Dr.
Matsuno has been elected as a new member
of the Japan Academy
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Dr. Matsuno, a Senior Scientist of the Frontier Research Center
for Global Change (FRCGC) has been elected as a new
member of the Japan Academy on 12 December 2005. We
are happy to have a member of the Japan Academy from
FRCGC, for the 1st time. The membership is given to
leading scientists who possess the most distinguished
records of academic achievement. This time, 8 members
were appointed including Dr. Matasuno.
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There are 2 sections - Section I, Humanities
and Social Sciences and Section II, Natural Sciences. They
consist of 7 Subsections under the Japan Academy. Dr. Matsuno
belongs to the “Fourth Subsection (Basic Sciences)” under the
Section II.
The achievements of Dr. Matasuno that have brought
the membership are as follows.
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| He founded the theory on the dynamics
of atmosphere and ocean phenomena in the equatorial
area and established the basis of clarifying the
mechanisms of phenomena in the equatorial area such
as El Nino. In addition, he made a great contribution
to the meteorology of the upper-atmosphere by clarifying
the unique mechanisms of sudden stratospheric warmings
in the winter Northern Hemisphere which had been
a long-standing question in those days. Recently,
he is working to promote major collaborative research
projects on climate and environment using computer
simulations to contribute to progress in the prediction
of global warming and tropical meteorology. |
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