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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