Researchers

- SANO Itaru
- Professor
| Faculty | Department of Informatics / Graduate School of Science and Engineering / Science and Technology Research Institute / Cyber Informatics Research Institute / Graduate School of Informatics |
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| Researchmap | https://researchmap.jp/Earth_observatory |
Education and Career
Academic & Professional Experience
- Apr. 2011 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering 教授
- Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2011 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering 助(准)教授
- Apr. 1998 - Mar. 2005 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering 講師
- Apr. 1992 - Mar. 1998 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering 助手
Research Activities
Research Areas
- Environmental science/Agricultural science, Environmental dynamics
- Natural sciences, Atmospheric and hydrospheric science
Research Interests
光散乱, 偏光, エアロゾル, リモートセンシング, SGLI, AERONET, SKYNET, PM2.5, 光散乱シミュレーション, エアロゾル光学特性
Published Papers
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Decadal Aerosol Column-Integrated Lidar Ratio Climatology Over East Asia From Synergistic AD-Net Lidar and Sun/Sky Radiometer Observations
Man-Hae Kim; Sang-Woo Kim; Atsushi Shimizu; Tomoaki Nishizawa; Yoshitaka Jin; Hitoshi Irie; Itaru Sano
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 23 , 1001705-1001705, Jul. 2026 , Refereed -
Regional Characteristics of Aerosols in the Nara Basin by Direct Solar Radiation Measurements
Sayaka KIKUCHI; Rena TANAKA; Kaho KOBAYASHI; Makoto KUJI; Itaru SANO; Tadahiro HAYASAKA
(Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 45 (3) , 181-191, Sep. 2025 , Refereed -
Derivation of BBA Plume Properties by Taking Advantage of the Characteristics of GCOM-C/SGLI
Sonoyo Mukai; Makiko Nakata; Itaru Sano; Toshiyuki Fujito
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 17 , 9790-9796, 2024 , Refereed
Books etc
- Atmospheric Aerosols: Life Cycles and Effects on Air Quality and Climate , Sandro Fuzzi; Stefania Gilardoni; Alexander A. Kokhanovsky; Walter Di Nicolantonio; Sonoyo Mukai; Itaru Sano; Makiko Nakata; Claudio Tomasi; Christian Lanconelli , Chapter 9 , Wiley , Jan. 2017
MISC
- 3D characteristics of BBA plume , Sonoyo Mukai; Makiko Nakata; Itaru Sano; Souichiro Hioki; Takuya Funatomi , Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXX , 39 , 39 , 29, Oct. 2025
- Investigation of air pollution factors in East Asia , Makiko Nakata; Itaru Sano; Sonoyo Mukai , Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXX , 38 , 38 , 29, Oct. 2025
- Significance of Simultaneous Observations of Polarization and Radiance with SGLI , Sonoyo Mukai; Makiko Nakata; Itaru Sano; Souichiro Hioki; Toshiyuki Fujito , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , 12730 , 2023
Awards & Honors
- 平成14年 日本リモートセンシング学会論文賞
Research Grants & Projects
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Long-range transport and deposition of bioaerosols over East Asia , Kindai University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Influence of mountain topography on aerosol transportation , Kindai University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Improved algorithms for aerosol retrieval based on multi-spectral radiance and polarization measurements , Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics