Division: Faculty Gruduate School of Agriculture, Professor
Main Research:Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
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2007 G-COE Research Outcome
- Tani, M., Yamamoto, S., Leclerc, M., and Leuning R. 2008 Foreword for AsiaFlux special issue of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi: 10 1016/j.agrformet.2008.01.002.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
- Basic characteristics of water distribution within a soil layer on hillslope, Tani, M., The AsiaFlux Workshop 2007, Taoyuan, Taiwan, October 19-22,2007.
- Evaluating an ambivalent effect of slope length on runoff generation using a water storage index, Tani, M., HW1002 - Patterns, thresholds and non-linearities: Towards a new theory of catchment hydrology, The 24th IUGG general Assembly, Perugia, Italy July 10-23, 2007.
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Analysis of runoff–storage relationships to evaluate the runoff-buffering potential of a sloping permeable domain. Tani, M., Journal of Hydrology 360, 132-146, 2008.
- Effects of hillslope topography and hydrological responses in a weathered granite mountain, Japan: comparison of the runoff response between the valley-head and the side slope. Fujimoto, M., Ohte, N. and Tani, M., Hydrological Processes 22: 2581-2594, 2008
- Temporal and spatial variations in the seasonal patterns of CO2 flux in boreal, temperate, and tropical forests in East Asia. Saigusa, N., Yamamoto, S., Hirata, R., Ohtani, Y, Ide, R., Asanuma, J., Gamo, M., Hirano, T., Kondo, H., Kosugi, Y., Li, S.G., Nakai, Y., Takagi, K., Tani. M., Wang, H., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148, 700-713, 2008
- Spatial distribution of carbon balance in forest ecosystems across East Asia. Hirata, R., Saigusa, N., Yamamoto, S., Ohtani, Y., Ide, R., Asanuma, J., Gamo, M., Hirano, T., Kondo, H., Kosugi, Y., Nakai, Y., Takagi, K., Tani, M., Wang, H., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148, 761-775, 2008
- Analysis of methane production pathways in a riparian wetland of a temperate forest catchment, using δ13C of porewater CH4 and CO2. Itoh, M., N. Ohte, K. Koba, A. Sugimoto and M. Tani, Journal of Geophysical Research; doi:10.1029/2007JG000647, 2008
- CO2 exchange of a tropical rainforest at Pasoh in Peninsular Malaysia. Kosugi, Y., Takanashi, S., Ohkubo, S., Matsuo, N., Tani, M., Mitani, T., Tsutsumi, D, Abdul Rahim, N, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148, 439-452, 2008.
List of Academic Presentations during 2008:
- The 5th World water Forum : Topic 3.3 Preserving natural ecosystems, Presentation： Huge contributions of forest to the present water cycle - Findings from recent hydro-meteorological studies -. (March 20, 2009).
2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Takanashi S, Kosugi Y, Ohkubo S, Matsuo N, Tani M Abdul Rahim N.: Water and heat fluxes above a lowland dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia, Hydrological Processes 24: 472-480, 2009.
- Ohkubo S, Yokoyama N, Kosugi,Y, Takanashi S, Matsuo N, Tani M: Estimating vertical distribution of CO2 efflux in a temperate cypress forest, Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 65, 339-348, 2009
List of Academic Presentations during 2009:
- Tani M.: Analysis of non-monotonic dependency ofrunoff-buffering potential on the hillslope length using the runoff-storage relationship, HW. 8 (Hydrological theory and limits to hydrological predictability in ungauged basins) in 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly, Hyderabad, 2009.
- Tani M: Effects of forest and its human disturbances on water cycle, Symposium on Extreme Weather and Impact Assessments - for better future projection -, Kyoto 2009.
2010 Research Outcome:
- Tani, M.: A methodological consideration on the storm-runoff buffering potential derived from the water storage in mountainous catchments, Suiri-Kagaku 318, 2011, 1517-173
List of Academic Presentations during 2010:
- Tani, M.: A parameterization of unit runoff-system properties for the runoff-storage relationship, 23rd Annual Conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 124-125, Sep, 2010, Tokyo
- Tani, M.: Roles of terrestrial ecosystem on the water cycle, A Public Symposium on Interactions between the Water Cycle and Human Activities, Lessons for the survival in the era of global warming, 5-10, SEp, 2010, Tokyo
2011 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Tani M, Fujimoto M, Katsuyama M, Kojima N, Hosoda I, Kosugi K, Kosugi Y, Nakamura S: Predicting the dependencies of rainfall-runoff responses on human forest disturbances with soil loss based on the runoff mechanisms in granitic and sedimentary-rock mountains, Hydrological Processes, 2011, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8295.
- Tani M: Investigating roles of forest conservation project at the centennial anniversary, - Toward a n establishment of the planning theory based on understanding forest influences, Suirikagaku 322，2011，38-59．
- Kosugi Y, Takanashi S, Tani M, Ohkubo S, Matsuo N, Itoh M, Noguchi S, Abdul Rahim N: Effect of inter-annual climate variability on evapotranspiration and canopy CO2 exchange of a tropical rainforest in Peninsular Malaysia, Journal of Forest Research, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s10310-010-0235-4.
- Tani M, Hosoda I: Dependencies of annual evapotranspiration on a long natural growth of forest and vegetation changes, Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 25(2)，2012，in press.
List of Academic Presentations during 2011:
- Tani M, Hosoda I: Runoff change in a catchment of deciduous forest without any treatment for sixty years, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011, May 23 2011, Makuhari
- Tani M: Extracting runoff characteristics of mountainous headwater catchments to predict the storm runoff responses, Annual Meeting of of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources August 31 2011, Uji.
- Tani M: Detecting dependencies of the hydrological cycle on each of the climate change and forest growth, The Second Meeting of Sustainability/Survivability Science for a Resilient Society Adaptable to Extreme Weather Conditions, September 2, 2011, Uji.