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FUJITA, Koji
 
Organization
Graduate School of Environmental Studies Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Climate Science Professor
Graduate School
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Undergraduate School
School of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Title
Professor

Degree 1

  1. Ph.D (Science) ( Nagoya University ) 

Research Interests 2

  1. glacier

  2. cryosphere

Research Areas 1

  1. Others / Others  / Environmental Dynamic Analysis

Current Research Project and SDGs 3

  1. 水安定同位体をもちいた南極における水循環

  2. Water in arid terrain research

  3. Glacier variations in the Asian Highland

Research History 6

  1. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University   Water Resources Distribution Assessment, Water Resources Research Center   Visiting Professor

    2020.4 - 2022.3

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    Country:Japan

  2. Nagoya University   Graduate School of Environmental Studies   Professor

    2018.4

  3. 44th Japanese Antarctica Research Expedition 44 Wintering at Dome Fuji Station

    2002.11 - 2004.3

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  4. Nagoya University   Graduate School of Environmental Studies   Associate Professor

    2001.4 - 2018.3

  5. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University

    2001.4

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Education 2

  1. Nagoya University   Graduate School, Division of Natural Science

    - 1998

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    Country: Japan

  2. Kyoto University   Faculty of Science

    - 1992

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Professional Memberships 9

  1. Japanese Society of Snow and Ice

  2. International Glaciological Society

  3. American Geophysical Union

  4. Japan Geoscience Union

  5. International Glaciological Society

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Committee Memberships 5

  1. 国立極地研究所   氷床コア研究委員会  

    2012.4   

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  2. 海外学術調査総括班   海外調査専門委員会  

    2011.4   

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  3. 国立極地研究所   南極観測気水圏専門部会  

    2009.4   

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  4. 日本雪氷学会   電子情報委員会  

    2007.5 - 2017.5   

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  5. 日本雪氷学会   雪氷編集委員会  

    2005.5 - 2017.5   

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Awards 5

  1. 日本雪氷学会学術賞

    2014.9   日本雪氷学会  

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  2. 日本雪氷学会論文賞(共同)

    2007.9   日本雪氷学会  

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  3. 日本雪氷学会平田賞

    2002.9  

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  4. 中谷宇吉郎学術奨励賞

    1998.2  

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  5. 秩父宮記念学術賞(共同)

    1992  

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Papers 211

  1. Modelling seasonal fluctuations and aspect characteristics of ice-cliff melt on the debris-covered Trakarding Glacier, Rolwaling Valley, Nepal Himalaya Reviewed International coauthorship Open Access

    Yota Sato, Pascal Buri, Marin Kneib, Evan S. Miles, Sojiro Sunako, Tika R. Gurung, Akiko Sakai, Francesca Pellicciotti, Koji Fujita

    Journal of Glaciology   Vol. 71   page: 1 - 36   2025.4

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    DOI: 10.1017/jog.2025.17

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  2. Contrasting Responses of Ion Concentration Variations to Atmospheric Patterns in Central Himalayan Ice Cores Reviewed International coauthorship

    Akane Tsushima, Nao Esashi, Sumito Matoba, Yoshinori Iizuka, Ryu Uemura, Kouji Adachi, Takeshi Kinase, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Kaoru Kawakami, Rijan B. Kayastha, Koji Fujita

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres   Vol. 130 ( 2 ) page: e2024JD042392   2025.1

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    We analyzed the water‐soluble chemical composition of an 81.2‐m‐long ice core collected in 2019 from 6,000 m elevation on a south‐facing glacier in the Nepal Himalaya. The ice core chronology is based on variability in nitrate and calcium ions, which reveal an apparently seasonal periodicity (with winter maxima) throughout the core's length. Two annual boundaries are consistent with the tritium peak representing nuclear tests conducted in 1963 CE and with the spike in sulfate ions due to the eruption of Krakatau in 1883 CE. The ice core spans 145 years from 1875 to 2019 CE. Dating uncertainties due to the layer counting methodology were estimated as year for 1963–2019 CE and years for 1875–1963 CE. Comparison with earlier ice cores drilled on the northern side of the Himalayas revealed that the ion components exhibit inverse correlations with two key climatic indices: the North Atlantic Oscillation and Southern Oscillation Index. Composite analysis of reanalysis climate data suggests that these inverse relationships reflect springtime pressure patterns, which show regional differences between the northern and southern sides of the Himalayan range.

