Prof Chikamoto receives Syono awards 2018

By | 2018年11月1日

Prof Yoshimitsu Chikamoto (Utah State University Ecology Center) received Syono awards 2018 of the Meteorological Society of Japan.

Yoshi  conducted research on the predictability of Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Tropics with Prof Mukougawa in a joint project between the Climate Prediction Division of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and our lab. The bred vector method (Chikamoto et al. 2007) has been incorporated into the JMA seasonal prediction system.