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Mountain Research Project on Asian High Mountains
Project Title
Mountain Research Project on Asian High Mountains
Cooperating researcher
NARAMA Chiyuki Professor/Faculty of Science
Mountain Environmental Research Laboratory of Niigata University
Overview
The Mountain Research Project, which aims to play a leading role in mountain research among Japanese universities, undertakes activities in polar and mountainous regions around the world mainly in the Asian mountainous regions of Tien Shan, Ladakh, the Eastern Himalayas, and the Japanese Alps. Utilizing a range of methods including fieldwork (field observation), GIS (geographic information system) and remote sensing (satellite images, UAV aerial images and aerial photographs), we engage in activities centered on the theme “phenomena currently occurring in mountainous areas” to elucidate environmental changes and phenomena in mountainous areas such as glacier variations, spatial distribution of mountain permafrost and geomorphological disasters including, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), glacier avalanches, rock falls and landslides. To mitigate natural hazards, we also actively pursue outreach activities as a means of returning the results of our research to local residents. Already we have held report meetings four times in Ladakh in India and in the Kyrgyz Republic, and four times in Hakuba Village in Japan for various stakeholders including local residents, mountain guides, and mountain hut operators.
This project receives the support of Grants-in-aid for Science Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, local governments, and private sector grants.
Project Members
| Name | Title/Department | Area of Specialization |
|---|---|---|
| NARAMA Chiyuki | Professor/Faculty of Science, Niigata University | Physical Geography |
| TODONO Takeo | Senior Researcher/JAXA Earth Observation Research Center | Satellite Environment |
| INOUE Hiroshi | Chief Researcher/Social Disaster Prevention System Research Department, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention | Disaster Prevention |
| KOMORI Jiro | Associate Professor/Faculty of Life Science, Teikyo Heisei University | Physical Geography |
| YAMANOKUCHI Tsutomu | Chief Researcher/Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan | Satellite Environment |
| Mirlan Daiyrov | Researcher/Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences | Physical Geography |
| Murataly Duishonakunov | Senior Lecturer/Faculty of Geography, Ecology and Tourism, Kyrgyz National University | Physical Geography |
News
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Mar 31 2022Research resultsMountain ResearchProfessor NARAMA Chiyuki visited Hakuba-Kita Elementary School to teach a class
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Jan 6 2022Research resultsMountain ResearchWe held the Japan Society of Mountain Science symposium
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Mar 2 2021MediaMountain ResearchAn article about Hakuba-Daissekei Survey was published in the mountaineering magazine Yama to Keikoku (Mountains and Valleys).
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Mar 2 2021MediaMountain ResearchAn article on Hakuba-Daissekei Survey was published in the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
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Jan 6 2021Research resultsMountain ResearchA lecture about Japanese glaciers at the Hakuba Village by Professor NARAMA Chiyuki
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Jan 6 2021Research resultsTopicsMountain ResearchCenter*2020 Fall meeting of the Japan Society of Mountain Science
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Apr 3 2020MediaMountain Research“Nihon no Meiho (Famous Mountain Peaks of Japan) Magazine No. 74 with DVD” supervised by Professor NARAMA Chiyuki has been published
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Dec 20 2019Research resultsMountain ResearchA paper by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki was published in the Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
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Dec 3 2019MediaMountain ResearchNews of the Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki was broadcast on television
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Nov 15 2019MediaMountain ResearchAn article on the Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey headed by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki was published in the mountaineering magazine Yama to Keikoku (Mountains and Valleys).
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Nov 14 2019MediaMountain ResearchAn article on the Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey headed by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki was published on the website of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System MICHIBIKI of the Cabinet Office Space Development Strategy Promotion Office
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Oct 25 2019MediaMountain ResearchAn article on Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki’s Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey was published in the Niigata Nippo
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Oct 25 2019MediaMountain ResearchNews of the Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey headed by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki was broadcast on television
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Oct 15 2019MediaMountain ResearchAn article on Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki’s Karamatsuzawa Glacier Survey was published in the mountaineering magazine PEAKS
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Oct 7 2019Research resultsMountain ResearchA field survey by Associate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki confirmed that the Karamatsuzawa snow-patch is a glacier
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Jul 12 2019Research resultsMountain ResearchAssociate Professor NARAMA Chiyuki convened the Hakuba Daisekkei Meeting