Atsushi Kumamoto
English/Japanese
Topics
In oreder to investigate sporadic E (Es) layer with Mg ion imager and other instruments, S520-29 sounding rockets was launched on Aug. 17, 2014 at Uchinoura Space Center, ISAS/JAXA in Kagoshima, Japan. We successfully performed measurements of the vertical profiles of electron number density of Es layer by using the impedance probe. (Aug. 17, 2014)
Ne profile (Ascent)
Ne profile (Descent)
Interests
- Subsurface radar sounding of the Moon and Mars
- Study of the Jovian satellite-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling processes based on ground-based radio wave observation
- Development of space-born plasma wave receiver, impedance probe, and radar
Research Field
- Planetary Plasma Physics
- Planetary Science using radio waves
Lectures
- Exercise of Electromagnetics I
- Geophysics Experiment I/II
Publications
List
CV
- Born in 1969 in Fukuoka, Japan
- Education
- MSc: Tohoku University, Geophysics, 1992-1994
- DSc: Tohoku University, Geophysics, 1995-1998
- PhD: Tohoku University, Geophysics, 2000
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, since 1998
- Associate Professor, Tohoku University, since 2008
Current Projects
- Co-Investigator of the PWE instrument onboard JAXA Arase(ERG) spacecraft for terrestrial radiation belt studies: H/W development
- Co-Investigator of the PME instrument onboard JAXA/ESA BepiColombo Mio(MMO) spacecraft to the Mercury: H/W and S/W Developments
- Co-Investigator of the RPWI instrument onboard ESA JUICE spacecraft to the icy moons of Jupiter: Investigations for subsurface radar sounding using Jovian radio waves (Passive subsurface radar; PSSR)
- Investigator of the NEI/PWM instrument onboard JAXA SS520-3 sounding rockets for terrestrial ionosphere studies: H/W and S/W development, operation, and data analyses
- Co-Investigator of the ground-based receiver system for Jovian decametric radio emissions in Tohoku University: H/W and S/W development, operations, and data analyses
Past Projects
- Co-Investigator of the PWS instrument onboard JAXA Akebono(EXOS-D) satellite for terrestrial auroral studies: Operation and data analyses
- Co-Investigator of the PWA instrument onboard JAXA Nozomi(Planet-B) spacecraft to the Mars (Unfortunately aborted): H/W and S/W Developments, and operation
- Co-Investigator of the LRS instrument onboard JAXA Kaguya(SELENE) spacecraft to the Moon: H/W and S/W Developments, operation, and data analyses
- Investigator of the NEI/PWM instrument onboard JAXA S520-29, S520-27, S520-26, S310-44, S310-40, and S310-38 sounding rockets for terrestrial ionosphere studies: H/W and S/W development, operation, and data analyses
kumamoto(at)stpp.gp.tohoku.ac.jp