Department of Typhoon and Severe Weather Research
Fourth Laboratory
Summary Account
The main target of our study is "severe weather events" such as localized heavy rain and tornadoes which most likely cause severe disasters.
For the purpose of securely protecting our lives and society by developing the technology to monitor and predict these phenomena, we promote the research projects shown below.
1) Development of observational instruments and systems
2) Investigation of generation mechanism of extreme weather events
3) Development of detection and short-time forecast algorithms using deep learnig
Member
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Head | ADACHI Toru |
| Senior Researcher | KUSUNOKI Kenichi |
| Researcher | KITAMURA Tomofumi |
Ordinary research
Cooperative Research and Development with East Japan Railway Company
- Development of a system for automatic strong gust detection and warning for railroads
Programs for Bridging the gap between R&D and the IDeal society (society 5.0) and Generating Economic and social value：BRIDGE
- Collaboration with Startups for Localized Severe Weather Countermeasures: Building a Real-time Disaster Prevention Field using AI