    DOI: 10.1029/2024JD042392

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  3. High-resolution analyses of concentrations and sizes of refractory black carbon particles deposited in northwestern Greenland over the past 350 years – Part 2: Seasonal and temporal trends in refractory black carbon originated from fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning Reviewed International coauthorship

    Kumiko Goto-Azuma, Yoshimi Ogawa-Tsukagawa, Kaori Fukuda, Koji Fujita, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Remi Dallmayr, Jun Ogata, Nobuhiro Moteki, Tatsuhiro Mori, Sho Ohata, Yutaka Kondo, Makoto Koike, Sumito Matoba, Moe Kadota, Akane Tsushima, Naoko Nagatsuka, Teruo Aoki

    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics   Vol. 25 ( 1 ) page: 657 - 683   2025.1

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    Abstract. The roles and impacts of refractory black carbon (rBC), an important aerosol species affecting Earth's radiation budget, are not well understood owing to a lack of accurate long-term observations. To study the temporal changes in rBC since the pre-industrial period, we analyzed rBC in an ice core drilled in northwestern Greenland. Using an improved technique for rBC measurement and a continuous flow analysis (CFA) system, we obtained accurate and high-temporal-resolution records of rBC particle size and mass/number concentrations for the past 350 years. Number and mass concentrations, which both started to increase in the 1870s associated with the inflow of anthropogenically derived rBC, reached their maxima in the 1910s–1920s and then subsequently decreased. Backward-trajectory analyses suggest that North America was likely the dominant source region of the anthropogenic rBC in the ice core. The increase in anthropogenic rBC shifted the annual concentration peaks of rBC from summer to winter–early spring. After rBC concentrations diminished to pre-industrial levels, the annual peak concentration of rBC returned to the summer. We found that anthropogenic rBC particles were larger than biomass burning rBC particles. By separating the rBC in winter and summer, we reconstructed the temporal variations in rBC that originated from biomass burning, including the period with large anthropogenic input. The rBC that originated from biomass burning showed no trend in increase until the early 2000s. Finally, possible albedo reductions due to rBC are discussed. Our new data provide key information for validating aerosol and climate models, thereby supporting improved projections of future climate and environment.

    DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-657-2025

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  4. Technical note: High-resolution analyses of concentrations and sizes of refractory black carbon particles deposited in northwestern Greenland over the past 350 years – Part 1: Continuous flow analysis of the SIGMA-D ice core using the wide-range Single-Particle Soot Photometer and a high-efficiency nebulizer Reviewed International coauthorship

    Kumiko Goto-Azuma, Remi Dallmayr, Yoshimi Ogawa-Tsukagawa, Nobuhiro Moteki, Tatsuhiro Mori, Sho Ohata, Yutaka Kondo, Makoto Koike, Motohiro Hirabayashi, Jun Ogata, Kyotaro Kitamura, Kenji Kawamura, Koji Fujita, Sumito Matoba, Naoko Nagatsuka, Akane Tsushima, Kaori Fukuda, Teruo Aoki

    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics   Vol. 24 ( 22 ) page: 12985 - 13000   2024.11

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    Abstract. Ice cores can provide long-term records of refractory black carbon (rBC), an important aerosol species closely linked to the climate and environment. However, previous studies of ice cores only analyzed rBC particles with a diameter of < 500 nm, which could have led to an underestimation of rBC mass concentrations. Information on the size distribution of rBC particles is very limited, and there are no Arctic ice core records of the temporal variation in rBC size distribution. In this study, we applied a recently developed improved technique to analyze the rBC concentration in an ice core drilled at the SIGMA-D site in northwestern Greenland. The improved technique, which uses the modified Single-Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) and a high-efficiency nebulizer, widens the measurable range of rBC particle size. For high-resolution continuous analyses of ice cores, we developed a continuous flow analysis (CFA) system. Coupling of the improved rBC measurement technique with the CFA system allows accurate high-resolution measurements of the size distribution and concentration of rBC particles with a diameter between 70 nm and 4 µm, with minimal particle losses. Using this technique, we reconstructed the size distributions and the number and mass concentrations of rBC particles during the past 350 years. On the basis of the size distributions, we assessed the underestimation of rBC mass concentrations measured using the conventional SP2s. For the period 2003–2013, the underestimation of the average mass concentration would have been 12 %–31 % for the SIGMA-D core.

