Earth Simulator Proposed Research Projects
List of Authorized Project in FY2026
<Ocean & Atmosphere>
Project Name |
Name of Project Representative |
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative※ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 simulation of supertyphoons observed by aircraft using the cloud-resolving model | Kazuhisa Tsuboki | Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University |
| High Resolution Assessment of Coastal Hazard of Severe Typhoons Landing in Japan using Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Models | Nobuhito Mori | Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University |
| Enhancement of turbulent heat transfer by small-scale shear instability | Tomoaki Watanabe | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| Elucidation of Atmospheric Hierarchy by Integration of Atmospheric Radar International Collaborative Observation Data and High Resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Model | Haruka Okui | Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Study of the superposition of extreme precipitation and storm surge, tsunami | Taro Arikawa | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University |
| Fusion of Deep Learning and Physics-Based Simulations for Real-Time Predictions of Micrometeorology | Ryo Onishi | Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo |
| Dynamical downscaling of dxPDF for Southeast Asian river catchments | Tomoki Ushiyama | International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Public Works Research Institute |
| Typhoon simulation using new flux model and development of typhoon control method | Naohisa Takagaki | Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo |
| Dataset production of global strom surge and wave ensemble climate projection for probablistic assessment of global extreme sea level change | Tomoya Shimura | Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University |
| Production of High Resolution Large Ensemble Dataset for Assessing Warming Effect on Climate Change from Present to Near-future | Hiroyuki Tsujino | Japan Meteorological Business Support Center |
| Direct Numerical Simulations of Wave-Induced Turbulence | Yutaka Yoshikawa | Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University |
<Solid Earth & Space>
Project Name |
Name of Project Representative |
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative※ |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding of earthquake and tsunami generation processes through nonlinear tsunami inversion techniques | Toshitaka Baba | Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University |
| High-resolution simulation and data assimilation of atmospheric general circulation in Venus and Mars using AFES | Norihiko Sugimoto | Faculty of Law, Keio University |
| Generation mechanism of the banded structures observed in the Jovian-type planetary atmospheres | Shin-ichi Takehiro | Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University |
| Star and Planet Formation Simulation | Masahiro Machida | Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University |
| Spatio-temporal distribution of slip on the plate interface expected from numerical simulation of earthquake generation cycles | Ryoko Nakata | Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Reproduction analysis and optimization of structure penetration process in the ground | Shun Nomura | Department of Marine Resources and Energy, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
| Whole solid-earth numerical simulation towards future prediction of the Earth and Japanese islands | Akira Yoshida | College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University |
| Development of an early tsunami source estimation and forecasting technique based on tsunami ionospheric hole detection | Masashi Kamogawa | Global Center for Asian and Regional Research, University of Shizuoka |
| Understanding the diversity of climates for terrestrial planets | Takanori Kodama | Earth-Life Science Institute, Institute of Science Tokyo |
<Environment>
Project Name |
Name of Project Representative |
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative※ |
|---|---|---|
| Making urban environmental design guideline for mitigation of urban warming | Makoto Yokoyama | Faculty of Urban Management, Fukuyama City University |
<Computing Science>
Project Name |
Name of Project Representative |
Professional Affiliation of Project Representative※ |
|---|---|---|
| DFT-based study on materials for low carbon society | Jun Nara | Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science |
| Validation for the utility of the simple and robust implementation of Cartesian cut-cell method and proposal of a visualization method | Yuki Takeda | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University |
| Large-Scale Direct Numerical Simulations of High–Peclet-Number Passive Scalars | Takuya Kitamura | Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University |
| Analysis of Interfacial Electronic States Using the Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW Method and Advancement of a Large-Scale Computational Framework | Masao Obata | College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University |
| Computational Study on the Crystal Structure and Radiation Response of Diamond | Atsuhiro Umemoto | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization |
| Super-resolution of climate data with generative AI | Hiroaki Yoshida | TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS., INC. |
| First-Principles Data Generation and Foundation Model Development for Magnetic Compounds | Tetsuya Fukushima | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
※This affiliation when applying for the FY 2025 project.