On May 16, 2025, Alvin was invited to talk about a research project done on modeling or reproducing urban and forest fire in a few areas in Japan during the 大気環境学会関東支部講演会 (Lectures of the Kanto Branch of the Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment). The title of his presentation was “森林火災から都市火災へ：WRF-Urban-Fire開発と応用” (From forest fire to urban fires: the development of WRF-Urban-Fire). The work was done as part of the Master’s research of former Kanda laboratory student, Kohei Yamashita. The work was done back when Alvin was still a lecturer of the former Tokyo Institute of Technology.
The event was entitled, “大規模森林火災の発生メカニズムとシミュレーション、および燃焼由来物質の排出挙動” (Mechanism and simulation of large-scale forest fires, and emission behavior of combustion-derived substances) organized by “大気環境学会” (Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment). The event, organized by Prof. Tomoaki Okuda of Keio University, was attended by chemists, forest fire specialists, disaster-management experts, climatologists, and atmospheric chemistry specialists.
While it allowed the audience to witness the application of WRF-Fire models in urban areas, it gave an opportunity for the GUC lab to expand its network to the area of atmospheric chemistry. A key person met was Dr. Satoru Chatani, chief senior researcher at the National Institute for Enviornmental Studies, Japan. Through him, the students can utilize more realistic atmospheric pollutant emissions in their models in Japan.
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