Yuji Sakuno
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Engineering
Hiroshima University
Email: sakuno(at)hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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CV
Final Update: 2015.1.16
Yuji Sakuno
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Engineering
Hiroshima University
Email: sakuno(at)hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Education:
1990-1994: BEd in Elementary Education, Tottori University, Japan
1994-1996: MS in Geoscience, Shimane University, Japan
2000: PhD in Earth Systems Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Title: Monitoring chlorophyll-a concentration and primary production in Lake Shinji using satellite remote sensing data
Work Experience:
2000.4-2001.3: Research Associate at Social and Environmental Engineering (Cluster 4),
Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University
2001.4-2002.9: Research Associate at Social and Environmental Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
2002.10-2014.3: Assistant Professor at Ocean Space Engineering (Airworthiness and Seakeeping for Vehicles from FY2010) Laboratory, Social and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
2014.4-present: Associate Professor at Airworthiness and Seakeeping for Vehicles Laboratory,
Division of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of
Engineering, Hiroshima Univ.
Professional Activities
• The society member: Japan Society of Civil Engineers, The Society of Naval Architects of Japan, The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Japanese Coral Reef Society, Japan Institute of Navigation.
• Reviewer: Remote Sensing (MDPI), International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Elsevier) Water Research (Elsevier), Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Springer) , Journal of Coastal Research (CERF), Asian Journal Geoinformatics (AARS)
• International committee chairperson of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan from 2014-now.
• Member of JSPS-Indonesia Core University Program in the study on the marine transportation engineering, 2001-2007.
Awards:
1) RSSJ (The Remote Sensing Society of Japan) Young Researcher Award in 2000.
Major publication (2005-2014): Paper in English only
1) Sakuno, Y. and Oki, K.: Relationship between turbid water and coral damage distribution using ALOS AVNIR-2 Images and diving survey data immediately after the heavy rain disaster of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan, Advances in Remote Sensing (in press).
2) Sakuno, Y., Miño, E. R. A., Nakai, S., Mutsuda, H., Okuda, T., Nishijima, W., Castro, R., Garcia, A., Peña, R., Rodriguez, M., and Depratt, C. G.: Chlorophyll and suspended sediment mapping to the Caribbean Sea from rivers in the capital city of the Dominican Republic using ALOS AVNIR-2 data, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol.186, pp.4181-4193, JUL 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3689-6
3) Sakuno, Y., Makio, K., Koike, K., Maung-Saw-Htoo-Thaw, and Kitahara, S.: Chlorophyll-a estimation in Tachibana Bay by data fusion of GOCI and MODIS using linear combination index algorithm, Advances in Remote Sensing, Vol.2, pp.292-296, 2013.
4) Sakuno, Y. and Kunii，H.: Estimation of growth area of aquatic macrophytes expanding spontaneously in Lake Shinji using ASTER data, International Journal of Geosciences, Vol.4(6A1), pp.1-5, 2013.
5) Miya, H. and Sakuno, Y.: An evaluation technique for off-shore wind-power energy potential in the seas around the Japanese island using Meso-Scale Model, QuikSCAT data, and ASCAT data, International Symposium on Remote Sensing 2012 (ISRS2012), CD-ROM, Inchon, Oct. 2012.
6) Sakuno, Y., Nishi, N., Kobayashi, H., Higa, H., Koibuchi, Y., and Toratani, M.: Initial validation of COMS GOCI data in Tokyo Bay, Japan, International Symposium on Remote Sensing 2012 (ISRS2012), CD-ROM, Inchon, Oct. 2012.
7) Sakuno, Y., Miño, E. R. A., Nakai, S., Mutsuda, H., Okuda, T., Nishijima, W., Castro, R., Garcia, A., Peña, R., Rodriguez, M., and Depratt, C. G.: Simulation of chlorophyll-a estimation by WORLDVIEW-2 in the urban rivers of the Dominican Republic using field spectral data, The 33rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS2012), CD-ROM, Pattaya, Nov. 2012.
8) Suwandana, E., Kawamura, K., Sakuno, Y., Evri, M., and Lesmana, A. H.: Hyperspectral reflectance response of seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) and brown algae (Sargassum sp.) to nutrients enrichment at laboratory scale, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol.28(4), pp.956-963, 2012．
9) Suwandana, E., Kawamura, K., Sakuno, Y., Kustiyanto, E., and Raharjo, B.: Evaluation of ASTER GDEM2 in comparison with GDEM1, SRTM DEM and topographic-map-derived DEM using inundation area analysis and RTK-dGPS data, Remote Sensing, Vol.4, pp.2419-2431, 2012．
10) Tao, M., Sakuno, Y., Oguma, H., Akasaka, M., and Takamura, N.: Feasibility study on automatic extraction of water quality in storage reservoir using ALOS AVNIR-2 data, The 33rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS2012), CD-ROM, Pattaya, Nov. 2012.
11) Lee, H. J., Kawamura, K., Watanabe, N., Sakanoue, S., Sakuno, Y., Itano, S., and Nakagoshi, N.: Estimating the spatial distribution of pasture green biomass and quality by geostatistical analysis with field hyperspectral measurements, Grassland Science, Vol.57(3), pp.142-149, 2011.
12) Suwandana, E., Kawamura, K., Sakuno, Y., and Raharjo, P.: Evaluating spatio-seasonal patterns of river and groundwater quality in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, using a pollution index, Journal of Japan Agricultural System Society, Vol.27(3), pp.91-102, 2011．
13) Suwandana, E., Kawamura, K., Tanaka, K., Sakuno, Y., and Raharjo, P.: Escherichia Coli and biophysicochemical relationships of seawater and water pollution index in the Jakarta Bay, American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol.7(3), pp.183-194, 2011．
14) Kawamura, K., Sakuno, Y., Tanaka, H., Lee, Lim, J., Kurokawa, Y., and Watanabe, N.: Mapping herbage biomass and nitrogen status in an Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) field using a digital video camera with balloon system, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol.5, pp.053562_1-10, 2011．
15) Suwandana, E., Kawamura, K., Sakuno, Y., and Kustiyanto, E.: Thematic information content assessment of the ASTER GDEM: a case study of watershed delineation in West Java, Indonesia, Remote Sensing Letters,Vol.3(5), pp.423-432, 2012
16) Sakuno, Y. and Kunii, H.: Cyanobacteria bloom mapping using satellite data in brackish Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi, 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2011), pp.2029-2032, Vancouver, Jul. 2011.
17) Sakuno, Y.: Oceanographic phenomena around Strait of Malacca estimated from satellite data, Proceedings of 3rd PAAMES (Pan Asian Association of Maritime Engineering Societies) and AMEC (Advanced Maritime Engineering Conference) 2008, pp.481-485, Chiba, Oct. 2008.
18) Sakuno, Y.: Estimation of anoxic water distribution in Hiroshima Bay using satellite thermal image, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol.SI 50, pp.1023-1028, 2007.
19) Sakuno, Y. and Oomae, K.: Image features and wave height measurements by satellite SAR data around the coral reef, The Indonesia Ocean Forum 2005 and the 14th PAMS/JECSS (Pacific Asian Marginal Seas/Japan East China Seas Study) Workshop, pp.58-61, Hiroshima, May 2007.
20) Sakuno, Y., Takaki, M., Iijima, Y., Tsushima, K., and Kidoji, S.: Estimation of joint probability distribution of wave height and wave period in Indonesian sea using satellite wave height data, The Indonesia Ocean Forum 2005 and the 13th PAMS/JECSS (Pacific Asian Marginal Seas/Japan East China Seas Study) Workshop, CD-ROM, Bali, Jul. 2005.
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