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Japan Geoscience Union Nishida Prize 2014 Winners

Japan Geoscience Union Nishida Prize 2014 Winners


Name Commendation

Yuri Aikawa

Integrated study on the chemical evolution from molecular clouds to protoplanetary disks

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Understanding of magnetospheric dynamics based on advanced techniques for the analysis of spacecraft observations

Hideyo Kawakita

Spectroscopic observations of comets and their implications to the origin of the solar system

Jun Korenaga

Studies on the evolution of mantle convection and the initiation of plate tectonics

Takemasa Miyoshi

Studies on advanced data assimilation for improving numerical weather prediction using the local ensemble transform Kalman filter

Yoshizumi Miyoshi

Studies on variations of electron fluxes in the radiation belts based on spacecraft observations

Andre Revil

Theoretical studies on coupled hydromechanical and electromagnetic phenomena in porous media and their applications to the geosciences

Takeru Suzuki

Theory and simulations of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration

Toshihiko Takemura

Development of global aerosol models and their applications to the studies of the effects of aerosols on climate

Masahiro Watanabe

Development of climate models and their applications to the studies on climate variability

Selection Committee for Nishida Prize

Chair Yutaka Kondo, Vice Chair Kei Hirose, Yukio Isozaki, Yoshiharu Omura,
Hiroyuki Kagi, Hitoshi Kawakatsu, Tatsuhiko Kawamoto, Kenji Satake, Yuji Sano,
Yukari Takayabu, Hiroko Nagahara, Yoichi Fukuda, Naohiro Yoshida
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