Taikan Oki

Here, it is Thursday, 17-May-2012 00:40:01 JST.

The big earth quake hit the Northern Part of Japan, however, damage is minimum for IIS/UT in Tokyo and all the lab. members so far. Thank you very much for your concerns. (March 11, 2011)

Publications in English

Papers, books, abstracts in English:

Papers and Abstracts published in 2006-2010.

Papers and Abstracts published in 2001-2005.

Papers and Abstracts published in 1996-2000.

Papers and Abstracts published in 1991-1995.

Education

• B.S., Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1987.
• M.Eng., Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1989.
• Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 1993.

Professional Interests

• Global water balance and world water resources
• Climatic Variation and the Asian Monsoon
• Land-atmosphere interaction and its modelling
• Remote sensing in hydrology
• Temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall

Welcome!

• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Lead Author (LA) for Working Group II (Impact Assessment), Chapter 3 (Water Resources).
• the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Lead Author (LA) for Chapter 9 (Water Resources).
• JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources System: Modeling Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources Coupled with Human Activities.
• GEWEX : Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
• GLASS : Science Panel Member of Global Land Atmosphere System Study
• GSWP : Co-Chairing Global Soil Wetness Project.
• GAME : International Science Panel Member of GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment.
• Co-Chairing GAME-T : GAME-Tropics.
• Chairing Hydrology 2020 Working Group of the IAHS. Official Web page at IAHS.
• PUB: Science Steering Group Member of the Project for Prediction of Ungauged Basins of IAHS.
• TRMM : Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
• EOS/IDS/HPC : Hydrological Processes and Climate
• Alliance for Global Sustainability among MIT, ETH, and U of Tokyo.

Resume

• POSITIONS:
  • 1989-1995 Research Associate, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
  • 1995 Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
  • 1997- Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
  • 2002-2003 Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
  • 2003- Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
  • November 2006 - Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
• CONCURRENT (time sharing) POSITIONS (mostly unpaid):
  • 1995-97: Visiting Scientist, Climate and Radiation Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center /NASA, USA.
  • 1998-: researcher at Frontier Research System for Global Change/ Hydrological Cycle Research Program.
  • 1998-: Visiting researcher at National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • 1999-: Visiting researcher at Earth Science and Technology Organization
  • 2000-: Senior Specialist for Scientific Research, at Science and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.
  • 2001-2003 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
• PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
  • American Geophysical Union
    • Hydrology Section Remote Sensing Technical Committee, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2012.
    • Associate Editor of JGR-Atmospheres, Sep 2000 - Dec 2004.
  • American Meteorological Society
  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences
    • Chair of the Hydrology 2020 Working Group
      also Web Page at: the Hydrology 2020 Working Group
  • Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers
  • Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources
  • Meteorological Society of Japan
• HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • 2011 (Jul) Biwako Prize for Ecology, The Ecological Society of Japan
  • 2009 (Aug.) JSHWR Paper Award, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
  • 2009 (Jul.) Ocean Research Promotion Award, Cabinet Office
  • 2008 (Nov.) Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Award, Nikkei News Paper
  • 2008 Science and Technology Prize, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, & Technology.
  • 2008 Japan Academy Medal, The Japan Academy.
  • 2008 JSPS PRIZE, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • 2005 Award in the field of Environment, JSCE.
  • 2004 Incentive Award, Japan Water Award.
  • 2003 IAHS Tison Award.
  • 2000 Award for the Paper on the Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE.
  • 2000 Selected as one of the Future Water Leaders by the International Water Resources Association, the Stockholm International Water Institute, and the Third World Centre for Water Management as potential water leaders of the future.
  • 1998 Scientific Award from Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (winning with Prof. K. Musiake, Dr. T. Nakaegawa, and M. Koike).
  • 1996 Award for the Paper on Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, JSCE.
  • 1995 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • 1992 Award for the (Student/Young) Paper on the Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE.
• Organizer/Secretariat
  • Secretariat for the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar --Radar Hydrology--, November 19-22, 2001, Heian-Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan
  • Convener for the International Symposium S5; Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models during the Sixth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) at Maastricht, The Netherlands, 18-27 July 2001.

Miscellaneous

• Inquire abbreviations and acronyms
• Try SiB2 on Web: Graphical User Interface for Simple Biosphere Model 2.
• Enjoy Data Visualization System for Researchers of Global Environmental Issues. The system has been developed by the support by one of the Research for the Future Programs by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
• TRIP --- Total Runoff Integrating Pathways, the river channel network information on the Earth in 1 degree by 1 degree global grid boxes.