| Expert Name | Dr. Masao Mikami |
| Title | Head of the research Laboratory |
| Division | Meteorological Research Institute |
| Institution | Meteorological Research Institute of the Japan Meteorological Agency |
| City | Tsukuba, Ibaraki |
| Country | Japanese |
| Telephone | +81 29 853-8623 |
| Email | mmikami(at)mri-jma.go.jp |
| Work Experience | Principal Investigator of ADEC (Aeolian Dust Experiment on Climate Impact), which was carried out as a Japan-China cooperative project from 2000 to 2005.
Principal Investigator of JADE (Japan-Australia Dust Experiment) from 2005 to 2008
Princilpal Investigator of Dust Modeling Project (KAKEN-KIBAN(A)) supported by MEXT |
| Qualifications | PhD. Meteorology, Tohoku University, 1996 |
| Number of Publications | 30 |
| Awards | 1. 2006 award of the Meteorological Society of Japan
2. 2004 Friendship award from Chinese Government
3. 2005 secretary commendation from Japan Meteorological Agency |
| Other Activities | 1. Chief Editor of SOLA published by Japan Meteorological Society
2. Associate Editor of Aeolian Research
3. Member of steering committee of WMO/SDS-WAS program. 4. Member of the board of Japan Meteorological Society |
| Publications | 1. Kurosaki, Y., and M. Mikami, 2007: Threshold wind speed for dust emission in East Asia and its seasonal variations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D17202,doi:10.1029/2006JD007988.
2. Mikami, M. et al., 2006: Aeolian dust experiment on climate impact: An overview of Japan-China joint project ADEC, Global Planetary Change, 52, 142-172, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.03.001._
3. Mikami, M., et al., 2005: Measurement of saltation process over gobi and sand dunes in the Taklimakan desert, China, with newly developed sand particle counter, J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2004JD004688._
4. Ishizuka, M., M. Mikami, et al., 2005: An observational study of soil moisture effects on wind erosion at a gobi site in the Taklimakan Desert, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmospheres-, 110, D18S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD004709._
5. Kurosaki, Y., and M. Mikami, 2003: Recent frequent dust events and their relation to surface wind in East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1736, doi:10.1029/2003GL017261. |
| Discipline | Atmospheric Sciences |
| Last updated | 21/08/2009 13:38:00 |
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