Introduction of ICHARM research projects

* The titles listed below are links to articles that appeared in past ICHARM Newsletters. Please note that the articles were written in the past and are not updated with the latest information.

  Author Research topics ICHARM Newsletter
publication number
Chief Researcher KURIBAYASHI Daisuke Progress report on the SENTAN program project in 2023
No. 73
(July 2024)
Research Specialist Ralph Allen Acierto Estimating changes in probable maximum precipitation under global warming using DAD analysis
No. 72
(April 2024)
Research Specialist HARADA Daisuke Integrated analysis of water, sediment, and driftwood runoff from a basin during heavy rainfall: Development of a rainfall-sediment runoff (RSR) model
No. 71
(January 2024)
Research Specialist TSUTSUI Hiroyuki Research on drought in Panama
No. 70
(October 2023)
Senior Researcher DENDA Masatoshi Possibility of VR-driven risk communication as a water-related disaster education tool
No. 69
(July 2023)
Former Deputy Director MATSUKI Hirotada Disaster risk reduction cycle by dual governance (Local independence and interdependence)
No. 68
(April 2023)
Senior Researcher Abdul Wahid Mohamed Rasmy Developing a system for the integrated management of water resources and disasters in poorly gauged basins
No. 67
(January 2023)
Researcher NAITO Kensuke Unveiling rivers in the Peruvian Andes
No. 66
(October 2022)
Research Specialist Kattia Rubí Arnez Ferrel How does suspended sediment affect bed evolution in a suspended-load dominated river? Numerical simulations on a meandering river of the Bolivian Amazon basin
No. 65
(July 2022)
Research Specialist Maksym Gusyev Combining hydrologic modeling with environmental isotopes to improve assessment of present and future water-related disasters in Asia
No. 64
(April 2022)
Senior Researcher KAWAMOTO Takatoshi Japan’s strategies to expand its infrastructure systems and other technologies and expertise to overseas countries
No. 63
(January 2022)
Research Specialist TAMAKAWA Katsunori Investigation of dam operations for effective flood control and hydro power generation
No. 63
(January 2022)
Research Specialist Shrestha Badri Bhakta How flood-control dam operation can effectively reduce disaster risk: a case of Bago River Basin of Myanmar
No. 62
(October 2021)
Research Specialist QIN Menglu The effect of the transported sediment conditions from upstream area on the behavior of sediment and flood inundation in fluvial plain rivers
No. 61
(July 2021)
Research Specialist NAGUMO Naoko Geomorphic analysis on sediment transport during torrential rainfall in mountainous rivers
No. 61
(July 2021)
Senior Researcher USHIYAMA Tomoki Development of ensemble flood forecasting and dynamic downscaling of climate models
No. 60
(April 2021)
Chief Researcher ONUMA Katsuhiro Research conducted on water-related hazards: Efforts at Kanazawa University and Flood Disaster Prevention Division of NILIM
No. 59
(January 2021)
Research Specialist AIDA Kentaro Supporting ongoing ICHARM projects by applying analytical technologies using satellite remote sensing to water-related disasters
No. 59
(January 2021)
Research Specialist Ralph Allen Acierto Dynamic downscaling of climate change projections for basin-scale impact assessment
No. 58
(October 2020)
Research Specialist HARADA Daisuke Characteristics of flood flow with a large amount of sediment -On the analysis of the Gofukuya River flood hazard due to Typhoon Hagibis, 2019.-
No. 57
(July 2020)
Research Specialist KAKINUMA Daiki A study on improvement of RRI-model reproducibility and efficiency for flood forecasting in small mountainous river basins
No. 56
(April 2020)
Researcher MIYAMOTO Mamoru Development of IFAS Calibrator
No. 55
(January 2020)
Researcher Yoshimasa Morooka Investigation of risk communication tools that encourage residents to evacuate at floods
No. 54
(October 2019)
Senior Researcher Daisuke Kuribayashi Development of a disaster related information sharing system for municipalities (ICHARM Disaster Risk Information System: IDRIS)
No. 53
(July 2019)
Senior Researcher Masatoshi Denda Importance of natural disturbance due to floods in river ecosystem conservation