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  5. Quality Assessment of Multiple UAV-SfM DEMs Derived for Impact Assessment of a Co-Seismic Avalanche in the Himalayas Reviewed International coauthorship

    Sojiro Sunako, Koji Fujita, Satoru Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Inoue, Walter W. Immerzeel, Takeki Izumi, Rijan B. Kayastha

    Journal of Disaster Research   Vol. 19 ( 5 ) page: 865 - 873   2024.10

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    Combined with the structure from motion (SfM) technique, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are powerful tools for generating high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for application in hazard assessments. During our field observations in October 2015 at Langtang Village, which was destroyed by the Gorkha earthquake in April 2015, three different UAVs with mounted cameras were operated to evaluate the volume of the avalanche deposit covering the village. This study evaluated the performance of DEMs created from the different cameras on board those UAVs. Multiple DEMs for the different cameras, including Sony-α7R (PA7), Ricoh-GR (XGR), and Canon-IXUS (EIX), were created using SfM software. All DEMs were compared with a base DEM created from differential global positioning system survey data, which was obtained simultaneously with the UAV campaigns. The results show that the elevation difference of PA7-, XGR-, and EIX-DEMs are within ±0.14 m; the standard deviations of elevation difference range from 0.33 to 0.40 m. Although there were slightly larger differences in elevation on the southwest-to-west sides of the XGR- and EIX-DEMs, which can be attributed mainly to the flight paths and ground control point network, our DEMs are still of high enough quality to be used in hazard assessments.

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Books 2

  1. ヒマラヤの氷河湖-決壊洪水GLOFの爪痕.宇宙から見た地形-日本と世界

    藤田耕史加藤碵一, 山口靖, 渡辺宏, 山崎晴雄, 汐川雄一, 薦田麻子 編( Role: Joint author)

    朝倉書店  2010.2 

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  2. ヒマラヤと地球温暖化-消えゆく氷河

    中尾正義, 竹内 望, 藤田耕史, 坂井亜規子( Role: Joint author)

    昭和堂  2007 

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MISC 7

  1. Up-glacier propagation of surface lowering of Yala Glacier in Nepal Himalaya

    砂子宗次朗, 藤田耕史, 泉岳樹, 山口悟, 坂井亜規子, KAYASTHA Rijan B

    雪氷研究大会講演要旨集(Web)   Vol. 2021   2021

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  2. Scientist Profile Invited

    Fujita K

    Third Pole Environment Newsletter   Vol. 11   page: 3   2017.9

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  3. 2015 年ランタン大なだれ-冬季の大雪によって増幅された被害- Invited

    藤田耕史

    Japan Geoscience Letters   Vol. 13 ( 3 ) page: 1 - 3   2017.8

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    CiNii Books

  4. 2015 年ネパール・ゴルカ地震による地盤災害に対する地形と地質の抑制 Invited

    藤田耕史, 坂井亜規子

    Japanese Scientists in Science 2016   Vol. 2016   page: 15   2017.3

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  5. 雪氷研究大会(2016・名古屋)開催報告

    実行委員会, 藤田耕史, 青木輝夫, 松田益義, 坂井亜規子, 本山秀明, 大畑哲夫, 高橋徹, 中村一樹, 三上正洋, 澤田結基, 西村浩一

    雪氷   Vol. 79 ( 1 ) page: 150 - 155   2017.1

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Presentations 397

  1. Modelling past discharge from Qaanaaq Glacier in northwestern Greenland during 1950-2023 International conference

    Kondo K, Fujita K

    IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting and Workshop on the Dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers  2025.1.21  International Arctic Science Committee

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    Venue:Niseko, Japan   Country:Japan  

  2. Validation of statistically-improved thermal resistance for debris-covered glaciers by means of whole available Landsat-8 scenes. International coauthorship International conference

    Nagai H, Fujita K, Pratap B, Sato Y, Konya K, Oulkar SN, Nuimura T, Sakai A, Takigawa M, Sharma P

    American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024  2024.12.13  American Geophysical Union

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    Venue:Washington D.C.   Country:United States  

  3. Climate changes and movement of people in Central Asia during the late Holocene: a comparative study between archeological evidence and ice core records. International coauthorship International conference

    Ito S, Takeuchi N, Kume S, Schwikowski M, Fujita K, Aizen VB

    American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024  2024.12.13  American Geophysical Union

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  4. Mineral dust variations over the past 1000 years at EGRIP, northeastern Greenland.

