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SUZUKI, Kentaroh Professor Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Office: -303 TEL: +81-4-7136-4398 FAX: -- E-mail: HP:
Research Field Cloud physics, Atmospheric radiation, Cloud-aerosol interaction Current Research My research is focused on aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction and its effect on climate. With a combined use of numerical modeling and satellite observations, my research is aimed at better understandings of fundamental cloud processes and their effects on global climate through radiative and hydrological processes. To this end, I am engaged in development of novel, innovative methodologies for analyzing new emerging satellite observations and their extensive use for climate model evaluations/improvements. The research is also aided with process-level modelings of cloud and aerosol microphysical processes for their better representations in global climate models. Representative Publications 1. Suzuki, K., and T. Takemura, 2019: Perturbations to global energy budget due to absorbing and scattering aerosols. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 124, 2194-2209. 2. Suzuki, K., G. Stephens, A. Bodas-Salcedo, M. Wang, J.-C. Golaz, T. Yokohata, and T. Koshiro, 2015: Evaluation of the warm rain formation process in global models with satellite observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3996-4014. 3. Suzuki, K., T. Y. Nakajima, and G. L. Stephens, 2010: Particle growth and drop collection efficiency of warm clouds as inferred from joint CloudSat and MODIS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3019-3032.

SUZUKI, Kentaroh

Professor
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute

Office: -303
TEL: +81-4-7136-4398
FAX: --
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

Cloud physics, Atmospheric radiation, Cloud-aerosol interaction

Current Research

My research is focused on aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction and its effect on climate. With a combined use of numerical modeling and satellite observations, my research is aimed at better understandings of fundamental cloud processes and their effects on global climate through radiative and hydrological processes. To this end, I am engaged in development of novel, innovative methodologies for analyzing new emerging satellite observations and their extensive use for climate model evaluations/improvements. The research is also aided with process-level modelings of cloud and aerosol microphysical processes for their better representations in global climate models.

Representative Publications

1. Suzuki, K., and T. Takemura, 2019: Perturbations to global energy budget due to absorbing and scattering aerosols. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 124, 2194-2209.
2. Suzuki, K., G. Stephens, A. Bodas-Salcedo, M. Wang, J.-C. Golaz, T. Yokohata, and T. Koshiro, 2015: Evaluation of the warm rain formation process in global models with satellite observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3996-4014.
3. Suzuki, K., T. Y. Nakajima, and G. L. Stephens, 2010: Particle growth and drop collection efficiency of warm clouds as inferred from joint CloudSat and MODIS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3019-3032.