Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions

Matsui Laboratory

News

28 May 2025
Hitoshi Matsui has been awarded the Nishida Prize by the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU).(Nishida Prize)
19 May 2025
A paper revealing changes in atmospheric nitrate levels over the past 200 years from Arctic ice core samples has been published in Nature Communications.(Iizuka et al., 2025) (20 May 2025 Press Release (Japanese))
06 May 2025
A paper that compiles global surface observations of PM2.5 and PM10 and compares them with climate models has been published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.(Mahowald et al., 2025)
01 May 2025
ZHAO Junri was appointed as a designated assistant professor.

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We are seeking graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to work in our group. For graduate and postdoctoral research opportunities, please contact matsui (at) nagoya-u.jp.

Research

Our research aims to improve the accuracy of predictions of climate change (e.g., global warming) and air pollution through numerical simulations of the Earth's climate and atmospheric environment.

Keywords:
Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation, Climate Change, Arctic Warming, Atmospheric Chemistry, Earth System Modeling, Global Climate Modeling, Ice Nucleating Particles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Climate Feedback, Air Pollution, Desert Dust, PM2.5, Ecosystem

(1) Development of a Climate-Aerosol Model
(2) Aerosol-Radiation Interactions
(3) Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
(4) Aerosol-Snow/Ice Interactions
(5) Aerosol-Biogeochemistry Interactions
(6) Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Feedback and Earth System Science
(7) Air Pollution/Air Quality and Aerosol Impacts on Human Health

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Matsui Laboratory

F3-1(200), Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601
（Common Building, GSES, Nagoya University）

matsui (at) nagoya-u.jp