No. 53
(July 2019)
Research Specialist Robin Kumar Biswas Sediment transport and channel changes in water related disaster prediction
No. 52
(April 2019)
Senior Researcher Miho Ohara Strengthening the Capacity of Businesses in Underground Shopping Malls for Flood Prevention and Evacuation Guidance by Using an Information Sharing Application
No. 51
(January 2019)
Doctoral program student (D3) and Research assistant Islam Md Khairul Conducting field survey for developing reliable flood damage curves in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh
No. 51
(January 2018)
Research Specialist Katsunori Tamakawa Investigation of improving AMSR2 satellite based soil moisture estimation by considering water surface effect in Cambodia
No. 50
(October 2018)
Senior Researcher Hiroaki Shirai MR&T project: Estimating the Impact of Flood Control Infrastructure
No. 49
(July 2018)
Doctoral program student (D1) and Research assistant Ahmed Tanjir Saif Bank Erosion processes in Estuary of Sittaung River in Myanmar
No. 49
(July 2018)
Exchange Researcher Yousuke Nakamura RRI-model simulation of a flash flood in the Kagetsu River due to the northern Kyushu heavy rain in July 2017
No. 48
(April 2018)
Research Specialist Akira Hasegawa Meteorological drought assessment of climate projections with different GHG scenarios in the end of 21st century
No. 48
(April 2018)
Senior Researcher Yoshito Kikumori Development of Learning Support Materials for Hydrology and Hydraulics using CommonMP
No. 48
(April 2018)
Senior Researcher Hitoshi Umino Estimation of flood damage in the upper Citarum River basin, Indonesia
No. 48
(April 2018)
Senior Researcher Mohamed Rasmy Abdul Wahid The 24th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-24)
No. 47
(January 2018)
Research Specialist Naoko Nagumo Sediment transport in the lower Stung Sen River owing to the backwater effect of the Lake Tonle Sap
No. 47
(January 2018)
Research Specialist LIU Tong Forecasting in the Upper Indus Basin
considering snow and glacier meltwater
No. 47
(January 2018)
Doctoral program student (D2) and Research assistant Gul Ahmad Ali Field observations in Jamuna River, Bangladesh 
No. 47
(January 2018)
Senior Researcher Miho Ohara Survey on Practice of Flood Risk Communication by Real Estate Agencies in Shiga Prefecture
No. 46
(October 2017)
Research Specialist Young-joo Kwak 2nd International Workshop on "Integrated flood risk and water management under climate change for disaster risk reduction"
No. 46
(October 2017)
Research Specialist Yoshihiro Shibuo UseR!2017 - the annual international R user and developer conference in Brussels
No. 46
(October 2017)
Doctoral program student (D2) and Research assistant Islam Md Khairul Use of near-real-time satellite rainfall products for hydrological forecasting in the Meghna - a transboundary river basin
No. 46
(October 2017)
Senior Researcher Badri Bhakta SHRESTHA Flood Disaster Risk Assessment in Asian Developing Countries under Climate Change Scenarios
No. 45
(July 2017)
Research Specialist Duminda PERERA Climate change impact study for the Lower Mekong Basin
No. 45
(July 2017)
Research Specialist Daisuke Harada Characteristics of flood flow with riverbed deformation in mountainous valley-bottom streams
No. 45
(July 2017)
Doctoral program student (D2) and Research assistant Mahtab Mohammad Hossain Analysis on the Best Strategy to Attain the Maximum Economic Benefits in Haor Areas
in Bangladesh
No. 45
(July 2017)
Senior Researcher Daisuke Kuribayashi New approach for district-based flood risk assessment using RRI - flood diagnostic chart and flood hot spot -
No. 44
(April 2017)
Research Specialist Tomoki Ushiyama Development of next generation flood forecasting system utilizing regional ensemble prediction system
No. 44
April 2017)
Research Specialist Maksym Gusyev Measuring river water tritium to estimate subsurface water transit times and volumes
No. 44
(April 2017)
Doctoral Program Student (D2) and Research Assistant Naseer Asif Water Energy Budget Based Distributed Hydrological Modelling in Oi River basin with Sensitivity Analysis for Improved Calibration
No. 44
(April 2017)