Kenlo Nishida NASAHARA

Japanese Page; Errata of my papers

Current Research Topics

Past Research Topics

CV

1988 Graduated from Okayama-Ichinomiya Senior Highschool
1992 Bachelor of Engineering (Department of Mathematical Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo)
1994 Master of Science (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ.)
1998 Ph. D., Agriculture (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Univ.)
1999-present Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Institute of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, the Univ. of Tsukuba.
2000-2002 Visitting Scientist to the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, School of Forestry, Univ. of Montana (until March 2002)

To foreign students:

* We have four faculty members:

Prof. Miyamoto (mountain hazard management), Prof. Shimada (Hydraulics), myself, and Assistant Prof. Imaizumi (mountain hazard management)

* We have following students (as of May, 2010):

Postdoc: 4
Ph. D course: 0
Ms. course: 4
Undergraduate: 6

* We use open-source softwares

We seldom use most of market software products such as MS-Windows, MS-Office, Arc/GIS, ERDAS, ENVI, etc. Instead, we mainly use open-source softwares such as Linux, GRASS, GCC, OpenOffice, etc. You may need to get used to these open-source softwares because "Do It Yourself" is the basic policy of the open-source.

* We study remote sensing, not GIS.

Our main interest is in development of remote sensing technique. Making something visible with remote sensing is our goal. We don't work hard on integration of layers of GIS information to derive something like planning or assessment. If you want to learn GIS, our group may not be a good choice.

* We have some coorperative institutes especially around Tsukuba:

JAXA, AIST Geology Remote Sensing Unit, AIST Atmosphere Environment Group, NIES Global Warming Team, Public Work Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Gifu University etc. You may have opportunities of working with people in these institutes.

* You can join us as a master or Ph.D student in:

http://kankyo.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Office Address

Institute of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, The University of Tsukuba.
Tennnoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
TEL: +81-298-53-4897
FAX: +81-298-53-4897
e-mail: kenlo@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp
Office: E104/B222

