Prof. Toshitaka Tsuda

Name: Toshitaka Tsuda
Date of Birth: October 3, 1952
Place of Birth: Miyama-cho, Mie prefecture, Japan
Contact Address: Reasearch Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN
phone(Voice) +81-774-38-3804
(FAX) +81-774-31-8463
e-mail: tsuda@kurasc.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Education

B. Eng.	March 1975	Electronics, Kyoto University
M. Eng.	March 1977	Electronics, Kyoto University
Ph. D	July 1982	Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University (Kyoto Meteor Radar and Its Application to Observation of Atmospheric Tides)

Positions Held and Experience

April 2004	Professor	Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
April 2000	Professor	Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University
April 1995	Professor	Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University
April 1987	Associate Professor	RASC, Kyoto University
April 1981	Research Associate	RASC, Kyoto University
April 1977	Research Associate	Ionosphere Research Laboratory, Kyoto University

Short Term Appointments Held While on Study Leave

January--March, 1987	Visiting Assistant Professor	University of Alaska, USA
October 1987 -- September 1988	Visiting Scientist	Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Dept. Commerce, USA

Professional Societies

The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS)
Japanese Meteorological Society
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society

Awards and Professional License

October 1994	Horiuchi Awards, Japan Meteorol Soc.
October 1985	Tanakadate Awards, SGEPSS
April 1982	First Class Radio Engineer

Scientific Fields of Interest

Design and Construction of the MU (middle and upper atmosphere) radar
Observations of Middle Atmosphere Dynamics with the MU radar
Observations of Radio Wave Scattering with the MU radar
Observations of Meteorological Phenomena with Radars
Observations of the Thermosphere with the MU radar
Observations of Equatorial Atmosphere
Development of New Radar Remote-Sensing Techniques
Meteor Wind Radar Observations
Numerical Modelling of Atmospheric Waves

Publications

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