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Gaku NISHIHIRA
1st-yr Doctral Student at Physical Oceanography Lab.
Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Education
Mar. 2023, M.Sc. Physical Oceanography, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Mar. 2021, B.Sc. Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Mar. 2017, 沖縄県立向陽高等学校 卒業
Mar. 2014, 沖縄県糸満市立糸満中学校 卒業
Apr. 1998, 沖縄県名護市 生まれ

Professional Experience
Apr. 2024 - Sep. 2024, Student Intern, Dept. SOEST/IPRC, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA
Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026, Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion Science (DC1)

Publications
Nishihira, G., and Sugimoto, S. (2024). Record breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer: its formation associated with loss of the Central Mode Water. in prep.

Nishihira, G., and Sugimoto, S. (2022). Severe cold winters in East Asia linked to first winter of La Niña events and in North America linked to second winter. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL095334. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095334

Presentations
Gaku Nishihira, Yuma Kawakami, and Shusaku Sugimoto: Increasing wintertime sea surface temperature around the subarctic front region in the western North Pacific. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024, ACG32, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 2024/05/26, Oral presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Record-breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer: its formation associated with loss of the Central Mode Water. Ocean Science Meeting 2024, AI43A-06, The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, USA, 2024/02/22, Oral presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Record-breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer: its formation associated with loss of the Central Mode Water. Workshop for Interaction of Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land by Remote Sensing and Numerical Model, 18PM-N03, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 2023/12/18, Oral presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Formation of record-breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer. International Symposium: Past, Present, and Future of the Marine Environment and Ecosystems, P8, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2023/10/18, Poster presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Formation of an intense marine heatwave in the central North Pacific during 2021 summer by the atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG2023), M31p-250, CityCube Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2023/07/12, Poster presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Record-breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer: its formation associated with loss of the Central Mode Water. Mid-latitude Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions: Their Processes and Predictability, P-46, Toyama International Conference Center, Toyama, Japan, 2023/06/17, Poster presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Record-breaking marine heatwave over the central North Pacific in 2021 summer: its formation associated with loss of the Central Mode Water. Earth, Sea and Sky Ⅷ: International Joint Graduate Program Workshop in Earth and Environmental Sciences, P-26, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2023/05/31, Poster presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Formation of an intense marine heatwave in the central North Pacific during 2021 summer favored by the atmospheric and oceanic conditions. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023, ACG30-04, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 2023/05/21, Oral presentation (Highlight talk).

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Unprecedented marine heatwave in the central North Pacific during summer/fall 2021. e-ASIA Joint Research Program Workshop, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2022/11/09, Oral presentation.

Gaku Nishihira, Shusaku Sugimoto: Severe cold winters in East Asia linked to first winter of La Niña events and in North America linked to second winter. Earth, Sea and Sky Ⅶ: International Joint Graduate Program Workshop in Earth and Environmental Sciences, P-21, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2022/06/09, Poster presentation.

国内学会
西平 楽, 杉本 周作:2021年夏季に発現した北太平洋中央部における観測史上最大の海洋熱波の形成. 大気海洋相互作用研究会主催 2023年度山中湖シンポジウム, 東海大学山中湖セミナーハウス, 2023/08/08, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:ラニーニャ現象時の冬季大気大循環場:1年目と2年目の比較. 2022年度長期予報研究連絡会研究会, Online, 2023/01/17, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:2021年夏季・秋季に発現した北太平洋中央部における観測史上最大の海洋熱波. 名古屋大学宇宙地球環境研究所(ISEE)共同利用研究集会「大気海洋相互作用に関する研究集会」, 京都大学吉田キャンパス, 2022/11/26, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:2021年夏季・秋季に発現した北太平洋中央部における観測史上最大の海洋熱波の形成と衰退について. 日本気象学会2022年度秋季大会, A302, 北海道大学札幌キャンパス, 2022/10/26, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:2021年夏季・秋季に発現した北太平洋中央部における観測史上最高の海洋熱波. 2022年度日本海洋学会秋季大会, 22F-12-20, 名古屋大学東山キャンパス, 2022/09/05, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:La Niña現象時の冬季大気大循環場 ~1年目と2年目の比較~. 2021年度日本海洋学会秋季大会, 21F-08-8, Online, 2021/09/16, 口頭発表.

西平 楽, 杉本 周作:La Niña現象時の冬季大気大循環場:1年目と2年目の比較. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2021, AOS19-03, Online, 2021/06/05, 口頭発表.

Fundings
Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026, 日本学術振興会特別研究員奨励費「太平洋高気圧が駆動する夏季北太平洋の長期変化および海洋熱波への影響の解明」
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2026, The International Joint Program Graduate Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tohoku University (GP-EES)

Cruise Experience
R/V Shinsei-maru, KS-22-10, 15 Jul. - 2 Aug. 2022, Yokosuka-Kushiro-Hachinohe
R/V Hakuho-maru, KH-22-1, 17 Jan. - 26 Jan. 2022, Tokyo-Kagoshima
R/V Shinsei-maru, KS-21-9, 24 May - 1 Jun. 2021, Yokosuka-Shingu
R/V Hakuho-maru, KH-21-1, 14 Feb. - 25 Feb. 2021, Tokyo-Kagoshima