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Kazuyoshi Soma Postdoctoral FellowInternational Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: Webpage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/~somak/ |
Education
- 2007 - Ph.D. (Department of Urban and Environment Engineering), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- 2004 - M.Eng. (Department of Global Environment Engineering), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- 2002 - B.Eng. (Undergraduate School of Global Engineering), Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Interests
- Large-Scale and Meso-Scale land-atmosphere interaction
- Asian-Australian monsoon system
- Hydrometeorological modeling
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2007 – January 2010
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University Pioneering Research Unit for Next Generation, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, April 2007 – July 2007
- Research Assistant , Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto University, July 2006 – March 2007 and July 2005 – May 2006
- Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, April 2004 – July 2004 and October 2002 – January 2003
Refereed Publications
- Souma, K., and Y. Wang: A Comparison between the Effects of Snow Albedo and Infiltration of Melting Water of Eurasian Snow on East-Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., in press.
- Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2009 Improved simulation of the East Asian summer monsoon rainfall with satellite-derived snow water equivalent data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137 (6),1790–1804.
- Souma, K., K. Tanaka, E. Nakakita, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: Coupling a mosaic land surface scheme (SiBUC) with a nonhydrostatic atmospheric model (ARPS). Proceedings of 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meetings (Proceedings), P3.18.
- Tanaka, K., K. Souma, E. Nakakita, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: The Importance of Surface Heating in Short-term Numerical Weather Prediction. Annuals of Disaster Prevention Research Institute (Bulletin), Kyoto University, No.48 C, 97–109.
- Moteki, Q., Y. Ito, K. Yorozu, K. Souma, A. Sakakibara, K. Tsuboki, T. Kato, K. Tanaka, and S. Ikebuchi, 2005: Estimation for Effects of Existence of Urban on Development of Cumulonimbus Clouds Using Atmosphere-Land Coupled Model of CReSiBUC. Annuals of Disaster Prevention Research Institute (Bulletin), Kyoto University, No.48 C, 197–208.