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Akiko Higurashi is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific expertise in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Aerospace Engineering and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Higurashi has published multiple papers that contribute to the understanding of atmospheric measurement and aerosol analysis. Notable recent publications include:

  • "An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET," 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Global 3-D distribution of aerosol composition by synergistic use of CALIOP and MODIS observations," 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Long-Term Analyses of Aerosol Optical Thickness Using Caliop," 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences
  • "Development of an Aerosol Assimilation System Using a Global Non-Hydrostatic Model, a 2-Dimensional Variational Method, and Multiple Satellite-Based Aerosol Products," 2024, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Data for aerosol assimilations by NICAM.19/2DVar," 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent publication venues associated with Higurashi include:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Tomoaki Nishizawa
  • Rei Kudo
  • Eiji Oikawa
  • Daisuke Goto
  • Junya Uchida

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric Aerosol Optical Thickness from the GOCART Model and Comparisons with Satellite and Sun Photometer Measurements

    Mian Chin;Paul Ginoux;Stefan Kinne;Stefan Kinne;Omar Torres;Omar Torres

  • Global three-dimensional simulation of aerosol optical thickness distribution of various origins

    Toshihiko Takemura;Hajime Okamoto;Yoshihiro Maruyama;Atusi Numaguti

  • A possible correlation between satellite-derived cloud and aerosol microphysical parameters

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Akiko Higurashi;Kazuaki Kawamoto;Joyce E. Penner

  • A study of the direct and indirect effects of aerosols using global satellite data sets of aerosol and cloud parameters

    Miho Sekiguchi;Teruyuki Nakajima;Kentaroh Suzuki;Kazuaki Kawamoto

  • Overview of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud East Asian Regional Experiment 2005 and a study of the aerosol direct radiative forcing in east Asia

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Soon Chang Yoon;Veerabhadran Ramanathan;Guang Yu Shi

  • Development of a Two-Channel Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm on a Global Scale Using NOAA AVHRR

    Akiko Higurashi;Teruyuki Nakajima

  • Significance of direct and indirect radiative forcings of aerosols in the East China Sea region

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Miho Sekiguchi;Toshihiko Takemura;Itsushi Uno

  • Detection of aerosol types over the East China Sea near Japan from four-channel satellite data

    Akiko Higurashi;Teruyuki Nakajima

  • A use of two‐channel radiances for an aerosol characterization from space

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Akiko Higurashi

  • Common Retrieval of Aerosol Properties for Imaging Satellite Sensors

    Mayumi Yoshida;Maki Kikuchi;Takashi M. Nagao;Hiroshi Murakami

  • Matrix formulations of radiative transfer including the polarization effect in a coupled atmosphere–ocean system

    Yoshifumi Ota;Akiko Higurashi;Teruyuki Nakajima;Tatsuya Yokota

  • Modeling study of long-range transport of Asian dust and anthropogenic aerosols from East Asia

    Toshihiko Takemura;Itsushi Uno;Teruyuki Nakajima;Akiko Higurashi

  • Estimation of solar radiation using a neural network based on radiative transfer

    Hideaki Takenaka;Takashi Y. Nakajima;Akiko Higurashi;Atsushi Higuchi

  • Improved Hourly Estimates of Aerosol Optical Thickness Using Spatiotemporal Variability Derived From Himawari-8 Geostationary Satellite

    Maki Kikuchi;Hiroshi Murakami;Kentaroh Suzuki;Takashi M. Nagao

  • Consistency of the aerosol type classification from satellite remote sensing during the Atmospheric Brown Cloud–East Asia Regional Experiment campaign

    Jhoon Kim;Jaehwa Lee;Hee Choon Lee;Akiko Higurashi

  • An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Monica Campanelli;Huizheng Che;Victor Estellés;Victor Estellés

  • A Study of Global Aerosol Optical Climatology with Two-Channel AVHRR Remote Sensing

    Akiko Higurashi;Teruyuki Nakajima;Brent N. Holben;Alexander Smirnov

  • Intercomparison of Satellite Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth over the Ocean

    Gunnar Myhre;Gunnar Myhre;Frode Stordal;Frode Stordal;Mona Johnsrud;Alexander Ignatov

  • A Comparison of Model- and Satellite-Derived Aerosol Optical Depth and Reflectivity

    Joyce E. Penner;Sophia Y. Zhang;Mian Chin;Catherine C. Chuang

  • New approaches to removing cloud shadows and evaluating the 380 nm surface reflectance for improved aerosol optical thickness retrievals from the GOSAT/TANSO‐Cloud and Aerosol Imager

    Satoru Fukuda;Teruyuki Nakajima;Hideaki Takenaka;Akiko Higurashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruyuki Nakajima
Teruyuki Nakajima University of Tokyo
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Takashi Nakajima
Takashi Nakajima Tokai University
Nobuo Sugimoto
Nobuo Sugimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Atsushi Shimizu
Atsushi Shimizu National Institute for Environmental Studies
Kentaroh Suzuki
Kentaroh Suzuki University of Tokyo
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Hitoshi Irie
Hitoshi Irie Chiba University
Itsushi Uno
Itsushi Uno Kyushu University
Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center

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