Principal Investigator of Planned Research
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AOKI ShigeruInstitute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Research Outline
The vast ice sheet covering the Antarctic continent and the ocean and surrounding sea ice are undergoing drastic change. Even in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which had been considered stable, significant changes in the ice sheet, ocean and sea ice regime have become clear. The East Antarctic ice sheet changes over a wide range of time scales and interacts in diverse ways as part of the global climate system, which is composed of the atmosphere, oceans and sea ice. A multidisciplinary approach is essential to elucidate these interactions among climate subsystems. In this research area, the strategy is to conduct research on both (1) the elucidation of the present and near-future state and the mechanisms of change on relatively short timescales by linking in-situ observation research and high-resolution numerical modelling research, and (2) reconstruction and global-scale numerical modelling of past abrupt and large-scale changes on longer and more extensive spatial scales. Inter-disciplinary collaboration is essential in this field, and the Administrative Group will play a key role in this framework to facilitate the collaboration and communication.
Keywords
Administrative group, Inter-disciplinary collaboration, Antarctica
Members
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OKA AkiraAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo -
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ONO KazuyaInstitute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University -
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SUGIYAMA ShinInstitute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University -
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OKUNO Jun’ichiNational Institute of Polar Research