Table I Organization of Priority Area Programme “Better Understanding of Earth Environment 
via Satellite” for 1990 funded by the Ministry of Education for 1989-1991 
Programme Leader: MikioTAKAGI (Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) 
Group A: Basic Study on Earth Observations by Microwaves 
Leader: Haruto HIIIOSAWA (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) 
A - 1 Basic Study on Earth Observations by Microwaves (Planned Research) 
Research on Radar Poralimetry 
llaruto HIROSAWA (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) 
Research on the Improvement of Measurement Accuracy of Sea Wind and Ocean Wave by Satel 
lite 
Ilisashi MITSUYASU (Research Institute for Applied Machanics, Kyushu University) 
Measurement of Sea Ice Parameters by Microwave Remote Sensing 
Nobuo ONO (National Institute of Polar Research) 
Basic Research on Sea Surface Process Measurement via Satellite 
Yoshiaki TOBA (Faculty of Science, Tohoku University) 
Naoto EBUCHI (Faculty of Science, Tohoku University) 
A - 2 Estimation of Cloud-water Amount by a Microwave Radiometer 
TakaoTAKEDA (Water Research Institute, Nagoya University) 
A - 3 Derivation of Cloud and Sea Ice Distribution in the Antarctic from Satellite Data 
Sadao KAWAGUCHI (National Institute of Polar Research) 
A - 1 Studies on the Microwave Measurement System for Snow and Ice Observation Satellites and Ac- 
quisution of the Basic Data 
Masahiro SUZUKI (Hokkaido Institute of Technology) 
Group B: Grobal Change Analysis of Biosphere Using Satellite Data -Interaction between Atmospheric 
and Terrestrial Aspects- 
Leader: Shunji MURAI (Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) 
B - 1 Grobal Change Analysis of Biosphere Using Satellite Data -Interaction between Atmospheric 
and Terrestrial Aspects- (Planned Research) 
Analysis of Variation of Vegetation Index 
Shunji MURAI (Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) 
Map and Geographic Information System 
Yukio KUBO (Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University) 
Image Analysis and Image Output 
Toshibumi SAKATA (Tokai Research and Information Center, Tokai University) 
Hydrological Analysis 
Kuniyoshi TAKEUCHI (Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University) 
Botanical Ecology 
Kazue P'UJIWARA (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National 
University) 
Evaluation of Global Biological Ecology 
Fiji YAMAJI (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo) 
B - 2 Land Cover Monitoring by Global GIS 
Ryutaro TATEISIII (Remote Sensing and Image Research Center, Chiba University) 
B - 3 Estimation of Thermal Environment by Overlapping the Satellite Image on DTM and its Rela 
tionship with the Distribution of Forest Zones 
Takehiko MIK AMI (Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University) 
B - 4 Studies on the Estimation for Changing of Heat & W ater Transfer due to the Deforestation Using 
Satellite Data 
Ikuo HORIGUCHI (Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University) 
B - 5 Analysis of Atmospheric Environments over Asia and Oceania L T sing Satellite and Surface Data 
Kazutaka IWASAKI(Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University) 
B - 6 Climatic Environment in East Asis-air Mass, Rainfall and Cloud Distribution 
Jun MATSUMOTO (Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo) 
B - 7 Studies on Long-term Variations of Stratospheric Ozone Based on the SBUV Satellite Obser 
vation 
Isamu HIROTA (Faculty of Science, Kyoto University) 
B - 8 Study on the Variation of Stratospheric Ozone using the TOVS Data of NOAA Satellites 
Hiroshi FUKUNISHI (Upper Atmosphere and Space Research Laboratory, Tohoku University) 
B - 9 Global Study on Change of Atmospheric Environment by Analysis of LAS-Data (EXOS-C) 
Akiyoshi MATSUZAKI (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) 
B - 10 Profile Derivation of the Global Trace Gas Distribution from Satellite Data 
Nobuo TAKEUCHI (National Institute for Environmental Studies) 
Group C: Study on Physical Process of W ater Cycle over the Land 
Leader: Junsei KONDO (Geophysical Institute, Tohoku University) 
C - 1 Study on Physical Process of W ater Cycle over the Land (Planned Research) 
Heat Budget of Vegetation and Bare Soil 
Junsei KONDO (Geophysical Institute, Tohoku University) 
Room Experiment of Trace of Soil Moisture by Microwave Remote Sensing 
Katsumi MUSI HAKE (Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) 
Analysis of Rainfall Mechanism by Satellite and Three-dimensional Radar 
Shuichi IKEBUCIII (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University) 
Analysis of Snowfall Phenomena by Satellite Remote Sensing 
Toshio KOIKE (Nagaoka University of Technology) 
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