Online documents

Papers

  1. Nishida, K., Satow, K. Aniya, M., Casassa, G. and Kadota, T.(1995): Thickness change and flow of Tyndall Glacier, Patagonia, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 13, pp. 29-34.
  2. Naruse, R., Skvarca, P., Satow, K., Takeuchi, Y. and Nishida, K.(1995): Thickness change and short-term flow variation of Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 13, pp. 21-28.
  3. Takeuchi, Y., Satow, K. Naruse, R., Ibarzabal, T., Nishida, K. and Matsuoka, K.(1995): Meteorological features at Moreno and Tyndall glaciers, Patagonia, in the summer 1993/94, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 13, pp. 35-44.
  4. Matsuoka, K., Nishida, K. and Takeuchi, Y.(1995): Sinking of stones on glacier surface during the melting season, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 13, pp. 63-68.
  5. Mizuyama, T. and Nishida, K. (1995): Shallow landslides caused by the Southern Hyogo Earthquake (2), Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 48(1), pp. 38-40. (Japanese)
  6. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S. and Mizuyama, T.(1995): The distribution of mountainous landslides caused by the 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake, Proceedings of the International Sabo Symposium, Tokyo, pp. 529-536.
  7. Masuda, T., Tokuoka, S., Maenaka, H., Nishida, K. and Tanaka, Y. (1996)：　Desertification control in the eastern region of the Ordos Plateau (1) - General conditions of Ordos Sandland and Grassland Ecological Research Station and surrounding areas -, Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, 21(4), pp. 229-236. (Japanese)
  8. Maenaka, H., Masuda, T., Tokuoka, S., Nishida, K., and Tanaka, Y. (1996): Desertification control in the eastern region of the Ordos Plateau (1) - Landscape ecotype, vegetation and desirable ecological land use -, Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, 22(1), pp. 24-31. (Japanese)
  9. Nishida, K. and Narita, H.(1996): Three-dimensional observations of ice crystal characteristics in polar ice sheets, J. Geophysical Research, 101(D16), pp. 311-317.
  10. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S., and Mizuyama, T. (1996): Analysis of distribution of landslides　caused by 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake referring to a database specialized for sediment related disasters, Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 49(1), pp. 19-24. (Japanese with English abstract)
  11. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S., and Mizuyama, T. (1996): Change of Infiltration Rate of the Deposit in Mount Unzen‐Fugendake. Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 49(1), pp. 49-53. (Japanese)
  12. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S., and Mizuyama, T. (1997): DTM-based topographical analysis of landslides caused by an earthquake. Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 49(6), pp. 9-16. (Japanese with English abstract)
  13. Mizuyama, T. and K. Nishida (1997): Slope failures induced by 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, Proc. 4th Japan-Chinese (Taipei) Joins Seminar on Natural Hazard Mitigation, Nov. 25-28, Kyoto.
  14. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S., and Mizuyama, T. (1998): Topographic change in volcanic slopes due to pyroclastic sedimentation and gully erosion in Unzendake, Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 19(1), pp. 203-222. (Japanese with English abstract)
  15. Nishida, K. and T. Mizuyama: Hydrological Processes and Topographic Change on the Slope of Unzen Volcano, HEADWATERS: Water Resources and Soil Conservations - Proc. of Headwater'98, Apr. 1998, pp. 245-255.
  16. Nishida, K., Kobashi, S., and Mizuyama, T. (1998): How has revegetation changed surface runoff and sediment discharge on pyroclastic sediments in Unzen Volcano ?, Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, 23(4)、pp. 249-255. (Japanese with English abstract)
  17. Nishida, K. and Mizuyama, T. （1998）: Coolong of pyroclastic deposits and initiation of lahars, Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 51(3), pp. 11-18 (Japanese with English abstract)
  18. Nishida, K. and Mizuyama, T. （1998）: Surface Structure of Pyroclastic Deposits in Unzen Volcano, Journal of Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 51(3), pp. 44-46 (Japanese)
  19. Matsuda, S., Nishida, K., Ohte, N., Kosugi, Y., Tani, M., Aoki, M., Nagayoshi, S., Boonyawat, S., and Toda, M. （2000）: An analysis of the characteristics of NDVI-radiative temperature relationship aiming at to estimate latent heat flux at regional scale in the tropical monsoon zone、Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 13(1), pp. 44-56. (Japanese with English abstract)
  20. Higuchi, A., Nishida, K., Iida, S., Niimura, N., and Kondoh, A. (2000)： Preliminary GLobal Imager experiment at Environmental Research Cente, University of Tsukuba: Its overview. Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences, 30, 81-91. (Japanese with English abstract)
  21. Nishida, K., Kosugi, Y., and Ohte, N. （2000）: Spectral reflectance, photosynthesis, and water deficit stress of tree leaves. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 、20(3), in press (Japanese with English abstract)
