解析した。その結果、次のようなことが見いだされた。中国大陸上の水雲は過去20年間に、光学的厚さはあまり変化していないが雲粒有効半径は減少する傾向にある。また、光学的厚さの空間分布は、北部よりも南部の方が大きいが、これは対象とする雲を雲頂温度273K以上で選別したためと考えられる。雲粒有効半径は海域で大きく陸域で小さくなる傾向がある。
さらに、人為起源エアロゾルの影響を調べるために、SO2の年間排出量と雲の光学的厚さ、雲粒有効半径、雲粒数濃度の年平均値の関係を調べた。それによると、SO2の排出量が多い場所では雲粒有効半径が小さいことが示唆された。また、1985年と1995年を比較すると、光学的厚さに関しては大きな違いは見られなかったが、雲粒有効半径では後者の方が領域平均で1μm程度小さく、雲粒数密度は増加するという結果が得られた。これは、SO2排出量全体が増加しているために、硫酸塩エアロゾル濃度が高くなり、その結果雲凝結核が増加して小さな雲粒の濃度が多くなったものと思われる。本研究では対象領域のエアロゾルを直接観測していないので、これらの因果関係については推測の部分も若干含まれるが、全般的には、いわゆるエアロゾルの間接効果を示唆するものと考えられる。, kaken - 若手研究(B), 2001 - 2002, 13780425, リモートセンシングデータを用いた、雲頂高度及び雲底高度の全球分布の導出, 久慈 誠, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 奈良女子大学, 1500000, 1500000, 今年度は、次の二つの研究を実施する予定であった:(1)航空機観測データ解析・検証、(2)人工衛星データの収集・解析。
まず、(1)については、これ迄に行った研究内容を、2002年6月に開催されたアメリカ気象学会主催のシンポジウムにおいて発表した。その結果、航空機搭載センサの場合、雲の多層構造に加えて、光が雲層において水平移流する効果についても考慮することが必要であることが判った。この議論を踏まえて、現在、再解析を進めている。
一方、(2)については、約半年間運用された人工衛星ADEOS搭載のOCTSとPOLDERという、二つのセンサによる広域観測データを収集し、解析プログラムの作成を行った。全球解析に向けて、ヨーロッパ域のデータについて解析を進めた。ここで、複合センサ利用による観測手法による違いの問題が表面化してきた。すなわち、両センサの観測位置のずれ、更に、空間解像度の違いを取り込んだ解析を行うことが、予想外に複雑である事が分かった。この問題については現在、雲物理モデルによる数値シミュレーションを行い、整合性のあるモデルの開発を行うことで対応している。
尚、本研究で開発しているアルゴリズムは、宇宙開発事業団が2002年12月に打ち上げを行った、人工衛星ADEOS-II搭載のGLIセンサによって観測される最新のデータにも、原理的に適用可能である。そのため、本研究成果は、今後も最新の地球観測データの解析に引き継がれてゆく。, kaken - Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 1995 - 1997, 07640589, Study on the stratospheric minor species related to ozone depletion using the satellite data, HAYASHIDA Sachiko; KUJI Makoto, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Nara Women's University, 2400000, 2400000, This research is to investigate the chemical processes destroying stratospheric ozone. We have analyzed the satellite data of stratospheric minor species and investigated the spatial distribution and the time evolution of them. In particular, we focused on the analysis of the stratosperic aerosol which is the key factor on ozone depletion through the heterogeneous reactions.
Some significant satellite data sets have been collected and analyzed. The global data set of the total ozone observed with TOMS (Total Ozone mapping Spectrometer) have been analtzed to show the long term change in ozone. Stratospheric Aerosol measurements II (SAMII) and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) data were analyzed to understand the aerosol global climatology as well as the frequency of PSCs (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) occurrence.
The four wave-length extinction coefficients at 1.02,0.525,0.453,0.385 micron for the stratospheric aerosols observed with SAGAII were analyzed. the time series of 11 year record from 1985 through 1995 shows the strong increases of the extinction in 1991 after the eruption Pinatubo (June 1991, Philippine). The wavelength dependence of the extinction coefficient also significantly changed after the eruption of Pinatubo, showing the existence of large particles.
TOMS and Improved Lim Atomospheric Spectrometer (ILAS) board on Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) could obtain the data of high quality during the period of ADEOS operation. TOMS/ADEOS observed the record low level of total ozone over the Arctic in late March and early April 1997. The observed ozone loss over the Arctic can be characterized as the prolonged polar vortex and persisitency of cold temperature until early spring. Many PSCs had been observed with ILAS from January to March 1997. Most of the PSCs were seen well inside vortex and the active PSC occurrence have been observed in mid-January followed by the sporadic occurrence until early March., kaken - 奨励研究(A), 1996 - 1996, 08740377, 人工衛星データの数値解析及び画像処理(雲粒の情報及び雲水量の導出), 久慈 誠, 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 奈良女子大学, 1000000, 1000000, 本年度はまず、カリフォルニア沖の海洋性層積雲を対象とした人工衛星NOAA/AVHRRデータを、磁気テープから読み取り、ワークステーションのハードディスクに蓄積し、データベース化を行った。
また、それと並行して、過去にパソコン並びに大型汎用計算機上で開発した解析プログラムのインターフェイスを、ワークステーション用に調整し、数値解析を行った。以前は比較的小さな計算モジュールを多数回(マニュアルで)実行していたが、それらの計算モジュールを統合して少数回の実行(ジョブ)で計算できるように改善できた。結果として、数値計算プログラム全体のスループットが大幅に短縮できた。これは、今後予定している全球規模の大量の人工衛星データの解析においては、必要不可欠なことである。
そして、この数値解析の結果得られた雲層の光学的厚さ、雲粒有効半径、そして、鉛直積算雲水量などの雲物理量を、パソコンのハードディスクに蓄積した。このパソコンに128MB程度のメモリを搭載した。これにより、数値計算の結果並びに、人工衛星データそのものを、カラーあるいはコンターマップなどのグラフィックスで表示し、画像処理することが可能となった。結果として、人工衛星データの特長の一つである、2次元的な描像を最大限に活用することできるようになった。
最後に、解析結果の雲物理量を、トゥル-スである現場観測結果と比較してみたところ、妥当な結果であることがわかった。そのため、以前解析を行った日本近海の場合と併せて、人工衛星データから導出される雲物理量と現場観測とは良く一致することが確認され、解析アルゴリズムの妥当性がより確かなものとなった。今後は、過去の航空機の現場観測による研究例も参考にし、雲物理学的により詳細な考察を加えていく予定である。, kaken - 1993, リモートセンシングデータを用いた気候変動の研究, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
- 1993, リモートセンシングデータ解析による雲・水蒸気・エアロゾルの研究, 科学研究費補助金, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
- 1993, Study on climate variation with remote sensing data, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
- 1993, Remote sensing data analysis of cloud, water vapor, and aerosol, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
- 大気環境リモートセンシング, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
- Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Environment, 0, 0, 0, Competitive research funding
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