Earth Simulator Proposed Research Projects


Earth Simulator Proposed Research Projects

List of Authorized Project in FY2016


<Ocean & Atmosphere>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
The Impact of Submesoscale Eddies on the Circulation of Upper Ocean Kazunori Akitomo Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Interactions between Oceanic Fine-scale Phenomena and Large-scale Circulations Yukio Masumoto Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Predictability Variation in Numerical Weather Prediction Takeshi Enomoto Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Numerical Climate Experiments for Past and Future Environmental Change Ayako Abe Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Impacts of Extratropical Coupled Ocean-atmosphere Variability on Seasonal Predictability Hisashi Nakamura Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
High Resolution Typhoon Prediction Experiments Using Multiple Next-generation Nonhydrostatic Global Models Yoshiaki Takeuchi Meteorological Research Institute, JMA
Typhoon-ocean Interaction Study Using the Coupled Atmosphere-ocean Non-hydrostatic Model Kazuhisa Tsuboki Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
A Development of Downscaling Method Considering the Uncertainty of Climate Prediction Tomonori Satoh Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
Ultra-high Resolution Downscaled Simulation of Near-future Climate Using a Dynamical Model Takeshi Yamazaki Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
Short-term Numerical Predictions of Intense Rainfall Using the Upstream Lower-level Humidification Scheme Yasutaka Wakazuki Ibaraki University

<Solid Earth & Space>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
High-accurate Simulation of Tsunami Caused by Outer-rise Earthquake for Disaster Mitigation Toshitaka Baba Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima
Numerical Simulations of Seismic- and Tsunami-wave Propagation in 3D Heterogeneous Earth Takashi Furumura Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
High Resolution General Circulation Simulation of Mars and Venus Atmosphere Using AFES Yoshiyuki Hayashi Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Numerical Simulations of the Dynamics of Volcanic Phenomena Yujiro Suzuki Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Generation Mechanism of the Banded Structures Observed in the Jovian-type Planetary Atmospheres Shin-ichi Takehiro Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Simulation Study of Solar-Terrestrial Environmental System Kanya Kusano Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University

<Environment>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
Study of the Mechanism of Innovative Robust Nano Carbon Membrane for Water Treatment System Using a Large Scale Simulation Morinobu Endo Shinshu University
Making Urban Environmental Design Guideline for Mitigation of Urban Warming Takahiro Tanaka Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University
A Large-scale Self-Organizing Map for Surveillance of Microbial Community Structures Takashi Abe Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
Data Assimilation Approach and High-resolution Simulation for Sophistication of Water Quality Modeling in Estuaries Masayasu Irie Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University

<Computing Science>
Project Name
Name of Project Representative
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative
High-performance Computational Analysis on Spectral Theory in High-Re Turbulent Flows and Its Application for Turbulence Modeling Yoshinobu Yamamoto Yamanashi University
Practical Analysis of the Vehicle Aerodynamics Performance Enhancement Which Focused on Unsteady Aerodynamics Makoto Tsubokura Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University
Large-scale Direct Numerical Simulations of Fundamental Turbulent Flows and Application to Modeling of Engineering Turbulent Flows Takashi Ishihara Center for Computational Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Development of DFT-based Simulation Method for the Low Carbon Society Takahisa Ohno Computational Materials Science Unit, National Institute for Materials Science
Turbulence and the Flow Past an Obstacle in Salt-stratified Fluid Hideshi Hanazaki Graduate School of Engineering and Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Overall Simulation of Nonlinear Vortex Dynamics in Compressible Transitional Boundary Layers Kazuo Matsuura Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University
Large Scale Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Scalar Transport in Nonequilibrium Environments Toshiyuki Gotoh Nagoya Institute of Technology


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