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Aphrodite's Water Resources Project Members
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-------------------------------- FY2009 --------------------------------

Sub-theme I: Improvement of precipitation and temperature datasets based on user's feedback
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

	Principal Investigator	Akiyo YATAGAI
	Collaborators	Tsugihiro WATANABE
		Jumpei KUBOTA
		Makoto TANIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Atsushi HAMADA
		Natsuko YASUTOMI
	Secretaries	Shinako FUKUMURA
		Mayumi MAEDA
		Machiko KINJO
		Aiko TANAKA

Sub-theme II: Validation of the precipitation simulated by climate models,
and improvement of data interpolation method of observed daily rain-gauge precipitation
Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan

	Co-Investigator	Akio KITOH
	Collaborators	Kenji KAMIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Osamu ARAKAWA

Sub-theme III: Quality Control of Precipitation and Temperature Data in East Asia
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

Eco-Frontier-Fellowship

Tianbao ZHAO

-------------------------------- FY2008 --------------------------------

Sub-theme I: Development of the daily grid precipitation datasets
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

	Principal Investigator	Akiyo YATAGAI
	Collaborators	Tsugihiro WATANABE
		Jumpei KUBOTA
		Makoto TANIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Masato I. NODZU
		Haruko KAWAMOTO
		Atsushi HAMADA
	Secretaries	Marika FUJIMOTO
		Shinako FUKUMURA
		Mayumi MAEDA

Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Collaborators

Shinjiro KANAE

Sub-theme II: Validation of the precipitation simulated by climate models
Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan

	Co-Investigator	Akio KITOH
	Collaborators	Kenji KAMIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Osamu ARAKAWA

Sub-theme III: Use of Daily Precipitation Grid Data for an Early Warning System
and for Mitigation of Global Warming Impacts
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

Eco-Frontier-Fellowship

Sohaila JAVANMARD

-------------------------------- FY2007 --------------------------------

Sub-theme I: Development of the daily grid precipitation datasets
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

	Principal Investigator	Akiyo YATAGAI
	Collaborators	Tsugihiro WATANABE
		Jumpei KUBOTA
		Makoto TANIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Hisahiro TAKASHIMA
		Haruko KAWAMOTO
	Secretaries	Marika FUJIMOTO
		Kahori YAMASAKI

Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Collaborators

Shinjiro KANAE

Sub-theme II: Validation of the precipitation simulated by climate models
Climate Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan

	Co-Investigator	Akio KITOH
	Collaborators	Kenji KAMIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Osamu ARAKAWA

-------------------------------- FY2006 --------------------------------

Sub-theme I: Development of the daily grid precipitation datasets
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

	Principal Investigator	Akiyo YATAGAI
	Collaborators	Tsugihiro WATANABE
		Shinjiro KANAE
		Jumpei KUBOTA
	Post-doctoral Research Associate	Itsuki C. HANDOH

Sub-theme II: Validation of the precipitation simulated by climate models
Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan

	Co-Investigator	Akio KITOH
	Collaborators	Kenji KAMIGUCHI
	Research Associates	Osamu ARAKAWA