Researchers

SANO Itaru

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
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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

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Books etc

  1. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

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Awards & Honors

  1. 平成14年 日本リモートセンシング学会論文賞

Research Grants & Projects

  1. 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
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Influence of mountain topography on aerosol transportation , Kindai University
  3. 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

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