Soichiro Hirano
Email: soichiro@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Physics and Earth Sciences,
Faculty of Science,
University of the Ryukyus
Sep. 2019 PhD. in Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Mar. 2015 M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Mar. 2013 B.S. in Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Experience
Aug. 2023 - present Postdoctral researcher, Kyoto University, Japan
Oct. 2019 - Jul. 2023 Postdoctral researcher, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Jun. 2015 - Sep. 2019 Research Assistant, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Jun. 2015 - Sep. 2019 Teaching Assistant, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Achievements
Publications (peer-reviewed articles)
Hirano, S., K. Ito, and H. Yamada, Tropical cyclone track modified by a front located to the northeast, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 19, 109-115. URL
Ito, K., S. Hirano, J.-D. Lee, and J. C. L. Chan, Three-dimensional Fujiwhara effect for binary tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific, Monthly Weather Review, in press. URL
Hirano, S., K. Ito, H. Yamada, S. Tsujino, K. Tsuboki, and C.-C. Wu (2022), Deep eye clouds in Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018) during T-PARCII dropsonde observations, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences,79, 683-703. URL
Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (2021), Interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere and its tropospheric origin, Journal of Climate, 34, 6115-6128. URL
Sato, K., and S. Hirano (2019), The climatology of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and the contribution of gravity waves, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,19, 4517-4539. URL
Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (2016), A three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the climatology and interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,121, 8429-8443. URL
Presentations
○Ito, K., S. Hirano, J.-D. Lee, and J. C. L. Chan (oral), Three-dimensional Fujiwhara effect in the western North Pacific, AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) 20th Annual Meeting, Singapore, Singapore 30 July-5 August (1 August), 2023.
○Yamada, H., K. Ito, S. Hirano, and K. Tsuboki (oral), Relationship between the warm core and typhoon intensity based on in-situ measurements, 15th International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems, Fort Collins, CO, USA 22-25 May (23 May), 2023.
○Tsuboki, K., H. Yamada, K. Ito, S. Hirano, T. Ohigashi, S. Tsujino, T. Horinouchi, T. Taiga, M. Minamide, T. Enomoto, M. Kato, S. Kanada, K. Shimizu, and N. Nagahama (oral), Aircraft observation of the inner core of rapidly intensifying Typhoon Nanmadol (2022), 15th International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems, Fort Collins, CO, USA 22-25 May (23 May), 2023.
○Ito, K., J.-D. Lee, S. Hirano, and J. C. L. Chan (oral), Three-dimensional Fujiwhara Effect, 15th International Conference on Mesoscale Convective Systems, Fort Collins, CO, USA 22-25 May (23 May), 2023.
○Tsuboki, K., T. Shinoda, T. Ohigashi, S. Hirano, M. Kato, S. Kanada, H. Yamada, S. Tsujino, K. Shimizu, N. Nagahama, and S. Shimizu (oral), Dropsonde observation of the atmospheric river associated with Typhoon Aere (2022) during the T-PARCII aircraft campaign, International Atmospheric Rivers Conference 2022, Santiago, Chile 10-14 October (10 October), 2022.
Hirano, S., ○K. Ito, H. Yamada, S. Tsujino, K. Tsuboki, and C.-C. Wu (oral), Deep eye clouds in Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018) during T-PARCII dropsonde observations, AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) 19th Annual Meeting, Online 1-5 August (2 August), 2022.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, and H. Yamada (poster), The influence of a front on the tropical cyclone track, 35th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, USA 9-13 May (11 May), 2022.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, H. Yamada, S. Tsujino, K. Tsuboki, and C.-C. Wu (oral), Deep eye clouds in Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018) during T-PARCII dropsonde observations, International Conference on Heavy Rainfall and Tropical Cyclone in East Asia, Online 1-3 March (1 March), 2022.
○Yamada, H., K. Ito, S. Hirano, K. Tsuboki, T. Shinoda, M. Kato, S. Kanada, T. Ohigashi, S. Tsujino, U. Shimada, T. Nakazawa, N. Nagahama, K. Shimizu, T. Horinouchi, N. Takahashi, S. Shimizu, and M. Minamide (oral), The warm-core structure of typhoons as observed through the T-PARCII aircraft reconnaissance and upper-air soundings, International Conference on Heavy Rainfall and Tropical Cyclone in East Asia, Online 1-3 March (1 March), 2022.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, H. Yamada, S. Tsujino, K. Tsuboki, and C.-C. Wu (oral), Deep eye clouds observed in Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018) during T-PARCII dropsonde observations, Tropical Cyclone Trami mini workshop, Online 29 October, 2021.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, and H. Yamada (oral), Deep hub clouds in the eye of Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018), 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Online 10-14 May (12 May), 2021.