  22. Nishida, K., Higuchi, A., Kondoh, A., and Matsuda, S. （2000）: Remote sensing of land surface process based on spectral vegetation index and surface radiation temperature. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 13(4), 304-312． (Japanese with English abstract)
  23. Toda, M., K. Nishida, N. Ohte, M. Tani and K. Musiake, 2002: Observations of energy fluxes and evapotranspiration over terrestrial complex land Covers in the tropical Monsoon environment, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80(3), 465-484.
  24. Nemani, R. R., White, M. A., Nishida, K., Reddy, S. (2002): Recent trends in hydrologic balance have enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink in the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(10), 2002GL014867.[PDF]
  25. Nishida, K., Nemani, R. R., Running, S. W., Glassy, J. M. (2003): An operational remote sensing algorithm of land surface evaporation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D9), 4270, doi:10.1029/2002JD002062.[PDF]
  26. Nishida, K., Nemani, R. R., Running, S. W., Glassy, J. M. (2003): Development of an evapotranspiration index from Aqua/MODIS for monitoring surface moisture status. IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(2), 493-501. [PDF]
  27. Terunuma, T., Nishida, K., Amada, T., Mizuyama, T., Sato, I., Urai, M. (2005): Detection of traces of pyroclastic flows and lahars with satellite synthetic aperture radars. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(9), pp. 1927-1942, DOI: 10.1080/01431160512331326576
  28. Iwao, K., K. Nishida, T. Kinoshita, and Y. Yamagata (2006), Validating land cover maps with Degree Confluence Project information, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23404, doi:10.1029/2006GL027768
  29. Nakaji, T., Ide, R., Takagi, K., Kosugi, Y., Ohkubo, S., Nishida, K., Saigusa, N., and Oguma, H. (2008) Utility of spectral vegetation indices for estimation of light conversion efficiency in coniferous forests in Japan. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, pp. 776-787, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.006.
  30. Nasahara, K. N., H. Muraoka, S. Nagai, H. Mikami (2008): Vertical integration of leaf area index in a Japanese deciduous broad-leaved forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148/6-7, pp. 1136-1146, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.02.011.
  31. Motohka, T., K. N. Nasahara, A. Miyata, M. Mano, and S. Tsuchida (2009): Evaluation of optical satellite remote sensing for rice paddy phenology in monsoon Asia using continuous in-situ dataset. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(17), 4343 - 4357, DOI: 10.1080/01431160802549369. [abstract]
  32. Mabuchi, K., K. Takahashi, K. N. Nasahara (2009): Numerical Investigation of Climate Factors Impact on Carbon Cycle in the East Asian Terrestrial Ecosystem. Journal of Mereorological Society of Japan, 87(2), 219-244DOI:10.2151/jmsj.87.219. [PDF]
  33. Nasahara, K. N. (2009): Simple algorithm for estimation of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) using satellite data. SOLA (Science Online Letters on the Atmosphere), Vol. 5, 037-040, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-010 [PDF]
  34. Nagai S., Nasahara K.N., Muraoka H., Akiyama T.and Tsuchida S. (2010): Field experiments to test the use of the normalized difference vegetation index for phenology detection. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150: 152-160.
  35. Muraoka, H., N. Saigusa, K. N. Nasahara, H. Noda, J. Yoshino, T. M. Saitoh, S. Nagai, S. Murayama and H. Koizumi (2009): Effects of seasonal and interannual variations in leaf photosynthesis and canopy leaf area index on gross primary production of a cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest in Takayama, Japan. Journal of Plant Research, 122, 3-20, DOI:10.1007/s10265-008-0188-2
  36. Nagai S., Saigusa N., Muraoka H. and Nasahara K.N. (2010): What makes the satellite-based EVI-GPP relationship unclear in a deciduous broad-leaved forest? Ecological Research 25: 359-365.
  37. Kume, A., Nasahara, K. N., Nagai, S., and Muraoka, H. (2010): The ratio of transmitted near-infrared radiation to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) increases in proportion to the adsorbed PAR in the canopy. Journal of Plant Research, DOI 10.1007/s10265-010-0346-1.
  38. Nagai, S., Maeda, T., Gamo, M., Muraoka, H., Suzuki, R., Nasahara, K.N. (2011) Using digital camera images to detect canopy condition of deciduous broad-leaved trees. Plant Ecology & Diversity, in press.
  39. Sasai, T., N. Saigusa, K.N. Nasahara, A. Ito, H. Hashimoto, R.R. Nemani, R. Hirata, K. Ichii, K. Takagi, T.M. Saitoh, T. Ohta, K. Murakami, Y. Yamagichi, T. Oikawa, Satellite-driven estimation of terrestrial carbon flux over Far East Asia with 1-km grid resolution, Remote Sensing of Environment, in press.
  40. Mizunuma, T., Koyanagi, T., Nasahara, K.N., Mencuccini, M., Wigate, L., Grace, J. (2011) The comparison of several colour indices for the photographic recording of canopy phenology of Fagus crenata in eastern Japan. Plant Ecology & Diversity, in press.
  41. Iwao, K., Nasahara, K.N., Kinoshita, T., Yamagata, Y., Patton, D., Tsuchida, S. (2011) Creation of new global land cover map with map integration. Journal of Geographic Information System, in press.