    Komuro Y, Nakazawa F, Goto-Azuma K, Nagatsuka N, Hirabayashi M, Ogata J, Fukuda K, Kurita N, Fujita K, Yonekura A, Kitamura K, Sinnl G, Rasmussen SO, Popp TJ, Dahl-Jensen D

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  5. A new methodology to estimate the freshwater content in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Shelf: weekly climatology and interannual anomalies.

    Mensah V, Yashayaev I, Fujita K, Stephen E. L. Howell SEL, Ikeda M, and Ohshima KI

    2024.12.3 

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Works 7

  1. Ice core drilling at Gregoriev Glacier, Tiensha Mts., Kyrgyz

    2006.8
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  2. Glacier and glacial lake research in Lunana region, Bhutan

    2004.9
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  3. 44th Japanese Antarctica Research Expedition

    2002.11
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  4. Glaciological Research in the Qilian Mts, China

    2002.6
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  5. Glaciological Research in the Altai Mts., Russia

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Research Project for Joint Research, Competitive Funding, etc. 4

  1. ネパール・ランタン谷における雪氷土砂災害の調査

    2015.6 - 2016.6

    J-RAPID 

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  2. Study on Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Bhutan Himalayas

    2008.11 - 2012.3

    International Cooperative Research 

  3. 総合地球環境学研究所 研究プロジェクト「水資源変動負荷に対するオアシス地域の適応力評価とその歴史的変遷」

    2001.4 - 2007.3

    国際共同研究 

  4. Deep Ice Coring Project at Dome Fuji, Antarctica-II

    2001 - 2006

    Cooperative Research within Japan 

KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 27

  1. Microbial Ice Darkening Due to Long-term Glacial Movement

    Grant number:24H00260  2024.4 - 2029.3

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  2. Unravelling precipitation systems in the Himalayas using in-situ observations, remote sensing and cloud-resolving models

    Grant number:23KK0064  2023.9 - 2028.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research)

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  3. Geographical distribution of thermal regime of high mountain Asian glaciers and its impact on future glacier fluctuation

    Grant number:22H00033  2022.4 - 2027.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

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    Grant amount:\42120000 ( Direct Cost: \32400000 、 Indirect Cost:\9720000 )

  4. Quantifying the effects of polar amplification on the Greenland ice sheet mass balance

    Grant number:21H03582  2021.4 - 2024.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Niwano Masashi

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    We updated the polar regional climate model NHM-SMAP and analyzed its simulation results to clarify the effects of the Arctic Amplification of global warming on the Greenland ice sheet surface snow and ice physical conditions. Originally, the model was driven by only the Japanese reanalysis JRA-55; however, through this study, the model can be driven by the latest ECMWF reanalysis called ERA5. Recent international model inter-comparisons focusing on the Greenland ice sheet frequently require using ERA to drive regional climate models or nudge global climate models. Therefore, the above-mentioned attempt enables us to perform more international collaborative studies on the Greenland ice sheet. In addition, we unveiled for the first time that the rainfall on the present-day ice sheet has been increasing significantly since 1980.

  5. A study on precipitation variability over the Himalayas induced by the complex topography and large-scale moist flows

    Grant number:18KK0098  2018.10 - 2023.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

    Fujinami Hatsuki

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    To better understand summer precipitation, including heavy rainfall events at higher elevations in the Himalayas and the mechanisms of its variability, we carried out an international collaborative research project between Japan and Nepal. We installed rain-gauge network around the Rolwaling to understand the detailed features of summer precipitation in the eastern Nepal Himalayas. We performed comprehensive research using the in-situ observation space-borne precipitation radar, cloud resolving numerical models and atmospheric reanalysis dataset. We revealed precipitation increased twice daily with a daytime peak and a nighttime peak in the higher elevations, which is driven by a contrasting land surface effects. We also revealed that the heavy precipitation at the higher elevations came from the multiscale processes such as three-dimensional moisture transport driven by monsoon lows and the diurnal variation in heat fluxes from the land surface of the southern slopes of the Himalayas.

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Teaching Experience (On-campus) 7

  1. 温暖化概論

    2021

  2. Frontier of Earth and Planetary Sciences

    2021

  3. Frontier of Earth and Planetary Sciences

    2020

  4. Introduction to Environmental Behavior Studies

    2020

  5. 温暖化概論

    2019

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