FRSGC and FORSGC's List of Awards
for the Fiscal Year 2002
Kotaro Takaya
(Climate Variations
Research Program)		 Yamamoto-Syouno Award, Meteorological Society of Japan
"A Formation of a Phase-Independent Wave-Activity Flux for Stationary and Migratory Quasigeostrophic Eddies on a Zonally Varying Basic Flow"
Tetsuzo Yasunari
(Hydrological Cycle Research Program and Hydrological Cycle Observation
Research Program) 		Fujiwara Award, Meteorological Society of Japan
"Promotion of Asian Monsoon Researches, Based on GAME Projects"
Masanori Yamasaki
(Hydrological Cycle
Research Program)		 Fujiwara Award, Meteorological Society of Japan
"Numerical Experimental Research on Typhoons and Tropical Disturbances"
Hajime Akimoto
(Atmospheric Composition
Research Program)		 Haagen-Smit Award
"Anthropogenic Emissions of SO2 and NOx in Asia: Emission Inventories"
Takehisa Oikawa
(Ecosystem Change
Research Program)		 Dissemination Award, Agricultural Meteorological Society of Japan
"Research and Dissemination of Observation and Simulation for Carbon Cycle in Terrestrial Ecosystem - Steps toward Agricultural Meteorology - "
Dennis Dye
(Ecosystem Change
Research Program)		 Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award
"New Tools and Methods for Monitoring Photosynthetically Active Radiation and its Role in Crop Production and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle"
Shuhei Masuda
(Integrated Modeling
Research Program)		 Best Paper at the POC Session PICES 11th Meeting
"A Model of Regime Transitions in the North Pacific"
Shan Pin Xie
(International Pacific
Research Center)		 Society Award, Meteorological Society of Japan
"Understanding of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction that Shapes the Climate and its Variability"


AESTO has established the blanch in Alaska, U.S.A. to provide onsite supports to research activities and facilities to Frontier Research System for Global Change and Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change. Alaska is known as the "Last Frontier," which allures people from lower 48 States for less restrictive lifestyle in the untamed nature. However, since September 11, 2001, many preventive measures targeting terrorists have brought the Alaska life under tension too. Our office has worked more hours on visa related matters. Because of its location, IARC is an important stage for fieldwork. However, untamed nature presents difficulties for the safety of fieldwork. Satellite telephone has been used to secure communications between researchers and my office during fieldwork. We work together with Frontier Office, researchers and IARC Office to promote the safest fieldwork.
Liaison Officer: Yu Shinmyo