Department of Physical Oceanography, A.O.R.I., Univ. of Tokyo

[Japanese]

Department of Physical Oceanography

Works towards the quantitative and physical understanding of ocean circulation and its variability, water mass formation, atmosphere-ocean interactions, atmospheric and oceanic disturbances through observations, experiments, and theory.

Sections and staff

Research Group of Ocean Circulation
Main themes Variability of upper ocean circulation in the Pacific Observation and dynamics of Pacific intermediate and deep circulations and mixing Long-term variations of climate, ocean and ecosystem	Research staff Professor Ichiro YASUDA Associate Professor Eitarou OKA Assistant Professor Daigo YANAGIMOTO Project Researcher Hatsumi NISHIKAWA Project Researcher Tomonori MATSUURA Project Researcher Jiro YOSHIDA
Research Group of Dynamic Marine Meteorology
Main themes The Atmospheric General Circulation Development of a global cloud resolving model (NICAM) and study of numerical schemes Dynamics of convective clouds and their organization Atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers Laboratory experiments on atmospheric and oceanic disturbances	Research staff Professor Masaki SATOH Associate Professor Keita IGA Project Researcher Hiroshi NIINO Project Researcher Naomi KUBA Project Researcher Kozo NAKAMURA Project Researcher Ying-Wen CHEN
Research Group of Ocean Variability Dynamics
Main themes Observation of deep currents Study of wave and turbulence in polar seas	Research staff Associate Professor Shinzou FUJIO Assistant Professor Yusuke KAWAGUCHI

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute The University of Tokyo

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