○Sato, K., and S. Hirano (oral), The climatology of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and the contribution of gravity waves, 43rd COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly, Sydney, Australia 28 January-4 February (29 January), 2021.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, and H. Yamada (oral), Deep hub clouds in the eye of Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018), AMS (American Meteorological Society) 101st Annual meeting, Online 11-15 January (14 January), 2021.
○Hirano, S., K. Ito, and H. Yamada (poster), The formation of a deep hub cloud in the eye of Tropical Cyclone Trami (2018), AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall meeting, Online 1-17 December (11 December), 2020.
○Sato, K., and S. Hirano (poster), The climatology of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and the contribution of gravity waves, EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly, Online 4-8 May (8 May), 2020.
○Sato, K., and S. Hirano (oral), The climatology of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and the contribution of gravity waves (invited), WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)/SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) SATIO-TCS (Stratospheric And Tropospheric Influences On Tropical Convective Systems) joint workshop on Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling in the Tropics, Kyoto, Japan 21-24 February (21 February), 2020.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (oral), The climatology of quasi-stationary waves with zonal wavenumber 1 in the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere and its relation with tropospheric condition, The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science, Tokyo, Japan 4-7 December (6 December), 2018.
○Sato, K., and S. Hirano (poster), The climatology of Brewer-Dobson circulation and the contribution of gravity waves, SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) General Assembly 2018, Kyoto, Japan 1-5 October, 2018.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (poster), Primary contribution of the Australian High to climatology of the stratospheric momentum budget during the austral spring, SPARC (Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate) General Assembly 2018, Kyoto, Japan 1-5 October, 2018.
○Sato, K., and S. Hirano (oral), Contribution of gravity-wave forcing to the Brewer-Dobson circulation (invited), 2018 10th Workshop on Long-term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere, Hefei, China 14-19 May (14 May), 2018.
○Sato, K., R. Yasui, Y. Miyoshi, and S. Hirano (oral), Contribution of gravity waves to the mean meridional circulation and momentum budget in the middle atmosphere, IAPSO (International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans)-IAMAS (International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences)-IAGA (International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy) Joint Assembly 2017, Cape Town, South Africa 27 August-1 September (30 August), 2017.
Sato, K., and ○S. Hirano (oral), Gravity wave contribution to the seasonal variation of the Brewer-Dobson circulation, 19th Conference on Middle Atmosphere, Portland, OR, USA 26-30 June (28 June), 2017.
○Hirano, S., and K. Sato (poster), New definition of stratospheric warming events in the Northern Hemisphere based on geometry of the polar vortex, JpGU (Japan Geoscience Union)-AGU (American Geophysical Union) Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan 20-25 May (24 May), 2017.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (poster), A three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the climatology and interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, Winer school: Diversity of planetary circulation regimes, in our solar system and beyond, Les Houches, France 6-10 March, 2017.
○Hirano, S., and K. Sato (oral), New definition of stratospheric warming events in the Northern Hemisphere based on geometry of the polar vortex, The Seventh Symposium on Polar Science, Tokyo, Japan 29 November-2 December (30 November), 2016.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (poster), Three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the climatology and interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, International Symposium on the Whole Atmosphere, Tokyo, Japan 14-16 September (15 September), 2016.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (oral), Three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the climatology and interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, The First Asian Conference on Meteorology, Kyoto, Japan 26-27 October (26 October), 2015.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (oral), Three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) 12th Annual Meeting, Singapore, Singapore 2-7 August (5 August), 2015.
○Hirano, S., M. Kohma, and K. Sato (oral), Three-dimensional analysis on the role of atmospheric waves in the interannual variability of stratospheric final warming in the Southern Hemisphere, International Workshop on Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST (Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere)/IS (Incoherent Scatter) Radar, Tokyo, Japan 12 March, 2015.