Research field (2)：
Atmospheric and hydrospheric science
, Environmental dynamics
Research keywords (7)：
mineral dust
, Asian dust
, ice nucleating particle
, numerical simulation
, global aerosol model
, ceilometer
, lidar
Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：
2021 - 2024 Meteorological research on dust hotspots by using Himawari-8 Dust RGB and lidar network
2021 - 2023 Studies on improved estimation of emission frequency and climate impacts of Asian dust using a global aerosol model
2020 - 2023 気候変動に伴う黄砂の発生・輸送に関する変動予測とその検出手法に関する研究
2020 - 2023 Development and application of dust observation network in the Gobi Desert
2019 - 2021 Studies on improved estimation of emissions and long-range transport of dust using a global aerosol model
2018 - 2020 Development of dust observation network in the Gobi Desert using compact PM2.5 sensors
2018 - 2020 Three-dimensional dynamical analyses of dust storms using Mongolian lidar network
2016 - 2020 International collaborative research on Asian dust and environmental regime shift over the source regions
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Papers (14)：
Kei Kawai, Hitoshi Matsui, Reiji Kimura, Masato Shinoda. High sensitivity of Asian dust emission, transport, and climate impacts to threshold friction velocity. SOLA. 2021. 17. 239-245
Kenji Kai, Kei Kawai, Atsuya Ito, Yuki Aizawa, Yuki Minamoto, Erdenebadrakh Munkhjargal, Enkhbaatar Davaanyam. Dust hotspot in the Gobi Desert: A field survey in April 2019. SOLA. 2021. 17. 130-133
Kei Kawai, Hitoshi Matsui, Yutaka Tobo. High potential of Asian dust to act as ice nucleating particles in mixed-phase clouds simulated with a global aerosol-climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2021. 126. e2020JD034263
Kei Kawai, Kenji Kai, Yoshitaka Jin, Nobuo Sugimoto, Dashdondog Batdorj. Lidar network observation of dust layer evolution over the Gobi Desert in May 2013. EPJ Web of Conferences. 2018. 176. 05009-1-05009-4
Kei Kawai. Study on the dust layer development caused by a cold frontal system using the lidar network in the Gobi Desert. Doctoral dissertation (Nagoya University). 2018
Proceedings of international workshop on Asian dust, bioaerosols and environmental regime shift
2017
Education (3)：
2016 - 2018 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Doctoral Course
2014 - 2016 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Master’s Course
2010 - 2014 Nagoya University School of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Professional career (1)：
Doctor of Science (Nagoya University)
Work history (2)：
2019/06 - 現在 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Researcher
2018/04 - 2019/05 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies JSPS Research Fellow PD
Awards (1)：
2022/10 - Yamamoto Award from the Meteorological Society of Japan Studies on ice nucleating particles of Asian dust and their impacts on clouds and radiation
Association Membership(s) (5)：
American Geophysical Union
, The Meteorological Society of Japan
, The Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry
, Laser Radar Society of Japan
, Japan Geoscience Union
