Lecture Meeting "Climate Research for Local Communities"

The University of Aizu held a lecture meeting titled "Climate Research for Local Communities" jointly with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) on Thursday, March 19, at the University-Business Innovation Center.
This lecture meeting aimed to inform the public about the University's new collaborative research on local environmental information science to be conducted with JAMSTEC, the National Agricultural Research Organization, Fukushima University and the University of Tokyo. The University's approach to this research was introduced and renowned researchers in the field of meteorology were invited to the lecture meeting to give lectures on problems regarding climate variation that the world faces today, relevant predictive studies, and the measures against global warming that Fukushima Prefectural Government has taken to address the issues.
Lecturers and subjects were as follows.

"Opening & Brief Introduction of the University of Aizu": Professot Mirenkov, Vice President of the University of Aizu

"Local Environmental Information Research in the University of Aizu": Professor Terasaka, the University of Aizu

"Extreme Weather and Climate Variation": Professor Yamagata, the University of Tokyo, Program Director of JAMSTEC

"Weather Change in the East Asia": Professor Nakamura, the University of Tokyo, Visiting Researcher of the University of Aizu, Group Leader of JAMSTEC

"Numerical Prediction for Ocean Current": Dr. Miyazawa, Sub-leader of JAMSTEC

"Climate Change in Fukushima Prefecture and Necessity of Meso-Scale Climate Prediction": Professor Watanabe, Fukushima University

"Global Warming Countermeasures in Fukushima": Mr. Suzuki, Associate Director, Fukushima Prefecture

Scenes from the lectures