GRENE Arctic Climate Change Research Project │ Strategic Research Targets

Research Projects

ID	Research Project		Principal Investigator	Institution
1	Improvement of coupled general circulation models based on validations of Arctic climate reproducibility and on mechanism analyses of Arctic climate change and variability		Toru Nozawa	Okayama University
2	Change in the terrestrial ecosystems of the pan-Arctic and eﬀects on climate		Atsuko Sugimoto	Hokkaido University
3	Atmospheric studies on Arctic change and its global impacts		Jinro Ukita	Niigata University
4	The role of Arctic cryosphere in global change		Hiroyuki Enomoto	National Institute of Polar Research
5	Studies on greenhouse gas cycles in the Arctic and their responses to climate change		Shuji Aoki	Tohoku University
6	Ecosystem studies on the Arctic Ocean declining sea ice		Takashi Kikuchi	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
7	Projection of sea ice distribution and Arctic sea routes		Koji Shimada	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
	Sub-Research Projects	Sea ice prediction and construction of an ice navigation support system for the Arctic sea routes	Hajime Yamaguchi	The University of Tokyo
		Coordinated observational and modeling studies on the basic structure and variability of the Arctic sea ice-ocean system	Hiroyasu Hasumi	The University of Tokyo
		Changes in the Arctic Ocean and mechanisms of catastrophic reduction of Arctic sea ice	Koji Shimada	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology