1. Tohoku University (Emeritus), Japan.
2. Earth Observation Research Center, National Space Development Agency of Japan (EORC/NASDA), Japan.
3. Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health of Iwate Prefecture (I-RIEP), Japan.
4. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Research Institute of Fluid Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.
5. Research Department, Japan Weather Association, Japan.
6. Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, China.