Picture of the Month

Setting of equipment to measure ocean color in Ariake Bay Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) is going to support verification of the ocean color in coastal waters. Equipment to measure ocean color in Ariake Bay was set on the observation tower of Saga University on April 21 and 22, 2017.

A field observation using a Ka-band radar in Ishikawa Prefecture A field observation for the distribution of solid cloud particles in snow clouds using a Ka-band radar in Ishikawa Prefecture during the 2016-2017 winter season.

Arase satellite launch The geospace exploration satellite Arase(ERG) was successfully launched on Dec. 20, 2016.

Kiso observatory participated in the Liaison Council,
“Nagano-ken ha uchu-ken”
Division for heliospheric research has been carrying out solar wind observation at Kiso (Agematsu-cho) over more than 20 years.

A new experiment to measure cosmic-ray interaction at the RHIC collider in USA, to be ready soon Compact RHICf detector (click to know where ! ) installed in the gigantic machine. We try to solve the origin of cosmic rays using the RHIC and LHC colliders.

New stage of solar-earth environmental studies using the Tandetron Accelerator Mass Spectrometry A Tandetron accelerator mass spectrometer manufactured by HVE, the Netherlands, was installed at Nagoya University nineteen years ago.

Hinode-10 Science Meeting Hinode-10 Science Meeting and SOLAR-C Science Meeting were held at Nagoya University on Sep. 5 to 9, 2016.