ORIKASA Narihiro

Job title	Head/The 4th Lab./Department of Physical Meteorology Research
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Expertise	Cloud Physics, Meteorology
Degree	Ph. D.
Publications	Kuo, W.-C., K. Yamashita, M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, and N. Orikasa, 2024: Numerical simulation on feasibility of rain enhancement by hygroscopic seeding over Kochi area, Shikoku, Japan, in early summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 102, 429-443. Yamashita, K., Kuo, W.-C., M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, A. Saito, N. Orikasa, and H. Ohtake 2024: Physical properties of background aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei measured in Kochi city in June 2010 and its implication for planned and inadvertent cloud modification. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 102, 353-363. Orikasa, N., A. Saito, K. Yamashita, T. Tajiri, Y. Zaizen, T.-H. Kuo, W.-C. Kuo, and M. Murakami, 2020:Seasonal variations of atmospheric aerosol particles focused on cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particles from ground-based observations in Tsukuba, Japan. SOLA, 16, 212-219. Orikasa, N., M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, Y. Zaizen, and T. Shinoda, 2020:In situ measurements of cloud and aerosol microphysical properties in summertime convective clouds over Eastern United Arab Emirates. SOLA, 16, 185-191. Hashimoto, A., H. Motoyoshi, N. Orikasa, and R. Misumi, 2020: Process-Tracking Scheme Based on Bulk Microphysics to Diagnose the Features of Snow Particles. SOLA, 16, 51-56. Kuo, T.-H., M. Murakami, T. Tajiri, and N. Orikasa, 2019: Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Immersion Freezing Abilities of Al2O3 and Fe2O3 Particles Measured with the Meteorological Research Institute's Cloud Simulation Chamber. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 597-614.
Project	Research on Atmospheric Physical Processes Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (JP25K15424), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, "Laboratory study on competitive cloud activation processes of various atmospheric aerosols" [04/2025-03/2028, PI] Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (JP23H05494), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, "Seamless understanding of nonlinear meteorology-chemistry processes based on multifaceted observations using low-altitude isolated peaks" [04/2023-03/2028, Co-I] Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (JP21K12217), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, "Laboratory study on alteration of CCN and INP abilities focused on the mixing state of atmospheric aerosols" [04/2021-03/2025, PI] Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (JP17H00787), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, "Studies on impact of atmospheric aerosols on cloud and precipitation processes" [04/2017-03/2021, Co-I] Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (JP16K05558), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, "Laboratory study on ice nucleation and growth mechanisms in the early stage of cirrus clouds" [04/2016-03/2020, PI] UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, National Center of Meteorology, "Advanced Study on Precipitation Enhancement in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions" [2016-2019, Co-PI]