Atmospheric Remote Sensing Section

In order to evaluate the climate effects of aerosols and clouds, the Atmospheric Remote Sensing Section is conducting research on the development and application of remote sensing methods that contribute to the understanding of the spatiotemporal fluctuations and radiation processes of aerosols and clouds on a global to regional scale.

Staff

NISHIZAWA Tomoaki
Head
Development of active and passive remote sensing techniques and observational studies of aerosols and clouds by its application
HIGURASHI Akiko
Senior Researcher
Study of aerosol optical properties on global scale using satellite remote sensing
JIN Yoshitaka
Senior Researcher
Studies on measurement and analysis of aerosol profiles using lidar methods

Research Projects

Publications

The greenhouse gas observation mission with Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW): objectives, conceptual framework and scientific contributions
Tanimoto, H., Matsunaga, T., Someya, Y., Fujinawa, T., Ohyama, H., Morino, I., Yashiro, H., Sugita, T., Inomata, S., Müller, A., Saeki, T., Yoshida, Y., Niwa, Y., Saito, M., Noda, H., Yamashita, Y., Ikeda, K., Saigusa, N., Machida, T., Frey. M. M., Lim, H., Srivastava, P., Jin, Y., Shimizu, A., Nishizawa, T., Kanaya, Y., Sekiya, T., Patra, P., Takigawa, M., Bisht, J., Kasai, Y., & Sato, O. T.
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12, 8 (2025)
Balloon Baseline Stratospheric Aerosol Profiles (B2SAP) - Perturbations in the Southern Hemisphere, 2019-2022
Asher, E., Baron, A., Yu, P., Todt, M., Smale, P., Liley, B., Querel, R., Sakai, T., Morino, I., Jin, Y., Nagai, T., Uchino, O., Hall, E., Cullis, P., Johnson, B., & Thornberry, T. D.
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 129, 22 (2024)
Decadal (2011–2020) stratospheric aerosol variability observed by lidar over Saga, Japan
Uchino, O., Sakai, T., Morino, I., Nagai, T., Okumura, H., Jin, Y., Ugajin, A., Nishizawa, T., Shimizu, A., Matsunaga, T., & Arai, K.
Journal of Laser Radar Society of Japan, 5, 1, 4-12. (2024)
Demonstration of aerosol profile measurement with a dual-wavelength high-spectral-resolution lidar using a scanning interferometer
Jin, Y., Nishizawa, T., Sugimoto, N., Takakura, S., Aoki, M., Ishii, S., Yamazaki, A., Kudo, R., Yumimoto, K., Sato, K., & Okamoto, H.
Applied Optics, 61, 13, 3523-3532 (2022)
Observation of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation by multiple-field-of-view multiple-scattering polarization lidar at 355nm.
Nishizawa, T., Jin, Y., Sugimoto, N., Sato, K., Fujikawa, M., Ishii, S., Aoki, M., Nakagawa, K., & Okamoto, H.
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 271, 107710 (2021)