Congratulations to Dea and Rosey for earning awards in the separate events held in the GEDES program of the Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering! Dea received the Excellent Presentation Award during the 2025 fall… 続きを読む »GEDES presentation awards for Dea and Rosey
This summer has been exceptionally hot, with many areas experiencing record-breaking heatwaves. While the university was free from lectures, the season was a productive mix of restful events, administrative procedures, and significant research advancements. For… 続きを読む »GUC lab summer 2025
written by Xiao Jin, D1, GUC Lab The most prestigious conference in the field of urban climate is the International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC), organized by the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC). It… 続きを読む »Showcasing Our Research at ICUC12, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
A work by Linux Farungsang, a doctoral student of Tokimatsu Laboratory, has been published in Sustainability. The work entitled “Geospatial Assessment and Economic Analysis of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Potential in Thailand” utilizes geospatial techniques, country-level… 続きを読む »Linux’s evaluation of rooftop solar potential in Thailand
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… 続きを読む »Recent lecture on earlier WRF-Fire project
A new paper led by Dr. Do Ngoc Khanh is published at Geophysical Research Letters. The work employed 1-D non-dimensional analyses to quantify the bulk effect of large city’s worldwide to their immediate near-surface temperature. The… 続きを読む »Paper on semi-empirical estimation of anthropogenic heat influence on air temperatures
A recent paper has been published in the prestigious journal of “Sustainable Cities and Society”. The paper, entitled “High-resolution outdoor heat-risk modeling for city central areas with applications to Tokyo and Lyon”, was conducted in… 続きを読む »Paper on heat-risk mapping of two distant cities
Last March 26, 2025, 7 of our members have obtained their Master’s and Bachelors degrees at Institute of Science Tokyo. It was a pleasure a working with them. They have contributed a lot in the… 続きを読む »Graduation ceremony and a fresh Spring 2025
Last March 17, 2025, former student, Dr. Do Ngoc Khanh, received the Seiichi Tejima Research Award 2024 from President Naoto Ohtake of the Institute of Science Tokyo. A tribute to the founder of the former… 続きを読む »Dr. Do Ngoc Khanh received the Seiichi Tejima Research Award 2024
We often focus on only changes in air temperature when discussing climate change. However, air temperature alone is not sufficient to understand human thermal sensation. To effectively address both climate change risks and comfort, it… 続きを読む »Longterm trends of UTCI over Japan
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